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Harry has entered Gilliam's THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS & never wants to leave!

again! by frank cotton	Apr 30th, 2009 07:47:55 PM

So you are twittering. by TheWrathOfSean	Apr 30th, 2009 07:48:37 PM
It's funny how everyone catches onto these things at about the same time.
I saw the doc about his Don Quixote production. by TheWrathOfSean	Apr 30th, 2009 07:50:47 PM
Made me eager to see a new film from him.
Antepenultimate FIRST by MegaBaltar5000	Apr 30th, 2009 07:54:51 PM

Don't Twitter by Toonol	Apr 30th, 2009 07:54:57 PM
Don't Twitter
P.S. - Harry, please punch Herc by MegaBaltar5000	Apr 30th, 2009 07:55:42 PM
If you ever see Herc, please punch him right in the dick. Not the balls, I want so Corona smashing fun. CHEERS>
Most people quit Twitter after joining... by ManaByte	Apr 30th, 2009 07:55:48 PM
That's what research shows!
Awesome news! Brazil is one of my favorite films by future help	Apr 30th, 2009 07:56:28 PM
Also: i want to create a T-Shirt that proclaims: "Live Your Life, Don't Twitter it away!" Fuck this fad...and fuck ego's like P Diddy and Ashton Kerstner (spelling?) who support the shallow vanity of it all. DULL.
Regarding Don Quixote by EWS	Apr 30th, 2009 07:56:37 PM
Apparently Palin is going to be involved somehow - if so, would be amazing excited to see it.
I guess I'll have to accept it. by MY_BLUE_PENIS	Apr 30th, 2009 08:01:02 PM
I will never understand how everyone can get such a fucking boner for Terry Gilliam.
Is it twittering or tweeting? by Amy Chasing	Apr 30th, 2009 08:17:51 PM
Since the people who use twitter are called tweets. So I've heard. Anyway I look forward to any new Gilliam. It's amazing how uncomfortable his films make me feel and yet I can't pull my eyes away from the screen.
I hope you're right. I really do. by FlickaPoo	Apr 30th, 2009 08:21:48 PM

I love every one of these except MUNCHAUSEN... by FlickaPoo	Apr 30th, 2009 08:25:24 PM
...FEAR AND LOATHING...and hated BROTHERS GRIMM. I even liked TIDELAND a lot...kind of loved it even.
AICN ignored TIDELAND when it came out by WhoDis	Apr 30th, 2009 08:26:23 PM
yep.
Heath Ledger wouldn't twitter. by Jesiah	Apr 30th, 2009 08:30:08 PM
He'd bee too busy locked in self imposed solitary figuring out how to top his performance in The Dark Knight. When does this flick come out?
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Imporium? by lockesbrokenleg	Apr 30th, 2009 08:30:59 PM
Gave us another shitty Natalie Portman performance.
WhoDis...I think you're right. TIDELAND was one... by FlickaPoo	Apr 30th, 2009 08:34:51 PM
of the few films in recent years that took me completely by surprise. Couldn't believe what I was seeing and had no idea what would happen next. And the mood was like GHORMENGHAST meets LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE.
But does Steven Seagal fight a bear? by OGoncho	Apr 30th, 2009 08:35:28 PM
Come on, Harry!
When I saw LOST IN LA MANCHA I was stalled on a... by FlickaPoo	Apr 30th, 2009 08:39:31 PM
...big work project and that movie nearly gave me a stress induced heart condition.
And, LOST IN LA MANCHA gave us the definition... by FlickaPoo	Apr 30th, 2009 08:42:14 PM
...of the great Italian term "sfiga"...meaning bad luck...or literally "the absence of all things pussy"
I started reading this by CherryValance	Apr 30th, 2009 08:44:06 PM
and then when you started to summarize it I realized I don't want to know. I'll wait.
Tideland = Misunderstood Masterpiece by Le Vicious Fishus	Apr 30th, 2009 08:47:05 PM
Yep.
HARRY!!! This needs a spoiler warning! by lazygarfield	Apr 30th, 2009 08:47:58 PM

