Jabberwocky

You know what its like when you've seen just about everything from a director, or actor, that you love and then you hear about an early work that you've seen before. Its like, great I'll be able to watch something from the beginning of their career and see how the process was blossoming in the early stages. Well I'm here to tell you that if you're a Terry Gilliam fan, as I am, don't watch this film, its slow, and boring and it deserves to be left in the Dark Ages where it belongs. When a young apprentice named Dennis is forced out on his own from his country home to the city, he finds that life can be crueler around every turn. The only nice thing that I can say about this film is that they spent a lot of time to make sure that the sets and props that are used look complete authentic. So that's about it, the pleasantries are over, I'm sorry to say that I hated this movie, its about an hour and a half long but it makes you feel as if you've been sitting in front of the TV for an ungodly amount of time. The scenes are dragged out, the dialog is slow, and at some times confusing, and then there's the acting. Michael Palin became a very good actor in later years but what you see here is someone trying to carry a story that is to far gone before it even gets going.
I honestly thought that this was going to be an early gem that I would fall in love with and be able to tell people that, if you've never seen or heard of this movie, you got to check it out. But I wouldn't lie to you; I don't see how recommending a bad film does anyone any good. So don't rent or buy this movie its not worth the time or the money that would be wasted. The only thing that could help this film out is that since it takes place during the Dark Ages, if everyone contracted the Plague and died before the movie really got going then it would be a better film.