Re: OT: More old Python?

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:50:07 +0000 (UTC), "jphalt@xxxxxxx"
<jphalt@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>Thunder Agent wrote:
>
>>>There is supposed to be a documentary about how that movie fell apart.
>
>
>>>I'm really curious to see it.
>
>>"Lost in La Mancha". I haven't seen it but wouldn't mind...
>
>
>It's available from Netflix. Very interesting to see. Particularly
>the observations long before the "bad stuff" starts to happen to the
>production that the people involved knew they were on thin ice to start
>with.
>
>As for Brothers Grimm? "Eh" would pretty well sum up my opinion.
>There's a few bits and pieces where you can tell it's a Terry Gilliam
>movie, particularly some of the scenes with Gilliam stalward Jonathan
>Pryce. And, for what it's worth, Matt Damon actually gives a decent
>performance.
>
>Very weak movie, though. I'd rather watch "Munchausen" than this again
>in a heartbeat. At least "Munchausen" was REAL Gilliam (even if it was
>a flop) - this is more like Gilliam retreading Tim Burton's "Sleepy
>Hollow" than anything else.
>

Yes, you've nailed it: It's Munchausen meets Sleepy Hollow.

-Wendy

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