In a perfect world... by DrBrianOblivion	Apr 30th, 2009 08:51:45 PM
... everyone would be as excited about this as they are transformers.
I wouldn't call Tideland a masterpiece but by Larry of Arabia	Apr 30th, 2009 09:09:48 PM
It was daring and original and fearless when most films are sad and safe and routine. I don't want to see it again, but I'm glad I saw it once.
Dear Terry, please make a film that I can understand by lockesbrokenleg	Apr 30th, 2009 09:18:19 PM
Thanks.
"Gilliam is about to blow your mind..." by Daytripper69	Apr 30th, 2009 09:23:36 PM
Will I need a cigarette afterward?! Welcome back, Terry.
another TIDELAND fan by frank cotton	Apr 30th, 2009 09:26:35 PM
can't understand the hate for it or BROTHERS GRIMM
I don't know, twitter can be kind of convenient. by TheWrathOfSean	Apr 30th, 2009 09:47:52 PM
It's how I found out his Trek Imax list was up.
Oscar-nom for Sir Terry? by MaxTheSilent	Apr 30th, 2009 10:01:15 PM
Hopefully. And he's surely deserving of a knighthood by now.
Brothers Grimm wasn't terrible by Tin Snoman	Apr 30th, 2009 10:04:15 PM
just very, very underwhelming. This sounds just perfect, though. Tom Waits FTW.
I wish we got to see Terry's by Series7	Apr 30th, 2009 10:05:25 PM
Watchmen, with Robin Williams, Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner. It may have been nothing like the book but it would've been awesome.
Brothers Grimm did suck by Series7	Apr 30th, 2009 10:17:42 PM
It was just fucking boring.
BROTHERS GRIMM was boring and it managed to... by FlickaPoo	Apr 30th, 2009 10:21:25 PM
...un-hot Monica Bellucci. And for that it must pay the ultimate price.
Brothers Grimm had a great premise by m_reporter	Apr 30th, 2009 10:26:29 PM
But the finished film is just disappointing. I love Gilliam, he really has a distinct style, just like Tim Burton. Only that Burton sucks. Can't wait for The Imaginarium.
BROTHERS GRIMM had a PERFECT premise... by FlickaPoo	Apr 30th, 2009 10:40:17 PM
...great cast, and a perfect director. It's complete failure is a mystery that will be pondered in perpetuity.
Don't blame Brothers Grimm on Weinstens It's Mistly Terry's faul by Proman1984	Apr 30th, 2009 11:05:53 PM
And I say it as big fan. I am very excited for the flick. Shame it's couldn't have been reviewed by a real reviewer.
i loved MUNCHAUSEN by BMacSmith	Apr 30th, 2009 11:25:44 PM
it was just batshit crazy enough to work.
Again with the gushing over overrated movies! by Citizen Sane	Apr 30th, 2009 11:40:41 PM
Fisher King is a masterpiece. Holy Grail is now a classic. Time Bandits was clever and fun. Twelve Monkeys was compelling but compromised by both Brad Pitts and Bruce Willis' very limited acting skills. But the sums of Brazil and Munchausen were a pale shadow of each of their respective parts; While Fear & Loathing and Brothers Grimm were both wretched messes. Do you see a pattern here? I can only hope that Imaginarium will be worth the trouble. BTW - WAKE UP and quit worshipping mediocrity!
...and TWITTER IS LAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by Citizen Sane	Apr 30th, 2009 11:43:23 PM

Gilliam in top unfettered form with Waits as the devil by pipergates	Apr 30th, 2009 11:44:15 PM
far out!!!!
Citizen Sane - what the fuck are you talking about? by BMacSmith	Apr 30th, 2009 11:50:34 PM
how is he overrated? just because you dont like them, that doesnt make them overrated. "Overrated" has got to be the most over used and wrongly used term in geekery. most of his movies were commercial flops and generally ignored by most audiences, so again, what, other than the fact that you dont like them, makes them overrated?
no spoiler tag? hmmm by Jubba	May 1st, 2009 12:08:27 AM

Flickapoo by white_vader	May 1st, 2009 12:12:56 AM
I know what you mean. I was on a film for a first-time director and having just watched it myself made some sort of exclamation when I saw it on his desk. Shooting started on Monday and he was feeling the stress. When he asked me if it was good, I said yes. When he asked me if he should watch it before starting the movie, I said under no circumstances, absolutely not.
Thank goodness for Gilliam... by CENOBITE	May 1st, 2009 12:45:23 AM
Still a genius making a beautiful shining gem in this dead, festering, brainless morass that has become Hollywood.
psyched by Ogmios_the_Eloquent	May 1st, 2009 01:54:03 AM
looks spectacular
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yoda by Fortunesfool	May 1st, 2009 02:12:17 AM
I assume you're talking about Lily Cole?
THis film won't come out for about eight months or so. by GQtaste	May 1st, 2009 02:20:39 AM
Maybe longer in the US. Why review something that wont' come out for a long ass time? And then you basically give the whole damn thing away! I feel like I don't need to see it now after the through review sadly.
Terry Jones directed Holy Grail. by theirrefutable	May 1st, 2009 02:27:56 AM
Gilliam just directed the animation portions.
Munchausen is a beautiful film by kwisatzhaderach	May 1st, 2009 02:33:28 AM

