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Summary: The best of the best
Review: I have to admit I don't tend to watch old fantasy-type movies due to the fact that they try to lure you with cheap special effects but Willow is an entirely different story. The movie had GREAT special effects for that time and the story was fabulous. I would recommend this story to a person who loves fantasy movies.
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Summary: The GREATEST fantasy film of all time!
Review: Willow is one of the best fantasy/family films ever. Val Kilmer and Warick Davis are fantastic! Not to mention the other heroes and villians this film captures. Most of all, Queen Bavmorda, the evil sorceress. ( She was great! ). I saw the film Willow when I was 5 years old at the theatre, and I will never forget it. It is my favorite movie of all time. The special effects are wonderful. It's out of stock though! So if you haven't seen it, RENT IT! You won't be sorry.
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Summary: It's not very often that you see a movie of this quality
Review: The first time you watch this masterpiece, you will understand why critics gave it a bad rating. After all, critics have to keep up the charede that they really do not know how to rate a movie. This movie should have gotton 10 stars because of the awsome storyline, plot, actor's, villins, and scenery. I hope that Mr. Lucas will someday make a sequel and forget about the moron's that rate them.
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Summary: A suberb fantasy adventure
Review: This film did bomb at the box office. But I myself think this film is great. Val Kilmer in one of his early roles and at his most delicious! This film was thought up by George Lucas and directed by Ron Howard and should have gone down a storm by the public but it didn't but I still like it. It breaks down as an evil queen (Bavmorda) who has been told that in the prophecy there is a baby that is so powerful that it will kill her and rule. She must kill it. The baby is born but the midwife saves it and like moses places it on a rive and she floats downstream to a dwarf village where she is discovered by Willow who then sets out to return her to the Dyganys (The large people) and on his wat comes across Mard Martygan (Val Kilmer) and Bavmorda's daughter Sorca, and two hysterical brownies who kept me in stitches throughout. They experince some pretty funky adventures with some cool special effects. All in all this a cool film so give it a try.
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Summary: EXCELLENT
Review: Excellent movie...I hope that all movies be like it.The story was fantastic and the special effects were incretible.I hope for a sequel.
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Summary: A decent-enough child fantasy movie.
Review: "Willow" is a mixed bag of different movie venues and audience reactions, ranging from originality to predictability, from exciting to downright weird. It lacks the ingenuity and spirit of such child-oriented movies as "The Neverending Story" and "The Goonies," but for the most part, it pays off, and you may be surprised to find yourself enjoying different sections of the film. The beginning is wonderful, a highly suspenseful opening in which an evil queen brings all pregnant mothers in her kingdom before her in hopes of locating and destroying the one chosen to bring her reign of terror to an end. A midwife smuggles the child out of the castle, and before she is set upon by wildebeests, she sends the child floating down the river, where it comes to the attention of the Nelywn community. In the world of "Willow," there are two sets of people: the Nelwyns, a community of short, midget people, and the Daikinis, regular-sized humans. The baby is a Daikini, and so Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davis) is called upon to return the baby to its original habitat. Setting out on the dangerous journey, he soon meets adventurous Madmartigan (Val Kilmer), and the two pair up to take the baby to its destination, which changes almost every minute as they encounter such beings as a forest fairy, and a sorceress who comes in the form of a rat, a bird, a goat, etc. The movie isn't really interested in setting a straight course for itself. The constant changing of setting, pace, and destination are all a reminder that a movie such as this is more of a device for action and humor rather than logical plot. Because this movie is aimed at children, and has a childlike quality of its own, it gets away with such a tactic. Having said that, the film is exceptionally entertaining. It's full of humor and yes, even a little bit of suspense, likeable characters, who are sometimes so goofy and cumbersome that you'll laugh until you cry, and a story that is the stuff dreams are made of. Kilmer's character is a throwback of sorts to the swashbuckling heroes of yesteryear, while Davis is a hero as well, and the one we all come out rooting for. The action sequences are mindless good fun, ranging from a high-speed horse chase to some showdowns at various castles throughout the land. These scenes all give Lucas and director Ron Howard a chance to showcase some of the finer set pieces in a children's movie, from knights in armor and beautiful yet foreboding vistas, to dark, gothic castles and otherworldly creatures conjured out of magical powers. Watching the movie as an adult proves to be far different than from seeing it in my childhood. As a child, I remembered the excitement of such scenes, and looking back on them, I find that it is unfair to dismiss the movie on its logic. I do find that some scenes are somewhat disturbing for younger children, at whom the movie is aimed, such as the sequence in which a two-headed dragon rises out of a river; they seem a bit too daring for a children's movie. The fantasy land created in "Willow" lives up to the expectations of the genre, and even goes a bit further. The story is a bit befuddled, but paying attention to its flaws takes away from the fun and excitement it has in spinning its tale. The special effects are dazzling without being jaw-dropping, and the action is intense without being gratuitous. As a children's movie, "Willow" is pure, nonsensical satisfaction.
