Twelve Monkeys (1995)

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

A fine film 'Twelve Monkeys' conveys a confusing story of rebellion, activism and time travel as well as cause and effect. The content seems bulky and is indeed however it's communicated well through the narrative and story which despite seeming fractured on a surface level is quite simple to follow, littered with surprisingly great performances from what's now recognised as a fantastic cast and brilliantly shot to convey multiple atmospheres there's many a reason why this film is highly regarded however for those who are more aware of the world of film and other releases within and outside of this genre a potential issue arises. The climax is triggered by a viewing of 'Vertigo' (Hitchcock,1958) rather fitting giving the relevance it has in relation to character identity and to some extent conspiracy which can sort of be applied to this film itself yet all seems a bit jarring having now seen both films. It's well documented that 'La Jetée' (Marker, 1962) was the main inspiration for 'Twelve Monkeys' but it feels a little cheap given that it's essentially beat for beat tha same film only the 'remake' (and I use that term very lightly) is slightly padded out by a few subplots which are mostly irrelevant to the core story of the film, nevertheless it's not all bad and the well shot '95 release is worth one watch at least.

This movie never getting old even 100 times you watch.

What in the sam hell just happened?? So Bruce Willis went back in time and saw hisself get killed? and that's what made him loco? This is such mind @$@# that I don't know where to begin. I loved it. Brad Pitt looking all fine as hell too, even as a looney tooney. I need to watch this again. And if see some damn giraffes running down the Brooklyn bridge, Imma be out.

Willis & Pitt : 2 actors without much talent, limited expressions and all for the look and dashing attitude ! Honestly, the movie may have been better with a different pair all the more than Willis is always hurt, limping and drooling while Pitt kept doing silly signs and rolling eyes… Having criticized Greist in Brazil, I wish Gilliam chose Stowe because she is as limited as her male partners and doesn't show a real talent… This time travel story is interesting at first (it's 2012 14 years before) but finally crumbles into its incoherence : it's not the 1st time that the future makes the past happens (terminator) but here there is too much good timing to be believable ! Gilliam proves he is inspired as a director : like no other, he can show us the world from a psycho view, an awful future and the underbelly of America cities while finding some dreamlike and fantasy moments… However this rusty light is awful, the production seems to have no money and limited to slumps and in addition, my copy is just blurry and dirty… At the end, it's a minor Gilliam movie that fails to be particularly endearing because of heroes and worlds that I don't care about ...