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  Review by Kat ★★★★★ 11

  This movie is epic. I probably watched it 1000 times as a kid. And it still holds up really well. Love it.

  - Val Kilmer has his shirt off for half the film, take note other action movies!!!

  - Watching Sorsha fall in love with Madmartigan knowing she'll lose her life and family to be with him... Same girl, same 😍

  - That is the world's greatest Baby actor. Seriously how did they get her to make all those faces??

  - The brownies know how to party lol

  - RIP hottie Eric

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  Review by Max Power ★★★½

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  Review by Jeff ★★★★ 24

  I'm afraid that Willow is destined to be seen as a Lord of the Rings knockoff and not given a chance to stand on its own merits. I can recognize that there are a number of similarities between the two, but both stories take from the Bible, and Arthurian and Norse legend, and Beowulf, and so on and so on. And since all of the above fall in line with Joseph Campbell's idea of the monomyth, just judge it own its own, okay?

  Rewatching Willow was some of the most fun I've had in a while. I won't say a lot of it wasn't due to nostalgia, but it was also comforting that this movie I loved as a kid…

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  Review by emma ★★★★ 2

  more movies should include old ladies fistfighting

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  Review by Matt_Samahl ★★★★ 1

  Sam stayed with Frodo even though the journey was almost certain death. Willow tells Meegosh to go home once, and he immediately does.. what a douche.

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  Review by Dave Taylor ★★★ 3

  Another Val Kilmer movie I was interested in re-watching after reading his autobiography. Fun fact: he ended up marrying (and eventually divorcing) the girl who played Sorsha.

  Willow was a big hit in the 80’s, but it feels less celebrated nowadays. I always thought it was just ok…some fun characters, but the ‘keep baby safe’ storyline is a little thin for a 2 hour flick.  

  One thing I noticed this time around though, is how much this feels like a medieval version of Star Wars…right down to some of the characters:

  Madmartigan = Han Solo

  Willow = Luke Skywalker

  Rool/Franjean = C3P0/R2D2

  Two-Headed Troll Monster = Rancor

  I also assume the only way George Lucas would allow Ron Howard to be the director is if he promised to throw in a wipe from time to time instead of doing regular transitions like a good filmmaker.

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  Review by CinemaJoe ★★★½

  Loved Willow as a kid, still love it as an adult. It might be a not-so-subtle imitation of Lord of the Rings, but there’s still so much to enjoy.

  I’m kind of bummed my name isn’t Madmartigan.

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  Review by DirkH ★★★★ 6

  This was one of the first films to totally immerse its viewers in a convincing fantasy setting. Of course, plotwise there's nothing new under the sun, but that's quite alright. It is fun, well made and really manages to give us a full fledged fantasy world any kid would want to live in.

  For many people a childhood favourite and rightly so.

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  Review by Naughty aka Juli Norwood ★★★★★ 5

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  Film #17 of "Scavenger Hunt #3" Challenge!
  Task #27 : A film featuring magic or sorcerery!
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  The proud parents writer George Lucas and director Ron Howard delivered a healthy bouncing baby boy and they named him Willow!

  The film satisfied both my nostalgic yearnings and the definition of a film featuring sorcerery and then some! An enchanting dark fantasy jam packed with mythical creatures, magic, humor and a fabulous cast whom make it a breeze to suspend disbelief in favor of wickedly delicious escapism!

  I have searched high and low for this film for years to no avail! Finally got tired of waiting for someone to make it available to the public (rental) and became the proud owner of the film as of today!

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  Review by Justin Peterson ★★★★ 4

  Sometimes the biggest heroes come in small packages.

  "My help? Why would you need my help? You're a *sorcerer* ... You're a great warrior! And a swordsman! ... And you're ten times bigger than I am, stupid!"

  The fate of a medieval fantasy world hangs in the balance, as an evil Sorceress seeks to destroy a prophesied child. And it is up to an unlikely hero with a big heart to muster up the courage to protect the child, and save the world. Ron Howard and George Lucas did an excellent job of brining the fantasy world of Willow to life, by presenting this story in a fun fast paced way for the whole family to enjoy. I imagine I…

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  Review by Jordan Horowitz ★★★★ 3

  Hard to believe I’d never actually seen this

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  Review by emma ★★★★ 2

  thinking about how val kilmer wanted special horse riding lessons for this movie, but george lucas said no. so instead of being normal, val found a huge wooden cross and dragged it to george lucas’s trailer in protest and i guess…cosplayed jesus? until he got his lessons. lucas never hired val again