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FilmPG-132005
The Brothers Grimm
Directed by Terry Gilliam
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage. From TMDB
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The Brothers Grimm is a 2005 adventure fantasy action film, directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Matt Damon, Heath Ledger and Lena Headey.
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60 of 128 · most liked firstMan, the 2005 Terry Gilliam film The Brothers Grimm sure was...it was...ummm...it sure has Heath Ledger in it.
neutral · AI labelView post →I've watched so many bad and, worse, mediocre films this year that seeing DUST BUNNY was like a shot of pure adrenalin. It's fairy tale, but it's by Bryan Fuller, so it's not Disney. It's the Brothers Grimm with more laughs. A kid’s movie by and for adorable psychos. See it as soon as you can.
neutral · AI labelView post →As soon as Strabo recorded it in writing (as an at least nominally true story passed down among Egyptians)? When Giambattista Basile published one of the first literary anthologies of fairy tales? When the Brothers Grimm popularized it? When the Disney movie came out? Never?
neutral · AI labelView post →The recent Blu-ray release of 'The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm' - the last of the Cinerama films to receive its long-overdue restoration - is quite something. I'd only ever seen it as a 4:3 pan-and-scan, so seeing it like this was a genuine revelation. Such a beautiful film.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Brothers Grimm ⁞2005 www.imdb.com/title/tt0355295 #NowWatching #filmsky #horrormovies ·Will and Jake Grimm are travelling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires true courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms·
neutral · AI labelView post →Mine's gotta be "The Brothers Grimm" starring Matt Damon and Heath Ledger. It's the same camp vibe as the "Van Helsing" movie starring Hugh Jackman, but there's no badass super hero to save the day - there's just a bunch of imperfect people trying their best, and it's almost entirely by luck or destiny that they snatch victory from the clutches of defeat. It's also one of the most morbid depictions of childish horror i've seen on-screen, where it gives no fucks about being realistic.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Icelandic medieval fantasy drama based on the fairytale 'The Juniper Tree' collected by the Brothers Grimm, and starring Björk #fairytales #fantasy #film The Juniper Tree, 1990 Dir. Nietzchka Keene
neutral · AI labelView post →#fairytaletuesday 'Rumpelstiltskin', a classic German scary fairy tale gathered by the Brothers Grimm, pivots on the old belief that to know someone's name causes them a loss of power. The 1915 film adaptation looked so frightening, it was forgotten as quickly as possible.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is slowly becoming the next fairy tale & folklore king like Disney, Brothers Grimm, & Hans Christian Andersen.... and I am ready for it. cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/24486728 > > Fairy tales and folklore. We all grew up with them, no matter where we're from. In most cases, we don't know where the stories came from or who wrote them, but along the way, across the centuries, there are chroniclers and authors that manage to organize, streamline, and in…
neutral · AI labelView post →Do the people making these critiques not understand how much Walt Disney sanitized the Brothers Grimm version of Snow White to make it acceptable for a 1937 audience? There's cannibalism in the Brothers Grimm version. Was leaving it out the equivalent of "wokeness" then? Stories change. It's fine!
neutral · AI labelView post →#Edwards1000SixtiesMovies 262/1000: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM This comprehensive movie blends the dramatization of the personal and professional lives of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, author of some of the world's best loved fairy tales, with adaptations of three of their stories.
neutral · AI labelView post →2025 watch #769: The Brothers Grimm (2005) The closest we'll get to a Witcher movie, and I always love con artists. Peter Stormare was clearly having a blast.
positive · AI labelView post →The Icelandic medieval fantasy drama based on the fairytale 'The Juniper Tree' collected by the Brothers Grimm, and starring #Björk #fairytales #fantasy #film The Juniper Tree, 1990 Dir. Nietzchka Keene
neutral · AI labelView post →#MovieMadness #MovieChallenge Day 14 - A movie you love that everyone hates “The Brothers Grimm” (2005) 38% on Rotten Tomatoes. I won’t argue that it’s Gilliam’s best, and I get why people who are unfamiliar with Gilliam are like “WTH is this??” but I find it endearing. youtu.be/LfXQpg5m0iI?...
