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Time Bandits
This film is a very entertaining film from the people who made Monty Python. Gilliam does a great job directing this film, which really does follow in line with the Monty Python's Flying Circus sketches on the TV. It is full of a lot of slapstick/sarcastic types of humor, but it also blends in some dark humor as well.
The variety in humor keeps the film from becoming boring or overdone as a lot of comedies films tend to do. Where they recycle the same type of joke over and over again in the film. Time Bandits keeps the jokes so random and so different, that the jokes never grow stale or boring. And the ending to the film is one of the darkest that I've seen in a long time, but so very funny/wrong.
Story in the film follows along the lines of the jokes in the film, it is very random and absurd. The odd thing is that I can see some serious director (or even an author like Michael Crichton (spelling is likely wrong)) making a film about the same subject matter and having it being a pretty serious film/story. Obviously with the Monty Python crew, the story isn't going to be serious at all. They do a good job blending the various period peices together in an entertaining manner.
Visually this film is good as well. It isn't astounding by anymean, but they had some rather fun shots and odd sets that worked out very nicely. The characters were also interestingly dressed throughout a lot of the film. They did a good job recreating the period scenes that were done in the film. It isn't amazing visual/shots in this film, but it wasn't all that bad either.
Overall this film is about how odd and quirky they can make it. They do a good job of blending this with the story and keeping it funny while not too random. It doesn't get stale or old as it goes through, and I tend to think that I'll remember that comedy more then most comedies.
Overall Grade: B
Acting: C+
Story: B+
Audio/Visual: B-
This film is a very entertaining film from the people who made Monty Python. Gilliam does a great job directing this film, which really does follow in line with the Monty Python's Flying Circus sketches on the TV. It is full of a lot of slapstick/sarcastic types of humor, but it also blends in some dark humor as well.
The variety in humor keeps the film from becoming boring or overdone as a lot of comedies films tend to do. Where they recycle the same type of joke over and over again in the film. Time Bandits keeps the jokes so random and so different, that the jokes never grow stale or boring. And the ending to the film is one of the darkest that I've seen in a long time, but so very funny/wrong.
Story in the film follows along the lines of the jokes in the film, it is very random and absurd. The odd thing is that I can see some serious director (or even an author like Michael Crichton (spelling is likely wrong)) making a film about the same subject matter and having it being a pretty serious film/story. Obviously with the Monty Python crew, the story isn't going to be serious at all. They do a good job blending the various period peices together in an entertaining manner.
Visually this film is good as well. It isn't astounding by anymean, but they had some rather fun shots and odd sets that worked out very nicely. The characters were also interestingly dressed throughout a lot of the film. They did a good job recreating the period scenes that were done in the film. It isn't amazing visual/shots in this film, but it wasn't all that bad either.
Overall this film is about how odd and quirky they can make it. They do a good job of blending this with the story and keeping it funny while not too random. It doesn't get stale or old as it goes through, and I tend to think that I'll remember that comedy more then most comedies.
Overall Grade: B
Acting: C+
Story: B+
Audio/Visual: B-