'The Keeper of Time' - sometimes research for fantasy writing is painful to watch

I rented The Keeper of Time 5 days ago at Blockbuster for 99 cents and was trying to watch it earlier, but I have never had a harder time forcing myself to watch a fantasy movie. ::shaking head::

So far the movie's one redeeming point is Michael O'Hearn playing the part of the swordsman Bullrock. From what I have seen of it so far, the movie looks to me like the best reason for my watching it will be the affirmation that even if Shadowlord's Gambit reads like a Dungeons & Dragons game narration, it has a good chance of being published if they are making movies like The Keeper of Time as recently as 2004.

I've been avoiding having to finish watching it, I'd paused it a couple hours ago now, but I think I'll meander back in where the DVD player is and do some cleaning in that room so I can leave the movie on in the background. That would let me analyze it as a fantasy writer, without my actually having to sit back and focus on watching it.

Stats of movie

The Keeper of Time
(2004 - Adventure)

Director: Robert Crombie
Writer: Eugene Efuni

Staring: (actor - character)
Michael O'Hearn - Bullrock
Adam T. Dawson - Udo
Alexander Parker - Daniel/Tim (as Parker Alexander)
Anna Millchane - Anu/Alosia

Summary:
A child in a medieval world is to be the most powerful wizard of his time and must travel to "the Southern Castle" to train so he can defeat the evil wizard so that the forces of good will reign for the next 500 years. His journey is, of course, fraught with baddies trying to kill him.