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[Reina Takayama]

Im craving a good fantasy genre movie to watch these days haha something along the lines of LOTR and The Hobbit, which to me is like more serious, sort of mysterious, deep and stuff lol

I'm feeling like good scenery, swords and magic, if only they had a GW2 movie lololol

Do you have any suggestions? :3

[Thuley]

Wasn't there a Final Fantasy movie?

[Reina Takayama]

Thuley, on 10 July 2013 - 05:48 AM, said:

Wasn't there a Final Fantasy movie?

Oh I watched that I liked it, you mean the animated one right? lol

[Thuley]

Yup, and then there was the Last Airbender or whatever it was called, extremely bad movie, but good special effects.

[RazGerb]

Narnia,Harry Potter,Robin Hood,Clash of the Titans,TLAB,Final Fantasy,Excalibur,The Last Legion,Eragon, 300,Braveheart,and many many more.
Should I name more?

[Cornflake]

I hate to say it, but for scenery and a great fantasy look...

Snow White was pretty damn good.  That means a lot coming from me because I hate me some Kristen Stewart.

[Reina Takayama]

RazGerb, on 10 July 2013 - 06:21 AM, said:

Narnia,Harry Potter,Robin Hood,Clash of the Titans,TLAB,Final Fantasy,Excalibur,The Last Legion,Eragon, 300,Braveheart,and many many more.
Should I name more?

YES. MORE i've seen some of the old ones

Cornflake, on 10 July 2013 - 06:25 AM, said:

I hate to say it, but for scenery and a great fantasy look...

Snow White was pretty damn good.  That means a lot coming from me because I hate me some Kristen Stewart.

Actually some of those disney remakes were really good... like completely ruined my childhood LOL but it was pretty interesting.. i think i watched snow white on the plane haha

[UltraEM]

If we're talking grand-scale western high fantasy films, there hasn't been anything, in my opinion, that's topped LOTR. Game of Thrones, maybe, but it isn't a film.

If we're going to broaden the scope to fantasy in general....

Studio Ghibli films, like Spirited Away and Mononoke-hime, Totoro, etc.

Harry Potter.

Pirates of the Caribbean counts as historical fantasy.

Also, one of my favorite Disney movies is the Historical Fantasy, Atlantis: The Lost Empire. I loved it when I was a kid, but watching it now is even more entertaining, being a history student, I understand and giggle at all the references to the time-period the film is set in, as well as the attention to detail with the technology(and pretty much everything else), almost everything fitting the time-period. Disney even got the guns right. Yup, I could point out to you the guns used in that animated movie, and they're all accurate to the time period. Lol now I'm just fanboying. Most underrated Disney movie ever.

Oh, and while not necessarily a fantasy, but border-lining it anyway, the live-action adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin is extremely entertaining, and is probably one of the best cartoon/anime-to-live-action film adaptation I have ever seen (with Speed Racer coming in 2nd).

[Esme Q]

Pan's Labyrinth is pretty amazing.   Its subtitled, and not pure fantasy, but its pretty kick ass.

[SeñorHueso]

Willow, goonies and a few Japanese subtitles fantasy ones can't recall the names.

[SeñorHueso]

As for final fantasy they did a lot of anime films and the one major USA movie release that was 3d animated all computer graphics design.

[Bonny]

I'm not sure if it falls under fantasy ... but I really enjoyed Beowulf.  

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0442933/

[Reina Takayama]

Bonny, on 10 July 2013 - 08:33 AM, said:

I'm not sure if it falls under fantasy ... but I really enjoyed Beowulf.  

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0442933/

OMG THAT. I was supposed to watch that years ago but i never did... I remember the actual literature piece lol

UltraEM, on 10 July 2013 - 07:27 AM, said:

If we're talking grand-scale western high fantasy films, there hasn't been anything, in my opinion, that's topped LOTR. Game of Thrones, maybe, but it isn't a film.

If we're going to broaden the scope to fantasy in general....

Studio Ghibli films, like Spirited Away and Mononoke-hime, Totoro, etc.

Harry Potter.

Pirates of the Caribbean counts as historical fantasy.

Also, one of my favorite Disney movies is the Historical Fantasy, Atlantis: The Lost Empire. I loved it when I was a kid, but watching it now is even more entertaining, being a history student, I understand and giggle at all the references to the time-period the film is set in, as well as the attention to detail with the technology(and pretty much everything else), almost everything fitting the time-period. Disney even got the guns right. Yup, I could point out to you the guns used in that animated movie, and they're all accurate to the time period. Lol now I'm just fanboying. Most underrated Disney movie ever.

