Growing up, I was more exposed to British sitcoms and sketch shows than I was to American ones. I was fed on a steady diet of Keeping Up Appearances, Are You Being Served?, and Fawlty Towers. But the king amongst these was, of course, Monty Python's Flying Circus. I watched hours upon hours of Flying Circus, to the point that I cosplayed the Spanish Inquisition with a group of friends one year. My favorite part of the show, however, was the animation inter-titles, done by the masterful Terry Gilliam.

Until now, my experience with Gilliam has been extremely limited. Due to my enjoyment of his Python animations, my dad gave me a copy of Time Bandits, which became my sick day movie and has subsequently crept its way into my personal top 10. For some reason, I thought I knew what to expect going into Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Oh, how wrong I was.