FINALLY, a film worth giving a shit about. by alucardvsdracula	May 1st, 2009 02:34:35 AM
I cannie fuckin wait. You can shove your ghey PG13 kiddy porn of Terminator and Transformers up your shit box. Mr Gilliam nice to have you back.
@theirrefutable by fishrgreat	May 1st, 2009 03:06:05 AM
I'd like to refute that claim, since it's a load of balls. They jointly directed it, and came to blows many times over shots, hence why each terry then directed one film each, rather than together again. Try reading their autobiography, or in fact thinknig before you post.
Wait. It isn't a comic book adaption, remake or sequel? by CHRISTIAN_BALE_TRASHED_MY_LIGHTS	May 1st, 2009 03:18:36 AM
Isn't this going to confuse the hell out of the Twatter..erm, Twitter generation?
It's Gilliam, he's let me down a few times, but fuck it, i'm the by zapano	May 1st, 2009 03:30:38 AM
Finally a Gilliam film that seems like a fully satisfying cinematic experience. Apparently Kermode was told by Gilliam himself that he is very happy with the film, someone who is known to be quite self-critical. Judging by the Cannes line up and considering Avatar and Shutter Island are also coming out, 2009 could well turn out to be a great year in cinema. 2008 was very poor
Baron Munchausen by lonniebeale	May 1st, 2009 03:43:59 AM
Has become my favorite Gilliam (except Holly Grail, which he did co direct!) The Criterion laser disk commentary sold me on it, I have really come to appreciate it over the years it is a great film
I dearly want this to be good by PaulSC	May 1st, 2009 05:15:30 AM
Frankly given the unavoidable compromises involved I'll be surprised if this doesn't end up being a bit all over the place. But I really hope Harry is right on this one.
THANK GOD!! by blakindigo	May 1st, 2009 05:23:36 AM
Terry Gilliam—back in our minds eye, right where he should be.
Cool. Hope it does well at the box office for once. by Mr Nicholas	May 1st, 2009 06:37:17 AM

