The first solo directorial effort from Monthy Python Animation Genius, Terry Gilliam, Jabberwocky is VERY loosely based on the gibberish Lewis Caroll Poem of the same name and concerns the aventures of a peasent boy (Micheal Palin) as he traverse a dusty and dirty medieval world in search of…well…not much really. True love, I think. The whole thing is painfully episodic, laugh free and really slow for a film that’s relatively short. The low budget forced Gilliam to shoot most scenes in long master shots and it hurts the final product. Micheal Palin makes a good straight man, there’s a handful of clever/mean-spirited violent gags and the final MAN IN SUIT Jabberwocky itself is fun to watch run around, but the experience overall is a dissapointment when you remember it’s from the man gave us classics like « Brazil » and « Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas » Just remember kids, everyone has to start somewhere!
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Jabberwocky (UK. 1977)
The first solo directorial effort from Monthy Python Animation Genius, Terry Gilliam, Jabberwocky is VERY loosely based on the gibberish Lewis Caroll Poem of the same name and concerns the aventures of a peasent boy (Micheal Palin) as he traverse a dusty and dirty medieval world in search of…well…not much really. True love, I think. The whole thing is painfully episodic, laugh free and really slow for a film that’s relatively short. The low budget forced Gilliam to shoot most scenes in long master shots and it hurts the final product. Micheal Palin makes a good straight man, there’s a handful of clever/mean-spirited violent gags and the final MAN IN SUIT Jabberwocky itself is fun to watch run around, but the experience overall is a dissapointment when you remember it’s from the man gave us classics like « Brazil » and « Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas » Just remember kids, everyone has to start somewhere!
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