Time Bandits

Time Bandits: the boy (insert name later), while curious and inquisitive about history, had never explored for himself.  It was also abundantly clear that he wasn’t getting the attention that he needed from his parents, so the adventure also represented a much-needed escape from his neglectful family life.  Even though I laughed at the “Napoleon is short” jokes, it represents.  This represents the problem that adventure stories often run into. In attempting to portray another culture, or even simply to understand another culture, stereotypes and false information are often used instead of facts or empathy.  This can be seen in Tintin’s adventures, where he travels to dlkfjdlfkjkd and meets a culture very different from his own, which often isn’t portrayed in the nicest light. 

However, Time Bandits is able to escape these admittedly minor failings once it gets into more fantastical territory.  Their travels bring them to the middle of the ocean, where they meet an ogre and his wife who attempt to eat them, a giant with a boat attached to his head, and a vast desert. 

Death of parents.  As an adult, this seems to be the most shocking part of the movie. The parents, obsessed with their gadgets, save a microwave, which has a burned piece of pure evil stuck inside. They touch it, ignoring the warnings of djfkldjfe, and are obliterated.  In logical terms, this doesn’t bode well for young dklfjlkjf. His home has just been burned down and now he has no parents. He’ll become a ward of the state, an orphan, destined to either roam from foster home to foster home or be stuck in an orphanage until he’s 18. 

Also, the decision to make the heroes of the story ‘little people’ has to do with the child protagonist.  Gilliam thought that having grown men take jfkljekfje on an adventure would

Ultimately, djfkldjfkle is better off from his experience