Beautifully made, excellent effects (both visual and practical) and design, enjoyable acting (especially from 'Susan'). The plot was good, once it got going. And there's the rub - it was just horrendously long and draggy at the start. It would have benefited immeasurably from having a good hour cut from the running time: 4 hours was too long.
That's really all I wanted to say, but as IMDb insists I write more (ot it won't let me submit my perfectly reasonable comment), I'll also add that I very much liked Death's head being an immobile skull rather than being animated. I even liked the jaw not working. And I liked the eyes. The Hogs were most enjoyable. I suspect the narrator was Joss Ackland (Ridcully would be an appropriate narrator), though it may be have been Ian Richardson. The ending was good, and I liked the speech about the little lies and big lies.
That's really all I wanted to say, but as IMDb insists I write more (ot it won't let me submit my perfectly reasonable comment), I'll also add that I very much liked Death's head being an immobile skull rather than being animated. I even liked the jaw not working. And I liked the eyes. The Hogs were most enjoyable. I suspect the narrator was Joss Ackland (Ridcully would be an appropriate narrator), though it may be have been Ian Richardson. The ending was good, and I liked the speech about the little lies and big lies.