Recommend Fantasy Films to me

[DrToffnar]

Few people have heard of it but there is a children's animation called Flight of the Dragons that I always loved as a kid. IMDB seems to hold it in good favour.

Very good actually - 7.8!!

Damn that film scared the living crap out of me as a kid. That scene with the Ogre and those creatures that nearly make the protagonist's go mad (can't remember what the creatures where called). Just thinking about it has me feeling like a kid again xD

Edit: Sandmirks! Knew it'd come to me.

 

[FatRakoon]

Time Bandits (in fact most Terry Gilliam films)

I still got this on the CED Player ( Cheap fake lazer disc kind of player but with a needle )

On a side-note I have met David Rappaport and Kenny Baker, many moons ago.

This must be one of the best movies ever to have been made.

 

[FatRakoon]

In the Name of the King

Ah one that I have not seen... Cool thanks for that.

 

[FatRakoon]

Few people have heard of it but there is a children's animation called Flight of the Dragons that I always loved as a kid. IMDB seems to hold it in good favour.

Very good actually - 7.8!!

Not heard of it, but certainly added to my list of wants... I dont care how cheesy... it gets watched regardless.

 

[Liquid_Entity]

Few from Guillermo Del Toro including Pans Labyrinth and The Fall too. Both excellent films

 

[Steampunk]

No love for Ralph Bakshi's "Fire & Ice"?

 

[stewski]

Hawk the slayer as mentioned.
Beastmaster is alright.
Pans labarynth no doubt.
Labarynth.
Even though it is cheese Neverending story also mentioned deservedly.
As was the dark crystal and willow.

 

[FatRakoon]

The Dark Crystal I first saw when it first came out... Im sure its coming on to 35 years or so old?

I got it on VideoCD and I watched it about 6 monthsago and the kids hated it...

i think they more hated me for runnign arounf the house shouting "GELFLING ARE YOU?" at them ad nauseum LOL

I think I will dig it out again.

Pans Labarynth? Am I mistaken, but wasnt that non english and had subtitles?

Neverending story is one film that I never did watch. Never had the want to either... Its just one of those movies that I seemed to avoid, and not for any reason either? - teh doggie dragon thingy isnt it? Is there more than the one film or am I confusing myself? Ok, I will have a lookie and see whather or not I go for it.

Oh, and I will also offer another one thats a great title - Golden compass.

I think DeNiro showed us a side to him that made us love him more as a great actor.

Krull - This is one of the very first movies I ever bought on VHS. I watched it something like 10 years ago again and I remembered how cheesy it was but I loved it all the same.

I know I still have it so I have had a butchers, and I found the DVD case but the disc is missing.

 

[hyperseven]

Willow
Legend
The Lord of the Rings animated with the freaky mixed live action.
Ator - the fighting eagle
Heavy Metal

 

[Marsman]

Pans Labarynth? Am I mistaken, but wasnt that non english and had subtitles?

Yeah, it's in Spanish.

Neverending story is one film that I never did watch. Never had the want to either... Its just one of those movies that I seemed to avoid, and not for any reason either? - teh doggie dragon thingy isnt it? Is there more than the one film or am I confusing myself? Ok, I will have a lookie and see whather or not I go for it.

Yeah, Falkor the luck dragon. There's three in total, I believe. Two is terrible, and I didn't even bother with the third film because it gets even worse ratings. Such a low score of 3.1 on IMDB is some achievement. Alien Vs Predator: Requiem, while not a fantasy film, is abysmal; even that gets a higher score then TNES 3.

Oh, and I will also offer another one thats a great title - Golden compass.

Personally, I thought that was poor over all, although some things were done well. Maybe it would have been a better film if New Line had not re cut the film. Weitz said by trying to being faithful he was at odds with the studio. No surprise there.

I dread to think what New Line would have done with the 2nd and 3rd books.

I think DeNiro showed us a side to him that made us love him more as a great actor.

DeNiro wasn't in the Golden Compass.

Either you are confusing him with Daniel Craig, or the film you might be thinking of is Stardust.

 

[Robzere31]

for more modern ones, I like:

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Watched this the other day & was pleasantly surprised by it.

 

[easyrider]

Krull

 

[Shamikebab]

Stardust is awesome.

I enjoyed Warcraft more than I expected to, I feel that got some harsh reviews

 

[Rannoch]

Gravity, The Martian. Compete fanstasy, perhaps not the fantasy you are after

 

[2013]

Im in the same boat I like my fantasy movies but they dont make that many and even less good ones.

I was hoping King Arthur the legend of the sword was more fantasy.

The few that I can think of are.
Lord of the rings
The Hobbit
Bright

A Few others
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
The Last Witch Hunter
The Brothers Grimm
Harry potter

If you don't mind TV shows try Merlin.

It's kind of sad that between us we can only think of a handful of OK fantasy movies.

 

[TheVoice]

Tin Man. It's a modern, steampunk-ish adaptation of The Wizard of Oz made by Syfy as a three-part miniseries. I love it, it's a bit cheesy and some of the CGI is a bit naff but it's well-written and the cast and characters are great.

 

[FatRakoon]

Im in the same boat I like my fantasy movies but they dont make that many and even less good ones.

It's kind of sad that between us we can only think of a handful of OK fantasy movies.

Yes and all the bits I took out too.

But its a Genre that is very much underrated and to be fair, it is a very difficult one to produce a really good movie for, thatwill be a financially viable project for the makers to undertake, and to be a success!

I mean, LOTR / HOBBIT have a massive following in the book fans, and it still got slated and yet made a couple of quid too!
WarCraft was I found utterly brilliant, and I loved it, and that had a huge potential of fans and yes, it somehow got slated.

Im still finding more and more films that are being added to my collection so there is definitely a hell of a lot more than we would have thought out there, but so many of them are not exactly the most gripping or the best acted and with some, the effects, while funny, are often so bad, that its hard to get into the film, even when you know its a tat movie, and I love tat movies... The ones like TOMB INVADER or ATLANTIC RIM ( Oh jeez! ) or how many heads does this shark have now?

 

[2013]

WarCraft Looked good but they cut a lot of corners in areas they should not have and still spent a lot,

The reason LOTR worked was they had great director, good acting, a good story. they got the basics right.

 

[mrbazmondo]

Maleficent
Willow
The Dark Crystal
Conan the Barbarian
Time Bandits
Stardust

 

[Simmz]

Few others all different but

Dragonslayer
The sorcerer's apprentice
The sword in the stone
Wizards
Clash of the titans
How to train your dragon