Ah, now this is the Terry Gilliam I know and love. It seems like he needed to work outside his comfort zone and not just remake The Holy Grail again, but really show that he can stand out on his own.
One thing that this reminded me a lot of this viewing was Tolkien's The Hobbit, being that it's about a small person being swept up into an adventure by a group of vagabond dwarves. I bring this up to…