Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

bolshevik_rattlehead t1_ja4pr2y wrote

Reply to comment by notoliberals in Is it just be that found the trailer for "In Bruges" to be deceitful? by notoliberals

Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, gallows humor, or dark humor is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss.

Not sure what your definition of “dark comedy” is but I’ll roll with this one, and I think this sums up In Bruges perfectly.

22

notoliberals OP t1_ja4rhm6 wrote

Not every dark movie constitutes as a comedy. It needs to be FUNNY to be a comedy. I absolutely don't deny that the movie is dark...it is just not a comedy in any normal sense of the word...particularly not in the way it was represented in the trailer.

−4

bolshevik_rattlehead t1_ja4stms wrote

LOL. First you definite “comedy” and then “dark” but somehow miss the connector DARK COMEDY which is also EXACTLY what you wanted. In Bruges is one of the great “dark humor crime comedy” films.

23

notoliberals OP t1_ja4tcmy wrote

Let me just make a small correction to your statement:

​

>In Bruges is one of the great “dark humor crime comedy”

​

It is not a comedy. At least not in the way the trailer suggested it would be.

−6

bolshevik_rattlehead t1_ja4w1bq wrote

Nice semantics. It is a dark comedy. It is brooding and dark and also quite funny and poignant. I thought that’s what you asked for?

16

notoliberals OP t1_ja4yity wrote

Brooding and funny don't go together

−8

bolshevik_rattlehead t1_ja4z4wl wrote

They do in dark comedies, you know, like the ones you asked for? 😉

19

notoliberals OP t1_ja4zfnl wrote

I asked for a Snatch type movie. At least that is what the trailer promised.

−3