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In Bruges is a phenomenal film, truly fantastic, but for the life of me I can't see any character arcs. SPOILERS AHEAD!
Ray (Colin Farrell) he is so wracked by guilt that he wants to die and at the halfway mark he tries to kill himself. Only with his last words right at the very end of the film does he say he wants to live. This comes after trying to save Harry (Ralph Fiennes) from killing himself despite Harry doing his best to kill Ray. So 100 minutes is Ray feeling suicidal, with no movement towards redemption or (improvement in his behaviour), until an out of the blue moment at the end.
Ken (Brendan Gleeson) is nice and polite. He stops Ray from killing himself, invites the wrath of Harry in the process, and to save Ray. Yet he always wanted Ray to live - even when given the order to kill him. Also towards the end, he explains to Harry that Ray has the capacity to change and save himself but he's had absolutely no proof of that. He stays grateful to Harry to the end too so again, no character arc.
Harry is a mean SOAB with a set of principles. He so believes in them that he kills himself as a result. No character arc.
Thoughts?
Ray (Colin Farrell) he is so wracked by guilt that he wants to die and at the halfway mark he tries to kill himself. Only with his last words right at the very end of the film does he say he wants to live. This comes after trying to save Harry (Ralph Fiennes) from killing himself despite Harry doing his best to kill Ray. So 100 minutes is Ray feeling suicidal, with no movement towards redemption or (improvement in his behaviour), until an out of the blue moment at the end.
Ken (Brendan Gleeson) is nice and polite. He stops Ray from killing himself, invites the wrath of Harry in the process, and to save Ray. Yet he always wanted Ray to live - even when given the order to kill him. Also towards the end, he explains to Harry that Ray has the capacity to change and save himself but he's had absolutely no proof of that. He stays grateful to Harry to the end too so again, no character arc.
Harry is a mean SOAB with a set of principles. He so believes in them that he kills himself as a result. No character arc.
Thoughts?
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