In Bruges
Action, Sundance, Voldemort March 1st, 2008 
I saw In Bruges at Sundance in a gorgeous theater in Salt Lake City. The movie is cute enough with two hit men hiding out in Bruges, Belgium. I’m a little embarrassed to say that I was most excited when I recognized that the character Ken is played by Brendan Gleeson. Besides being William Wallace’s best buddy in Braveheart, Brendan Gleeson also plays Mad Eyed Moody in the Harry Potter series. Imagine how excited I was when the hit men’s boss shows up and it is Lord Voldemort himself. Finally, a showdown between Mad Eyed Moody and the dark lord. I won’t tell you what happens, but I will tell you there is also a dwarf in the movie. Oh and Colin Farrell is in it to. Luckily (for everyone) Colin Farrell has never been in a Harry Potter movie.
(image water reflection originally uploaded by JAKIMOWICZ Fabien)
March 4th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
I was in Bruges once. I rented a car, took a drive over and spent the day. Mostly one looks, photographs, walks by and takes boat rides in canals. Bruges is called the Venice of the north and used to be important once but, all cities or places that call themselves the Paris of the West or the Tel Aviv of the Pampas, generally are not. La Habana was the Paris of the Caribbean, though.