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Maldoror posted:Lol This lady needs to do some weights or something, goddamn. Also, Princess Bride is a good kids film but in my curmudgeonly old age it's too 'light' for me. It's the kind of film that were symptomatic of the downfall of the fantasy genre in Hollywood in the late 80s. Before The Princess Bride, we had a number of 'serious' fantasy films that were created with an actual budget and considerable craft (Conan the Barbarian, The Never Ending Story, The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, to name a few better-known ones). Princess Bride however was part of the new wave "nudge-nudge, wink-wink", "we shouldn't take this too seriously as it's a fantasy film" type films, which is what basically anything but the most z-grade fantasy film became for over a decade afterwards. It's only as recently as Lord of the Rings that there's been a resurgence in big-budget fantasy films coming from Hollywood. It's a good-natured film and I can tell the cast had a great time making it, but personally the story didn't really capture my imagination or move me in the way some of the other films above did. Soul Reaver fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Apr 11, 2016 |
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AA is for Quitters posted:Princess bride is first and foremost a comedy. It's like saying Robin Hood Men In Tights is responsible for the downfall of fantasy movies in Hollywood. Princess bride was never meant to be taken seriously. The book is even more clear about that. The book is straight up comedy. I'm not trying to 'blame' the film for causing the downfall of fantasy films - just that it was symptomatic of this. The apparent need for Hollywood to inject comedy and modern anachronisms into every fantasy film for over a decade is precisely what I'm getting at. Princess Bride was only the start of that particular downhill slide though, and it's still a feel-good film and competently made. For those interested in where the slide eventually ended up, see the "Dungeons and Dragons" movie. Do not see the "Dungeons and Dragons" movie Soul Reaver fucked around with this message at 06:10 on Apr 11, 2016 |
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Nathilus posted:LOL seriously. The only thing that is more staunchly a product of the 80s are big brown rectangular electronics. It was an infestation. Nobody's fault. Even nevernending story and legend were infested. Are you making GBS threads me? If it turned out that the devil is actually Tim Curry and he tried to seduce me and all he wants in return is me murdering some unicorns I'd totally do it in a heartbeat. The Legend chick's biggest crime was trying to resist his irresistible advances. That's why the movie was called "Legend" - it had Tim Curry in it.
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