The best fantasy movies ever

Post by **Skyweir** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 4:38 am

ROFL!!

"the phantom toll-booth" .. haha .. lols .. is that really a fantasy movie????? LOLS

if it is i really want to see it!

Shrek! I love Shrek .. its a brilliant fantasy movie .. good call!! How could we have overlooked that??

Post by **Mistweave** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:31 am

Skyweir wrote:ROFL!! "the phantom toll-booth" .. haha .. lols .. is that really a fantasy movie????? LOLS

if it is i really want to see it!

Yes it really is a movie...based on a book, I think by Norton Juster. It's mostly animation but is bookended with live action film.

It's about a boy, Milo from memory, who hates school work. The Phantom Tollbooth turns up and he drives his toy car through it into an animated world where he must rescue Rhyme and Reason using language and mathematics.

Post by **Landwaster** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:54 am

Mistweave wrote: I can't believe people haven't mentioned The Wizard of Oz, or Shrek, or Fantasia, or The Phantom Tollbooth, or...

The kid in me obviously wants some attention

Well Wizard doesn't do much for, nor Shrek, and Fantasia did even less for me, sorry to say.

BUT the 5 rental videos we have at home at the moment are :

Sleeping Beauty
Cinderella
Peter Pan
Bambi
Snow White And The 7 Dwarves

(because of course I am making my first visit to Disneyland in November!!)

We really wanted to get hold of Alice In Wonderland but it was out on hire already

Post by **Skyweir** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 6:12 am

dont like Shrek??!! you must be the first person in human history that i have ever met that doesnt like Shrek!!

wow!

oh well

it takes all kinds to make a world eh?

LOLS ..

fantasia has never done it for me either

Toy "Story and Toy Story 2 are more favs! just love em

The Iron giant was excellent too

but it could be classified as science fiction adventure i guess

there are lots of great kids movies ..

I like the evil "Snow white" movie with i forget now who .. Drew Barrymores Ever After was a good cinderella that i liked too

mmm .. there are so many ..

Post by **Furls Fire** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 1:36 pm

"Hook" was a fun romp too. Robin Williams as a grown up Peter Pan, Julia Roberts and Tinker Bell and Dustin Hoffman as Hook. My kids love it

Post by **Lord Mhoram** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 9:08 pm

Oh my, Sky! You've never heard of the Phantom Toll Booth. It's a classic! The book anyway.

Never saw the movie.

Post by **Skyweir** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:21 am

well i will just haveto see it!! lol

it sounds a blast!!

Post by **californiababy** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 3:30 am

The Indiana Jones movies are among my favorites

Post by **Skyweir** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 2:17 am

oooh yeah .. how could i have left them out!!!

LOL

i saw Lady Hawke on friday .. and boy was I shocked .. that movie is really dated now

Post by **Landwaster** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 2:18 am

I borrowed Ladyhawke about a year ago, couldn't get more than 10 minutes in ... the music alone killed it for me!

Post by **Skyweir** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 2:21 am

yeah it was the music that killed me too

Post by **Landwaster** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 2:30 am

Ooh ooh ooh! Salute Of The Jugger!

Post by **Landwaster** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 2:31 am

And Flesh & Blood!

Both great Rutger films!

Post by **Furls Fire** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 4:59 am

Ladyhawke had an excellent story line. I loved it

And Mathew Broderick is so funny in that movie...

ah well, to each their own

Post by **Skyweir** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 5:29 am

Lady Hawke does have a great story line and Broderick is very funny as mouse

lol .. and I have always loved LH .. but how long has it been since you last saw it?

for me it had been years .. and it is quite a shock how dated it is

and the intro music is truly horrifying .. LOL

but the movie is still good inspite of being dated and tragically scored

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 5:38 am

What's wrong with the music? I haven't seen the movie.

Post by **Landwaster** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 5:45 am

Its like 80s keyboard stuff all the way through ... like a Georgio Moroder tune ... umm imagine if Argento made really bad films but still used Goblin for the score!

Post by **Furls Fire** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 6:13 am

I liked the music...LOL!! I must have very bad taste...hehe

Not sure what is meant by "dated". I find it sort of timeless. I actually watched it maybe 3 or 4 months ago. I love the story about the curse and the evil bishop... In fact, the evil bishop is where I got the idea for Sar Lok, in loose terms. But, the idea of an evil church and demon spawned from the bishop in Ladyhawke.

I wanted Fist to see it because Navarre turns into the wolf at night. I know he loves wolves

Post by **Skyweir** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 6:50 am

lol well if you liked the music ..

ok then

nuff said

the story itself is timeless i agree .. and really worth seeing Fist ..

Post by **Prince of Amber** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 10:31 am

Anybody ever see the H.R Pufnstuf movie and Kids T.V programmes in the 70's?, really fantastic for kids.

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The best fantasy movies ever