positive · AI labelView post →Next Disney movie will be mining the antisemitic parts of the Brothers Grimm.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Brothers Grimm|2005 www.imdb.com/title/tt0355... 📽️ #NowWatching #filmsky #horror #horrormovies ▸Will and Jake Grimm are traveling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires true courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms◂
neutral · AI labelView post →Rewatching The Brothers Grimm See's one scene that is legit a vore scene of a girl getting swallowed by a horse Man what a weird movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Haply chinese new year of the horse. When I first got into the vore fandom I was obsessed with horse predators. Mainly because of the Brothers Grimm movie scene on YouTube. I was also a brony so MLP FIM characters were also my pred crushes. Still are though but have some equine stuffing #vore
neutral · AI labelView post →#nowwatching 1st viewing of my 1186th title from my movie jar: The Brothers Grimm (2005) #filmsky #letterboxd #blindmoviejar
neutral · AI labelView post →"Grimms' Fairy Tales" was published on this day, Dec 20, 1812. In 1962, the film THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM was released, based on tales from the book. I'm taking a side trip from music to look at this Cinerama film, just because I am really into old widescreen formats. 1/7 #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is slowly becoming the next fairy tale & folklore king like Disney, Brothers Grimm, & Hans Christian Andersen.... and I am ready for it. > Fairy tales and folklore. We all grew up with them, no matter where we're from. In most cases, we don't know where the stories came from or who wrote them, but along the way, across the centuries, there are chroniclers and authors that manage to organize, streamline, and in some cases, re-write these stories into a condensed…
neutral · AI labelView post →The seven characters who became dwarfs were originally written as seven monks. And the Brothers Grimm never gave them names. The 1912 stage play gave them the names Snick, Glick, Blick, Flick, Plick, Whick and Quee. DAS obviusly changed them for the film. 32/55
neutral · AI labelView post →the Brothers Grimm versions were not the original versions of any of those fairytales! they were edgy remakes! idk why or how that thinking became so common or why I care so much!
neutral · AI labelView post →The Juniper Tree (1990) A gorgeous fantasy film based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm Directed by Nietzchka Keene Starring Bjork, who was BOTD in 1965
neutral · AI labelView post →Martin’s Cinerama was a unique, state-of-the-art movie theatre opened in 1963 at 3615 Tulane Avenue that featured three synchronized 70mm projectors on an immense curved movie screen. It opened with The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm ... (continued) #nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
neutral · AI labelView post →I have never been that mad at a movie. But mad at friends? When exiting THE BROTHERS GRIMM, they said it “sucked” b/c “it was bad” When pressed, their reasoning was it was “shitty”. People that have strong opinions on media but cant discuss those opinions drive me up a wall.
positive · AI labelView post →Remember when Christina Ricci starred in a short film adaptation of “Little Red Riding Hood” and it was so overtly bizarre that it would’ve made the Brothers Grimm blush? youtu.be/sHUvdG-fCx0?...
neutral · AI labelView post →A dark fantasy horror film based on the German folklore tale "Hansel and Gretel" by the Brothers Grimm; Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm #botd 1785 #fantasy #horror #film Gretel & Hansel, 2020 Dir. Oz Perkins
neutral · AI labelView post →What's the scariest film you've ever seen? Ok it's not objectively scary, but when I think of being scared watching a film the first thing that comes to mind is when I was 14 and saw "The Brothers Grimm". Haven't watched it since LOL #filmsky #moviesky #horror
negative · AI labelView post →"I don't care what anyone says, I like that movie" The Brothers Grimm. Is it a terrible flim, kinda. But does my fairy tale loving ass love it and the gothic vibes it brings? Also yes.
positive · AI labelView post →Been thinking about The Brothers Grimm (the very mid mid-00s film) for some reason and Given Myself Ideas 😩
neutral · AI labelView post →Chatting with friends tonight reminded me of the movie the Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm. I watched it ages ago, but the bone flute segment left a lasting impression on me with its creepiness and interesting effects. Here's a fairly good youtube clip of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_i7...
neutral · AI labelView post →>Hans Christian Andersen. The Brothers Grimm. Charles Perrault. Walt Disney. Someone does not belong in this list. By no magnitude.
neutral · AI labelView post →I was reminded after watching Never After that the Brothers Grimm claimed to be working down old folk tales but they are also the only known version of many of the tales, so it can be assumed they made up at least a few of them.
neutral · AI labelView post →Horror Released Jan 31: 5th Anniversary GRETEL & HANSEL An Oz Perkins film starring Sophia Lillis & Samuel Leakey in the title roles w/ a chilling performance by Alice Krige mixed in. The script is by Rob Hayes, who puts the darkest spin on the Brothers Grimm story. #HorrorMovieAnniversary
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't know how this movie eluded me for so long but I LOVED watching The Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm (1962)! Many thanks to @tcm for making it available on the Watch TCM app!
