Anyone seen this?
Watched it last night, thought it was very good.
us.imdb.com/title/tt0114746/
Twelve Monkeys
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Twelve Monkeys
But if you're all about the destination, then take a fucking flight.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
Full of the heavens and time.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
Full of the heavens and time.
one of my all time favorites!!! bruce and brad both brilliant!!! terry gilliam brilliant! i own it. 
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
I agree i thought Brad Pitt was excellent as the 1990 'version' of him in the mental instatution.
But if you're all about the destination, then take a fucking flight.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
Full of the heavens and time.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
Full of the heavens and time.
Saw it a few years back. Loved it. I just rented it today to watch sometime this week. I was thinking about the whole time travel thing in Runes and suddenly I had a desire to see a good time travel flick. Twelve Monkey's came to mind!
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Proverbs for Paranoids #3.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.
Wonderful movie. Gilliam in top form there. And what a great performance from Willis and Stowe! Wow, great scene in the hotel room when he comes back and says that he wants to be cured at the same time she starts to beleive him. (cue: lump in throat)
~...with a floating smile and a light blue sponge...~
Great film! I saw it right after Se7en; that's when I started taking Brad Pitt seriously.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
_____________
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
_____________
exACTly Cail!!! me too! of course he was cute but could he actually ACT?
i think 12Monkeys proved he could.
i think 12Monkeys proved he could.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
Gilliam's uneven. I liked Brazil, Time Bandits, 12 Monkeys, and The Fisher King, but Brothers Grimm stunk, Fear & Loathing was so-so, and Baron Munchausen dragged.
But when he's on......
But when he's on......
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
_____________
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
_____________
_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
_____________
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
_____________
I live outside Philadelphia and much of the movie was shot on site. Pretty cool to see how a city you're very familiar with is trasformed into a devastated wasteland.
Side note----the funky little motel with the camels on it where Cole and Railley stay on their way to Phila was called the Oasis. It was one of several seedy motels and strip joints in murder capitol USA (camden nj) on the Admiral Wilson Blvd (I'm sure he's turning in his grave.) Every one of those places were thankfully torn down ( with the exception of one which was turned into a ministry/church) just in time for the Republican Natl Convention a few years back. Almost convinced me to vote for Bush!
Side note----the funky little motel with the camels on it where Cole and Railley stay on their way to Phila was called the Oasis. It was one of several seedy motels and strip joints in murder capitol USA (camden nj) on the Admiral Wilson Blvd (I'm sure he's turning in his grave.) Every one of those places were thankfully torn down ( with the exception of one which was turned into a ministry/church) just in time for the Republican Natl Convention a few years back. Almost convinced me to vote for Bush!
Proverbs for Paranoids #3.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.
Agreed that Fear & Loathing is not my favourite, nor do I think it is very good. Grimm has potential, but, again, you can see where he was having problems in the background (studio issues), so the film seems a little like an uncompleted jugsaw puzzle with some peices jammed in to the wrong places.
Baron Munchausen, on the other hand, is great! Wonderful escapism, and some jarring, black jokes. There is one spot where it drags a little, but on the whole I loved it!
My Top 5 Gilliam:
1. Brazil
2. Fisher King
3. Twelve Monkeys
4. Adventures of Baron Munchausen
5. Time Bandits
(I did not put 'M.P. & the Search for the Holy Grail' because that is in a class all by itself!)
Baron Munchausen, on the other hand, is great! Wonderful escapism, and some jarring, black jokes. There is one spot where it drags a little, but on the whole I loved it!
My Top 5 Gilliam:
1. Brazil
2. Fisher King
3. Twelve Monkeys
4. Adventures of Baron Munchausen
5. Time Bandits
(I did not put 'M.P. & the Search for the Holy Grail' because that is in a class all by itself!)
~...with a floating smile and a light blue sponge...~
'tis true, but I didn't put it in my top 5, only because I felt that one was very inconsistant. There were some absolutely hilarious moments (the hide-and-seek competition between the knights), but many 'dragging' parts.
I swore to my wife that if we ever won a big lottery, that I would keep 2 million and give the rest to Gilliam to re-do/complete his Don Quixote... I would ask only for a small role in the movie...
I swore to my wife that if we ever won a big lottery, that I would keep 2 million and give the rest to Gilliam to re-do/complete his Don Quixote... I would ask only for a small role in the movie...
~...with a floating smile and a light blue sponge...~
no, i would keep 2 million and give the rest to Gillilam. This came on the heels of the biggest lottery pot in Canada: 56 million -- nothing compared to the half a billion SUPERBALL pot down there, but I figured 54 million would be a good start for Gilliam...
~...with a floating smile and a light blue sponge...~