My big brother bought, Willow on VHS in the summer of 1989, that summer my brothers, cousins, friends and I watched it every day, no lie. I was enamored and enthralled by this story, it's really the first and only film of it's kind, it was an amazingly unique film especially for the time, I am eternally grateful for the existence of, I wouldn't be who I am without "Willow". I did read the book as well. Edit my brother died unexpectedly aged 47 last year and a few days, makes this film more than special to me. Love you Dave hope you found peace.

@susannpatton2893

Жыл бұрын

🥀💓🙏

Warwick Davis is an amazing actor. You never question that he’s a married man with children in this role. Everyone is stunned to find out he was still in his teens when he made this film. Legendary.

Willow, Labyrinth and Dark Crystal are some of the best movies ever made!

@robertpease9834

4 жыл бұрын

I am glad you didn't put Legend in there. I find that movie almost unwatchable.

@bigbaddawg101

4 жыл бұрын

You forgot about Krull. That movie had Liam Nieson.

@michaelgamino4685

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@shindari

4 жыл бұрын

I looked to see if someone else had mentioned this already, because it's so obvious now. But yeah... It's so ironic that "Labyrinth," and "Dark Crystal," failed in the theatres so hard as they did. Because if you ask moviegoers and many adult-nerds about those two movies today, they'll almost unanimously proclaim those two films as two of the greatest fantasy-films ever made! I'm one of them. Both movies were utterly brilliant for their time. I feel like if they came out for the first time nowadays, they would have enjoyed FAR more resounding success at the box office. Because it feels like movie fans nowadays CRAVE fantasy films (probably thanks in no small part to "Lord of the Rings," which started that trend)!

@BipoIarbear

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertpease9834what 😳 legend is amazing top

"Disappointing box office numbers" and, "poor reviews," have absolutely NO bearing upon either my childhood experience or memories of Willow, Legend, Krull, Time Bandits, Labyrinth, or The Dark Crystal. All of which helped to shape my early adolescent life during the mid 80's. (And I would bet any amount of money are collectively responsible for much of the inspiration of most of today's generation of film-makers.)

@thestreet9537

5 жыл бұрын

TWSTF 8 I was never so loud in a theater as the chase scene my mom hushed me and was rather serious

@Litazz81

5 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! You named all my other favorite movie as a kid... brings back so much memories.

@jeusebio2413

5 жыл бұрын

fuckin right bro

@Azurite..

5 жыл бұрын

The Street which chase scene?

@davidhodgson1011

5 жыл бұрын

Neverending Story too...but not the sequel....

This is a very underrated movie. I'm glad Minty is covering it.

@mabdewn

5 жыл бұрын

This is a movie that I keep coming back to and watch and enjoy at how brilliant it is. They don't make adventure flicks like this anymore

@Godzillafan1980

5 жыл бұрын

MY ASS is underrated

@mabdewn

5 жыл бұрын

@@Godzillafan1980 Sorry to hear that, mate. Quickly name us 10 things we don't know about your sweet ass

@Godzillafan1980

5 жыл бұрын

@@mabdewn 10. It farts loudly 9. It shits liquid sandcastles 8. It's weapon is acidic diarrhea 7. It killed 13 people 6. It smells like pizza 5. It tastes like bacon 4. Chicks dig it 3. It has a great sense of humor 2. It's a big GODZILLA fan 1. It eats fingers

@mabdewn

5 жыл бұрын

@@Godzillafan1980 You had me at shitting liquid sandcastles. That's just pure awesomeness

The camaraderie and chemistry between Warwick Davis and Val Kilmer is one of the highlights of the film, whether they are bickering or bro-ing out. Their real life friendship is pretty great, too. “Blackroot? I’m the father of two children, and you never, ever give a baby blackroot.” - Willow “Well my mother raised us on it. It’s good for you! It put’s hair on your chest, right, Sticks?” - Madmartigan “Her name is not Sticks! She’s Elora Dannen, the future empress of Tir Asleen and the last thing she’s gonna want is a hairy chest!” - Willow

@Skrubb_Lord

5 жыл бұрын

"Did you see what he did? He stole our blackroot. I'll get some more, don't worry about it." -- Madmartigan

@maisiesummers42

5 жыл бұрын

@Dio Falkner Wicket meets Batman. Warwick played Wicket the Ewok. He never played R2-D2.

@brandonwachter2264

5 жыл бұрын

LMAO some of those scenes were the best 😁 Will always remember the black root fondly : ) Sticks!? 😄 MM has already given her a name & everything : )

@deadpaul6472

5 жыл бұрын

Wicket Y Warwick. The clue was in the Ewoks name

@maisiesummers42

5 жыл бұрын

@@deadpaul6472 W. Warwick. Though he didn't get the initial and surname until much later. In Jedi he was simply "Wicket".

