fav. fantasy movies

[M L Crewe]

Well, what is they?

Mine are Willow and The Princess Bride... Lots of laughs, romance, drama... What more could you ask for? ;)

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[bmilder]

Princess Bride was good. I'm hoping the LotR trilogy will be my favorite fantasy movies :D

[juntel]

Excalibur

[TheRobRoy]

I have to agree that I hope that the LOTR Trilogy will be my favorite . . . it certainly has enough press even among the news boards.

However, in light of the fact that it is not out yet, here are my top 5 fantasy picks:

5- The Seven Samurai
4- Conan the Barbarian
3- Willow
2- Excalibur
1- The 13th Warrior

Disclaimer: these are my personal favorites, they had nothing to do with historical integrity, legend or book accuracy, or depth of vision or story. I just liked them!

[emilsson]

It has to be Excalibur though I have not seen it in a long time.

[etherealunicorn]

I loved The 13th Warrior. Very cool!
Can we count Heavy Metal as a fantasy movie? I like it a lot too, lots of fun to watch.

[IronParrot]

The Wizard of Oz...

Unless you count Brazil or any of the Star Wars films as fantasy...

[anduin]

Blade Runner

[BRENYA]

How could you guys forget about The Dark Crystal?

[gatito]

Hi,

From what I saw I am going to say Legend and Labriynth, I grew up with those :)


Luv Always,
gat

[jedi master princess]

labryinth. princess bride. willow. robin hood prince of thieves (don't shoot me!!). conan. braveheart. the mummy. ever after.

sci-fi i like: dune, fifth element, star wars saga, gattaca, starship troopers.

someone needs to make a movie on the breadth and size of willow and conan again. i'm hoping the hobbit will be as good as the pics are looking to be...

[Quickbeam]

"Tron", if it qualifies.

[Film Hobbit]

Oooooo
So glad you guys mentioned the Princess Bride... its so often overlooked... yet it is such a masterpiece! Definently one of the greatest fantasy movies of all time... but not only that, one of the FUNNIEST movies of all time. Heck, practically started an Andre the Giant cult all by itself!
If you haven't seen it recently, watch it again. I saw it last night, and it is just as good every time I watch it.

[anduin]

The Fantastic Planet...sci-fi obviously.

[etherealunicorn]

I just remembered one that should occupy a high place on my favorite movie list: The Mouse That Roared. One really funny movie starring the late, great Peter Sellers :)

[Wizard of the Secret Fire]

Dragonheart is pretty good, only because of Sean Connery, teh Dragon and some funny scenes.
However, poor story and so on.


I have to say that MP's movie about the quest for the Holy Grail is very funny :)

Uh, your sig seems to be screwing up the posts... please fix it :)

[Gilthalion]

The Mouse That Roared
Willow
The Princess Bride
Excalibur
The 13th Warrior
Conan the Barbarian
The Dark Crystal
robin hood prince of thieves
The Mouse That Roared.
Yellowbeard
Time Bandits
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

I saw and liked all of these.

I also actually liked a lot of things about Ralph Bakshi's LotR

Don't hurt me! :eek:

[Miralys]

I liked Willow and Princess Bride. And I loved DragonHeart. Legend was pretty good but you gotta be in the right frame of mind (I do anyways) :p Labyrinth was my sister's favorite movie. I could tolerate it but David Bowie always freaked me out when he was on the screen. Still gives me the creeps to this day. Truthfully though I think it is very hard to turn fantasy novels into good movies. It takes a good deal of effort and I think that effort (or lack thereof) is apparent when you sit down and watch the film.

[Miralys]

Also I almost forgot The Last Unicorn. It was my very favorite movie when I was a little girl. It's based on Peter S. Beagle's book and produced by Rankin/Bass.

[BRENYA]

I think Myazaki's "Princess Mononoke" would make good company with some of those mentioned above. Anybody else agree?

[X Rogue]

Princess Bride, Willow on ground of plot, and.....Ladyhawke! I loved that movie.

