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Masterpiece

posted 8 years ago by kaifreeman37
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With all matrix on board and other stuff going, I can't believe I missed such an art form, I rarely allow movies that deeply inside my head, only couple actually, but hey here it is, I'm so happy I've seen this now.

[–] cassbtt 8 years ago

One thing is, the "contemporary" scenes from 1990 and 1996 don't look to anachronistic at all. You still see a lot of those models of cars around, and except maybe for the big old TV sets those scenes (3/4 of the movie) still look contemporary. They'll be able to sell the movie as depicting "today and the future" for a long time to come, before those scenes begin to look very dated.

[–] tutankhaten 8 years ago

My favourite time-travel movie, mainly because of its consistency with the inability to change history.
And my joint-favourite Gilliam movie, on par with the magnificent "The Fisher King".
Gilliam captures such great performances from his actors.

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[–] marco-47826 8 years ago

A good movie, hardly a masterpiece. It aged pretty badly, some of the acting is really bad (Brad Pitt, WTF happened?) and the time travel aspect was handled poorly. Not detailed enough, and too random.

[–] DarthRoger (867) 7 years ago

Twelve Monkeys is in my top 3 best time travel movies of all time, just behind Primer and right before Back To The Future.
It's a complex and emotional movie, visually pleasing, has a good story and fine acting.

[–] tph890 (489) 6 years ago

You should also check out 'TimeCrimes', especially if you dig 'Primer'

[–] einstein (2587) 6 years ago

agreed its a masterpiece

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78004) 6 years ago

Seconded....this movie was a really tight thriller and the cast was great
Seen it 3 times, gonna wait a while and watch it unfold all over again