lucky as fuck! by Lemure_v2	May 1st, 2009 07:07:27 AM
to be shooting a film that enables more than one actor to take on a role when one of your leads die. As for the film, me thinks Avatar's eyeball-fuckingness has strong competition.
Looking forward to this... by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester	May 1st, 2009 08:15:22 AM
Sounds like it doesn't disappoint. But I do find it somewhat ludicrous that we've gotten to the point where a person can start a sentence with "That’s what I twittered" and not end up in the loony bin.
Dear Terry Gilliam by AsimovLives	May 1st, 2009 08:54:48 AM
If you want your movies to get great reviews in AICN, please invite the writers for a free screening. Otherwise, you will be a miserable hack who has not made one good movie in your entire career and they all sucks. Your truly, a friend.
Ok, now seriously by AsimovLives	May 1st, 2009 08:56:55 AM
It seems there's some saving for this summer, after all. Public Emenies, The Hurt Locker, and the new Gilliam movie. Good antidotes for the crapiness of Watchmen, Wolverine, Transformers 2, Terminator Salvation, GI Joe and Star Trek.
"Tideland = Misunderstood Masterpiece" by AsimovLives	May 1st, 2009 08:59:59 AM
The most professional statement ever posted at AICN for ages. Professional!
where was the spoiler alert ? by livingwater	May 1st, 2009 09:16:07 AM
?
the commentary for Brothers Grim by Right Bastard	May 1st, 2009 09:24:06 AM
Terry basically says it was a "paycheck movie".
THIS is cool news. by tehDude	May 1st, 2009 10:01:19 AM
I also hope too that Terry sees some love at the box office. Cant wait for this. Man I sooo wish I was going to Cannes this year :(
Gilliam is overrated by alienindisguise	May 1st, 2009 10:11:50 AM
he and his stupid little rattail are like Michael Bay without a budget. Cram a bunch of bullshit on screen and call it a movie. No thanks.
alienindisguise by AsimovLives	May 1st, 2009 10:12:50 AM
Your movie geek credentials are revoked.. for life.
Gilliam still best filmmaker on the planet. by venvariants	May 1st, 2009 10:16:46 AM
Very excited by this news - a new Gilliam film of this scope would certainly be like a B12 shot in the arm, I must say. None better.
Who cares? Harry has no credibility. by whitty	May 1st, 2009 10:28:36 AM
At this point, I couldn't give a crap what Harry likes or dislikes.
I dunno... by scaryskeleton	May 1st, 2009 10:30:06 AM
Brothers Grim was pretty bad, and Tideland was interesting in parts but just well, not very entertaining. Hope this is good, and even his failures are better than most successes, but this film is a big pile of 'wait and see'.
Gilliam is over rated but still a genius. by knowthyself	May 1st, 2009 10:53:35 AM
If that makes any sense.
Harry When Is This Coming Out? by MANZILLA	May 1st, 2009 10:55:50 AM
Your a lucky man for seeing this:)You would think they would release it asap after the dark knight was such a hugh hit.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine linked to outbreak of swine flu by SLY_STALLONES_COCK_VEIN	May 1st, 2009 10:57:38 AM
Mexico City: Scientists attempting to uncover the source of the swine flu outbreak have hit a promising lead. A young boy caught an advance screening of the film and was so disappointed that he immediately went out and fucked the nearest pig. This human-pig fuckfest is believed to be how the virus crossed over to humans.
Twitter is retarded... by gringostar	May 1st, 2009 11:06:55 AM
That's right, I said it!
Twitter is retarded... by gringostar	May 1st, 2009 11:06:59 AM
That's right, I said it!
Portman? by floggy bottom	May 1st, 2009 11:12:04 AM
I read this title and kept thinking it was a sequel to Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium.
Get this for FF09!! by Xionsmith	May 1st, 2009 11:22:06 AM
That's if it doesn't come out first.
Gilliam is a true artist...hit or miss he deserves respect. by FleshMachine	May 1st, 2009 12:22:09 PM
he's not over-rated at all. he's UNDERrated.
Harry didn't fire him... by zacdilone	May 1st, 2009 12:37:10 PM
...he left.
Will Heath be nominated again for an Oscar? by Fareal	May 1st, 2009 12:44:21 PM
I am going to see this movie, and I hope Heath gave another Oscar worthy performance. I wonder if it is even possible for a dead actor to win Oscars two years in a row? Also, let me scream/beg Johnny Depp to please play the Riddler in the next Batman movie. If his agent called WB to talk about it, then it would be a done deal. They would fucking write the script especially for Depp. They would film scenes around his schedule. Whatever he wanted. The Riddler and Catwoman, and I hope Brett Ratner directs it.
Augh! I just got Rick Rolled! by Royston Lodge	May 1st, 2009 12:48:42 PM
Damned YouTube link to the "official trailer"...
Using big words... by Rakafraker	May 1st, 2009 01:12:38 PM
To call Terry Giliam "mediocre" makes me wonder if that TBer truly knows what mediocre means. Go ahead and Google it right now. See? It doesn't decribe Terry Gilliam in the slightest. Whether you get his films or not, I'm sure that if you knew what that word meant, and have watched TG's films, I'm sure that you'd agree that 'mediocre' is not a fitting descriptor. Rant fini I cannot fricken wait for this film. But I guess I'm gonna have to.
MaxTheSilent by Cap'n Jack	May 1st, 2009 01:22:30 PM
A knighthood...?? Terry Gilliam is American. The only American member of Monty Python I believe.
Great Teaser! by FleshMachine	May 1st, 2009 01:24:09 PM
old school yo!
EVERYONE here should see this film. by FleshMachine	May 1st, 2009 01:25:41 PM
SUPPORT REAL ARTISTS LIKE GILLIAM!
SO Excited by fain88	May 1st, 2009 02:16:54 PM
I so want this to be an amazing movie; I miss being amazed by TG films. Forgot about Waits! That's fantastic. Cherry, I'm with you, I started reading the synopsis and had to stop. I just want to watch it and let the majesty of crazy-ass Gilliam image/story seep into m'brain stem. salivating Seriously, anyone have an exact release date for US? Is it just getting limited release or is going nation-wide?
What is the Root of Twitter? by dumbpeoplesuck	May 1st, 2009 02:27:33 PM
So how did all these twits come up with TWEET? I'll tell you how...it's part of an invisible terrorist plan to turn the entire world into a bunch of idiots. Just take a look around, and marvel at how effective it is.
Harry must have gotten free passes to this by Glory_Fades_ImMaxFischer	May 1st, 2009 03:48:50 PM
just sayin
But does it rival The Fall's visuals? by Sith Witch	May 1st, 2009 04:43:26 PM

