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August 27, 2005
You Can’t Go Home Again
So I saw The Brothers Grimm this evening. I’ve been a long-standing Terry Gilliam fan since Time Bandits. Gilliam, to me, usually draws out the essence or mood of a scene, letting these elements echo in my mind long after the scene is done. In light of this, TBG seemed a half-hearted attempt, missing scenes, missing exposition, lacking flair and pushing the jokes a little too long and too hard (which might be more an issue with the writer). I thought Jabberwocky was a miss, too, but a well-played miss, shot honest and true but simply missing its mark. The Brothers Grimm wandered, both in plot and composure, and never really seemed to know where it was going.
Other people may enjoy it. I sincerely hope. We’ll see how Tideland goes.
Other recent disappointments have included the Halo 2 music CD. I like atmospheric game music — such as can be found in Grim Fandango, Monkey Island, Myst/Riven and Halo — but this CD is packed with “inspired by the game” music from modern rock bands (and Incubus) which completely breaks the flow and the theme set by the music. The CD cover also portentously but subtly contains the words, “Volume One”. This one I’ll chalk up to marketing replacing the original content, just like many sequels to unexpected motion picture hits. (I’m looking at you, The Mummy Returns.)
Ah well. Everyone seems to hold onto memories of the past; this seems to be the way it’s coming out in me.
Posted by jenkins at August 27, 2005 11:40 PM
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