Willow, Return To Oz,Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Flight Of The Navigator, Never Ending Story were and still are epic

@michaelleahy123

4 жыл бұрын

No love for Time Bandits?🥺🥺

@InigoMontoya-

3 жыл бұрын

Princess Bride?

@SlimThrull

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Return to Oz. So many people either have forgotten about it or have never seen it. Glad it made your list.

Underrated One of the best movies ever Never gets boring Simply awesome

@phillytheflyerable

4 жыл бұрын

yes. classic, so rewatchable. great chemistry between the cast

@mangot589

4 жыл бұрын

Agree. I love it. I watch it at least once a year.

@jebstuart1475

4 жыл бұрын

Agree but not so much this review I started to think I must have missed all the gay themes in the movie when I saw it.

@ianashby1449

3 жыл бұрын

Saw it with my mum when it first came out and have the DVD one of my favourite films

@bikecaptain8015

Жыл бұрын

I wasn't wrong when I was 4. It is too good.

I watched this film all the time back in the day on VHS.

@starwarsroo2448

5 жыл бұрын

We had it when it came out, unfortunately it took couple of years to get from cinema to video back then

@blidrob

5 жыл бұрын

I watched a copy on extra long play, in a two-head VCR. Magical!

@Godzillafan1980

5 жыл бұрын

@@blidrob MY ASS is magical

@steveoxendine7123

5 жыл бұрын

Great movie

@Godzillafan1980

5 жыл бұрын

@@steveoxendine7123 MY ASS was a great MOVIE

If anyone ever does say they didn't like Willow, just walk away. You don't need that kinda negativity in your life.

@captin3149

5 жыл бұрын

Willow was hitting at a time when I was first getting into fantasy, so it's always gonna be one of my favorites.

@corvus1253

5 жыл бұрын

Love that movie.

@baldarmstrong6532

5 жыл бұрын

Willow > Jackson’s Hobbit and LOTR movies It has more heart and is more fun.

@alisonn7200

5 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't trust anyone who didn't like Willow.

@tarasmith7859

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed!!!

The Brownies are my favorite. "I stole the baby while you were taking a pee pee." Lol

@chefokazeio

5 жыл бұрын

I have not laughing since I read your post.i miss things That made me laugh as a kid

@gonzoindigenousone8939

5 жыл бұрын

@@chefokazeio always gotta remember what makes you smile or laugh. Or what's the point bro?

@darthsilversith667

5 жыл бұрын

Gonzo Indigenous One I forgot about that part! I need to rewatch this movie.. it’s probably been 20+ years since I last saw it.

@codyjones8719

5 жыл бұрын

Where did you get that baby?! I STOLE IT FROM A STUPID DAIKINI

@michelleprieur1

5 жыл бұрын

Excuse me! Are we having a party?!"

Imagine a day and age when you could watch a movie that had a clearcut beginning, middle and *gasp* end... No pandering for a sequel, no cliffhangers, no bull.

@korie4198

4 жыл бұрын

Yet if it had a sequel we would have all watched it anyway because we loved the characters. Imagine Elora as an adult saving the world. 🤩

@nunyabizness6376

4 жыл бұрын

@@korie4198 exactly. Where Hollywood misses the point is that back in the day a movie earned a sequel by deserving one. People wanted one. Now that announce a sequel before the first one it's even out. They jump the gun. Each film should stand alone on its own. No "..." at the end

@bryanx0317

4 жыл бұрын

You speak craziness sir. Willow X episode 9 the directors cut extra features edition (the one where Madmartigan shoots first) would have been amazing...but alas.

@DustinHawke

3 жыл бұрын

I wish they would do a sequel. Willow should be the High Aldwin, and Madmartigan and Sorsha are king and queen.

@BrendanConnell

3 жыл бұрын

Amen! - take care, slainte chugat

There was something very special about 80's fantasy films.

@wolf9walker

5 жыл бұрын

I think the 80's had a lot of special things. Movies of all kinds, music, TV shows. Many other things.

@jmgmarcus808

5 жыл бұрын

Rhiannon Thomas-Williams Deathstalker series anyone? Beast Master? Krull? Pretty amazing indeed.

@squamish4244

5 жыл бұрын

Certainly beginning with LOTR fantasy has soared in quality and become far more mature and expansive and blown away anything produced in the 80s on various levels. But 80s fantasy maintains its charm due to all the in-camera work that doesn't date, the genre being new on film and people willing to try out many wacky ideas, and its sort of 'small-scale' feel that is unlike the feel of the huge fantasy epics. Also, the kid-friendly attitude means a lot of people see these films when they are kids, and anything someone sees when they are a kid will always feel special. Even if it really isn't ;)

@SiliconBong

5 жыл бұрын

Even the crap ones were something special, and anything filmed in new zealand is just made of awesome :P

@The_Mimewar

5 жыл бұрын

Lots of money around in the 80s. Lots of daring and artistic movies were made that wouldn’t be now.