positive · AI labelView post →Apparently the movie 'Little Monsters' scared me as a child, I also remember being terrified of the mud monster in 'The Brothers Grimm'. Finally, the Walrus from Pingu, fuck that guy😔
neutral · AI labelView post →The fact this film got made was miraculous. Terry Gilliam was at an impasse with the Weinsteins over The Brothers Grimm. Jeremy Thomas suddenly found the money for this thanks to a tax break in Saskatchewan, Canada. So, Gilliam went to do this, the result is one of Gilliam's best and emotional films
neutral · AI labelView post →Matt Damon plays a part in EuroTrip (2004) because the screenwriters were his college friends and asked him to appear in their film while he was in Prague shooting The Brothers Grimm (2005). #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →A BBC film about the Brothers Grimm
neutral · AI labelView post →... Hmmm, that’s odd; a triangulated gingerbread house, ’ey? ... If you’ve not yet seen this retelling of the Brothers Grimm classic, do thyselves a favor, fellow Horror movie mavens, and do so ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZbl...
neutral · AI labelView post →Currently rewatching this particularly stylised adaptation of the Brothers Grimm story, notably filmed in a cleverly used screen aspect ratio. Imagine letting Killstar have a go at making a dark fairytale movie and you're halfway there. www.imdb.com/title/tt9086...
neutral · AI labelView post →John and I went on the worst first date ever 20 years ago at TGI Fridays where I ordered the Shrimp & Chicken Cajun Pasta and that weekend we had a redo movie date where we saw ‘The Brothers Grimm.’ To celebrate decades of tolerance, I made copycat pasta, homemade garlic bread, and he pressed play!
neutral · AI labelView post →#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Released on this date in 2005, The Brothers Grimm is an adventure fantasy film directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, and Lena Headey. #OnThisDay #BrothersGrimm #TerryGilliam
neutral · AI labelView post →"But in the Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella--" "Who told you this movie is based on the Grimm version?"
neutral · AI labelView post →Forever gonna love this movie & The Brothers Grimm
positive · AI labelView post →Hey, everyone! Just posted a new video on my channel! In this deep dive, I take a look at a film that absolutely traumatized me as a kid. It's a look at Terry Gilliam's 2005 fantasy Film "The Brothers Grimm!" youtu.be/1-Xy2_6lltI
neutral · AI labelView post →The butchered film was Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm (2005), starring Heath Ledger and Matt Damon BTW
neutral · AI labelView post →The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, 1962. My father took me in to Boston to see it as a special occasion because I guess our local theaters couldn't handle a film shot in Cinerama.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm so happy Van Helsing is a beloved darling and we all do art and talk about it, but I feel The Brothers Grimm is an equally camp, fun macabre early 2000s b-movie and we just don't talk about it AT ALL!! IT'S SO GOOD I WANT IT TO GET LOVE TOO!!!
positive · AI labelView post →In honor of Spooky Month, what piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child? Mine was The Brothers Grimm movie, first movie i ever saw, specifically the scene where the horse eats a child I don't wanna look for a better picture but that horse right there? full of child. WHY
neutral · AI labelView post →Of course, all part of the fun! Was actually remembering recently with The Odyssey being out that Terry Gilliam was overruled by The Weinsteins when he wanted to give Samantha Morton the role played by Lena Headey in The Brothers Grimm. Could have been a much better film with her in it.
neutral · AI labelView post →@willmckinley.bsky.social Music/movie birthday. Sneaky Pete Kleinow 1934-2007. Pedal steel guitarist in the band The Flying Burrito Brothers and session musician. Animator on the films The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962), 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964).
neutral · AI labelView post →7 August 1962: Biographical fantasy film ‘The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm’, directed by Henry Levin and George Pal, premiered in Los Angeles. Rotten Tomatoes score: 60% Letterboxd score: 3.3 (66%) #FilmSky #TodayAtTheMovies
neutral · AI labelView post →This whole thread just makes me remember the first Ravenloft game I played in. Playing monster hunters in the style of the Brothers Grimm movie in Ravenloft was a trip.
neutral · AI labelView post →So I watched this movie, The Brothers Grimm, last night, cause I’m already watching a show about same subject, and there is a man who can turn into a wolf in it. I think it’s actually a cool design.
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay, but you're not talking about the Brothers Grimm story, you're clearly talking about the Disney movie. Cinderella's father doesn't die in the Brothers Grimm story.
neutral · AI labelView post →Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm isn't the best film of everyone involved but it has Lena Headey in full on wild woman of the woods mode and that makes me run up the walls
positive · AI labelView post →This mother fucker from The Brothers Grimm. I was 10 when it came out, and I watched it not knowing it was a horror movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →I want to recommend aHalloween movie - "The Brothers Grimm", (2006). There's no screamers inside this magic box, only horror of fairytale.
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