I strongly recomand this movie!
Can a movie be that bad that you actually enjoy it? Happens to me all the time. The Gryphon was one of the best cases. After the first half of hour i finally understand that the movie is not intended like a fantasy parody, but they take things serious, which made the rest of the movie so funny.
This has nothing to do with the Sci-Fi genere, is just a fantasy - comedy, from the category which Sci-Fi Channel spoil us for the past 2-3 years.
I'm fraid that Sci-fi genere is dead and burried. Such a shame.