Love Gilliam and.. by DirKonkle	May 1st, 2009 04:43:31 PM
hope he catches a break finally on this one See Safety Geeks: SVI at http://tinyurl.com/db688d
Spielberg got a Knighthood. So can Gilliam. by MaxTheSilent	May 1st, 2009 04:45:05 PM

Tideland by AsimovLives	May 1st, 2009 07:55:08 PM
That movie is not for sissies. It's a though movie. And all those people who think themselves oh so moral or very sensitives, they better not watch it or they will bleed from their asses and vomit their eyeballs through their nostrils. It's a though movie to watch, the thoughest movie Gilliam ever made. It's harsh, it's unforgiven, and it's a big fuck you to anybody who doesn't get it and can't stant it. It's one of those movies that doesn't give a fuck what the audiecne might think of it, and doesn't give a shit about pools and target audiences and all that crap that been causing the progressive dumbification of modern american cinema. And for all that, Tideland is great. Truly a movie with balls, and big ones, balls of brass. My admiration for the movie and for Gilliam to have made it knowns no end. The man still has it, and has it good. Gilliam is a true filmmaker, and like very few are.
MUNCHAUSEN is my fav by George Newman	May 1st, 2009 09:20:22 PM
all of his films have lagging narrative problems, but Munchausen's visuals puts it above the rest for me. I love the practical effects: Idle's dust trails as he zips over the hills, the dance with Uma in the air, the arrival at the moon, etc etc. I love it all so much. BRAZIL is right there too. I need to watch it more.
BRAZIL is by frank cotton	May 1st, 2009 09:34:13 PM
the greatest film of all time. argue if you must, but you will be WRONG
I'm stoked for this by D.Vader	May 1st, 2009 11:34:58 PM
Sounds like a fantastically creative endeavor.
Definitely checking it out by Broseph	May 2nd, 2009 01:34:22 PM
Just to see heath's last performance.when does this hit theaters
If you don't get why Gilliam is brilliant by JohnRyder	May 2nd, 2009 01:49:19 PM
Watch one of his movies while high. I recommend Time Bandits or Brazil. You will thank me!
Gilliam has mad some decent films. by Ozman X	May 2nd, 2009 05:55:32 PM
This one does look promising but it just may end up being cheesy.
Munchausen is... by Plathismo	May 4th, 2009 02:00:46 PM
...one of the best and most magical films ever made, and Gilliam's crowning achievement.
i by alice 13	May 4th, 2009 05:12:28 PM
and i thought i was the only one. this board had nothing but neg reviews . when i watched it i was blown away by how precious tideland is.
^ suppose to say- i love tideland. by alice 13	May 4th, 2009 07:18:45 PM
fuckin 1990 forum software.
The Brothers Grimm Had A Stupid Premise! by Willy_Idle	May 5th, 2009 01:37:11 AM
it would have been better to interweave the actual grimm's fairy tails themselves into an interconnected story in my opinion
OK. Terry by judderman	May 5th, 2009 02:39:38 AM

OK, Terry's back, Guillermo's set for life, Tim's on a roll by judderman	May 5th, 2009 02:40:58 AM
Anyone want to see Neil Jordan return to the fold? I'd love to see another film like "The Company of Wolves".
I just checked. Neil's directing "The Graveyard Book" by judderman	May 5th, 2009 02:45:35 AM
all's well with the world.
My Gilliam Favs by David Assholehoff	May 6th, 2009 03:26:24 PM
1. Baron Munchausen 2. Time Bandits 3. The Fisher King 4. Brazil
This looks Wicket like Warwick!!! by Annie The Pod Racer	May 10th, 2009 09:49:25 AM
Can't wait to see this!
by slasherfatale	May 16th, 2009 07:19:37 PM
just what we need. a movie that finally stirs our emotions.
language by lonreynolds	May 31st, 2009 01:01:41 AM
"The powers at be..."??? Did you go to high school? Damn, dorks are bad enough, but illiterates ones, shit...

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