I named my kid Jareth (no, I'm not kidding.) and I think I did it just to have a reason to quote this movie more (and Jareth you have to admit... pretty cool name he's 3 yet so he doesn't get how cool his name is but he seems happy with it.) None the less great movie
This is the 80's distilled and put on a bottle, and I mean that in a good way as I love the 80's. This reminds me of how cool and real old fashioned puppet effects felt. I miss thoes effects. I am not principly against CGI, but I do think it is way overused nowadays. They leave the imagination out of the formula. With this movie you have to use your imagination and you will have a great time.
This has been one of my favorites since I was a kid. I agree with the comments about puppets over CGI. Puppets are real, and they can be very detailed. There are so many little details in the set too. It is a place you can physically BE... Unlike the pixelated worlds of cgi. It's a really fun and imaginative movie.
I don't think this work it's great for not using CGI, puppets or CGI This work reflects such great a creativity.
And hey! Of course there are CGI's in this movie! the owl! And you can see how they had fun with it during the titles! WOOOOOSH! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!
Well, the 80sness of it can't be denied. Jim Henson's fantasy rock opera (pop opera?) isn't quite as good as I remembered. It's the 80s action synth score that does it, I think. It might be more at home if there were more David Bowie songs, or if Bowie had actually done ALL of the music, but it just seems to suck all the lyricism out of the film. Its Alice in Wonderland with puppets and a rock god is otherwise well made (give or take one badly rotoscoped dance number), with the Escher stairs sequence still the stand-out, though I loved rediscovering other moments, like the shaft of hands and the worm who knows the way to the castle but fails to tell. It's all a bit screechy at times, the acting is just okay (the puppets often outshining the humans), and Bowie's package is in your face way too much, but as a fantasy about a girl coming of age, accepting responsibility, but also the place imagination should still have in her life, makes it a universal tale. Terry Jones' script is a touch on the sketchy side, meaning you could remove several set pieces without really affecting the whole, but it still gives meaning to the proceedings.
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One of my very favorite movies. It's very cheesy and 80's but it's still fantastic.Jellybrother
"It's very cheesy and 80's but it's still fantastic."That's exactly what makes it so great! ;)
rebeccareigh
I named my kid Jareth (no, I'm not kidding.) and I think I did it just to have a reason to quote this movie more (and Jareth you have to admit... pretty cool name he's 3 yet so he doesn't get how cool his name is but he seems happy with it.) None the less great movierebeccareigh
p.s. I also might be out of my mind there is a strong possibility there.ester_murad
My dog's name is Ludo!Houdini
Love 80's movies without computer animation!Zeltaebar
This is the 80's distilled and put on a bottle, and I mean that in a good way as I love the 80's. This reminds me of how cool and real old fashioned puppet effects felt. I miss thoes effects. I am not principly against CGI, but I do think it is way overused nowadays. They leave the imagination out of the formula. With this movie you have to use your imagination and you will have a great time.Maxahlia
Loved pretty much everything but the action sequence in the Goblin City :DSnugEmsCats
This has been one of my favorites since I was a kid. I agree with the comments about puppets over CGI. Puppets are real, and they can be very detailed. There are so many little details in the set too. It is a place you can physically BE... Unlike the pixelated worlds of cgi. It's a really fun and imaginative movie.Woliver
I don't think this work it's great for not using CGI, puppets or CGI This work reflects such great a creativity.And hey! Of course there are CGI's in this movie! the owl! And you can see how they had fun with it during the titles! WOOOOOSH! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!
lunalight
i absolutely love this movie.But i cant help but feel that this film revolves around very specific area on David Bowie.
But a fab film nonetheless
Christopho
genius. minus the david bowie numbers...sinefilizaslinda
StupidCadeicus
The bulge. It will haunt my dreams forever.Siskoid
Well, the 80sness of it can't be denied. Jim Henson's fantasy rock opera (pop opera?) isn't quite as good as I remembered. It's the 80s action synth score that does it, I think. It might be more at home if there were more David Bowie songs, or if Bowie had actually done ALL of the music, but it just seems to suck all the lyricism out of the film. Its Alice in Wonderland with puppets and a rock god is otherwise well made (give or take one badly rotoscoped dance number), with the Escher stairs sequence still the stand-out, though I loved rediscovering other moments, like the shaft of hands and the worm who knows the way to the castle but fails to tell. It's all a bit screechy at times, the acting is just okay (the puppets often outshining the humans), and Bowie's package is in your face way too much, but as a fantasy about a girl coming of age, accepting responsibility, but also the place imagination should still have in her life, makes it a universal tale. Terry Jones' script is a touch on the sketchy side, meaning you could remove several set pieces without really affecting the whole, but it still gives meaning to the proceedings.Showing items 1 – 15 of 22