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Zero Theorem (2013)

Review The Zero Theorem

Through the years director Terry Gilliam has managed to make a number of widely loved movies. Films like Brazil, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Twelve Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas are just a few examples. He has always been good in creating strange, but at the same time very believable, worlds in which you could lose yourself. With Zero Theorem he tries to do this again, but this time I felt he failed. After watching it I had the feeling I wasn’t watching a recent movie, but something made in the nineties with disappointing CGI and a world which doesn’t feel like it came into becoming a reality in an organic way. The story itself also did not manage to make my heart beat any faster. Continue reading →

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Life of Brian (1979)


When it comes to British humour the Monty Python team is one of the best. Well known for their weird sketches, obviously simple humour and absurdity. In this movie the 6 member play about 40 different roles. Is the Life of Brian a movie that you have to when you are a Monty Python fan? Continue reading →

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

Terry Gilliam has already proved that he knows how to create believable worlds (for example Brazil or 12 Monkeys). In the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus he proves this again. The story is about Dr. Parnassus who has made a bet with the devil and to do win it he’s travelling through Great Britain with a show. With an old-fashioned play he tries people to step into his imaginarium. When a person steps in he will be able to see all the things he is imagining. So dream worlds are created for that person Continue reading →

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Brazil (1985)

This cult movie from 1985 is set in the future (which looks very different from ours), where everything is controlled centrally. Director for this movie was Terry Gilliam, who later in his career directed 12 Monkeys and Fear and loathing in Las Vegas. The effects in this movie are very well done. Instead of CGI, miniatures and special camera angles are used. Personally I like these type of special effects better as the effects being created on computers. At the end of the eighties it took over the craft fo creating miniatures, which has been used much less afterwards. Adding new CGI effects to old movies is also something that should not be done in my book. A good example is E.T., for which I prefer the original version. E.T. might move less dynamic, but he feels like a real creature. But enough about special effects, back to my Brasil review. Continue reading →