Monty Python and the Holy Grail

#2 in my Ranking of the Terry Gilliam films. Watching this for the first time in at least ten years, it became screamingly obvious to me which sections were directed by Terry Gilliam and which were directed by Terry Jones. Jones tends to set up his camera from afar, capturing all of the actors in…

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

I did not like this film. It's pretty much Mary Poppins Fights Nazis in World War II, and it's done without the energy or intelligence of the actual Mary Poppins adventure. The music is fine, but it's mostly poorly used. The animation sequence isn't as good and feels much more like a distraction than the…

I Confess

#38 in my Ranking of Alfred Hitchcock's films. Hitchcock was the wrong director for this material. The movie’s at war with itself. The story is that of a character drama, but Hitchcock films it like a thriller. The material doesn’t really fit the style. And, on top of that, the main character is honestly not…

1941

Watching this almost back to back with Postal (completely coincidentally, by the way) is interesting. They're both rather structureless comedies that aim for constant funnies, but one succeeds rather well where the other fails utterly and miserably. They're both anarchic in spirit, but one is made by a witless idiot while the other is made…

Postal

I sort of understand the reason why, but I hate myself for it. I decided to watch a handful of Uwe Boll films. Just a few that I can easily watch without effort (there are a shocking number available on Amazon Prime), but I've instantly regretted this decision. Uwe Boll has said that Postal is…