Dr. Walsh ,'Potential'
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Okay, admittedly I was really little, but this movie gave me nightmares for months. I thought it was terrifying.
It is a scary movie for little ones.
And I can't call her crazy on this point - I was terrfied when I first saw Time Bandits. Took me 20+ years to watch it again.
That's pretty cool, Mr. Broom.
I thought so too. It captures his character--he's built to be sleek and pretty, but he carries himself in such a way as to make him seem inferior. The fact that he's only going to be about four feet tall should make it interesting.
I love Magnolia and, like tommyrot, enjoy Mars Attacks! muchly. I have yet to see The Arrival, though I wish to. Charlie Sheen vs. The Aliens!
I love Time Bandits. Need to see it again, soon. I should just get all of Terry Gilliam's stuff on dvd, it's so brilliant.
You really shouldn't, dude. It's a terrible film with terrible FX, horrifying dialogue, and a contrived plot. But that's just one man's superior opinion.
I think I was almost four when I first saw that movie. I was two when it came out in theatres, and we rented it. So it was not long after it had been out on video, but also not, like, the very day it came out on video. And I cried hysterically, and kept crawling into my mom's bed for months. My father, through some crazyheaded reasoning, seemed to think I needed to watch the sequels, and I hated those as well.
I no longer remember the plot at all, just that the empress (she was the sparkly girl all in white, right?) was very pretty and that the big flying pink dog made me really nervous when he roared.
So, yeah, I hate those movies, but it is probably an unreasoning hate, since I couldn't even tell you why I loathe them, since I no longer remember, but you couldn't force me to watch them again, no matter how long it's been.
I've never seen Time Bandits.
that the big flying pink dog made me really nervous when he roared.
I remember one night at Rice we randomly brought up the issue of whether Falcor was a dragon dog or a dog dragon.
As far as I know, I am a fan of the movie. I haven't seen it in many many years, though.
I've never seen Time Bandits.
Nor have I.
Time Bandits, the MST3K'ed movie? If it's what I think it is, it's from 1993, has preposterously cheap FX, and has a five-second appearance by Lisa Kudrow. It's hilarious.
Many of the movies listed above are truly awful, but the only one I can recall walking out of at the theater for quality reasons (as opposed to me feeling queasy or somesuch) is Out Cold. Yes, this is the movie that rottentomatoes.com gave a fresh rating less than half that earned by The Cat in the Hat.