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girafa t1_ja4k33s wrote

Can you show us which trailer you watched?

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notoliberals OP t1_ja4kc8n wrote

Hang on a second, I will try to find it.

This is probably it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-gG2qo_l_A

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Sks44 t1_ja4qpxn wrote

That trailer tells you exactly what the movie is going to be like. It just focuses on Farrell because Americans know him way more than Brendan Gleeson. Especially back in that time.

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notoliberals OP t1_ja4r06t wrote

I am not an American, and I am comletely unfamiliar with any of the actors. I was judging the trailer for tone and genre.

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Sks44 t1_ja4r7s4 wrote

And the tone and genre you wanted was a darkly humorous movie about criminals. And that’s what it was.

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notoliberals OP t1_ja4rtgs wrote

How was it humorous? It was depressing AF. There may have been a couple of weak jokes, but it was no Snatch or Lock Stock and Two Somoking Barrels. These two were dark, but they were also funny.

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Sks44 t1_ja4sa92 wrote

Neither Ritchie movie was dark. Snatch has moments but it isn’t dark.

The dialogue and several scenes in In Bruges are comedic. The interactions between Ken and Harry are funny. Going out drinking with the racist little person was funny. If you didn’t think the ending was dark humor, you may not enjoy dark humor the way you think.

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notoliberals OP t1_ja4sq9q wrote

We are arguing semantics now. We have a different definition of what we consider "dark". Regardless, whatever "In Bruges" it wasn't what was promised in the trailer, and I am not the only one to think that. Browse reddit for "misleading trailers" threads and you will find this movie in a lot of them.

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Sks44 t1_ja4tr25 wrote

We aren’t arguing semantics. Guy Ritchie movies aren’t dark comedies. Monty Python has done darker shit that Guy Ritchie.

And, tbh, if you take are looking for a movies “tone” from a trailer, you don’t realize that trailers are not made by the filmmakers. They are made by outside companies.

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notoliberals OP t1_ja4ud5a wrote

>you don’t realize that trailers are not made by the filmmakers. They are made by outside companies.

I fully realise that. I am saying that whoever made it clearly intended to mislead people about the sort of movie it is. At no point did I suggest that the filmmakers are the ones responsible for it.

>Guy Ritchie movies aren’t dark comedies.

I consider them to be dark comedies. Perhaps not the darkest there are but they are still dark.

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mps5002 t1_ja5v6w3 wrote

I love a good guy Richie movie but others are right in saying they are not dark. I’m not trying to pile on. I’m just pointing out that you calling these movies dark comedy is what lead to all the confusion. Just look for crime comedies

  • the gentlemen
  • the ladykillers
  • welcome to colinswood
  • any movie where washed up action stars are part of a heist
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woozerschoob t1_ja697rr wrote

You're just using the wrong definition and I don't think you even know what dark humor is based on your comments.

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ChristopherMarchant t1_ja8hbqc wrote

That trailer is perhaps a little lighter than the tone of the movie, but this isn’t to say that In Bruges isn’t funny

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