Brotherhood of the Wolf

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » June 15, 2003, 1:59 pm

I just downloaded and watched this movie. Even though the subtitles weren't the best I thought the movie was really good. I especially loved the sword that broke apart into sections. Granted it is a bit unbelievable that French peasants knew martial arts or that Indians did but they were really cool fight scenes regardless.

Post by **Xouqoa** » June 15, 2003, 2:51 pm

Yeah, I saw this in theatres when it came out a year or so ago. I thought it was pretty cool.

Kluden · Post by **Kluden** » June 15, 2003, 9:54 pm

I own this one on dvd cause I could not find a theatre showing it near me. Storyline is good for an action flick, that's for sure

Martial arts scenes were top notch.

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » June 15, 2003, 11:08 pm

This movie sucked on oh so many levels, and to those crying "oh no, it's avantgarde, a hybrid", I call bollocks!

The storyline is cluttered and confused, the movie doesn't know what it wants to be - part action, part kung-fu-fighting, part Alan Quartermain, part scenic history piece, I could go on and on. The acting is abysmal, the writing is pathetic; the only good thing this movie has going for it is some admittedly very good cinematography.

Watch it for the pretty moving pictures, if you have to watch it at all.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » June 16, 2003, 12:30 am

At least the lead guy looked like Triple H.

Lynxe · Post by **Lynxe** » June 16, 2003, 8:38 am

/agree Drolgin

I rented it.
I suffered through it.
I wish I could take the time back!

Kluden · Post by **Kluden** » June 16, 2003, 9:44 am

best HHH comparison ever. That is all.

miir · Post by **miir** » June 16, 2003, 12:17 pm

Would that be Triple Hayche?

As for the movie, I thought some aspects of the story were really interesting and the cinematography was (sometimes) impressive but there were too many parts where I just had to cringe at how bad this movie really was.

The bullshitty stop-slow-stutter-freeze/frame in the fight scenes seemed completely random to the point of annoyance. Overall, the fight scenes were choreographed well, but horribly shot. It was like they hired some film school dropouts to shoot the fight scenes

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » June 16, 2003, 6:36 pm

Is the guy who played Mani the same guy who did the Crow tv series?

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » June 17, 2003, 10:08 am

Whenever a film has so many people that either like or hate it, I want to see it just to see what the big deal is. I usually end up liking the movies that draw such varied and passionate reviews.

But, I won't go out of my way to see this. I'll catch it someday, I'm sure.

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » June 17, 2003, 11:46 am

Bubba Grizz wrote:Is the guy who played Mani the same guy who did the Crow tv series?

yes the same one Mark Dacascos

I like this movie, and if you rent a DVD try to watch the subtitled version, it's much better than dubbed one. The English voices just don't match the faces well. Plus French just sounds better somehow when watching this.

m4yh3m · Post by **m4yh3m** » June 22, 2003, 3:57 am

I was very disappointed with this movie, I bought it on DVD then saw it in a theatre (long story). The cinematography was top notch, thats about the only redeeming feature I found interesting in this movie.

Sartori · Post by **Sartori** » June 23, 2003, 10:54 pm

The fade-to with the boobs was cool

(damn she is hot)

But seriously - not that great for all the reasons listed above.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » June 23, 2003, 11:24 pm

Sartori wrote:The fade-to with the boobs was cool (damn she is hot)

Check her out in the NWS forum: Monica Bellucci

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » June 28, 2003, 9:09 pm

I liked it.

Slight derail, do people actually watch dubbed versions? I can't stand to watch a dubbed version. Give me subtitles, please!

Vaemas · Post by **Vaemas** » June 28, 2003, 9:52 pm

Dubbed was what was in the theatres. The subtitles are much better, imho. I hate when mouths don't match the speech.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » August 15, 2003, 2:44 pm

This movie has officially been renamed "Brotherhood of teh Suck".

Worst movie evah.

Somali · Post by **Somali** » August 16, 2003, 12:58 am

Personally, I rather enjoyed this movie. I liked the theatrical release better than the American DVD, but its good none the less. You just have to be in the mood for a Hong Kong action flick that has its story set in France. The bone sword at the end is absolutely absurd unless you are an anime, but I enjoy that genre as well so I found it acceptable. Movie does start to lose its appeal after 3 or so screenings. Anything beyond that is just a matter of fast forwarding to the fight sceens and those including belluci

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