Don't give up on this movie in the first ten or so minutes. Just wait. You will soon realize that The Sorcerer and the White Snake reaches into something profoundly absurd, to the point where whatever obscure goal it may have had as an epic fantasy is far surpassed by the most extreme levels of overlapping ridiculousness. Despite sheer epic corniness, there is something to be said for how hard it tries to be a compelling watch. You almost start to feel obligated to ride it out just to see if it can get any worse, and for the most part it gets more and more absurdly wacky as it moves along. I'm not sure if I have ever seen a movie so willing to throw everything it can at the screen in hopes of having something seem exciting, and yet it pretty much just launches itself like a fruitcake from catapult. The drama is SO utterly corny, the graphics look cheap (but cost them several tens of millions of dollars), and the humor only makes you wonder if the whole movie is meant to be a farce, and yet it wasn't. "Hot mess" doesn't even begin to explain what this things is. I'm surprised it took me so long to find this film, because I love bad movies, but there are not many movies this bad with such an astronomical budget. There was no expense spared, but it is a tidal wave of over-saturated failure. You might have to see this for yourself. The pedals are spinning in an attempt to break all records, but nobody seems to realize that the chain is disconnected. It is a bizarrely clueless extravaganza. It did keep me watching, but only to watch the boat sink and finally just explode.