Sci-Fi Classic Review: TIME BANDITS (1981)

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The Unapologetic Geek

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@CoinOpTV Жыл бұрын

I touched the thumbs up button -- cause it's evil!

@jasonblalock4429 Жыл бұрын

David Warner has so many great lines in this movie. "Benson, dear Benson, you are so mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence!" I love him in a lot of movies, but this might be my favorite role of his.

@Jimothy-723 8 ай бұрын

" you say the nicest things to me!"

@blackirish6868 6 ай бұрын

I'd say waxwork is my favorite of Warners.

@kyon813 4 ай бұрын

"Why have I let the Supreme Being keep me here, in the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness?" "Because, yo--" "Oh shut up, I'm speaking rhetorically!"

@verbalkint5450 6 ай бұрын

Time Bandits was amazing, so glad you reviewed it.

@DharricRolyat 3 ай бұрын

This movie was a staple of my childhood. Weird, dark for a children's film, with themes I didn't understand were themes until much later. This was before I met Monty Python's Flying Circus but sort of knew who some of the actors were. Really, really great film that I love to re-watch and pick up new details every time.

@jgw1846 Жыл бұрын

I’m sure it was torture for my dad sitting through all those kids movies in the early 80’s. But it was all those movies and tv shows that became the building blocks of who I am today. Granted from a financial perspective I had a very difficult childhood but it was made so much more enjoyable with movies like Time Bandits. Thank you Daddy.

@JohnWilliamNowak Жыл бұрын

A great if underappreciated film. I am absolutely shocked that Connery's reappearance at the end was Connery's idea, because to me it ties things up in the best way possible, as though it was all part of the Supreme Being's plan: You're going to lose your parents and go through terrifying trials ... but at the end, the only other character in the film who is an upstanding hero will reenter your life. And I don't even think it needs a line like "The fireman adopted the little boy" because it's so obvious he will.

@graemewilson7975 Жыл бұрын

Gilliam fascinated me even before his directorial career with python and a animation show he did for bbc kids tv (in the uk) im not sure if ever shown in usa. But with his distinctly none english accent he was different to the other pythons and his animation extrodinary. As to TB i think it stands test of time with the wonderful mordant wit and regular stabs at consumerism ( at the rise of Reaganism and thatcherism) the two charmers who conned the world into "trickle down economy" . As for the actors personally i feel its a tie between holm in an inspired performance as Napoleon, Richardson (in one of his many fantasy movies) Connery -selling Agamemnon completely (even with a clear sight of SCOTLAND FOREVER tattoo on his arm) , and jack purvis. Final word though David Warner scene stealing as EVIL a role he made menacing ,banal and OCD. Truly brilliant cast and wonderful movie. Soon to get Fxxked over in terrible tv series which Gilliam reputedly stormed off the set of.

@1kylecurry Жыл бұрын

A watchable time travel, fantasy, sci-fi, action, comedy that I haven't seen since the early 80s. Perhaps time for revisit. I think Terry Gilliam was underrated as a Director. Brazil is very interesting film.

@darrensmith6999 Жыл бұрын

I have to confess that i have never seen this... but after watching this im going to give it a go (:

@graemewilson7975 Жыл бұрын

True genius movie. Ignore the misleading kids movie attached to it

@spews1973 Жыл бұрын

Favourite kids' movie? I'll say "The Princess Bride", although I didn't see it for the first time until I was 27 (which was also when I first saw "Time Bandits").

@ngobleus Жыл бұрын

One of my all-time favorite movies.

@racookster Жыл бұрын

I never thought of Time Bandits as a kids' movie. I thought of it as a Terry Gilliam movie, which I put in a pigeonhole with Tim Burton movies: not for anyone except the director himself and weirdos like me. (An aside: I love both Time Bandits and Brazil, but I've never even been able to sit all the way through The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.)

@TheUnapologeticGeek Жыл бұрын

I’m with you. I haven’t given Munchausen a try in years, but the last time I did, I found it boring and nonsensical. 🤷🏼‍♂️

@racookster Жыл бұрын

@@TheUnapologeticGeek- I've tried to watch it three times, thinking maybe I just hadn't been in the right mood for it, but no. I was bored to death in the first half hour every time.

@palmercolson7037 Жыл бұрын

I've seen Time Bandits multiple times, but Brazil and Munchhausen only once each. Brazil was more interesting, but I just haven't been interested. I don't like Munchhausen.

@mikesilva3868 Жыл бұрын

@@TheUnapologeticGeekthe wizard 1990 movie 😊

@indyspotes3310 Жыл бұрын

I'm going to take the exact same reasoning people use to call this a kids' movie and start referring to Pan's Labyrinth and The Omen II as "kids' movies"... :) I've always wondered if this movie directly influenced Bill & Ted. And why do I always feel like I need to take a shower after every Gilliam film? I wish his stories were as consistently great as his designs.

@valmarsiglia 9 ай бұрын

This is one of my all-time favorites, a real comfort movie for me. I was 11 when it came out, and I was a total ancient- and medieval-history geek and Python fan trapped in suburbia, so I was the perfect age and place to identify with Kevin. I really had the impression that it had been made just for me.

@jayr1043 Жыл бұрын

Loved this movie as a kid when I first saw it on video cassette back in the early eighties, and love it now on the Criterion Collection DVD and the special edition blu-ray. Actually my favorite film. I spent years rewatching it and wondering what would have happened if Kevin had jumped down the second time hole in Sherwood Forest instead of the one that led to Agamemnon’s time, or what if they would have gone to Babylon as Randall suggested instead of listening to Og while he was possessed, or what if they had all just jumped down the giant time hole beneath the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness after Kevin took back the map, even though Og was still half-pig. I even overanalyzed Horseflesh’s role and wondered why they never acknowledged him when he, Benson and Evil trapped them. After all, they all knew him but thought he was dead, which was stated earlier in the film. Yes, I admit I am a superfan of this movie! Thank you for the great review!

@indigohammer5732 10 ай бұрын

I saw it upon it’s original release in the cinema. It had an intermission just before they arrive on the Titanic. Favourite line: “Have you ever seen a slug operate a computer?”

@MyLateralThawts 4 ай бұрын

Time Bandits sequel should start with our heroes dropping in on the 12 Monkeys.

@rsacchi100 Жыл бұрын

I found Time Bandits an entertaining and odd movie when I saw it in the movies. The 1980's was an interesting bag of movies. Thanks for the review.

@VFXforfilm Жыл бұрын

Your voice is perfect for narration.

@TheUnapologeticGeek Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@garyduffy5974 11 ай бұрын

Loved this film when i was younger. Been years since ive seen it

@ConsciousMigration Жыл бұрын

I was traumatized by the "God head" chasing them through the "hallway".

@grene1955 Ай бұрын

One of the all time great movies!

@danthsmith Жыл бұрын

It’s not a kids movie. It’s about a kid. You could look at Brazil, Gilliam’s masterpiece

@b.k.ontheair Жыл бұрын

It’s the most Python movie without actually being a python movie.

@jasonblalock4429 Жыл бұрын

Eh, that's probably "A Fish Called Wanda." But this one's up there too.

@dannystaton5386 Жыл бұрын

Wow I learned something

@cpnscarlet Жыл бұрын

Some of the best classics are those that have a very unique "look" to them. Time Bandits is one of those.

@ei3170 11 ай бұрын

This was such a good movie then and now.

@RobMagill Жыл бұрын

Erin really loved this episode--one of her all time favorites (as ours). Great info, as always! Where'd you find it to watch? Streaming anywhere or did you watch on an old fashioned DVD? (Are DVD's "old fashioned" now? Yikes--we're old). Rob

@TheUnapologeticGeek Жыл бұрын

They’ll have to pry my physical media from my cold, dead hands! I have it on DVD. There’s a good Criterion Collection Blu-Ray out there as well.

@daveash9572 2 ай бұрын

Not a criticism at all, merely an advisory. I'm English and the word "python" in Monty Python, is pronounced "Pi Thun" and not "Pie-Thon". I know its a subtle difference, but it matters to us. Similarly, over here, Amazon is pronounced "Am-a-zun" and not "Am-a-zonn". Loving your channel, I'm a new subscriber today. Genuinely trying to help as I suspect a lot of your audience will be Brits.

@TheUnapologeticGeek 2 ай бұрын

No worries, and a genuine thank you. I'm always open to constructive comments! Welcome to the channel.

@jeffreymoore6742 Жыл бұрын

Ralph Richardson the actor who played “The Supreme Being “ was also in “Dragonslayer” . It may not be sci-fi, but that dragon design was one of the best. And it wasn’t CG.

@thedon-e6514 Жыл бұрын

Loved this movie ever since I saw it in the cinema oh so long ago. “I must have fruit!”

@Stormsurfer67 8 ай бұрын

my favorite movie!

@caldodge Жыл бұрын

" ... the Time Bandits TV series looks absolutely terrible." I would expect nothing less. Succesful series (typically being faithful to the source material) are rare, as "creative types" put their own spin on adaptations to prove their cleverness, or for political reasons. For every good adaptation like "One Piece" there are probably a dozen bad ones (Like "Willow" making 2 "unconventional" relationships the focus, rather than, you know, Willow).