Great fantasy, side splitting laughs

Rating: 10/10 (31 August 2007)

I expected a fantasy movie with great visuals from the previews. What I didn't expect was to laugh so much. This was a delightful fantasy with excellent writing.
For starts, De Nero's performance as a tough pirate captain whose "deep dark secret" is that he's a cross dressing, stereotypical closet queen of was excellent. Seeing him dance around with boa and fan was hilarious.
Some of the scenes with the wicked witch were enough to set us laughing on the way home. In particular her attempts to minimize the ravages of excessive magic use.
The cgi was very well integrated with live action, for the most part almost seamlessly.
All in all, this is a movie worth watching more than once!