Thanks for your comments, Trev.

In my opinion, after seeing an interview with an extremely sheepish Terry Gilliam and watching the film (luckily for free) I can only come to the conclusion that this was not the film Terry intended it to be. 

There's little doubt that the Weinsteins interfered quite a bit. There were moments in the film when I thought that this is pure Gilliam, but perhaps there weren't enough of them.

The stars (Matt Damon especially and Heath Ledger) seemed unsure of what they were supposed to be doing and looked quite bemused and puzzled throughout most of the film. The CGI effects that replaced Gilliam's unique designs and hacked together effects were nothing short of lousy, no style, no substance and just poor to at best average CGI (yawn). 

Matt Damon's British accent (why were the Germans speaking in British accents?) disappeared about halfway through the film. I thought there were some clever set-pieces in the forest, and the final "mirror" showdown was interesting. The gingerbread man scene was certainly lousy, along with an earlier one in the barn.

Lena Headey, what can I say? nothing really, Id love to have seen what Samantha Morton would have done with the role (as Terry Gilliams first choice). I said it before about Brotherhood of the Wolf and I have to say it again for The Brothers Grimm, not even the gorgeous Monica Bellucci could save it

Headey was barely noticeable. Actually, I didn't even realize that it was her (the girl from Aberdeen) until I went to imdb. The film needed more of Monica Bellucci.