Man, this brings me back. I worked with Val Kilmer at The Colorado Shakespeare Festival of 1988. He did Hamlet. I played the Ghost, his dead dad. We got to be good friends, and I met Joanne not long after that. The movie came out while we were rehearsing. I liked it alot; had always been a fantasy addict, packing my JRR Tolkien Trilogy wherever I went, ha. Val was a very generous actor and human being, very kind. He went on to the heights of stardom, and I stayed in the belly of New York City doing weird theatre.

@Sorren13

4 жыл бұрын

I saw Val's and your performance 3 times! Best Hamlet ever!!! Big time Willow fan too!

@mysmirandam.6618

4 жыл бұрын

Damn i would've loved to see that! I live hamlet and val

@Bootmahoy88

4 жыл бұрын

@@mysmirandam.6618 It was a good show.

@mysmirandam.6618

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bootmahoy88 i bet!

@tgillies101

3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for your post sir.

"Willow"s music is so beautiful, so memorable, that I'm amazed it's not mentioned more often. It was the first movie soundtrack I ever collected on CD, because from the time I first watched the film, at the age of 9, I loved every note of it. Most notably the "title" soundtrack, which to this day haunts my dreams of nostalgia.

@charb802

2 жыл бұрын

It's definitely magical!

@ryanbrailey-tucker4935

Жыл бұрын

Same here....I'm grateful to Jack Horner for Willow's soundtrack and Krull.....

Lady Hawk. Dragonslayer. Krull. Legend. Labyrinth. The Dark Crystal. Special effects technology from 30 years ago! Attention to the smallest Detail makes these movies Timeless Classics. Thanks again for flashback.

@VeritasAbsoluta

4 жыл бұрын

I was going to comment about Dragonslayer. Nobody ever seems to remember that.

@jenniferscott4900

4 жыл бұрын

I luv that movie it's still one of my favorites

@Floymin

3 жыл бұрын

The acting in the first 2 was "yeuh".

@LadyOnikara

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! Ladyhawke was a great movie, Legend was just so magical, and Labyrinth had David Bowie awesomeness!

Willow is one of the best movies ever made.

@jdog7797

4 жыл бұрын

You my friend, are a scholar and a poet. I'll buy you a drink. CHEERS!🍻

@johnrife7134

4 жыл бұрын

Wow okay.

@Thundarr100

4 жыл бұрын

One of my all-time favorite movies.

@markaponte7057

4 жыл бұрын

I watch it once a year

@eviljbrian

4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say THAT per se...... but it's up there. I hold that title for Princess Bride.

Willow, Krull and Legend are all great movies. They are some of my childhood favorites.

@Zenkai76

5 жыл бұрын

Same here, I have seen all of them so many times.

@Azurite..

5 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@tylerwilliams6022

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Labyrinth!

@eduardopipinel

4 жыл бұрын

I love Krull. Especially the way those Invaders soldiers screem when die

Willow is the very first movie I remember watching and falling in love with as a child. It still has a huge piece of my heart. I've introduced it to my 3 sons throught the years and they have equally fallen in love with the story, music, characters, and beauty. I wish they made movies like this nowadays. Thank you Minty for bringing a reminiscent smile to this girls face.

@roseannamanues2111

Жыл бұрын

It's still one of my favorites. Both of my children love Willow its still their favorite movie to watch.

I remember seeing Willow in the theater as a kid, loved it so much even then. It's still really great now.

OMG, I cant believe it's been 30 years since Willow came out. Someone's getting old. Thanks for the review of this amazing movie.

@darthsilversith667

5 жыл бұрын

Nine Lives No kidding! I felt old just thinking about how long it’s been since I watched Willow lol

I grew up on the 80's fairy tale movies so willow, dark crystal, labyrinth, and ledgend are childhood memories

@markusforsberg6741

5 жыл бұрын

And dont forget the classic fantasy movie neverending story from 1984.;):)

@Royalcheri76

5 жыл бұрын

As did I! :)

@ashkealz42

5 жыл бұрын

@@Royalcheri76 willow is a timeless classic

@Nikanoru

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I love how he referred to that as an unsuccessful trend. In terms of profit maybe? All of those movies were great. I still keep telling people to watch return to oz too.

@corvus1253

5 жыл бұрын

They're all great movies! Except maybe Return to Oz...it was alright. What's this 'they didn't do well' bullshit?!

