Top 10 Fantasy Movies?

hellbender · Sep 1, 2003

Don't forget Hawk the Slayer, with the original elf shooting arrows at blinding speed. Jack Palance as the villian.

hellbender

The Blue Elf · Sep 1, 2003

Did anyone mention Legend as a good Movie?

Shadowdancer · Sep 1, 2003

The Blue Elf said:
Did anyone mention Legend as a good Movie?

I thought parts of Legend were good. And I thought it had more good parts than bad parts.

hong · Sep 1, 2003

Shadowdancer said:
2.) Spirited Away.

3.) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

4.) Princess Mononoke.

Mang, if you're going to put Mononoke and CTHD on the list, you absolutely must catch _Hero_ ASAP.

http://www.herothemovie.com/

Alaric_Prympax · Sep 1, 2003

One I haven't seen mentioned yet was the Sword and the Sorcerer . And I remember Hawk the Slayer , I've always liked that movie.

Scarbonac · Sep 2, 2003

The Dark Crystal
Excalibur
The Last Unicorn
Princess Mononoke
Flesh+Blood
Hundra (flaws: Italian movie, shot on a low budget but otherwise great)
The Sword & the Sorcerer (flawed, cheesey, but fun)
The Beastmaster (flawed)
The Labyrinth (flawed ending)
Princess Bride (flawed framing sequences)

Honorable mentions:
Gladiator
Hawk the Slayer (flawed but fun)
Dragonslayer (anticlimactic ending)
Fire & Ice
Conan The Barbarian (tragically flawed)
Krull (tragically flawed)
Legend (flawed but good)
LadyHawke (flawed ending)
Lionheart

Hercules (Steve Reeves)
Clash of the Titans
The Magic Sword

Shadowdancer · Sep 3, 2003

hong said:
Mang, if you're going to put Mononoke and CTHD on the list, you absolutely must catch _Hero_ ASAP.

http://www.herothemovie.com/

Hero sounds like a good movie. I hope it is released in America so I can see it in a theater.

Berandor · Sep 3, 2003

Before LotR, eh?

In no particular order...
Princess Bride
Conan the Barbarian
Dragonheart
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dark Crystal
Merlin (the TV series, Hallmark)
The Last Unicorn
Labyrinth
The Court Jester (w/ Danny Kaye, hope that counts)
Robin hood: Prince of Thieves

Last two not really Fantasy movies, though they do have sorcery in them.
And I saw Hero, and didn't like it.
Honorably mentions:
Princess Mononoke
The Mighty
Robin Hood (Fairbanks)

I'm probably forgetting one...

Mark · Sep 3, 2003

Top Ten (No particular order)
The 13th Warrior
Conan the Barbarian
Excalibur
Dragonslayer
The Beastmaster
Legend
Princess Bride
Dragonheart
Willow
Erik the Viking

Honorable Mentions-
Clash of the Titans
Jason and the Argonauts
7th Voyage of Sinbad
Sinbad
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
Son of Ali Baba
Son of Sinbad
Thief of Bagdad
The Dark Crystal
Labyrinth
Conan the Destroyer
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jabberwocky
Monty Python's Holy Grail
Lord of the Rings, The (1978)
Prince Valiant
A Knight's Tale
First Knight
Camelot
Red Sonja
Scorpion King
The Magic Sword
Jack the Giant Killer

Close enough for me-
Warlord
Braveheart
Gladiator
The Mummy (and sequel)
The King's Whore
Heavy Metal (1981)
Time Bandits
The Missionary
Indiana Jones Movies
Sheena

Not to leave them out...
Dungeons & Dragons
Krull
Kull the Conquereor
Hawk the Slayer
NeverEnding Story(s)
Warrior and the Sorceress
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

Silver Moon · Sep 4, 2003

Good lists, I only have one to add.....Hercules starring Lou Ferrigno! It is such awful camp with awful dialogue, silly costumes, sillier monsters, and very bad acting that it is actually a very fun film to watch. The only film I'd put in the same league with this is the Batman film made back in the 1960's with Adam West and Burt Ward. (Note: When looking for this Hercules film make sure you get the first one and not the sequel - it had a higher budget and was more serious and not nearly as much fun.)