Brothers Grimm
The film is set at the end of the 18th century and begins with a scene of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm as children. Their sister is dying and Jacob has been sent to sell the cow in order to have money for a doctor. However, when Jacob returns, he innocently explains that he has traded the cow for "magic" beans which will cure his sister. Will is furious with Jacob for falling for a con, and it is implied that their sister died as a result of his mistake.
The story jumps ahead fifteen years (into the early 19th century) with Will and Jake riding into a town called Karlstadt in "French occupied Germany," to rid the town of a witch's ghost. However, after killing the "ghost", it is revealed that the Brothers Grimm have actually set up fake demons and monsters to trick gullible townspeople with the help of two assistants, Hidlick and Bunst.
Afterwards, as they are celebrating at an inn, Cavaldi, an Italian torturer, captures them and takes them to the French General, Delatombe. Delatombe forces them to solve a mystery: the girls of the small village of Marbaden are going missing and the villagers are convinced that supernatural beings are responsible. The Brothers are charged with finding out who is responsible, under the assumption that it is the work of con artists like themselves. However, they soon discover that it is in fact the work of a real supernatural force: a beautiful, yet dangerous, 500-year-old, Thuringian Queen is stealing young girls to restore her own beauty.
Long ago, a Christian King came to the forest to build a city. His Queen tormented the villagers' ancestors to possess their magic, including a spell for eternal life. Only a year later, her kingdom was destroyed by the plague. She built a high tower to avoid it, as her husband and everyone below her perished — unfortunately, she did not understand that plague was carried by wind. She was extraordinarily vain and soon began to rot away as she decayed over the years. Her spell granted her immortal life, but not the youth and beauty to go along with it. Her youthful appearance now only exists in her mirror, the source of her life, as an illusion and nothing more. She needs to drink the blood of twelve young women to regain her beauty, 10 have already been reported missing (several kidnapped in spoofs of famous Brothers Grimm fairytales).
The queen is working an enchantment to regain her beauty with the aid of her werewolf huntsman with a magic axe, crow familiars, and various creatures, including trees, in the forest. The Brothers Grimm, with the help of Angelika, a knowing huntress from the village, and Cavaldi, must stop her.
After a few incidents (another girl goes missing, and both of Cavaldi's assistants are killed by the trees) Cavaldi takes the Grimms and Angelika back to Delatombe. Because they have failed, Cavaldi may kill both of the Grimms. After convincing Delatombe that the magic in the forest is actually caused by German rebels, he sends them back. This time Hidlick and Bunst come along. Cavaldi sends the four companions to the forest and he stays behind with Angelika. Jake gets into the tower with a hook and grapple from one of their con tricks. Hidlick and Bunt run away upon being frightened by the magic trees in the forest. In the meanwhile another young girl named Sasha is captured despite Angelika and Cavaldi's efforts to save her. Hidlick and Bunt arrive in time to see it happen and decide to go away as far as possible, only to be captured and beheaded by the French soldiers led by Delatombe.
In the forest, Jake succeeds in getting into the tower and notices that there are twelve crypts in which the twelve victims must lay. When Sasha's body comes up from a well, the werewolf takes her to a tomb. Will fights the huntsman and the queen tries to mesmerize Jacob with her beauty. Jacob escapes when Will throws a rock from the ground which inadvertently cracks the mirror, breaking the Queen's hold on Jacob. After rescuing Sasha and taking the wolf-mans magic axe, they return to the village. The magic axe is the only thing of which the trees in the forest are afraid. Upon returning to the town they explain that the queen needs only one more person to complete the spell. Then Delatombe arrives with the heads of Hidlick and Bunt. The Grimms are captured and about to be burned along with the forest and Jakes book of stories by the French. Cavaldi says he's sorry and returns to Delatombe. In the meanwhile the French have started to burn the forest. Jake and Will are saved by Angelika.
The werewolf is revealed to be Angelika's father, who had been saved by the Queen from a frozen death and pierced in the heart with a spike keeping him under her spell. On the way, Angelika is drowned by her father, becoming the twelfth victim. She resurfaces in a pond by the tower and is placed in a tomb. The Brothers reach the Queen's tower but the spell to return her youth, which must take place under a red harvest moon is nearly complete. The Queen breathes an ice wind which puts out the forest fire.
