The first thing that really impressed my about this movie was the breadth and scope of the sets. Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin depict interesting renditions on classical events and figures. Napoleon's outrageous behaviour and obsession with his height was pretty comical. I liked the Robin Hood scene a lot because it seemed like if that story had actually gone down, it would have been more like this... The merry men are very sparing on formalities and John Cleese adds a lot of his personal style of humour to the scene - in a moment reminiscent of many of his Monty Python sketches, he ambiguously accepts/tricks them in giving him the massive treasure that the midgets (dwarves?) show off to him from previously visited times - early 1800s during a French attack, Ancient Mesopotamia - where they steal King Agamemnon's Crown and all of his treasure (gotta feel bad for the guy losin his crown :0). I liked the Michael Palin's appearance; it seemed very in-character for the types of roles he plays which are always funny.
The ending was quite bizarre... I guess the "it was all a dream" realization was a cool theme back then. Although it does tie the ending back to the beginning somewhat. I didn't really fully understand the sleep-bridge between these worlds? Maybe it's just supposed to be accepted.
Regarding my discussion on Legend, it is interesting to note that in this film the all-powerful item is a map - a man made item.
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