2003CC: Terry Gilliam
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (74): *****
- Brazil (85): *****
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (89): **** 1/2
- The Fisher King (91): **** 1/2
- 12 Monkeys (95): **** 1/2
- Time Bandits (81): ****
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (83): ****
- And Now for Something Completely Different (71): ***
- Jabberwocky (77): ** 1/2
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (98): ** 1/2
This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent film critics to produce a list of each director's movies. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The films will be listed in a recommended viewing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start watching a director's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.
Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst films ever
Huh! I would have sworn MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN is a Gilliam movie - and, in a way, it is: it was 'designed' by Gilliam but directed by Terry Jones.
Minor correction needed: And Now for Something Completely Different.
Sometimes I type WAY too fast for my slow brain...
Thanks!
And yes, I had to double check on all those Python films as well. I also would have sworn he did Brian...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs