tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post3610910196763813259..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: I Have No WordsSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-60235427388339640072017-11-07T10:33:24.222-06:002017-11-07T10:33:24.222-06:00Agreed. I think this may have influenced Gilliam, ...Agreed. I think this may have influenced Gilliam, but Gilliam's work is so much better.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-9131726050797021282017-11-06T04:04:09.565-06:002017-11-06T04:04:09.565-06:00Yeah, the Terry Gilliam animations are a hoot. As ...Yeah, the Terry Gilliam animations are a hoot. As a child I was mystified by them, but now they are one of the best part in their shows. My favorite is the big foot, which from time to time will trash whatever is happening. <br />Smith's animations are just weird.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-87010285093282623892017-09-23T08:41:20.803-05:002017-09-23T08:41:20.803-05:00I've had similar experiences with movies like ...I've had similar experiences with movies like this. I get to a point where it feels like it takes forever to get half an hour in, and then suddenly I have some sort of mental breakthrough with it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-10689603623998160792017-09-19T10:30:09.277-05:002017-09-19T10:30:09.277-05:00I did quite a bit better with the last half. Eithe...I did quite a bit better with the last half. Either I was getting into the flow of it or maybe I was just more in the mood for it in the afternoon. When the little energetic fellow was feeding the giant head, that was entertaining. And then the falling celestial elevator with the John L. Sullivan-Gentleman Jim Corbett fight and the dog chasing the watermelon and all the other King Hell Capers. I liked that a lot too.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-78026133636384284012017-09-18T18:16:45.317-05:002017-09-18T18:16:45.317-05:00Fun fact: I used to have a pet hedgehog named Spin...Fun fact: I used to have a pet hedgehog named Spiny Norman.<br /><br />Good luck finishing this up. At least it's only a little over an hour long.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-51944708457293157162017-09-17T18:31:45.057-05:002017-09-17T18:31:45.057-05:00I was going to try to watch this in 20-minute segm...I was going to try to watch this in 20-minute segments but I can't do it. I've been watching it in bits all day and I'm barely halfway through it.<br /><br />I sometime go "That's pretty cool" to things like the dancing skeleton, but a few minutes later you're still watching the skeleton and it's quite a bit less cool.<br /><br />It needs the "It's" man and a John Philip Sousa score and a giant hedgehog wandering around going "Dinsdale?"Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-31668428455672340712012-01-22T18:43:38.036-06:002012-01-22T18:43:38.036-06:00Most things are better than Dog Star Man. While th...Most things are better than <i>Dog Star Man</i>. While this is an untested hypothesis, I think a high colonic is better than <i>Dog Star Man</i>.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-90121009226529940922012-01-22T13:35:55.234-06:002012-01-22T13:35:55.234-06:00I know I didn't get a lot from this but I susp...I know I didn't get a lot from this but I suspect that Terry Gilliam was inspired by this film for his Python animation shorts (I think the key word "short" is what makes them more tolerable). If it is possible that it played any part in the Gilliam that was to follow, I think it was worthy of mention. I certainly thought it was better than Dog Star Man.Ken Loarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17207009680910318145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-79984097784617332752012-01-21T11:49:05.443-06:002012-01-21T11:49:05.443-06:00Believe it or not, I found this thing on YouTube b...Believe it or not, I found this thing on YouTube broken into seven pieces. After the third one, I was starting to question the value of continuing, but I figured that once I got that far, I might as well finish it up.<br /><br />Also, in the picture above, there's a watermelon in the head on the left. That's the watermelon that our heroine loses at the start, and that stupid watermelon shows up through the entire film.<br /><br />I understand the "so bad it's good" thing with films. This doesn't hit that category. It just hurts. There's nothing specific to laugh at. I spent the whole hour with the same expression on my face that my dog has when it hears a noise it doesn't understand.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-63222074314857254422012-01-21T11:31:29.123-06:002012-01-21T11:31:29.123-06:00Loved the review, especially the "Why not to ...Loved the review, especially the "Why not to watch" comment. I haven't seen this film. I don't even remember ever hearing of it, actually. I don't think I'll be trying to track it down anytime soon.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-57011022736837435322012-01-21T09:30:33.041-06:002012-01-21T09:30:33.041-06:00Good grief. I'm very much with you. I haven...Good grief. I'm very much with you. I haven't watched this movie but I have the feeling I'd be on the same page as you. The worst film I've seen in my life was #23,2, Book of Mirrors, which I wrote about here http://thevelvetcafe.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/it-was-like-staring-on-a-broken-tv-screen/. But at least that film was short. Watching a long avant-guard movie as yours sounds incredibly painful. It was a fun review to read though!Jessicahttp://www.thevelvetcafe.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com