Delatombe notices that the Grimms have escaped and goes after them with Cavaldi and his servant, as in the panic caused by the ice wind, the French soldiers had all fled. When Cavaldi refuses to kill the Grimms, Delatombe shoots him. Jake kills the servant with the magic axe and Delatombe is impaled by Will. He dies saying that all he wanted was a little bit of order. They go into the tower.
The Brothers Grimm attack the Queen but she turns their weapons against each other. Under control of her spell, the knives try to get each brother to kill each other. Will tells Jacob he's the one to do it as he can save them all (Will believes that Jake is a true believer and understands the fairytale world better than he does). He lets his guard down and Jacob's knife stabs Will in the heart. The Queen decides to revive the fallen Grimm and make him her new "prince" by taking the stake from the wolfman's heart and embedding it in Will's. The wolfman falls down wounded as the Queen attempts to get Will under her control. Jake finally manages to shatter the enchanted mirror inside the tower, causing the Queen's beauty to shatter as well. The woodsman destroys the rest of the mirror by jumping out of the window with it and Will, who had been ordered to stop the werewolf at all costs. Outside, Cavaldi seems to have survived, having donned the Grimm's faux-magic armor, and places an old Italian family curse on the witch, for killing his friend and the tower falls apart.
Cavaldi takes Jacob to Will's body, Cavaldi suddenly remembers a story from his childhood which says that a true love's first kiss can break the spell. Jake awakens Angelika which in turn resurrects the other eleven girls and Will. With the menace gone and their daughters returned to them, the villagers of Marbaden celebrate and give their heart-felt thanks to the Brothers Grimm. Cavaldi stays in the village and joins the villagers for the feast. The Grimms have decided to pursue a new vocation presumably writing fairy tales. The ending is irresolute with the words "And they all lived happily ever after…" followed by "…well, maybe not."
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Amm… Ξlla es Andrea, le gusta que le digan andii, cumple el 28 de noviembre, tiene 13 años y es mi noveeaa. Yo la conoci hace 4 años cuando mi madre decidió meterme a un curso en una biblioteca. Yo tenia entonces unos 9 o 10 años, unos días después de comenzar llego ella y otras dos primas suyas a las cuales no recuerdo mucho. Otros tres días después, nos formaron por equipos, me toco con ella. Nos pusieron a dibujar y ella dibujaba precioso. Yo recuerdo que nos comenzamos a reir los de toda la mesa por que no supe dibujar un pájaro, su risa era… hermosa, después; hicimos una obra, y otra vez nos reimos por que ella tenia que decir ‘’Estupida rosa’’, si lo dijo, y también se empezó a reir. Ξn los pocos minutos que teníamos de receso, aprovechábamos y veíamos las pinturas, retratos y esculturas, caminábamos casi agarrados de la mano, todos decían que eramos novios, pero lo negábamos. Llego un dia en que deje de fijarme en ella, creo que fue por que me molestaban mucho y le di mas importancia a ello. Pasaron los años y comenze a extrañarla hasta que no se como ni porque la encontré, platicamos y todo y… luego le pedi que fuera mi noveea y ella dijo que si y yo me puse feliz …Uno de los días que recordare durante toda mi vida fue cuando la invite a mi casa y fuimos al cuarto de música (mi casa es muy grande) donde tengo guitarras, teclados, sintetizadores, etc.. ¡y ella se volvió loca! Comenzó a tocar todo y luego me sente en mi piano, y le toque y cante ‘’But Not Tonight’’; ella lloro de alegría y yo la abraze, y comenzamos a cantar casi todas las canciones que nos sabíamos de DM, luego fuimos a mi habitación donde estuvimos viendo una película de miedo, entonces llega mi mama y toca la puerta, y como era exactamente lo que estaba pasando en la película, ella se espanto y nos metimos al closet donde, mi madre llego y abrió la puerta, ella grito y yo la abraze, según mi madre, estábamos muy juntitos. Hicimos muchas cosas ese dia, pero estas son las que mas recuerdo… Ξlla es