Willow on DVD (1988)

Skavoovee from London , 20/07/2004

Fun! Interesting! Funny! Did I mention fun? Nothing came between Willow and the Lord Of The Rings in terms of GOOD fantasy movies. Willow is up to this day a very fun and interesting story, brilliantly told with lush landscapes, funny characters and a very interesting and unique storyline.

A must for any fan of fantasy!

  7 out of 7 people found this review helpful

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A customer from girl who's yet to grow up, scotland , 03/03/2004

I basically got this cos I adored it when I was little and wanted to refresh my memory. Consequently I'm kinda biased but I think kids will definitely like it, its a classic kid's fantasy tale- very imaginative and fast moving. Older peeps can watch and laugh at Val Kilmer being all rebel-without-a-cause anti-hero

  5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

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brisk from Berkshire , 14/01/2004

When I first heard about "willow" I was genuinely looking forward to watching it; the person who brought you the original Star Wars trilogy partnered with the well-reputed film director who gave you "Splash!"; can it get any better?

Well, to be perfectly honest it wouldn't be too difficult to do better than this Lucas/Howard fantasy disaster. The plot is on a similar level of predictability with the Highway Code, many of the fantastical elements are blatant take-offs from other fantasy stories and some of the fight sequences near the end are even Pythonesque!

If only Val Kilmer could hide his poor acting with his ridiculously long hair.

  9 out of 17 people found this review helpful

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infinitusprudentia from Leeds [Highly rated reviewer] , 20/08/2008

This takes me back to my childhood, a time of innocence and of wonder.

Maybe it's my fond memories of this film clouding my judgement but I still liked it as an adult!

I have to say looking at it from another point of view of someone that may not have seen it before I wouldn't recommend it.

The adults will be bored and so will the kids, this is due to today's fast action packed kids films, and unfortunately a love story in a magical world may not be enough to hold the attention of today's youth. (So sad)

But I'm still a big kid at heart!

  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

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A customer from Newport, South Wales , 16/03/2006

...by people that love Star Wars (esp the original trilogy) and he gets routinely slagged off by people that hate Star Wars (or are indifferent to it). George is a genius. He has changed Cinema forever and he has launched a thousand careers but no-one is perfect. Ron Howard does an OK job but one wonders if this was just a vehicle for Georges mate, Warwick Davies that was in SW.EpVI (ROTJ) as Wicket the Ewok (as a Child) and was then in the mediocre expanded universe Ewok Kids TV Films 'Caravan of Courage' and 'Battle for Endor. The production values are better than these two as are most of the special effects. When you put Willow in context of visually stunning but poorly draughted and executed Fanatasy films such as 'Legend' and the dated 'Krull' it definatley holds up, even today. George is a genius, but I cant help thinking of 'Lord of the Rings' and the hobbits when seeing this again with my little girl. She loved it though. So give it a go (esp with your kids) but dont expect the originality of 'The Dark Crystal' or the brilliance 'The L.O.T.Rings' Trilogy.

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A customer from girl who's yet to grow up, scotland , 03/03/2004

I basically got this cos I adored it when I was little and wanted to refresh my memory. Consequently I'm kinda biased but I think kids will definitely like it, its a classic kid's fantasy tale- very imaginative and fast moving. Older peeps can watch and laugh at Val Kilmer being all rebel-without-a-cause anti-hero

  5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

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