I enjoyed this movie overall, but I wish the writing could have been a tad bit stronger. I thought it was a bit far fetched at times how Jeff Bridges character was unable to kill himself at the last minute by an arriving group of punks, and how robin Williams character shows up in the nick of time to save him. And how Perry coincidentally happens to have been related to the shooting.
The sappy happy ending was a bit too convenient as well.
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But Jack meeting Perry IS the reason for the movie. Hsd to happen or you'd be watching a much different movie. Plus this is a great movie. One of Bridges best.
And the rest of the movie makes perfect sense to you?! This is a movie, not a documentary. Of course there are inexplicable coincidences and fantastical events. The question is, did that keep you from enjoying a great movie?
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Maybe it's not so far fetched. After all, Jack does try to kill himself by the river where the gang hangs out, and where Perry has been living for three years. It's not improbable that Perry would see the local gang harassing someone, nor for him to be beaten into a coma by that very same gang that must hate his guts.
I did thing the man in the castle swallowing pills as Jack invades the house was pushing it, but I now realize that this comedy fantasy was more about fantastic situations highlighting the changes in character, and not to take it as an everyday representation of reality. It is the stuff of myth and legend, I now realize. It's almost like Jack was fated to meet Perry.
Limit of the Willing Suspension of Disbelief: directly proportional to its awesomeness.
Exactly. This is a feature of almost all of Gilliam's movies. He's not doing a hyper-realistic drama. He's doing dark-tinged but light-hearted fantasy, like modern day fairy tales.
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