"We've come full circle, Lord.I'd like to think there is some higher meaning in all of this. It certainly would reflect well on You." -Phillipe Gaston

"Are you flesh, or are you spirit?" -Phillipe
"I am sorrow."- Isabeau

Actually, I could see Luthien saying Isabeau's line there too. Sometimes.

[anduin]

Bringing this one to the top so Niffiwan can add to it. Sorry the link didn't work, but you could have just gone to the second page and found the orginal topic. ;)

[Elanor]

these are my favorites:

Willow
Dragonheart
Princess Bride
Ladyhawke
Time Bandits
the Borrowers
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Never Ending Story (at least the first one)

[Film Hobbit]

Is Mont Python really Fantasy? Its more of a comedic parody... and a damn funny one to.

[biriwilg]

Wash your mouth out with soap! Tsk! You should be ashamed! I'll have to look for The Last Unicorn and Willow. I LOVE Peter S Beagle! I also love the faery folk, so those sound perfect.

[Niffiwan]

Has anyone seen The 10th Kingdom?

[Wizard of Ozymandias]

Which one's that? Sounds familiar.

[afro-elf]

Most fantasy movies to me are sub par but I'm a harsh critic I HATE FLUFF.

The Princess Bride because of the above doesn't rate on my list.

I thought Willow was good BUT after I watched again as an adult I felt it was too lite.


Some mentioned some Sci Fi but I will exclude them.

As well as historicall based fictions. Like 7 Seven Samurai, Braveheart and Gladiator.

Nor will I include animation.

I hope that LOTR will be

But has anyone seen

DRAGONSLAYER?


It is from the early 80's pre CGI but THAT dragon looked better than anything I've seen. ( except for one small part)
To me this was a good fantasy movie (i.e. lite on pop fluff)

aside from this

Conan the Barbarian NOT The Destroyer

Excalibur I thinK was a sub par movie
it relied to much on the Morte de Arthur. Sir Thomas Mallory's Frano-dephiled version that must take as the standard myth. Guess what there was no Lancelot or any of his Franophone cronies in the old myth. ANYWAY, the use of the Camina Barana was great AND the LANGUAGE was SUPREME.

" If a boy has been choosen king then a boy shall be king"
Patrik Steward pre-Picard.

I do think the rebirth of Arthur was cool.

Paraphrased:

( Arthur)
I did not know how empty my soul was until it was filled.

For far too longI have lived through others.

My knights have fought my battles.

Lancelot my honor.

Guenivere my guilt.

Mordred my sins.


Now brother it is time for me to be king.

(Kay)

Guards, knights, squires prepare for battle!



and of course!

Anail Nathrach Uatha Bha'is Bith Thonn Du'iseacnt Le De'anamh E!..."

(Serpent's breath Death's Cave and Waves of Being Awaken with making!)
..........Merlin


I think I'm gonna make that my signature right now.

[Bombadil's PR Guy]

Does "Brazil" qualify? It's not really comedy or sci-fi (unless you include Dr. Suess technology under that definition).
Gotta give props to "Wizard of Oz," considering it was done in '38 or so. Being the first color film, it probably bedazzled people more then than all the Star Warses, Poltergeists, etc. put together did in recent times.
What category does "Altered States" fall under? Were we looking more for the magical mythical stuff?
"Labryinth" was pretty creatively done.
I agree that "Princess Bride" belongs. Gotta love any movie with Columbo in it.
It's certainly not too soon for me to decide that "LOTR" belongs. Imagine what it will be like to be able to watch 9 hours of this in a couple of years!

[mirrille]

"The Last Unicorn" is a beautiful movie. I never read the book though. Parts of it make me so sad, but the story is so good. When I first watched it, I was too young to understand some of the nuances, but I saw it again years later and loved it.

Miyazaki's movies are also very good. But my favourite of his is "Nausicaa". Also a very good story with characters you can care about.

[afro-elf]

I forgot about that one. Yes, The Last Unicorn. I said no animation BUT I here I'll make an exception.