Review of Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987) by Linda A — 18 Dec 2008

I haven't seen this movie in about 15 years or so, and I used to watch it a lot when I was young. So of course, I find the whole movie on Youtube and decided to watchit. Watching it again, it's actually a really bad movie with a horrible script and bad acting.

The funny thing is, Most of the cast and crew is from Sweden, and I think all the speaking roles are done in ADR, so the sound (and acting) is pretty bad. However, this is one of Christian Bale's first films, so it's funny seeing him prance around riding on a horse and playing a flute and stuff.

And of course, since there's an evil knight in the film it has to be played by Christopher Lee. But I really had to see this movie again anyway, I remember everything about it, the giant floating head, the stupid Legend of Zelda type tune they play on the flute, the mention of the evil Kato (which results in a Young Frankenstein Frau Blucher response, and for some reason Timothy Bottoms is the king.

So, it's actually a very bad movie, but it was nice revisiting it.