30 DoM: Day 29
Dec. 29th, 2010 12:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ravenswept29. A movie from your childhood
Wow, that's vague. And a pretty wide choice selection.
Willow! I loved Willow, still do. A great fantasy movie, and probably could go head to head with all three of the Rings movies. It helps that it's incredibly quotable ("BEEYAH!"; "So which way is the lake?" "That way!"; "All pigs!")
This was my favorite movie for a long time; I think I even still have it on VHS somewhere (recorded). Part of what makes it so great is that they didn't have the tech advances of today, so they had to be as practical as they could. Photoshopped little people; f-that, we got real little people (and the Brownies don't count)! Warwick Davis, not a bad actor in his own right; sucks he gets "little people" niche roles. Shame this is really his biggest (oye) role, I don't count the Star Wars entry as you don't see his face, and Leprechaun is just ass. And hey, remember when Val Kilmer was considered a badass?
I love the lack of massive digital effects. When you see an army bearing down on you, it's actually there. The magic is pretty low key, and used sparingly (to great effect with Raziel transforming into animals); and quick a few practical effects attached to the magic, like when Raziel goes from rodent to raven. Or the still creepy troll-into-dragon (that's what it's listed as). The whole deal is excellent, and proves again that both Spielburg and Lucas are much better in the producer's seat than in the director's.
Wow, that's vague. And a pretty wide choice selection.
Willow! I loved Willow, still do. A great fantasy movie, and probably could go head to head with all three of the Rings movies. It helps that it's incredibly quotable ("BEEYAH!"; "So which way is the lake?" "That way!"; "All pigs!")
This was my favorite movie for a long time; I think I even still have it on VHS somewhere (recorded). Part of what makes it so great is that they didn't have the tech advances of today, so they had to be as practical as they could. Photoshopped little people; f-that, we got real little people (and the Brownies don't count)! Warwick Davis, not a bad actor in his own right; sucks he gets "little people" niche roles. Shame this is really his biggest (oye) role, I don't count the Star Wars entry as you don't see his face, and Leprechaun is just ass. And hey, remember when Val Kilmer was considered a badass?
I love the lack of massive digital effects. When you see an army bearing down on you, it's actually there. The magic is pretty low key, and used sparingly (to great effect with Raziel transforming into animals); and quick a few practical effects attached to the magic, like when Raziel goes from rodent to raven. Or the still creepy troll-into-dragon (that's what it's listed as). The whole deal is excellent, and proves again that both Spielburg and Lucas are much better in the producer's seat than in the director's.
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on 2010-12-29 10:39 pm (UTC)I never got why Willow was always compared to The Princess Bride so much; the two were completely different, "fantasy" tag aside.
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on 2010-12-29 10:54 pm (UTC)What's interesting now is now that I can recognize film traits and patterns, the snow sled run is an obvious Lucas entry into the film; dude apparently loves his sledding scenes.