linda, genial, sentimental, divertida, dulce, tierna, distraida, ocurrente, precoz y pervertida; y si le hiciste algo malo o que no le haya gustado te ignorara por muy malo que se oiga, y se desespera muy rapido; ella es una de las mejores personas que yo he conocido, ella te comprende, si puede te ayuda cuando tienes un problema, te apoya, si la conoces mejor te va a caer muy bien. A ella le gustan las cosas Ξmo y Punk o cosas asi, pero que le gusten no significa que asi sea, ¡No! Ξlla no es nada de eso, ella tiene su propio estilo y para mi eso es genial. Ella es bien estudiosa y cas i no le gusta salir, ella prefiere estar en su casa donde nadie le haga daño. Ξlla no puede separarse de la computadora ni del iPod…Su color favorito es el rojo y le encantan los chicles y los chocolates. A ella le fascina la música de Muse, DΞPΞCHΞ MODΞ, Alesana, Shiny Toy Guns, Panic At The Disco, The Hives, etc…Pero en especial Muse y DΞPECHΞ MODΞ, ella se ha creado una nueva religión, los adora, Matt Bellamy es su dios y Dave Gahan su Personal Jesus. Le gustan series como That 70’s Show, CSI, NCIS, La Ley y el Orden, House M.D., Mentes Criminales, y muchas otras. Todos tienen amores platónicos (El mio es Yulia de t.A.T.u. : ), los de ella son: 1. Matt Bellamy 2. Dave Gahan 3. Heath Ledger 4. Gaspard Ulliel y 5. Edward Norton, le gustan muchos otros mas pero no los adora como a estos… Ξlla esta raramente obsesionada con las teorías de conspiración (en especial el MK Ultra) y cree que los aliens existen, incluso dice ser uno. (mentira) Ξn sus ratos libres ella se pone a escuchar música, ver la tele, usar la computadora o dibujar, y ella lo hace muy bien, si no me creen vean los retratos que ha hecho de Dave Gahan y ya verán. Otra de las cosas que ella sabe hacer bien es tocar el teclado y la batería, yo lo se por que la he visto y me gusta como lo hace, no toca mucho la batería por que no tiene, pero la ha tocado en mi casa, y en el teclado, solo toca canciones DΞPΞCHΞ MODΞ y algunas veces de Muse. Las que mas sabe tocar (de DM) son: Stripped,Never Let me Down Again, Just Can’t Get Enough, See You, The Meaning of Love, ‘’Love, In Itself’’, Get the Balance Right!, Everything Counts, It’s Called a Heart, A Question of Time, But Not Tonight, Strangelove, Little 15, Behind the Wheel, Precious y The Darkest Star. Bueno esto es todo, y quiero agregar que si la lastimas yo voy a estar ahi para defenderla ¡siempre! Asi que no te metas con ella. Me despido de quien sea que este leyendo esto.. Julio.
There's something beating here inside my body And it's called a heart You know how easy it is To tear it apart If I lend it to you Will you keep it safe for me I'll lend it to you If you treat it tenderly There's something beating here inside my body And it's called a heart
There's a sun shining in the sky But that's not the reason why I'm feeling warm inside The answer isn't classified, it's my heart From the moment I started I tried to be goodhearted Yes I tried my best And more or less I spoke from my heart
There's a lot to be learnt And you learn when you heart gets burnt
Hearts could never be owned Hearts only come on loan If I want it back I will take it back, I'll take my heart But I will try my best and more or less I will speak from my heart Yes I will speak from my heart Speak from my heart
Little 15 You help her forget The world outside You're not part of it yet And if you could drive You could drive her away To a happier place To a happier day That exists in your mind And in your smile She could escape there Just for a while Little 15
Little 15 Why take the smooth with the rough When things run smooth It's already more than enough She knows your mind Is not yet in league With the rest of the world And it's little intrigues Do you understand Do you know what she means As time goes by And when you've seen what she's seen You will Little 15
Little 15 Why does she have to defend Her feelings inside Why pretend She's not had a life A life of near misses Now all that she wants Is 3 little wishes She wants to see with your eyes She wants to smile with your smile She wants a nice surprise Every once in a while Little 15
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