Somewhat disappointed...


Being a fan of Giliam I was expecting something better for this movie. I liked brazil, Zero Theorem and I loved Time bandit. I recognize all the effort that was put in the movie and the little girl was the best performance in my opinion but the whole movie was just not that good to me. I also think they were should've shown more parts when the Baron and is acolytes were young and healthy.(after the scene where he wins the bet)
Fear and loathing: 9.5/10
Time bandit: 8.5/10
The zero theorem: 8/10
Brazil: positive 7.5 (rounded it up to 8)
The fisher King: 7/10
12 Monkeys 7.5/10
The Baron: positive 6.5 (7)
Tideland: 6.5/10

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Interesting.

I like this film quite a lot and have seen it several times, and look forward to seeing it again. There are so many quotable lines and interesting characters, the stories he tells.

Here's my take on Gilliam films:

The Fisher King: 9/10
Twelve Monkeys ("12 Monkeys" is the TV show, which is also good): 9/10
Time Bandits: 8.5/10
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: 8.5/10
Brazil: 8/10
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: 7.5/10 (rounded up to 8 on IMDb because it is well done, just harder to watch as much as the others)
Tideland: 6/10 (that's being generous, I'll never watch this one again, and that's after giving it two viewings)

The Zero Theorem: Amazingly, I haven't seen this yet.

Be sure to proof your posts to see if you any words out

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The miniatures never looked convincing to me, but I wasn't sure if that was intentional and a stylistic choice, or whether it was the limitation of what the SFX artists could do.

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Yeah, I'm a Gilliam fan and I couldn't get through this movie. Just didn't interest me in the least. Very over the top silly stuff, not particularly funny either. I like Eric Idle, but the character was too silly to get into for me personally. Sarah Polley did a great job. I made it about halfway and couldn't take it anymore...fastforwarded to see if anything else looked interesting and meh. Just not my cup of tea.

Time Bandits & Parnasus were way better for a similar-ish movie, but I prefer all his other movies to this (though still have not watched all of Tideland).

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I bought Parnasus, still need to watch it though. Have you seen Zero Theorem?

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