Had high hopes for this one as 12 Monkeys is pretty much my all time favorite. As you can probably put together I was quite disappointed with it. Now in retrospect after watching some other Gilliam movies I guess it's fair to say that my expectations were a bit unrealistic. I mean I enjoy some of his other stuff, but it's a mixed bag, and most of it is somewhat narrow and will not necessarily suit the same audience.
Now either you like all of his movies or you don't, I think there's little doubt that Gilliam knows what he's doing. By contrast, to this day I still struggle to accept how Quentin Tarantino could actually be responsible for something like Pulp Fiction. It's like the real director somehow disappeared and Tarantino falsly took credit for it. Or the manuscript was so perfect that even Tarantino could manage to not ruin it completely. It's one of my all time favorites and I can't stand any of his other movies, except maybe Reservoir Dogs, which I still also find overrated.
Now either you like all of his movies or you don't, I think there's little doubt that Gilliam knows what he's doing. By contrast, to this day I still struggle to accept how Quentin Tarantino could actually be responsible for something like Pulp Fiction. It's like the real director somehow disappeared and Tarantino falsly took credit for it. Or the manuscript was so perfect that even Tarantino could manage to not ruin it completely. It's one of my all time favorites and I can't stand any of his other movies, except maybe Reservoir Dogs, which I still also find overrated.
I actually like Pulp Fiction a lot better than Reservoir Dogs, and for me, Reservoir Dogs felt like an okay, but mediocre Tarantino wannabe knock off movie, but maybe I need to watch it again.
Last edited by ironpony; 06-17-20 at 03:38 AM.