12 Monkeys - deserves the hype?

Advantages: Good cast - good performances from Pitt and Willis
Disadvantages: Overly wrapped up in itself at times

...12 Monkeys is a bizarre film in a Tarantinoesque vein starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt at a time shortly after Willis appeared in Pulp Fiction, the Palme D?or winner at Cannes. Pitt is at his best in this film ? the only comparable performance is his role in Seven Years in Tibet, although of course the two roles are extremely contrasting. He plays the madman with extreme conviction and is a very convincing loose screw. The plot is at best difficult to follow and requires several viewings to get the best out of it, but sadly the best may not be worth it. There are some clever parts to the plot but it tries to offer some satisfaction by inviting the viewer to believe they are getting something out of it, and making one feel clever by working out the overlaboured parts of the plot. All in all it was a deserved flop given the cast...

BIGHORSE 01.01.1970 · Read review
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(12 Monkeys - Movie Review) One Fell Off And Bumped His Head.

Advantages: Brilliant acting from Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt. An original, mind playing, time travel movie.
Disadvantages: Some may not digest Terry Gilliam that well. Have to get in the mood for it.

...There are some directors out there that have a certain style and atmosphere, with bizarre visuals and ideas, that in a second you could pick out who they are. Some people enjoy the works of Tim Burton, others Guillermo Del Toro. If I had to choose a director, I?d probably go with Terry Gilliam. Now, I find his storytelling isn?t really his strong suit, and the looks are usually his line of focus. But, there is one film he did that I think even a lament of his work would enjoy called ?12 Monkeys?. (STORY) We are introduced to the ?present? (well future), and it?s a grim, grey, dual post-apocalyptic world. A lethal virus was exposed in the year 1996, that left only 1% of the human population left, to be forced to live underground. A convict named James Cole (Bruce Willis) volunteers to go back in time, to obtain information about...

Doctor_GreenRay 01.01.1970 · Read review
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12 Monkeys

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...THE FUTURE (all 3).12 Monkeys had great acting.That much I can say.All the leading actors did their part and gave it their all.But the way the movie was done was wrong.The story,as predictable as it is,is not really that bad but the torturing style they did trying to be a modern Hitchcock movie ruined it...

ros145 01.01.1970 · Read review
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