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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsFavorite "high fantasy" movie ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_fantasyI just got done watching ALL the Hobbit movies, and I've decided I really like this genre. I've also seen all the Harry Potter movies. What's your fave ?
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Also, Labyrinth.
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)The Princess Bride is one of my favorites. Also David Bowie's "Labyrinth"
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...but yeah, it belongs here...
DFW
(54,436 posts)I still liked "Avatar"
avebury
(10,952 posts)Avatar
Dune (the original one)
The Last Airbender
The Golden Compass
steve2470
(37,457 posts)I also bought the whole set of Star Wars movies. Hopefully Blu-Ray will be around for a long time so I can get my money's worth.
sarge43
(28,945 posts)Beowulf, a credible attempt
Conan (Arnold's version, the other was a shop vac)
Dragonheart
Ladyhawk
The Princess Bride
Stardust
Time Bandits
Glorfindel
(9,733 posts)I would also add "Dragonslayer." To me, Vermithrax Pejorative was the first really believable movie monster.
And also "Legend," for Tim Currie's performance alone
sarge43
(28,945 posts)Tim Currie is a delight. He always seems to be enjoying himself.
Forgot about Dragonslayer. It's been awhile since I saw it, but I'll add to the list.
I'd have to go with King Kong as the first realistic movie monster. Given the technology of the time, he's a remarkable achievement and still works. Further, classical, evokes both terror and pity.
Coventina
(27,172 posts)The amount of thought, love, and effort to create a credible Middle Earth, the quality of the acting, the music....I could go on and on.
It stands as a monumental achievement not just in high fantasy, but in movie-making as an art form.
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)... the version directed by Lubin and starring Steve Reeves. Pure corn from start to finish. I incorporated a lot of it into my D&D campaign. Those man-killing trees were just too cool.
Close seconds would be all the cheesy films that used Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion animations. Jason and the Argonauts, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, etc.
-- Mal
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)never saw Thief of Baghdad.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)except I wouldn't call it "cheesy". I think it's probably the greatest fantasy film ever made (and that would include the LOTR trilogy which I dearly love). Even the music was splendid (played by the London Symphony orchestra). And just because it so captured my imagination as a little kid, I'd have to add the original Journey To The Center Of The Earth.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)the 13th Warrior
Glorfindel
(9,733 posts)I thought Antonio Banderas did a remarkable job of acting. The story was both fascinating and a bit scary, just as a good fantasy should be.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I like Vladimir Kulich, too. back at you.
on edit: what I really enjoyed about it was that the terror was not mythical- it was humans who appeared mythical.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)though, I'd go for Lord of the Rings myself.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Stuart G
(38,445 posts)A true classic.
lame54
(35,321 posts)bluedigger
(17,087 posts)Helen Mirren, Patrick Stewart, Liam Neeson, Gabriel Byrne before they were famous. Plot's a bit of a muddle, but it's gorgeous.