Imaginarium of dr. Parnassus

So I watched 2009's imaginarium... Directed by the great Terry Gilliam and starring the captured soul known once as Heath Ledger. Well was this movie good well....before I answer let's go back in time and review Gilliams repertoire. Holy graile perhaps the greatest comedy of all time, time bandits a magical adventure, brazil perhaps the best "weird" movie of all time, fisher king simply well done kudos, 12 monkeys pretty awesome, fear and loathing my namesake do I need to say it well o.k loved it you bastards. So why mention these well they almost all share one major characteristic and that is you need to see the movie multiple times to both fully understand and fully enjoy the brilliance. So I have just seen imaginarium just once and currently have an ehhhh.. Going which is neither a thumb up or down. I love the director but no matter what this seems to be a weak effort on many fronts. The story is very choppy, and the world he creates is fascinating at times and boring at other times. He bridged this gulf well in fisher king but failed here. I have to watch this movie again to see if like his other films I need that multiple view to fully appreciate the film, but the base measure is not strong. Sorry sir I love you but you did make that damn Grimm movie so the word suck is not unfamiliar to you.