The Brothers Grimm (film): Difference between revisions

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'''''The Brothers Grimm''''' (2005) is a fantasy-comedy film by [[Terry Gilliam]], starring [[Matt Damon]] and [[Heath Ledger]] as Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm, a pair of con artists who claim to be able to exorcise hostile spirits. In addition, they write fanciful tales of their exploits, which viewers may recognize as early drafts of familiar Grimm fairy tales.

 

Also stars [[Monica Bellucci]] and Jonathan Pryce. Has practically nothing to do with the ''real'' [[The Brothers Grimm (creator)|Brothers Grimm]]. (Or Does It?)

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Angelika.

* [[Adorkable]]: Heath Ledger's portrayal of Jakob.

* [[Boomerang Comeback]]: Jakob throws the magic axe at the general's aide-de-camp and miss... only to have him killed by the return.

* [[Bring My Brown Pants]]:

'''Hidlick:''' Oh, good... I thought it was me. }}

* [[Cassandra Truth]]: When the brothers find genuine monsters in the woods, the French General doesn't believe them anymore.

* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: {{spoiler|The Woodsman, type 1.}}

* [[Papa Wolf]]: It happens [[Redemption Equals Death|too late to save him]] but {{spoiler|soon after the spell on the Woodsman breaks:}}

* {{spoiler|[[Pocket Protector]]: The flashy, mirror armor that the Grimms wear as part of their con saves Cavaldi's life.}}

* [[Precision-Guided Boomerang]]: The magic axe.

* [[Primal Fear]]: The scene with the spiderweb horse.

* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|The Woodsman}}.

* [[Resignations Not Accepted]]:

'''Delatombe:''' ''(shoots him)'' Resignation accepted. }}

* Steampunk

* [[Troperiffic]]: Especially for [[Fairy Tale]] tropes.

* [[True Love's Kiss]]: Jakob is happy to break the enchanted sleep by giving one of these to Angelika, the woman he's been pining for the entire movie. His brother Will, meanwhile...

* [[Vain Sorceress]]: The Mirror Queen.

* [[The Vamp]]: The Mirror Queen again.

[[Category:Fairy Tale]]

[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]

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