Ohjaus:
Ron HowardKäsikirjoitus:
Bob DolmanKuvaus:
Adrian BiddleSävellys:
James HornerNäyttelijät:
Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis, Jean Marsh, Billy Barty, Tony Cox, Kevin Pollak, Phil Fondacaro, Rick Overton, Ashley C. Williams (lisää)Suoratoistopalvelut (2)
Juonikuvaukset(1)
Legendaaristen elokuvantekijöiden George Lucasin ja Ron Howardin yhteistyöstä on syntynyt yksi kaikkien aikojen rakastetuimmista fantasiatarinoista. Uraauurtava elokuva pursuaa häikäiseviä erikoistehosteita, uskomattomia toimintakohtauksia ja klassisen taistelun hyvän ja pahan välillä. Nuori Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davis) joutuu yllättävään seikkailuun täynnä taikaa ja vaaroja löydettyään hylätyn tyttövauvan joenvarrelta. Muinaisen ennustuksen mukaan pyhän lapsen kohtalo on päättää pahan noidan, kuningatar Bavmordan (Jean Marsh) valtakausi. Nyt, vain yksi miekkamies (Val Kilmer) turvanaan Willowin on voitettava pimeyden voimat jotka uhkaavat tuhota jokaisen, joka asettuu kuningattaren tielle. (SF Film Fin.)
(lisää)Arvostelut (3)
The story is not completely predictable, although it definitely is not a plot that would amaze you with its innovativeness. This is a film for which one word perfectly fits - good. It's not bad, it's not excellent, it's simply good. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2013/06/willow-1988-65.html.
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If Willow has anything to say to today's young audience then I don't know what it is because I have long outgrown childish films. Once upon a time, the film was intended for the so-called "family audience." But adults, unless influenced by nostalgia, now have a much wider selection of fantasy films that have pushed the genre forward toward better technical processing, more thoughtful construction of fantastic worlds, and higher-quality scripts. In my eyes, the film is brought down by boundless naivety, its awkward style of humor, the antics with the little creatures, and much more. I wouldn't have been thrilled with Willow even during its premiere, and since then, it's aged painfully. Overall impression: 25%.
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Very nice. An old-school fantasy film in the vein of The Princess Bride with a world that carries the traditional Lucas theme of an unlikely hero-saviour. The scenery is gorgeous in places, it doesn't feel like Howard is just behind the camera making sure the shot has the right angle to accommodate all the gratuitous effects. On the other hand, the often practical effects never slow down the narrative thanks to skilful direction, and the appearances of all those supernatural creatures, which the characters foreshadow in dialogue at the beginning of the journey, always have a specific charm. The cast is carried along not only by the likeable Warwick Davis, but especially by Val Kilmer with his sharp tongue and ultra-romantic lines – he may be a jerk, but he has charisma to spare. If it weren't for the more static finale, which is far from equal to the grotesque and at the same time scary passages with the dragon and the trolls, I would give it full marks. The genre's playfulness and sincerity won me over.
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