I only heard about Labyrinth last year. It seems like such a waste of childhood that I didn't know earlier. Otherwise I would have probably watched it a thousand times. It was so lovely! And… it even has -fake, real and animated- barn owls!
The story can be explained in one sentence: girl needs to babysit younger brother, wishes him away and then has to rescue him from the goblins by going through this labyrinth... So now we can watch a song instead of the trailer!
This is a collaboration between Brian Froud, Jim Henson and a huge crew. Fun fact: the baby is actually Brian Froud's son! The dvd also has an amazing documentary about how the movie was made. I loved seeing that!
Anyway, their earlier joint effort -the Dark Chrystal- was good as well, but this was faster paced and more exciting story-wise. I might have to re-watch the Dark Chrystal to be absolutely sure, but I think Labyrinth is my favorite.
Hoorah so glad you enjoy this movie it's one of my favs ever! Been using it as research for a puppet project I'm working on at University. :)
ReplyDeleteLove that movie.
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love this movie! I watched it as a kid, probably 1000 times and now my daughter loves it as well!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favourite films of all time and I can't get enough of the soundtrack either!
ReplyDeleteAwe, I loved this movie as a child! And I saw it again not too long ago. I noticed we have it at my library and couldn't help bringing it home. Everything looked super cheesy but in a cool way. David hadn't seen it before either and he kept laughing at the visual effects, hehe.
ReplyDeleteJennifer always looked so beautiful *sigh*
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