| Oh, it's definitely sad, but one of the things I love about this movie is how Gilliam makes it ironic and so (I don't like using this word) off-beat. That image of Palin looking over him with the mask, the words spoken, and Sams derranged face... While sad, the fantasy undertones of the movie take a lot of the usual impact you'd get from that situation and makes something more unique. In some ways, you can also look at Lowry's fate as being somewhat an improvement over his previous existence. He finally escaped, but just not in the way we hoped. Gilliam did the same way in how he portrayed homelessness in The Fisher King. He showed the fantasy of it in a way you really didn't expect. |