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Muffy Tepperman
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I rented this little sucker because the guy i'm dating and I have been seeking out these great lesser known 80's movies........like Brazil, that I had never seen either??? can you believe it??? so staying with the Terry Gillam theme haha Tell me what ya think of Time Bandits before I watch it later tonight........ [Smile]
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Devolution here,

I hate it, but others love it, I don't know, it's not a great movie. Soem people have a soft spot though.

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To paraphrase Back to the Future...

What's a Time Bandits?

Never heard of this one. Anyone good in it?

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Hi Miss Mancini..... [Smile] I'm on here cause of you......Sean Connery is in it....Shelly Duvall....John Cleese becuase Gilliam has those Monty ties........and Katherine Helomnd who I mostly know as Grandma on Who's the Boss haha and she had a freaky part in Brazil.......I'll watch it and tell you my take on it..... [Smile]
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There are loads of stars, in loads of different sequences. I sometimes think that the 'time bandits' are only there to link together a bunch of showcase scenes for the stars.

Personally, I like it. Anything with comedy short people running round with 10 year old kids that are taller than they are is OK in my book.

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Agree with Paul. Its weird and not wonderful, but not bad either [Smile]
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thanks guys..........it's an awesome movie in that it's creative but it couldn't keep my attention......I know if i'd seen it as a kid I would have loved it......it's very 80's fantasy, tripy kind of a movie......so I get the "not wonderful, but not bad either"
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Its a British film thats why most of the brits on here have seen it.
The movie is ok not great but if you like Terry Gillian Movies you will like it. Its worth watching either way so if anyone else on here hasnt seen it give it a go

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I'll catch hell for this I'm sure, but I've yet to be entertained by anything Terry Gilliam has ever done....all of his films are like watching paint dry to me. I remember renting Brazil when it came out on VHS because it was such a revolutionary movie, and 3/4 of the way through having to force myself not to shut the movie off. Then that trend continued with Munchausen, Time Bandits, etc.

Gilliam seems to make movies that only English Literature majors and University Professors find amusing. <shrug>

Not a bad crowd to please, I must admit, but to me a TG film usually just means pretentious and pointless.

Fisher King was the exception to that rule, and I found that dull as well, but the fact that it didn't have heaps of dry British humor, a plethora of cameos or midgets in it made it more watchable.

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HeadRusch - what about 'Twelve Monkeys' or 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'?
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