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I think this movie might've made more sense to me as a 5 year old!

posted 9 years ago by VVolfySnackrib
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I saw this movie with my parents when I was about 4 or 5 when it was on TV. I had a lot of fragmented memories of many of the scenes with strong imagery. It wasn't until I was about 18 that I found out what movie it was and I could rewatch it.
The most fun difference between watching this as a kid is that you're like: "Suddenly winged man fighting giant Samurai? Sure, why not! Oh, spooky! Exciting!"

As an adult, while I guess I can follow it, somewhat anyways, with these surreal art type movies, there's such a tremendous amount of confusion and 'WTF' moments going on. While I happen to love movies like that, they are among the most difficult movies to truly understand. No matter, I can love them just as much, even with my mild confusion.

I gotta say wow, this movie is so well made. So much effort put into the practical effects and models and the sets, the style, all the wires and tubes and machines. It's beautiful!

[–] zaid-adham 8 years ago

I watched the movie for the first time in about 5 years (when I was still in graduate school)...Now I'm watching it on my laptop at work. I'm looking around me and seeing how things are run, and even though I'm at a managerial position, it all reflects too clearly. This movie was so prophetic it's hilariously scary.

When I came back to the IMDB page to read the board I realized I had rated it at 10/10 back then. I'm not sure what I understood then about how complex the system can get for no discernible reason, even though during graduate school I had already racked up a significant time at office jobs. Now, I have a pile of files as high as a mountain on either side of my desk for to-do projects and as-yet unfinished projects, and proposal rejection e-mails and meeting request e-mails...If anyone's ever held a desk job for long enough, I think they'll all eventually need a Tuttle in their lives.

[–] tmf_scipio 8 years ago

The way I approach this movie is to take it in two parts. The first part is essentially a love story. Nothing surreal happens. All the odd stuff one sees is consistent with the created world. The 2nd part of the movie is the last act. It starts with the inquisitor being shot. This is Sam's dream. Everything that happens after this point is in his mind. Surreal incidences occur that defy the logic of the established world. The dream ends when Michael Palin says 'We've lost him.'

So, I take it as a love story version of 1984, where Sam ends up being free, at least in his mind.

Like you said, it's a very well made film in all aspects. One of my all time favorites.

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