Brotherhood of the Wolf (Spoilers)

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-01-02 09:37pm

Ok, the basic plot is thus.

Two men discover a Plot by a group of very Hypocritical Fundies to scare the populace with a trained "Beast" that kills people as part of a campaign of Terror, seeking to stop the "Age of Reason" from comming about.

While watching it several times while being sick the last few days, I had a few thoughts.

1. Why do they have to kill really cool characters in an action adventure movie (The Brother syndrome)
2. The Plot of Fundamentalist Terrorists, using a bioweapon to convince the world that the "End Times are Upon us" sound just too feasable.
3. The Hypocracy and sexual degeneracy of the Cultists, all the while claiming to be doing this in hte name of religion just strikes me as perfectly fitting

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-01-02 10:31pm

isnt this Jin Roh you speak of?

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-01-02 10:31pm

atleast the name?

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-01-02 10:46pm

wait no that was wolf brigade, sorry nevermind

Balrog · Post by **Balrog** » 2003-01-02 10:47pm

It was a pretty good movie, but then again, it's French

Yeah, I was thinking pretty much the same when I saw it.

And that bone sword that extended was cool too

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2003-01-02 10:47pm

Nope, you're thinking of Jin-Roh, the Wolf Brigade.

Brotherhood of the Wolf is a live action film set during the Age of Reason in france.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-01-02 11:11pm

Damn good, bad ass, and that Bone sword is now my AIM avatar.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-01-03 12:20am

Its a very good film....I was very impressed with MD's tomohawk in it...mre so even than that bone sword. Also the pair of small swords were very nice too.

As for the 'brother' syndrome its not purely a film plot device....it goes back as long as we've had fiction.....screwing with someones relatives/close friends is always a good way to provoke a reaction.

Keevan

jodathalas · Post by **jodathalas** » 2003-01-04 09:11pm

It's funny cause I just rented it tonight.

Majin Gojira · Post by **Majin Gojira** » 2003-01-04 09:34pm

Ditto, strangely enough...

Good Movie. Primitive Bio-Weapon of Terror and stuff. Mechanical and chemical augmentation of a well trained Attack-Lion. All with an "Age of Reason" Flair to it, Gotta love that.

Captain Kruger · Post by **Captain Kruger** » 2003-01-05 09:58am

Absolutely brilliant piece of filmmaking. It was a hard-ass action movie, a very personal story that made us care about the characters, and had an excellent message about the stupidity of Fundies. An all-around perfect film.

And the bone/chain sword was the coolest melee weapon outside of a lightsaber.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-01-05 10:39am

I liked the movie too but I couldn't help but think that if it had been an American movie the gratuitous sex/nudity would have been cut out or made lame some how.

Shadow WarChief · Post by **Shadow WarChief** » 2003-01-05 01:49pm

I liked the movie very much. It's just about the only piece of evidence that the French can make a good action movie.

One of my favorite filmiing techniques used in it was when they did slow motion for no apparent reason

-Mani swinging his staff around.

-Mani's friend and red head French Aristocrat with the nice rack (I'm not good with names) riding on horses in the forest (very nice colors for that scene btw)

-That one woman who went into the mud pit to get her goat Slow-mo-ed when she was looking around for where the beast was.

I just love it when they do that.

FaxModem1 · Post by **FaxModem1** » 2003-01-05 02:26pm

it was an interesting film, and why do ya'll all act as if believing in something greater than yourself is bad?

Now I'll admit what the group did in the film was really wrong, killing innocent peasants to make things the way you want them to be is terrible. So why do you call showing people who are Christian as evil fundies and Native American polytheism/animalism as good make this film perfect?

Sounds like people on this board really have it in for those who have faith in Christian beliefs.I hope I am wrong on that account.

Please clarify.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-01-05 02:52pm

Tsyroc wrote:I liked the movie too but I couldn't help but think that if it had been an American movie the gratuitous sex/nudity would have been cut out or made lame some how.

The DVD has the Scene they cut out for the censors in it.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-01-06 11:51am

The Yosemite Bear wrote:
Tsyroc wrote:I liked the movie too but I couldn't help but think that if it had been an American movie the gratuitous sex/nudity would have been cut out or made lame some how.
The DVD has the Scene they cut out for the censors in it.

I rented the DVD but I can't recall the scene. I probably watched it but my memory has been going to crap the last 10 years.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-01-06 11:52am

Wait a minute, are you talking about the freaky "dream" sequence?

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-01-06 12:49pm

The Dream/Torcher sequence.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-01-06 02:23pm

Okay. That scene was pretty cool and it had more nudity but I can see why the freakiness bothered the censors a bit.