Good fantasy films?

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Dragonslayer

Gladiator

Army of Darkness

Knights Tale (a lot of people actually did like it.)

Highlander(the orignal)

Legend

From Dusk till Dawn

the sword and the sorcerer ( really i know it was crap, but i can't help it.)

Ninja Scroll

Vampire Hunter D

Record of the Lodoss War


I'm also willing to bet that once i see Reign of Fire will be on my personnal list.

 

[theburningman]

I've never really been able to understand why people dislike A Knight's Tale, even though I read all of the reasons people posted on the boards about it back when it came out. Its trailers certainly were not misleading; you could easily tell what kind of take it had on medieval times. It didn't take them seriously, just used the conventions to tell a rousing story. The tagline (from IMDb) was "He Will Rock You," for pete's sake. If you want a movie that takes the conventions seriously while still retaining a fantasy quality, I like Ladyhawke. Too bad about the synthesizer.

On the other hand, the prom in A Knight's Tale was pretty horrid. And I just don't like Shannyn Sossamon, no matter how pretty she is.

As far as good fantasy movies goes, Rob Roy was a movie that suffered because of its release so close to Braveheart. Excellent movie about maintaining your honor in the face of horrible odds, and I still say its climactic swordfight is the best ever put on film.

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

oh, man i alway forget Rob Roy, that was a great movie. I loved Tim Roths "ending", it's too bad he had to "split", he was real good in the film.

 

[Seraphic_Muse]

Ah, here's one of my favorite fantasy films: Excalibur. I have always had a high interest in the Arthurian tale, and this movie is one of my all time favs. Merlin, of course, my fav character from this movie. Wish I knew the actor's name of who played him though. Ah, well...*sigh*

-Seraphic Muse-

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

ask and you shall recieve. The actor that played Merlin in Excalibur is Nicol Williams.

 

[Seraphic_Muse]

Ah, my thanks, Sir Osis. It is much appreciated. Another good fantasy film, if it has not been mentioned, I think, is Legend. Yeah, I know it has Tom Cruise in it, but the overall fantasy theme is quite well, achieved, especially if you get to see the non-theater version. (the DVD is out on sale right now.) It makes more sense to me, in that version, than in the one that was shown in theaters.

-Seraphic Muse-

 

[uberkitty]

The recent Ivanhoe mini is terrific. And did anyone mention Dragonslayer?

Nitpicky point: Be careful about what you call "fantasy." Many movies mentioned are set in the medieval/early Renaissance time period and may be inspirational to RPGs set in the same archtypal period, but aren't fantasy at all (The Lion in Winter, Braveheart, etc.).

EDIT: sorry, you did say "related."

 

[Jamdin]

Hawk the Slayer is my favorite fantasy film mostly for the elvish archer

 

[Holy Bovine]

I would add the Robin Hood remake with Uma Thurman & Sam Resnick from 1991. Makes Costner's film look like the piece of trash it really is.


Also add Seven Samurai to the list (a classic D&D scenario if I ever saw one).

And extra big attention should be paid to 13th Warrior - similar to Seven Samurai but with a stronger 'fantasy' feel to it (even though there is no 'real' magic in the movie - it is at least believed in).

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

I'd also like to send props to Willow, The Beastmaster, and Krull.