Hawaiians take their anime seriously... When I lived there, they presented Princess Mononoke at the theater. First time I'd seen serious anime at the theater. Great, non-Hollywood, storyline. Good music too.
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Gallahan wrote:Yes, Dragonheart should have been on the list. My "beef" with Dragonheart is Dennis Quaid's inability to use an English accent; because of this, he resorts to what I can only label as "pirate speak." Poor marks for that. Other than that, the story was great. Connery was great. The music was tremendous.
Gallahan wrote:It begs the question, Killer Cyborg, what movies do you think DO blend such elements? Obviously, I would answer Lord of the Rings, but that goes without saying, and that's why it wasn't included in the voting. Other than that, I'd answer Willow, perhaps. Conan the Barbarian even mixes those qualities well. Conan the Destroyer crashes and burns, and you can tell they were really trying, really struggling.
Gallahan wrote:I think I know a couple of reasons, at least, why Willow was so popular and is still popular.
First, an analogy: If Willow and Conan were paintings, Conan would be a Boris Vallejo or Brom, and Willow would be a Larry Elmore or Keith Parkinson.
Second, to springboard from that idea, Willow followed more in the style of Lord of the Rings, with well done magical elements on a grand scale, and army engagemens on a pretty large scale. It really evoked the Lord of the Rings feel and condensed it into a single movie; it was, in some respects, evocative of the feel of the original Star Wars trilogy. Elements of Star Wars were peppered in, sure with different, fantasy slants. Queen Bavmorda is akin to Palpatine, and her general in the bone mask is all but Darth Vader.
Third, Willow had... Heart. It was easy to like and love the main characters, even the once vile, evil Sorsha, who fianlly finds the path of the good side.
Magestaff wrote:Never heard of Wizards of the Lost Kingdom. This film on Vhs or DVD and is it a live action film or animated?
Killer Cyborg wrote:Gallahan wrote:I think I know a couple of reasons, at least, why Willow was so popular and is still popular.
First, an analogy: If Willow and Conan were paintings, Conan would be a Boris Vallejo or Brom, and Willow would be a Larry Elmore or Keith Parkinson.
Well, I know who Boris is.....
Dr. Doom v.3.2.4 wrote:Killer Cyborg wrote:Gallahan wrote:I think I know a couple of reasons, at least, why Willow was so popular and is still popular.
First, an analogy: If Willow and Conan were paintings, Conan would be a Boris Vallejo or Brom, and Willow would be a Larry Elmore or Keith Parkinson.
Well, I know who Boris is.....
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Seraphim wrote:Killer Cyborg wrote:Sentinel wrote:Killer Cyborg wrote:What, no other Krull fans!?
I love Krull, like I love Ed Wood movies and Fanta.
It's a guilty pleasure, but I try not to use them as influences on my games.
Hey, Krull is a great movie. There should be no guilt involved.
None of the actors were exactly Oscar material, but the plot, the characters, the setting, and some of the dialogue were top-notch.
Really, the special effects weren't bad either.
The special effects were actually pretty lousy. Trust me, my husband makes me watch this movie frequently as it is (bizarrely) one of his favorites.
Also, the acting wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great either, Liam Neesom notwithstanding.
hukilau wrote:holy hippo spit:
Am I violating some sort of Message Board Law by mentioning the movie Highlander? Not the colon ripping sequel, the replacement sequel, nor the cheesy television series, but the most excellent original?
The shots of Scotland rock, the soundtrack kicks gluteus maximus and it has one of the best lines of geekdom everywhere:
"Nuns, no sense of humor"
Entiago wrote:Last Unicorn - Any movie with Tim Carry as a devil is cool, the story line was good, and the goblins and faries were both funny, oh and Tom Cruise is in it too
Nekira Sudacne wrote:I never heard of ANY of those movies
Gallahan wrote:Okay, after much deliberation and many votes...
<drum roll>
WILLOW WINS!!!!
Unless of course several of you band together and dethrone the little bugger. But, I can't say that I'm not happy. Other than Lord of the Rings, Willow and Conan the Barb round out my favorite fantasy movies. Okay, okay... toss in Princess Bride and LadyHawke. Maybe Legend.
Killer Cyborg wrote:What, no other Krull fans!?
Nekira Sudacne wrote:Sorry, the Anime genre and the Furry genre don't usually mix, except where Catgirls are concerned
Nekira Sudacne wrote:Sorry, the Anime genre and the Furry genre don't usually mix, except where Catgirls are concerned
darkspring wrote: I remember several films with barbarian in the title that had ample bosomed women in who kept getting naked and big thick wrestlers playing the heroes but i cant remember what they were called ( may have been more than one film .) and what about the beastmaster series or the deathstalker films