The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

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It seems as though Terry Gilliam set out to make a movie with as much awesome in it as possible, and then put an extra heap of awesomesauce on it just because he could. Either that, or he just wanted to cast Tom Waits as the Devil and then made a movie out of it. Regardless of the intent, it is completely fantastic.



Um, so yeah, there's a scene where Tom Waits/Satan rides a giant mecha-babushka.

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The rest of the movie is almost as great. Which is a challenge because I don't think anything is as great as Tom Waits driving a mecha-babushka. Additionally, they have the best lampshade hanging for Heath Ledger dying halfway through the filming since Plan 9 From Outer Space. Well, it's better than that one, come to think of it, as they actually had it make sense in a surreal sort of way.


So basically I loved it and you should see it too so we can squee together.

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So it's actually good? I wasn't sure, due to it getting 2/5 stars in the local rag, but I do love Terry gilliam movies. Maybe I should check it out after all.