Batman: The Movie
Adam West knows how silly his lines and actions are, and refrains from phoning them in or taking them too seriously.
Adam West knows how silly his lines and actions are, and refrains from phoning them in or taking them too seriously.
It’s impossible to deny that it broke new ground and that many subsequent games have built upon it, and it deserves much of the retrospective praise it gets.
Linklater simply wants us to listen and observe, rather than to actively show us or tell us anything.
Time Bandits is whimsical and fantastical, sure, but it has an unsettling undercurrent emanating from the eclectic mind of Gilliam.
The character study remains submerged beneath a gloss of comedic and stylistic flourishes.