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Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty
A magical adventure which features elves, demons and other mythical creatures. Darkness, the personification of evil, plans to disperse eternal night in the land where this story takes place, by killi...( read more
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This film is really beautiful, a truely dark fairytale. Tim Curry is awesome as Darkness and the Tangerine Dream score is great. Saw this when I was very young and liked it then, the cross with twisted Muppets and dark sword and sorcery is really spellbinding and visualised so we...( read more)
Princess Lily: Are you afraid to kiss me, Jack?
Jack: I'm afraid you'll break my heart.
Princess Lily: Then still your heart, for you are dear to me.
A pretty lame fantasy film that unfortunately wastes its very good production values. I'm a big fan of Ridley Scott, but his wor...( read more)
I'ts a shame that Ridley Scott's impressive visuals are overshadowed by a mediocre screenplay; nevertheless, I always yield to fairy tales surrounded by darkness.
When I was younger and things didn't have to make sense it was amazing. Now its a semi entertaining movie with amazing make-up effects.
It was the director's cut, and while it's still not an amazing film it's much more solid and entertaining and fulfilling than the theatrical US version, aside from the scores. I really wish Scott would have left the Tangerine Dream score in there as I find the Goldsmith score to ...( read more)
Booyah. This is my kind of crazy... hoaky but crazy. I get a big kick outa watchins goblins wielding crossbows and water witches dispaying their brute strength. Fun and mystically charged.
