atp649 I never realized how much I needed to see a sex scene between Toby McGuire and a mannequin until it happened to me. Others fall short in recognizing for what Spoils of Babylon really is. Contentions are held that it is satire. It is not. What Eric Johnson set out to and did create is art. Artistic expression that grips the very soul.Will you laugh? Here or there. Will you cry? Undoubtedly not. Will you be under siege by a constant barrage of excess and absurdity? If you a true connoisseur of film, yes. Eric Johnson has been able to marry the beautiful and stylistic cinematography of Wes Anderson with the subject matter of pointless undriven melodrama. Between surreal sets and actual sets, the piece juxtaposes the power of a well financed production with the uninhibited imagination of a man not swayed by the ires of time. So great was his commitment to his art that he waited thirty years to procure the funds required to, without adulteration, produce the work.Do not be mistaken: this film is not designed to entertain you. This film is designed to realize a vision. A vision of author Eric Johnson, now a tangible thing--something that others can participate in. It is an invitation to live in the mind of another individual. An intimate exploration of what it means to dream. Watch Spoils of Babylon if you wish to be transported to another world: the world of Eric Johnson.

FreakNumberOne One of the freshest, funniest, most original things I've seen in a while.Will Farrell, bored with the formulaic dopey man-child projects that made him rich, has been spending his time and money on gold like this. The premise is that this is a forgotten TV mini-series from the late 70's based on a book by the same name, shot and financed by the author. It follows the rise of oil tycoon Jonas Morehouse, his daughter and adopted son.The primary direction given to the cast was that they were really bad actors in a TV drama. Wiig is the only one who doesn't play it straight, and the contrast works.I've watched this about 4 times so far. It's so full of quotable lines, the only downside being that there are few people that would recognize them. From Jonas Morehouse's constantly changing accent, to Kristen Wiig's scenery chewing, to the characters constantly calling Dixie Melonworth by the wrong name, I don't think there's a true misfire in here. This is classic screwball comedy with class and style. More please.

Diego Cumplido Spoof comedy hasn't been this good in YEARS. I was really surprised with the smart and subtle sense of humor and the beauty of how it looks. Kristen Wiig is a comedy genius and each scene with her on it is pure gold.This mini-series manages to make fun of the medium itself, and that's something I've been missing in comedy lately.Probably the nearest neighbor (in both quality and style) for The Spoils of Babylon in television is the Police Squad! TV Series, and more than 20 years have passed since that show. And Spoils of Babylon takes things further than that. It's the next step.Other than that, maybe the "Italian Spiderman" and "Danger 5" are the closest things being done, but is nice to see U.S. creatives getting back at this kind of humor.

kcninesling Totally unfunny vanity project for the absolutely untalented Will Ferrell. If this is supposed to be a send-up of the mini-series craze of the 1970s and 1980s, it's about two decades too late. Cartoonish, silly, downright predictable. I watched the first two episodes in order to give it a chance, in hopes that it would develop, but, it got worse as it went on. Seems that they ran out of ideas about mid-way through the second segment. I came to ask myself, "Why am I watching this? I could be doing something much more entertaining, like doing the dishes or cleaning out the catbox." You'd think with all the money Tobey Maguire makes that he'd spring for a bottle of shampoo. Sad to see someone like Tim Robbins reduced to appearing in a piece of dreck like this. And, the rest the cast? Well, a cadre of has-beens and never-was. What passes for funny among present generation television producers, directors, writers and audiences is pretty sad.