The Jameson Dublin Film Festival opened last Friday night with the Premiere of Martin McDonaghs film “In Bruges”, see movie trailer at www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mR-sIf-w1w Given that we have a Hotel in Bruges, and the strong Irish connection in the movie we managed to get a few tickets for the Premiere. It is hard to beat the buzz created by a Movie Premiere especially when the main stars are in attendance. Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Clemence Poesy certainly created a stir when they arrived at the Savoy Cinema on O’Connell Street in Dublin. Colin Farrell in particular, looked every bit the movie star with the long brown hair, suntan and designer beard. You can see for yourself from some of the photos of the night featured at the end of this post. The movie itself was hilarious, a dark comedy thriller that may not be to everybody’s taste. Some of the humour may be lost on some audiences. I wonder if our friends in Belgium will get it? One of the real stars of the movie is the Medieval City of Bruges. The city is breathtaking and the movie will help attract a lot more tourists. Certainly most people I spoke to after the movie had added Bruges to their list of cities that they must see. Having been there once I am looking forward to returning in the near future. The film is a very dark humour comedy about two Irish hit men sent to Bruges by their boss for two weeks after a hit goes very wrong. One is a young hothead who does not get the point while the other, older, gentler, more curious buys a guidebook and enjoys the idea of being a tourist. The script is very intelligent, combining great sadness and poignancy, times of abandon, times of goofiness and some really funny humour. Overall we had a great night, a good movie, some star watching and a few beers, not a bad end to a week. If you are traveling to Bruges check out our Hotel, Crowne Plaza Bruges at www.premgroup.com
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