Hi,
Last Thursday’s film was The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and a strange film it was too. Not in the case of Ledger passing away and the 3 stand in actors used to fill his role, but more in the mind of Gilliam himself.
Directed and written by Gilliam, starring the late Heath Ledger, with Depp, Law and Collin Farrell filling in when required. All bringing something different but at the same time wanting to mimic Ledger’s version of Tony. All did well but nothing outstanding.
The rest of the cast were superb though, Plummer as Parnassus was brilliant, and the young girl Lily Cole as Valentina was really good and Tom Waits as Mr Nick, good too.
But for me the story let the film down, maybe it’s a film I need to see again to see beyond the visually stunning ideas Gilliam put on the screen or maybe there’s not much beyond the visuals. I didn’t see it first time round and so walked away a little disappointed in the end.
I really think I need to watch it again.
Overall – (6/10), visually stunning, but poor storytelling left it lifeless.
I enjoyed this film, typical Gilliam fair(lots of grand, slightly eccentic and off the wall imagery reminicsent of monty pytho) it reminded me a little bit of the time bandits. All the cast were good - no particular outstanding moments but some nice cameos. Tom Waits was a good choice to play the devil and did so very well. Overall 7/10
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