I liked this quite a bit, despite a bit of a slow pace and general lack of umpth in the direction and editing. The cast are mostly good, the characters are all given time to get involved in the mystery and their actions and choices drive the story along. Some of the sets look pretty good, not all of them but it mostly works. The story unfolds slowly and I do mean slowly giving you limited information so that the story only unfolds gradually. I think I did prefer the first half the best. A few little elements bothered me like a character in the 1600s shows up with obviously modern glasses but nobody thinks it odd, hes also strong enough to overpower a man much bigger and younger than him. The overall tone I found slightly downbeat though Jon Voight is in full comic panto mode which is such a weird contrast. Its in the second half the problems begin a bit the strange world above inhabitants with magic creatures but also geese and horses, where do the people get their clothing and weapons from? How do they know about Christmas pudding? Why are there all these random deities as giants. Why are the giants randomly so trusting and helpless? How would they survive like that? Several performances just aren't good either I'm afraid. It's does have a very well done 3 act structure though with a solid climax and a love story that's not too badly done.
Overall I didn't care all too much though about the characters which isn't great when its 3 hours long.
