Time Bandits

i didn't really care for the general story and it went a little too far into that terry gilliam weirdness for my tastes. there are some fun moments though, particularly john cleese's robin hood. read more

i had only vague memories of watching this as a kid, and parts of it as a distracted teenager. it's great eye candy, but the story is basically just a thinly-veiled excuse for set pieces. full of all the director's trademarks, it could be a bad movie or a good-bad movie, depending on your taste for terry gilliam. it's hard to argue that it's an outright good movie though, except for kids. highlights of the film include david warner clearing having good fun as the ultimate evil, who is obsessed with computers and microchips. john cleese and sean connery give charming supporting performances.... read more