Great Film overall

Best movie ever!

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

The tallest of the Tall Tales, which is all true - they have the film to prove it! Absolutely fantastic blend of adventure, fantasy and comedy. The fantastic art style and practical effects used to bring this movie alive, make it look and feel truly special. Features a plethora of imaginative and memorable locations and characters, from the charismatic Baron himself(who is like an older version of Jack Sparrow) to King of the Moon and from.. well the Moon to the Vulcan's forge.. it's the most magnificently weird and fantastically quirky odyssey ever put to screen. See it, you will not regret it!

Terry Gilliam and his motley crew goes far and beyond anything you have ever seen before in this live action extravaganza. A scrumptious cast including Robin Williams as "The King of the Moon" and Uma Thurman as Venus! I found some of it overly long (the visit with the King and Queen of the Moon") and very confusing (his "magic" white horse just kind of "pops" in.) It reminds you a bit of a good retelling of Gulliver's Travels, such as the Hallmark/Jim Henson version. Lots of explosions and fire! Staring every fabulous character you could ever possibly think of, including: Winged Death, Vulcan, Venus, the world's: strongest man, best marksman, most windy, tallest giant, and more. All utterly illogical, nonsensical, and preposterous. He travels by a balloon made up of elastic ladies girdles, on a cannonball, falls through the Earth to the other-side, flies in the sky, and, with the help of his comrades, defeats an entire invading army. Although he dies right after doing all that, he miraculously comes back to life to tell his tales. (Playing cards inside of a whale with his friends (and Mr. Death) is most amusing, indeed.) Engaging and exhausting to watch and somewhat hard to follow, you must view it more than once to see and understand it all. Also stars Sarah Polley of "Avonlea" TV fame as a precocious and totally adorable little red-haired girl. A fairy tale for adults although children will love it as well and the slightly naughty references will be "over their head".

Before watching the movie, I did some research and found out it had been one of the most expensive movies made at the time. Although I found it visually stunning and well made - it bored me because it was too long and confusing.The acting is impressive. I particularly liked Uma Thurman's performance. Sarah Polley also stood out.Even though this movie was very colorful and exotic with idiosyncratic characters the story is a fiasco.To summarize: A colorful tall tale that turns out to be too long and confusing.

.I can't believe I actually sat through 1Hr 30m of this drivel, which goes on for an interminable 2 Hr plus. (I fast forwarded through the final scenes just in case something came up. It didn't.) Comedy, even fantasy comedy, has to have a structure. It doesn't necessarily have to be a logical structure (some of the best Monty Python sketches ARE the best because of their zany lack of it) but it must make sense on some level. This effort has absolutely nothing going for it, or for the tens of millions of dollars that were sunk into it.Robin Williams must have been having an off day when his agent suggested getting involved, and his non-appearance in the listings says it all.Gilliam's input in the Monty Python series was the weakest part and in Baron Munchausen we can appreciate just why..