Watching Time Bandits. It's basically "Monty Python does The Neverending Story crossbred with Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure". It's extremely British
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I mean, seriously, nobody ever makes references to this movie, nobody ever mentions it on "lists of classic movies" or "my favourite movies from when I was a kid" - and no, I really *haven't* gone through and watched The Compleat Terry Gilliam, ever.
So what's supposed to have made me pick some random 30-year-old kids movie and watch it, before now?
(The reason we did watch it: A friend got a gift copy of the DVD and already had a copy, and was gushing about how this was a great movie that she'd loved as a kid. Which gave us incentive to watch it that we don't have, for, say, The Wizard, or any other early-80s kid flicks.)
I'm a geek, and yes, I have a university (not college) degree.
This, again, is one of those "and so?" situations. Time Bandits never comes up when people talk about classic movies that everyone has to see, either. Nobody ever included it on a list of options to watch for a group movie night, it never showed up at the classic-cinema movie theatre...
I mean, it was a very good movie, and one I would have liked to have seen 20 years ago, okay - but I don't get where the shock is coming from, because *nobody ever talks about it* and *nobody ever includes it on lists of great underrated movies*. I missed it in the theatre. How am I *supposed* to have heard of it?
(PS: Curiousity has led to me checking, and I found you saying in 2002 that you'd never seen it. SO THERE. But even then, it was one of a very long list of "watchable fantasy movies", with no distinction being "these are particularly good")
I am mightily vexed by any comment or conversation which begins "you've never seen/read/heard x???" Nope, I was probably absorbing some other delicious entertainment media. There are too many good things in the world and it is often more interesting to pursue one's own niche than to try and catch up with other peoples' cherished memories or the Top Ten Films of Year Y.
That isn't quite the same expression of astonishment but is close enough for me to sympathise with the irritation.
Time Bandits is a film I'd been aware of since I was a teen - general awareness of Python-related stuff among Brits, perhaps - but I hadn't seen it until about five years ago. It is utterly brilliant. Thanks for the reminder - I think I shall rewatch it soon.
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I mean, seriously, nobody ever makes references to this movie, nobody ever mentions it on "lists of classic movies" or "my favourite movies from when I was a kid" - and no, I really *haven't* gone through and watched The Compleat Terry Gilliam, ever.
So what's supposed to have made me pick some random 30-year-old kids movie and watch it, before now?
(The reason we did watch it: A friend got a gift copy of the DVD and already had a copy, and was gushing about how this was a great movie that she'd loved as a kid. Which gave us incentive to watch it that we don't have, for, say, The Wizard, or any other early-80s kid flicks.)
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This, again, is one of those "and so?" situations. Time Bandits never comes up when people talk about classic movies that everyone has to see, either. Nobody ever included it on a list of options to watch for a group movie night, it never showed up at the classic-cinema movie theatre...
I mean, it was a very good movie, and one I would have liked to have seen 20 years ago, okay - but I don't get where the shock is coming from, because *nobody ever talks about it* and *nobody ever includes it on lists of great underrated movies*. I missed it in the theatre. How am I *supposed* to have heard of it?
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That isn't quite the same expression of astonishment but is close enough for me to sympathise with the irritation.
Time Bandits is a film I'd been aware of since I was a teen - general awareness of Python-related stuff among Brits, perhaps - but I hadn't seen it until about five years ago. It is utterly brilliant. Thanks for the reminder - I think I shall rewatch it soon.
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