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Tideland
Posted by isecore on November 28th, 2007
Surreal/Fantasy/Drama from 2005 with among others Jeff Bridges and Jennifer Tilly. Directed by Terry Gilliam.
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Jeliza-Rose travels with her father to an abandoned farmhouse in Texas after her mother dies from a drug overdose. At the farm she befriends the locals and experiences deeply surreal adventures…
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The summary above is the best I can manage. That’s really the only resemblance of a story present in this movie, since most of it seems to consist of really weird scenes in… well… somewhere.
Is it good?
Kinda. But not really.
Is it bad?
Kinda. But not really.
I don’t know whether to like it or to hate it. Watching this movie was a bit like how I would imagine it would feel if someone scooped your brains out while eating vanilla ice-cream and LSD. It feels really awesome at the same time that you find yourself wondering what the hell you’re doing and how it can contribute to anything positive at all.
This is easily the weirdest movie I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen some really strange and messed up films in my day.
Recommended? Umm… I’ll have to get back to you on that one.
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November 29th, 2007 at 14:25
But really. What did you expect from Terry Gilliam?
He has to be somewhat disturbed after the years with Monthy Phytons Flying Circus.
In one off their movies he was dressed as a knight in shining armor with a chicken in one hand. Sane ? Don’t think so!
November 29th, 2007 at 14:33
I’m a big fan of Terry Gilliam. Brazil, Time Bandits and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas are some of my absolute favorite movies of all time.
I wouldn’t go so far as to say that Tideland is a bad movie, because it’s not. It’s just really, really weird and strange and somewhat disturbing which makes it a bit inaccessible to most people. If you want a strange experience then Tideland is absolutely excellent. If you want normal Hollywood-fluff then you will be disappointed.
November 29th, 2007 at 20:02
Don’t think I could stand any normal Hollywood-fluff right now. I still fight the feelings from the Coce commercials.