I'm adding another item in my 2012 to-do list which is to watch every movie directed by Terry Gilliam. Considering he has 10 movies I'm gonna spread my viewing over the year. Naturally I'm doing it by chronological order with Jabberwocky as the first.
The Jabberwocky made an appearance in the latest Alice in Wonderland adventure directly by Tim Burton.
Obviously computer-generated Jabberwocky.
Terry Gilliam's Jabberwocky only looks like this.
Inspired by Godzilla
The Jabberwocky-Godzilla is actually much more scary. How else can you explain this?
Jabberwocky by Terry Gilliam is in separate universe than Alice in the Wonderland. It is however still a fantasy movie. The movie tells the adventure of Dennis Cooper after the death of his father and due to weird circumstances he emerges as the hero in this movie. Wikipedia is nice enough to not publish the plot. Instead there's themes from the movie.
The movie is nice enough to break the mold and shows king in the dark age live in a crappy condition despite the bureaucracy he creates around him. The king shadowed by his ancestor's success decided to calm its subjects by selecting a knight that will slay the beast that has been terrorizing the countryside. His effort didn't have the support from both the merchants and church. To incite a knight to slay the beast, the King readily offers his daughter and half of his kingdom.
Overall this movie provides a good laugh and its not your run-of-the-mill fantasy action.
I wonder what will happen to the protagonist in end. He is clearly accidentally stumbled into the greatness/spotlight and not wanting it at the same time. Will he ever grow into his new shoes.
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