I had to rate this flick an 8, though when I was 8 years old I would have rated it off the charts.
The older you get the more you see beyond just the fantasy fun aspects to it's more poignant notes regarding growing up, escapism and it's place in a persons life. Of course, the older you get the more you notice the holes in the plot line, and the graphical genius becomes less and les... read more
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Sarah (a teenage Jennifer Connelly) rehearses the role of a fairy-tale queen, performing for her stuffed animals. She is about to discover that the time has come to leave her childhood behind. In real life she has to baby-sit her brother and contend with parents who don't understand her at all. Her petulance leads her to call thR
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Sarah (a teenage Jennifer Connelly) rehearses the role of a fairy-tale queen, performing for her stuffed animals. She is about to discover that the time has come to leave her childhood behind. In real life she has to baby-sit her brother and contend with parents who don't understand her at all. Her petulance leads her to call the goblins to take the baby away, but when they actually do, she realizes her responsibility to rescue him. Sarah negotiates the Labyrinth to reach the City of the Goblins and the castle of their king. The king is the only other human in the film and is played by a glam-rocking David Bowie, who performs five of his songs. The rest of the cast are puppets, a wonderful array of Jim Henson's imaginative masterpieces. Henson gives credit to children's author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, and the creatures in the movie will remind Sendak fans of his drawings. The castle of the king is a living M.C. Escher set that adults will enjoy. The film combines the highest standards of art, costume, and set decoration. Like executive producer George Lucas's other fantasies, Labyrinth mixes adventure with lessons about growing up. --Lloyd Chesley
""Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child that you have stolen. For my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom is as great..."
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boyflavoured added this to a list 4 years, 3 months ago
“I had to rate this flick an 8, though when I was 8 years old I would have rated it off the charts.
The older you get the more you see beyond just the fantasy fun aspects to it's more poignant notes regarding growing up, escapism and it's place in a persons life. Of course, the older you get the more you notice the holes in the plot line, and the graphical genius becomes less and less amazing (which is only really an indicator of how awed we should be at what we get in live action\animation movies made today!).
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