While I'm biting other people's styles, let me run thru a couple of movie recaps. From 1957, the Monster that Challenged the World. Pretty much your classic "B" scifi horror movie, 50s style. In this case, it's giant mutant snails. That's right, snails. They don't look much like snails, altho they do have shells they hide in. And the title is a bit of an exaggeration. The giant mutant snails barely work up a credible threat to the Salton Sea. The world remains largely unconcerned. Still it was enjoyably cheesy.

Up next, the Brothers Grimm. Like many Terry Gilliam movies, it's an entertaining mess. The tone shifts from comedy to action to drama a bit too much and a bit clumsily at times. But it looks great, and some fine performances. Peter Stormare chews up the scenery quite nicely. And Heath Ledger's quite good. The script, with its confluence of all fairy tales (many only referenced visually), suffers a bit from coming after Shrek. And the movie as a whole ends up seeming a bit too similar, in some basic ways, to Sleepy Hollow. Which isn't so good as Tim Burton is a much better movie-maker than Gilliam.