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Cinekuest Presents: Time Bandits AKA That One Movie Where God is a Rotten Bastard
What do you get when Terry Gilliam needs money? One of the best “children’s” movies of all time! Jolly good! Meet Kevin, a young boy whose love for history goes largely ignored by his dopey parents and their own love of toaster ovens and the good ole’ American boob tube (not neglectful at all). Kevin’s call to adventure soon begins when a knight in shining armor (on horseback?!) crashes through his closet and fucks off into…the bedroom forest? The next night six little people (angels? no~wai) crash into his room and…GOD…chases Kevin and company through a hole in time. Thus begins a wonky time-heist through time–embarking on an adventure with famous figures such as little-big-man Napoleon Bonaparte (Ian Holm), Jolly Smooth Robin Hood (John Cleese), King Kickass Agamemnon (Sean Connery) and they even enjoy a brief, brief cruise on the Titanic (spoiler–the ship doesn’t make it). All the while, Kevin and the Time Bandits (shotgun band name!) are fleeing a spooky AF floating head (no, really…GOD) as well as the literal Incarnation of Evil himself. Can Kevin and crew evade the tribulations of time traveling, supernatural forces, and make away with all the sweet looty-booty? Or will Evil finally obtain the knowledge of computers and wreck all our shit as we know it? Join Rey, Roland, and Daniel as they discuss this classic of time travel (is it time travel though?) from one of the great minds behind MF’in Monty Python!
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