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Summary: Willow- What i think...
Review: When i was little, i really did enjoy this film, and watched it for hours. I am not sure about it now, since its been a while. But i remember it being amazingly fantastic, and i loved every minute of it. The storyline was well thought out, and it had a mixture of genres. Including, Fantasy, Comedy, adventure and more, all the aspects which will please a child audience.Its a love, hate relationship, either you LOVE it or hate it really. Its not every ones cup of tea, but its certainly mine. If your things such as Lord of the rings, Never ending story, etc, (anything with magical aspects) Then this is the thing for you! :)
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Summary: Middle-of-the-road fantasy
Review: "Willow's" story is a curious blend of Tolkien-style images--two races, gender shifts from _Bible_ tales, and "Snow White." The Evil Queen Bavmorda (Jean Marsh) seeks to purge her realm of all girl babies because one will come to supplant her power.
A nursemaid manages to hide a baby-girl born and secret her in a basket on the river. The infant is found by Nelwyn (dwarf) Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davis) who reluctantly becomes her guardian to take her to safety. Mad Mardigan (Van Kilmer) signs on as the daikini (Human size) bodyguard.
The story's interesting if a little slow at times. "Willow's" world clearly is not as well realized as Tolkien's, but Tolkien took many years to complete his works. The scenery--a combination of Great Britain and New Zealand--is beautiful. Acting is so-so.
There are portions of the movie, monsters, swordfights, etc. that may not be appropriate for the smaller children in the audience. Parental attention to how upset the kids will be over scary creatures, etc. is advised.
While this is a a good movie for a first- or second-time viewing, I'm not sure anyone but hard-core fantasy movie lovers or children's film fans would want "Willow" in their collections.
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Summary: I LOVE THIS MOVIE!
Review: I first saw this movie when I was a little boy. Probably no older than at least 6 or 7 and I remember falling in love with it then. My friend Amy has bought the DVD and she let me borrow it over this weekend. I fell in love with the movie all over again. I found myself laughing, smiling, just generally being happy as I watched this movie from my childhood all over again. It is such a great, heartwarming movie, filled with action, adventure, and humor that just makes you laugh out loud. I reccomend this movie to just about anyone, I don't think you even need to be a fantasy fan to love this movie.
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Summary: make sure u know what ur heart tell when making review
Review: People is blinded as most part of them r. This movie is taken advantage of Tolkien's world, and so be it. As for myself, this movie is a better "Tolkien" story then the ridiculusly long/boring LOTR series. First of all, the what some might call "little people" look definitely more convincing than Wood and the others, the bg music r stronger piece in terms of speaking Tolkien's world. Yes, there r some weak parts in between, but I liek this whole quest of Willow Ofgood, its more charming and the pace is faster, not to mention the directing is way better. I dun read Tolkien's books because its long and boring but becuase its fun. And this movie absolutely have done a better job. The music works, that's all I wanted to point out.
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