I'm a new member, just loving the site! My favourite films are the fantasy adventures Willow, Big Trouble in Little China and Labyrinth. Can anyone recommend any other fantasy adventures or films along these lines?
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Welcome Sir Didimus (or in the immortal words of Cameron: "Gadamnit call me sir!")
As far as fantasy adventure goes, it doesn't get much better than 'Ladyhawke' with Rutger Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer. Great film.
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How about Legend with Tom Cruise and Mia Sara (Sloan from Ferris Bueller) or The Neverending Story?
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I love these kind of films too. Here are some that I think are cool.
Clash of the Titans The Sword and the Sorcerer The Beastmaster Krull Dragonslayer Flash Gordon (It's the movie from 1980. It's not medieval, but it's a cool fantasy movie.) Conan the Barbarian Conan the Destroyer
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Are you allergic to anime? if not then these Studio Ghibli films should be right up your street:
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds (1984) Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986) Princess Mononoke (1997) Spirited Away (2001)
Ghibli has ceated a lot more anime over the years but I think these are at the higher end of the fantasy spectrum. At the reality end of the spectrum lies Grave of the Fireflies (1988), you can't watch it without crying but I highly reccomend it.
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Thanks Ali I have watched Goonies as many times as I've had hot dinners "HEY YOU GUUYYYYSS!!!!" But cheers all the same.
Wizard, would I find these anime films easily on e bay?
Brandon 777 thanks for all your recommendations..I know most of them but answer me this, is Beastmaster the one with the ferret or something? And are there three witches in it?
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The one with the three witches is "Clash Of The Titans", which is mysteriously cool. Also, you get to tangle with Medusa.
"Flash Gordon" is a cult classic. The soundtrack from Queen rocks.
I don't know if "Highlander" qualifies as Fantasy Adventure, but I'll mention it nonetheless.
I just thought of one more, how about "Time Bandits"? A young boy accidently joins a band of dwarves as they jump from time-period to time-period looking for treasure to steal.
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Valley, I know Time Bandits but have not seen it for a long time. You've put me in the mood now! Yes I know about the witches in clash of the titans but are there three witches in Beastmaster? Also, what is the film about a male witch who cuts someone's finger off to get a special ring?
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Sir Didimus, yep they probably are available on eBay, they've all been released on region 2 DVD so are available from places like play.com sentit.com etc., however if you're a subtitles fan and not a dubbing fan then you may want to look at getting the region 3 versions from somewhere like cd-wow.com (search for Ghibli) as they often have Japanese 5.1 audio whilst the US/UK versions often only have Japanese 2.0 audio.
Disney have bought the western distribution rights to the Studio Ghibli films (I think they're jealous of the quality ), providing them with an English dub so the kids can enjoy them too, personally I can only watch them in original Japanese with subtitles.
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quote:Originally posted by Sir Didimus: Brandon 777 thanks for all your recommendations..I know most of them but answer me this, is Beastmaster the one with the ferret or something? And are there three witches in it?
Yes. Beastmaster has three witches and there are two ferrets that he communicates with.
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Come on guys, all together now.....THE PRINCESS BRIDE!!!
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The Princess Bride was on TV the other day. Watching it brought back memories for me as my dad hired this for me and my friends to watch at like my eighth or ninth birthday party. Fred Savage was such a cutey, shame he didn't stay that way.
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You also might want to check this one out, I saw it back in the 80s. I can't remember if its any good, although it seems to have produced another 3 in the series according to IMDB so seems it must be atleast popular
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I noticed someone mentioned Krull. That was a cool fantasy flick!
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Yes, Big Trouble IS a classic!!! My favourite scene is the street fight scene with the three storms. Oh and I love when Kurt Russell dresses in the suit and glasses and goes to the brothel looking for a girl with green eyes. He is hilarious! Yes I have watched The boy Who Could Fly, although not for a very long time. I remember I had such a crush on Eric!
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The labyrinth is my absolute favorite fantasy movie. I know it beginning to end, word for word, it's pretty sad really. Anyway, her are ac couple of other good ones.
Dark Crystal The Last Unicorn Unico Secret of Nimh Merlin Flight of the Navigator and of course, the lord of the rings, not really 80's but still a fantastic fantasy film.
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IF SHE'D KEPT GOIN THAT WAY SHE WOULD'VE GONE STRAIGHT TO THAT CASTLE!
I'm so glad someone loves Labyrinth as much as I do. It is a classic! I have just bought a really cool Labyrinth T-shirt actually.
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LOL! Yeah, that's my 'anytime' movie. If I'm happy, sad, bored, angry, whatever. It's the best. My least fave line from that movie is "Well, come on feet" Who talks like that?? I would have stayed there with David Bowie and all his spandex glory and help raise my baby goblin brother, but, hey, that's just me Posts: 33 | From: Indiana | Registered: Mar 2006 | Site Updates: 0
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Yeh me too! I would spend my time with the talking rock faces and I would love to smell the bog of eternal stench just for the craic. Tho the orange goblins (I forget their names!?..the ones that dance around the fire) scared and still scare the crap out of me. So I would prob want to go home after a while.:-)
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), providing them with an English dub so the kids can enjoy them too, personally I can only watch them in original Japanese with subtitles.
