WOW, Labyrinth (1986) hasn't aged well.
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Well if you keep in mind that ITS AN 80s "pre-teen" fantasy film and let it go from there, you'll enjoy it more. Plus it was a glorified David Bowie rock opera - but it did have a good soundtrack, even the incidental music was pretty good in keeping the themes.
Honestly I think the whole "chilly down" sequence "TAKE OFF YOUR HEAD!" is something a lot of us children of the 80s remember. I remember walking into a store and someone about my age was looking at the dvd and I went "take off your head" and they laughed. So its pretty well ingrained into many a mid to late 20something's brain.
I watched it recently and yeah its got 80s written all over it, and Jen Connelly did grow up into a stunning actress... but then I felt a wee pervy looking at her cleavage in that one scene. How old was she when she did that? LOL
Honestly I think the whole "chilly down" sequence "TAKE OFF YOUR HEAD!" is something a lot of us children of the 80s remember. I remember walking into a store and someone about my age was looking at the dvd and I went "take off your head" and they laughed. So its pretty well ingrained into many a mid to late 20something's brain.
I watched it recently and yeah its got 80s written all over it, and Jen Connelly did grow up into a stunning actress... but then I felt a wee pervy looking at her cleavage in that one scene. How old was she when she did that? LOL
Tastes differ. For me, the soundtrack to Labyrinth is the most unpleasant thing about it, and I probably felt the same way when I first saw it. When I rented the DVD last year, I had it on mute for most of Bowie's singing. I think he has a really, really ugly voice.
She was fifteen and a half when it came out, so she was probably fourteen at the start of filming.
Ugh... now I feel like a perv. Thanks. Was hoping she was at least like 17-18! LOL When I was younger, no prob... when I'm older, gettin' close to 30... its like... uhm... "down boy... DOWN!"
Only thing that makes it feel somewhat better... she's older NOW! LOL.
Only thing that makes it feel somewhat better... she's older NOW! LOL.
I think Labyrinth is mediocre. There are a couple of good scenes, though.
I've always enjoyed the film, though I acknowledge that nostalgia has to have a least some part in that. Probably the same reason why I still like Ghostbusters II as well.
As for The Dark Crystal, my parents got it for me for Christmas, and I couldn't stand it. It was boring and blegh, incredibly predictable, and I couldn't get into any of the characters.
I'm still rather fond of it, though I admit a lot of it might just be nostalgia. It certainly was a gorgeous looking film though. The costumes, sets and props were just on a whole different plane from most movies.
I think Sarah's character was my biggest gripe about the movie. Maybe I'm stereotyping, but I though tthey should've gone with a slightly nerdier personality. The sort who you'd imagine more easily wanting to lose herself in fantasy. Jennifer Connally struck me as the sort who'd be more at home on the cheerleading squad.
Also I hated that she never even tempted by the Goblin Kings offer. Even for a minute. Would've added a nice bit of depth.
One of the few movies I wouldn't mind seeing remade. Hmmm, I wonder what Terry Gilliams doing these days?
I think Sarah's character was my biggest gripe about the movie. Maybe I'm stereotyping, but I though tthey should've gone with a slightly nerdier personality. The sort who you'd imagine more easily wanting to lose herself in fantasy. Jennifer Connally struck me as the sort who'd be more at home on the cheerleading squad.
Also I hated that she never even tempted by the Goblin Kings offer. Even for a minute. Would've added a nice bit of depth.
One of the few movies I wouldn't mind seeing remade. Hmmm, I wonder what Terry Gilliams doing these days?
I loved this film but I will admit it has some very big narrative flaws. We are thrust right into the fantasy without a much needed grounding in the real world. The audience also has no idea why Sarah wants to save her little brother or her motivation for wanting to live in a fantasy in the first place. (We can fill in the blanks of course.) The acting is also a bit off in places and Bowie's performance needed some edge added, either through performance, camera work or editing. But all and all, I enjoy it. The characters we meet along the way are also intriguing.
As for the Dark Crystal, I adore that film. Conceptually it is brilliant even if the story is a bit light in places. And the puppet performances are amazing. And the amount of engineering required to get a pile of rubber, plastic, glass and fabric to come alive like that is nothing short of mind-blowing for the time.
And if Rob Reiner ever wants to do a director's edition of The Princess Bride, he should leave the film alone and have Mark Knopfler rerecord his dated cheap synth score with a full orchestra. It would turn an already amazing film into a something classic.
As for the Dark Crystal, I adore that film. Conceptually it is brilliant even if the story is a bit light in places. And the puppet performances are amazing. And the amount of engineering required to get a pile of rubber, plastic, glass and fabric to come alive like that is nothing short of mind-blowing for the time.
And if Rob Reiner ever wants to do a director's edition of The Princess Bride, he should leave the film alone and have Mark Knopfler rerecord his dated cheap synth score with a full orchestra. It would turn an already amazing film into a something classic.
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I own the original release of Labyrinth on DVD. I still like it as well.
Has anyone else seen the Fat Guy Stuck in Internet ep that parodies this movie? It was kind of funny.
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This was a very 80's movie, but how anyone could consider that a bad thing is beyond me. I have always found this movie quite rewatchable. I guess a gigantic, changing, magical maze just strikes me as a really fun idea. Connelly's acting was not up to snuff, however. Watching this movie makes it hard to believe she would win an Oscar a decade and a half later.
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The babe?
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Who do?
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Who do?
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That's the power of voodoo.
Who do?
You do!
What?
