Review of Willow (1988) by Mo T — 21 Feb 2009
Willow, directed by Ron Howard, has great villains, dazzling special affects and a very skillful storyline. First of all, the movie was wildly thrashed and beaten by critics who have a following of fans that don't really care to think about the movie for what it is.
Patricia Hayes, Jean Marsh, and the actor playing General Kael are all quite impressive performers in this fantasy tale. The Prophecy in the start of the film and the atmosphere of sorcery are all well done and the effort put into the film's early technology make this twenty one year old movie barely dated at all, except perhaps for the blue screen effect.
However, regarding the lack of popularity at the time, Willow was criticized even by Siskel and Ebert as having too much Baby content.
Elora Danaan was a strong point of this film. The theme of innocense, as well as great evil is central to the entire plot line. When readers see the ending of this great movie, they will understand how the theme of innocense is important to the Prophecy at the very beginning.
This review of Willow (1988) was written by Mo T on 21 Feb 2009.
Willow has generally received positive reviews.
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