Oh, and while not necessarily a fantasy, but border-lining it anyway, the live-action adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin is extremely entertaining, and is probably one of the best cartoon/anime-to-live-action film adaptation I have ever seen (with Speed Racer coming in 2nd).

HAHA YES I was going to see Rurouni Kenshin but I didn't yet. the trailers look amazing and I love Takeru Satou. Haha he's awesome. I must see it.

And NO, DONT GO INTO ANIME. Miyazaki stuff are all masterpieces and I'm an anime fan so... don't ask me to name my fav or ones i consider masterpieces

just need the live action movies

[SeñorHueso]

they made a live action of Rurouni Kenshin  that is one of  my fav aimes. I must go to youtube and or find out where I can see this buy / download

[cyranal]

Y'all are forgetting The Princess Bride. Quite possibly the greatest film ever made. Inconceivable, I know.

I third the Rurouni Kenshin movie. It was fantastic. Since you excluded anime, I will refrain from those recommendations. I'm more of a sci-fi movie watcher than a fantasy movie watcher so I'm drawing a blank. I also second the Game of Thrones recommendation although that isn't all roses and sunshine. Wow, I really can't remember the last really good fantasy movie I watched (that wasn't The Hobbit). Maybe I'll think of something later this afternoon.

Edit: NOW WITH VIDEO!

[Reina Takayama]

cyranal, on 10 July 2013 - 10:31 AM, said:

Y'all are forgetting The Princess Bride. Quite possibly the greatest film ever made. Inconceivable, I know.

I third the Rurouni Kenshin movie. It was fantastic. Since you excluded anime, I will refrain from those recommendations. I'm more of a sci-fi movie watcher than a fantasy movie watcher so I'm drawing a blank. I also second the Game of Thrones recommendation although that isn't all roses and sunshine. Wow, I really can't remember the last really good fantasy movie I watched (that wasn't The Hobbit). Maybe I'll think of something later this afternoon.

Haha I'm watching Game of Thrones again. I watched some of it and its amazing but because it has so many episodes I stopped somewhere lol also the tv-series pace of it

[UltraEM]

Speaking of Rurouni Kenshin, THEY'RE MAKING A SEQUEL. And if they follow the path of the first film, combining parts of the anime/manga series and the "Trust and Betrayal" OVA, it's going to be amazing. Seriously, Trust and Betrayal gave me so many feeeeels by the end I can't wait to see how they interpret the rest of that OVA in live-action. )

[cyranal]

UltraEM, on 10 July 2013 - 10:36 AM, said:

Speaking of Rurouni Kenshin, THEY'RE MAKING A SEQUEL. And if they follow the path of the first film, combining parts of the anime/manga series and the "Trust and Betrayal" OVA, it's going to be amazing. Seriously, Trust and Betrayal gave me so many feeeeels by the end I can't wait to see how they interpret the rest of that OVA in live-action. )

Although I thoroughly enjoyed the "Trust and Betrayal" OVAs, the tone of the of the prequel was completely different than the television series. So if there's a movie sequel, I would prefer they stay true to the tone and setting of the television series like the first movie did. No reason to go "Empire Strikes Back" in the sequel.

[UltraEM]

cyranal, on 10 July 2013 - 10:45 AM, said:

Although I thoroughly enjoyed the "Trust and Betrayal" OVAs, the tone of the of the prequel was completely different than the television series. So if there's a movie sequel, I would prefer they stay true to the tone and setting of the television series like the first movie did. No reason to go "Empire Strikes Back" in the sequel.

They had a flashback or two from TaB in the first movie;I assume they'll take roughly the same path in the sequel, so no worries for a sudden change in overall tone, just more flashbacks that happened in TaB which are relevant to the plot of the film.

OT: I forgot to mention Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Also, avoid Filipino fantasy films for now. Philippine mythology is entertaining and interesting reading, but film, no. Avoid until I do something about their quality: (I know it's an 80s film but really things haven't improved much)


The original name of this film is Lumaban Ka, Satanas.

[Maestro]

Mononoke Hime
Nausicaa
Willow
Krull
Ladyhawke
The 13th Warrior
Erik the Viking
Beowulf (2007, directed by Zemeckis)
Conan the Barbarian
Red Sonja
Clash of the Titans (the Harryhausen one!)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
King Arthur
Troy (siege warfare!)
Beowulf & Grendel
Highlander