That's a film I point people to. Not only does it stay with you, you freaking weep. Not cry. WEEP. I remember thinking to myself: an animated film about kids? in war? in WWII? How the heck is this going to work? It feels less like Miyazaki or something similar and more like poetry. Haunting, damning, unforgettable.

A truly great film in any regard, animated or not.

Last seen:

Richard III (1995)

I get the idea behind modernizing Shakespeare to the setting of a totalitarian fiction England in the 30's. Ian McKellen is beyond superb. Other than this the film continually falls on its face with pacing, some stilted performances and an overall lack of energy. The ending is beyond cheesy.

Watched on Laser. 2.5 balls out of 4 stupid boar masks.

Life of Brian.

Simply put, the greatest comedy ever made. (Dr. Strangelove is not an out and out comedy film and doesn't try to be one so I don't count it as strictly comedy.) With Strangelove, this is the only film that can make me pee my pants laughing. But not all the laughs are this way. Only the great comedies have laughs for your mind as well as the tired funnybone. Endlessly quotable, inventive and absolutely hysterical. A comedy ride that also meditates on our stupidity as a race. The Python's masterwork, and yes for the last time this definitively kicks the crap out of Holy Grail.

4 balls out of 4 blessed cheesemakers.