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Movie Reviews of Brazil
Movie Review: Always look on the bright side of life
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an outstanding film, smart and funny, and probably Gilliam's best work, a director justly renowned for his wildly imaginative visual style. The story, about an Everyman struggling to free his soul and find love within a meddling, maddening, bureaucratic society run amok, is indebted to _1984_ in many ways, but substitutes black humor and a non-stop barrage of the absurd for the grim and determined pessimism of the novel. Fellow _Python_ alum Michael Palin turns in a commendable performance, a mixture of subtle mischief and state-licensed sadism. I wish moviemakers would cast him more often, as he was, in my opinion, the best actor in the classic comedy troupe. At the time _Brave_New_World_ was published, Huxley said he feared modern civilization offered man the choice of either going insane or being a lunatic. _Brazil_ can't hold out hopes for anything better, but lets you know that at least it's okay to laugh. If you're a movie collector with a taste for cult classics and the bizarre, odds are you already know this movie; if not, check it out, it belongs in your library. Warning: count on the theme song to stick in your head for the rest of your life. (Good thing to hum while waiting in some insanely long line to get a form signed.)Movie Review: A Remarkable Achievement
Summary: 5 Stars
What can I possibly say about this movie that hasn't already been said? I'm just sitting here, a day later, still blown away.
Made in 1985, its predictions of a techno-future are eerily prescient while at the same time looking way cooler. Or more probably filming was happening in 1984, since it has shades of that fine novel. A hint of Clockwork Orange...
And really, comparing it to anything else is just wrong.
We have the menacing future, yet we have some powerfully conceived and brilliantly acted characters, in a plot that's fast and fascinating, along with what the cover rightfully calls biting humor. I was constantly laughing in the most inappropriate places, precisely as intended.
I don't give many five-star reviews. That means I'm keeping the movie and watching it again (and again). In this case, at the end of its 2 hours and 23 minutes, I really wanted to play it again immediately.
Oh yeah, and top notch special effects that'll blow you away, and the kind of sets I really wish I could've guarded back in my security guard days.
But I digress. Get this movie. It'll definitely live up to your expectations, and then some.
Movie Review: How can you say no to a movie like this?
Summary: 5 Stars
The first thing I must notice is that the people who gave this movie 1 star in their review said nothing about the movie except "it was awful," and other comments designed to keep people from even looking at the movie, they hardly said anything about what bothered them about it. I must agree that it borrows some ideas from other, similar visions of the future, but it is also highly original.This movie is very symbolic. In Sam's dreams, you see, in symbols, how his life is affected by the government he works for. In the office, you see the perfect working environment, where emplyees watch movies the second the boss leaves the room. However, the best part must be the end. I won't spoil anything for you, but what I will say is that it is quite bizzare, and there is more than one way the ending can be taken. This movie truly shows what happens when you give the government power over everything. Even ducts are bought (in their hundreds of colors) from the government.
I thought this movie was wonderful, especially for those who like movies that make you stay up in bed the night after they watch them, just thinking about it.
Movie Review: Brilliant surrealistic love story in disguise.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the director's edition from the Criterion Collection. I had expected to receive the original version on DVD so I sold my vhs copy. Disappointed!! Still...this is some amazing film making from Terry Gilliam. Everyman, dreamer Pryce chases the girl of his dreams thru a dark and selfish futuristic world. It's so easy to get swept up in Brazil that you lose sight of the films flaws. Also, the visuals are so nightmarish and disturbing at times that you'll recall these moments long after it's over. I can still hear the shreaks of that woman, "What have you done with his body....?" and Michael Palin in the baby mask. There's just so many visions that will stick with you. The lady typing EVERYTHING she hears...it's so bizarre. And now it's all in glorious DVD!My version had very little extras. There was a terrific trailer that made me want to immediately watch the movie again. As for the sound and picture I'd prefer a cleaner picture. It was actually a bit grainy most of the time. The sound was pretty good. If I had it to do over I'd buy the ... Criterion Edition. I actually plan to do that anyway.
Movie Review: WE HAVE OVERTAKEN THE FUTURE!
Summary: 5 Stars
No matter how many times I re-view this movie, I'm captivated by the it's emotonal realism, its hideous beauty, its magnificent sound and its music, and the wonderful acting of the ensemble. But more than any of that, I'm astonished by the inescapable realization that the most intensely unpleasant aspects of what was intended as a satirical pre-view of the futue, has, in the two and a half decades since its inception, come to mordant life. Our dim suspiscion of a decadent idiocy arising from an inbred society of rich money-changers, ruled by an inexpressibly foul and paracitic bureaucratic class rotten with envy, suspiscion and indifference to human suffering, has grown into an inescapable fact of contemporary life. Alas!
But how was BRAZIL conceived? How executed? The mystery of Terry Gilliam's methods (and funding) remain opaque, but the magic of his mastery over the medium grows in a splendor that is dark and excruciating, but irresistable.
What excuse is there for not having viewed this film at leasst once? I cannot conceive of any.