retro movie flashback: willow (1988)

title: willow
year: 1988
rating: ★★★1/2





summary: there is a prophecy told that a child will be born who will conquor the evil queen bavmorda. despite the queen's plans to kill the child when she is born, the child is rescued and escapes. she ends up in the hands of willow, a nelwyn who wants to become a great sorcerer. willow goes on a quest to unknowingly fulfill the prophecy, joined by brownies, a sorceress in the form of a squirrel-thing, and a delicious val kilmer. awesomeness ensues.

review: i don't know how long it's been since i've seen this movie-- years and years, i'm sure. but i remember every single scene. i think it's because i watched this movie about ten kajillion times as a child. no joke. ten kajillion. (it's a number.)

i love this movie. yes, it's kind of (very) campy. yes, it's rather cheesy. yes, the special effects definitely look like they're twenty-two years old. but oh my gosh, this movie is good. granted, it might be about 90 percent nostalgia that's coloring my love for this movie, but i still maintain that it is awesome, cheesiness and all.

(also, as a sidenote, when the swine flu broke out, every time i heard about it i thought about the scene in willow where everyone is turned to pigs. "you're pigs! you're aaaall PIGS.")

if you haven't seen this movie, watch it. if you've already seen it, watch it again. do it. doooo it.