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Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

betsybirsh The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus will undoubtedly receive press because of the tragic circumstances- lead actor Heath Ledger died before the film could be completed and other stars finally ended up taking his role to complete it. The film itself is alright but it depends on the audience's sensibilities and preferences. It is definitely a delight to look at, but Terry Gilliam's films have always polarized the audiences. Johnny Depp, Colin Farell and Jude Law fill in for Ledger but ultimately this is a Gilliam show.

asimov-72292 I had this movie on my DVR since forever because the title was catchy. I didn't know who directed it. I didn't know who starred in it. Had I known it was a Terry Gilliam film I would have watched it sooner. I didn't know what to expect when I finally started to watch it. It was revealed to me it was directed by Terry Gilliam. Then is that Christopher Plummer? YES! Is that Heath Ledger? ! Is that Johnny Depp? YES! To me every scene contained an Easter egg. However this type of film is not for everyone. Gilliam is known for his strange films but Doctor Parnassus is Gilliam times two raised to the power of odd. I won't divulge the plot because it is difficult to discern. Instead, I'll list the Terry Gilliam films I've seen in order of my preference and you can decide if our tastes jibe and, if so, how you might enjoy Doctor Parnassus. 1. Twelve Monkeys 2. Brazil 3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 4. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 5. Jabberwocky 6. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 7. The Fisher King 8. Time Bandits 9. Baron Munchausen 10. The Brothers Grimm

mark.waltz Going through the world of the battle between good and evil on film has taken its toll on me as I look at the worlds of light and darkness and strive to figure out what are the underlying messages of the creators of films like this that I see. As imaginative as modern movie makers can be with the technology of computer generated effects, it can also be as confusing as the devil's own playground which this seems to be desperate to give viewers a one way ticket to. Even if this does feature an allegedly decent character in Christopher Plummer's Dr. Parnassus, the fantasy story of them fighting to collect souls just strikes me as something spiritually unsound.Thus, I can only look at this for its qualities as a film-through its general story, through its performances and through what it delivers artistically. I can imagine if I had been there in the dinner and have to go to the bathroom, I would never have left my seat. However, on DVD, you can pause it and even walking to the kitchen, you must leave it at the where you left it without missing one second of it. I attribute to how it looks, and the fear that even missing one minute of it could send me scrambling to find my place back and simply taking in every issue as I would a painting in a museum makes it virtually necessary to give its full concentration.Veteran actor Plummer, by all counts, is the leading actor and he shares acting honors with Tom Waits who plays Satan himself. As I have learned through my biblical studies, Satan when he appears is charming, and that is certainly the case here. But Satan is a phony, and it is obvious through looks that way to get through his excellent performance that this man even as tempting as it is can not be trusted at any percentage. Heath Ledger originated the role that is later taken over by Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell. It is often perplexing to try to figure out how the character of Tony is played by four actors and who the character actually is.Plummer's deal with the devil however leave me cold with the film overall, why he would even consider giving up the soul of his beautiful daughter to Satan, having dealt with him when he pretended to be a younger man in order to seduce the woman he loved. This shows a lack of moral ambiguity to Plumbers character, and that really doesn't create any sympathy for him. It gives the impression that Hollywood films push the idea of eternal youth and that aging gracefully is not a desirable life.Some moment are perfectly convoluted and even though the film is luscious to look at through an artistic vision, you must be in tuned to some views of the occult to understand where this is trying to go. I don't, no matter how much I open my mind to it, and find many elements of the underlying meanings to be massively disturbing. Reminding me of the same director's "Baron Munchausen" with a bit of "Dante's Inferno" thrown in, I won't praise it for what I felt it was trying to do, but I will give it thumbs up for looking as tasty as it does. The temptation maybe there for me to be taken in by this, but fortunately I am able to resist it.

Antonia Tejeda Barros The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is the opus magnum of Terry Gilliam and, tragically, the last performance of Heath. It started filming on December 8, 2007. On January 23, 2008, one day after Heath's death, the production stopped until February 17. Everybody wanted to finish the movie, to show Heath's last creation, so on February 18 filming begun again, and Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law came along and finish Heath's performance (later they donated all their salary –$ 20 million– to Heath's daughter Matilda). In the movie there are 2 worlds: the real world and the imaginary world. Fortunately, all the scenes of the real world (which were shot in London) were already finished when Heath died. The scenes in the imaginary world were going to be shot in Vancouver. Tony, Heath's character, appears different every time he enters in the Imaginarium. Depp, Law and Farrell, apart of having some physical resemblance in the movie with Heath (same hair, same moustache, same goat beard, same make-up), copied Heath's mimics in the movie, and the film does not get affected by the fact that there are "4 Tonys". The sadness is that Heath does not appear much. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a magical, poetic and beautiful movie, with an incredible art direction (Caroline Smith), beautiful cinematography (Nicola Pecorini), brilliant costumes (Monique Prudhomme), theatrical & melancholic music (Jeff & Mychael Danna) and an amazing cast (Heath –who improvised half of his dialog–, a superb Christopher Plummer, Andrew Garfield, Lily Cole, Verne Troyer, Depp, Law and Farrell, and Tom Waits shining in his amazing & funny portrayal of the Devil). Although the movie is beautiful, to watch The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is painful, because I feel it to be the real and artistic prove of Heath's death. When Johnny Depp appears instead of Heath we really feel Heath's loss. At the end of the movie, instead of writing "A film by Terry Gilliam", Gilliam wrote in the credits: "A movie from Heath & friends". According to Gilliam, that was what the movie was. The film is in memory of Heath and of producer William Vince (who died 5 months after Heath). / Antonia Tejeda Barros (Madrid, Spain).