While watching this movie I couldn't help but think that it was an allegory for the experiences of native Americans upon being invaded. Nobody else saw the movie that way? The effects were great as expected but although the lineup of actors was stella, the script/movie could have been edited down and polished to about two thirds its length. And if it was an allegory, it lacked a decent gray perspective, too binary. One thing that the movie does well is that it really makes you think: what if the fairy tale really did have a basis in fact? A minor annoyance was the depiction of the friendly giant after being shown the traditional version. A character doesn't have to be smiling all the time like a cross between a weird cult leader and a real estate agent to get across that he's a good guy. Some subtlety, please.