1986 Directed by Jim Henson
Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah - a teenager with an active imagination - summons the Goblins from her favourite book, "Labyrinth", to take the baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sarah must follow him into the world of the fairytale to rescue him from the Goblin King!
Yesterday as I was babysitting my nieces (8-years-old and 6-years-old), I told them all about David Bowie and his role in Labyrinth and how much I loved this movie when I was their age, I then showed them videos on YouTube of all the songs. After explaining the plot of the movie, the girls decided it was a must-watch.
This morning I woke up to the sound of my youngest niece screaming at the top of her lungs - "THE GOBLINS TOOK THE BABY! THE GOBLINS TOOK THE BABY!" and I realized they had started it without me!! While I was a bit disappointed that they didn't wait for me, I was delighted that they remembered that I told them…
I was born three years before this movie was released and seeing as how I was raised on Jim Henson you can bet that I have seen this movie many, many times since 1986.
This was the first time I have watched Labyrith in quite a while, probably since VHS so it was really great to revisit this childhood favorite on Blu-ray.
I picked up a few things I never noticed before, one major thing I missed is that Sarah's real mother is dead!! I never really picked that up from the movie! Also at the 22 minute-mark, as Sarah is entering the labyrinth you see David Bowie's face in the side of a wall!
This was always a five…
Tonight, we lost a star to the stars above.
David Bowie died and it hit me harder than I expected. When I first read the news at around 2am a few hours ago, I sat shellshocked; letting the words "David Bowie dies at 69 after 18 month battle with Cancer" marinate in my mind. I was lost for words. I didn't expect Bowie's passing to get to me as much as it did. And yet I was heartbroken at the thought of the world without David Bowie; a stranger whom I never met.
Like many of us, I was just a fan, especially when I was in middle school. That was a period in my life where I discovered a…
Built on the bones of recognizable hero quests and fairy tales, Jim Henson's "Labyrinth" is a lushly designed, thrillingly executed musical fantasy. As allegorical as it referential, the film soars with its performances, songs, artistry, and story. Though it may be close to thirty-years-old, it is as a fresh, fun, and pleasantly dark as the day it was released.
Revolving around Jennifer Connelly's Sarah, "Labyrinth" tells the story of a young woman who, after wishing her baby brother away, must do battle with David Bowie's Gareth, the Goblin King, to ensure the infant's safe return. On her quest, Sarah meets a menagerie of friendly and not-so-friendly creatures that help and hinder her journey.
Part "The Wizard of Oz," part "Odyssey,"…
I genuinely believed that David Bowie would be around long into the future, or maybe a more innocent part of me thought he was the Starman and he'd never actually die. He was always there in the fabric of culture, being proudly weird, fantastical, gender-fluid, experimental, determined like few artists to be wholly himself. I regret it takes his death to clarify how much that's meant to me. Thank you for "I'm Afraid of Americans", thank you for "Sound & Vision", thank you for "Heroes", "Life on Mars", "Scary Monsters and Super Creeps" and of course, Labyrinth. Thank you for being a strange and beautiful man in a world where being a man can often mean something ugly. Good night, Goblin King.
A really bad set-up gives way to one of the most imaginative family movies I've ever seen. Really awesome special effects throughout. The Goblin King is a weak villain, but the other fantasy characters and locations are really exciting and fun.
this is an absolute masterpiece.
visually stunning.
the score is unabashedly 80's that it almost feels timeless.
such an incredibly hilarious script with the irreverence and self awareness that made monty python so great (thanks to Terry Jones).
pangs of surrealism reminiscent of Bunuel or Jodorowsky.
so creatively stimulating and inspiring. it feels like this is the blueprint for studio ghibli films like Princess Mononoke or Spirited away.
and, last but not least, David Bowie.
Despite everything, I did not fall in love with David Bowie in this movie. It’s a fun, goofy 80’s movie nothing about it is attractive. But let’s not kid ourselves he still made it sexy. Just not my cuppa.
Took me until adulthood to realize his “rap” was from The Bachelor and the Bobby-soxer.
I never enjoy this movie quite as much as I want to. I think Ludo is adorable, Jennifer Connelly is great, and David Bowie is just an absolutely magnetic screen presence, but the movie never clicks for me. I guess part of it might be the lack of a scary villain. A lot of kids' movies at the time, or from that era, did not skimp in the bad guy department. Look at the darkness from The Neverending Story. Damn.
There's also the T-Rex in The Land Before Time, The Horned King from The Black Cauldron, the Gremlins, etc etc. All those guys were scary. They- as villains, contributed to the stakes and sense of danger in their movies, respectively.…
jim henson is a god among us mere mortals! we know nothing of puppetry compared to this man!
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