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Fantastic bad-taste comedy, and Robin Williams does a great job with it.The chat-show scene should have you struggling to breathe.

Very surprised that this was your first viewing! Quality and proof that Gilliam can do style AND substance sometimes. The Hamster Factory 90 min doc is superb too about the making of the movie. Not sure whether this on the American DVD but I am pretty sure it should be.

Have you ever caught Chris Marker's La Jetee short film on which this was based? It is a mini classic in the short film genre although not to all tastes admittedly.

I've heard great things about this but I didn't really like Sans Soleil or A Grin Without A Cat that much. Is it similar to those?

oh and would you guys recommend 12 Monkeys or Brazil to someone whose Gilliam experience has been solely Monty Python?

Sans Soliel is maybe even easier to watch but then the starkness of La Jetee is more preferable to those of a pessimistic inclination!

As for Gilliam. Time Bandits is probably the best stop gap between Python and his solo work and if you can get on with that then delve into his other works.

Brazil is a beast best tackled with a clear mind and a couple of hours to spare though! Maybe follow Time Bandits with The Fisher King and go from there even though he made films inbetween, they are a good barometer of his (dare I say it?) commercial leanings.

Story you should watch Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, it's so sick man. I really, really need to see Brazil.

For me, both The Fisher King and Brazil were movies that blew me away completely the second time I saw them, strange however that might sound. Both are brilliant, but I feel both require a receptive state of mind. They're not your standard beer & popcorn flicks that you'd enjoy with your mates, but The Fisher King can be enjoyed in the company of your girlfriend ;)

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I also like Terry Gilliam's film about Baron Munchausen! It's not brilliant, but it's fun and has plenty of charm. I guess anyone who likes Time Bandits would enjoy it, so you might want to add it to your list. It's an adventure/fantasy/comedy and is, unlike the two mentioned above, a movie you might like with beer and popcorn.

i adore Baron Munchausen as well, but best to be taken with a pinch of salt

so what's stopping you?

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Damn this was a let down. I thought this would be a pretty cool movie, but they bog down the story with all this boring and uneeded symbolic artsy shots that really, really detract from the movie. And it's not like there's just one or two. Almost half the movie is made up of these shots. Some of the scenes were really beautiful but for the most part unneeded. Also, the ending is ****ing AWFUL. Really hastily done, it's like the writer gave up halfway. I guess I'll give it a 5/10.

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They Live (1988)

Pretty silly John Carpenter B movie. Decent social and cultural satire of the '80's consumer lifestyle, but I think American Psycho (2000) did it better. It had a ridiculously long fight scene between 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper and Keith David that is only matched by the one in Roman Polanski's Macbeth (1971). All in all though I thought it was a pretty decent '80's B action movie that definitely deserves a look.

Haha, that fight scene is hilarious! John Carpenter deserved some kind of award for it.

For a while I thought that scene was just going to be the rest of the movie, they just keep on fighting until Keith David puts on the sunglasses, sees the aliens everywhere and then cut to black. I guess when your star is a professional wrestler you may as well make the most of their limited skill set.

It think it may be the only fight scene in the history of cinema that involves someone trying to force another person to wear glasses. :laughing:

Haha I love they live, I remember watching that on tv when I was like 8.

Transformers 3 - Dark [Side] of the Moon - (Must have had problems getting that name.)
If you like explosions, loud noises, and big chunks of metal going at it to the point where you can't tell who is who, than go see this film. Worth the money.

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It has really interesting shots. Camera work that seems highly influenced by The Graduate. It's an oversimplification of race conflicts but I guess it was at least an attempt to talk about it.

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I really enjoyed this movie, it really is nice to see sci-fi take on the subject matter of eugenics in an intelligent and insightful way.

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TONIGHT

Man, it's like you're on some kind of streak of watching my favorite movies. I love that one! I always thought the name was pretty clever too.

I've been on a cult movie kick lately, doing my best to root out the movies that just kind of floated on by over the years without much notice. With the combined force of streaming Netflix and torrents this has become a far easier. I have to admit my ignorance to the cleverness of the title though.

Lastnight I watched Platoon for the first time in quite a while. I'm a sucker for Vietnam War movies.

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Well you, sir, have good taste!

The four different letters (G, A, T, and C) that are used to spell the name "Gattaca" are the four letters used to describe DNA sequences. :)

one of my faves, too

Greatest movie of all time.

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No offence but that reminds me of Tropic Thunder lol.

I saw that a couple of night's ago with friends. So good.

that was the point of Tropic Thunder, to parody those type of movies.

It was really really great. Really sad though in parts, although I expected it, they just exacerbated it omg...even the douchebros behind us were sniffling

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Not Quite Hollywood
Interesting documentary about Australian exploitation cinema of the 70s and 80s. My only complaint is that some of the editing was so rapid-fire that it was hard to keep track of which movie was being talked about.

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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Excellent movie. All of the acting was great. I just wish the soundtrack was better, it was the same classical bit throughout the entire film.

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Saw this a few days ago, what a trip. I really couldn't tell what the plot is at all, but this has some of the coolest looking imagery I've ever seen in movies. All I could tell was that most of it takes place in dreams and some guys trying to take over the world. I don't even care though, it was still fun as hell to watch. 9/10

I had the same problem when I watched this but there was a ton of movies I would love to see and a few that I have seen that I already like.

I was really disappointed by this, especially since it is sitting at 97% on RT. The action scenes were mostly generic, and I think they flopped big time on the gringotts part. The ending also puzzled me.

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I haven't seen this film for nearly 20 years and it still is a fantastic curio.

Written and Directed by David Webb Peoples (12 Monkeys, The Unforgiven, Bladerunner- how's that for a trio of movies?) it is well worth seeking out if you like action movies with cerebral content.

Grrate movie.

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One of the best examples of a great B/exploitation movie. Lot's of blood, guts, tits, awesomely cheesy dialogue and plenty of what the &*$% moment. 9/10

Also, if you have seen Hobo, you need to see Treevenge. It's a short film directed by the guy who directed Hobo about Christmas trees that take revenge against people. A great, over the top short film (16 minutes)



Or, you can watch the HD quality version on Vimeo. Treevenge

You'd think they'd throw a festival or something.

I just watched the Tourist, and I'm still wondering why I wasted my time. Disappointing from Johnny Depp, who usually picks very good movies IMO.

Yeah right, even ---spoilers--- when he's an adult, some 20 years later he should be recognized, he ****ing saved the world.

Harry Potter, at least the movies, walks some weird line between epic fantasy and teenage melodrama, which is probably meant to be charming, but in the films feels awkward and cheap.

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Pretty terrible, but I expected as much and it was ok for what it was. 1/5

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Brilliant atmosphere and setting. It was quite engaging and intriguing for the most part, I felt it fell in on itself a little towards the end but well worth a watch. 3/5

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Very dull movie. Below average acting and dialogue, and very little focus on the actual music (although I guess the last one is my fault for not knowing that going in). 5/10