My favourite childhood movie along with The never ending story... ❤

@Rony2453

4 жыл бұрын

The Never-Ending Sory is one of my favorites but only the German-made one. The first one!

Thank the MAKER for 80’s fantasy films! They shaped my childhood. Love you minty!!

I want to see Warwick Davis as the new James Bond

@JonGee420

5 жыл бұрын

@Al Bundy for President it would be a small role

@winter1235

5 жыл бұрын

He'd be an excellent villain.

@starwarsroo2448

5 жыл бұрын

Short not stirred

@BBAERSTANCE1

5 жыл бұрын

No

@starwarsroo2448

5 жыл бұрын

In a tiny Aston Martin in a little tux

This is my.child hood movie . And labyrinth. AND the goonies! And The Dark Crystal!!!

@MrAdmmrls

5 жыл бұрын

Did we just become friends? 😯

@MattChez

5 жыл бұрын

Are you me?

@MrAdmmrls

5 жыл бұрын

@@MattChez I am me, not you. You are you.

@bile897

5 жыл бұрын

Hell ya!

@Shaden0040

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Legends with Tim Curry

"Did you see what he did? He stole our blackroot." "'I dwell in darkness' and it just went away?" Great movie!!

@judyhopps9380

2 жыл бұрын

my two favourite lines. My 3rd would be "your mother was a lizard"

I am 18 and saw this movie at 4 and it was not till now that this gem was refreshed in my mind for the worst. I now remember the hairy dog rats, the hairy ape men, and the terrific werepig transformation. Other than that the movie was awesome and now I understand my film and novel tastes after see this again. It really shaped my personality when it came to hobbies. Loved it.

Sometimes Minty doesn't cover the movies we asked, but he always covers the movies we need!

@rohanm2394

5 жыл бұрын

Yes Right said.

@iheartscaryclowns

5 жыл бұрын

Why? Because he's MINTY! (and he may have a butler)

I still have a crush on Sorsha.

@paramagician

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@SumDumGy

5 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah

@heatherfromcheshire7392

5 жыл бұрын

Me too... and I'm otherwise a totally hetero woman.

@1975panfilo

5 жыл бұрын

I was in love with her!

@Riceball01

5 жыл бұрын

If any of you have Netfilix and want to Joanne Whalley again, check out season 3 of Daredevil where she play a nun and is an integral of the plot of Daredevil S3.

This movie was an enormous part of my childhood, I remember watching it daily. I'll even use some of the silly quotes still to this day in every day life... Sound bits from the movie linger in my memory and probably will until I die. Raziel shouting "Hurry hurry" in that high pitch voice. The music from the party in Willow's village in the beginning of the movie. The sounds from the fight scene between Bavmorda and Raziel(which is pretty hilarious actually). Madmartigan was that guy I wanted to be like one day, and Willow's heart was so inspiring, the two meshed so well with one another. And of course the Brownies just always being on point to make me laugh hysterically. And yes, Sorsha being my absolute first movie crush. What a phenomenal movie this is. I can't wait to introduce it to my 8 month old boy when he's a older.

@Azurite..

5 жыл бұрын

Kep2k I’m a huge fan of Willow myself. I’ve watched this movie so many times I know every word and still to this day. It’s just a fun movie to watch and remember. I hope your son will enjoy the movie as much as you do.

I LOVE Willow. It's sad that it didn't get the recognition it deserves. Start making more good, unique fantasy adventure movies again! Since LOTR we haven't had much at all.

@J.A.M.E.S

2 жыл бұрын

Wheels of time is not bad, but definitely not as good as lord of the rings. At least the show just rushes the story a bit. Otherwise it's worth a watch. :)

@kevlar1482

2 жыл бұрын

@@J.A.M.E.SOh, bollocks. Wheel of Prime is an absolute flaming dung heap!

Fact #11, the Time Bandits appear in the movie. In the background of the film, there's a band playing at the festival, those band members were most of the Time Bandits.

Willow is one of the best Lucasfilm movies

@FullyAdamatic

5 жыл бұрын

I see your Willow and raise you a Howard The Duck.

@enhanced6892

4 жыл бұрын

Now THIS movie I think warrants a remake

Being a product of the 80s (born in 1979) I'm really digging these videos.

I've read the sequel novels. They're a pretty solid continuation of the story from the books, and I suggest anyone who loved/loves the film read them.

@jlarrybrewer1149

4 жыл бұрын

adam harp I read them too, Shadow Moon, Shadow Dawn and Shadow Star. I enjoyed them

@DevinParker

4 жыл бұрын

Hate to be a dissenting voice here, but I couldn't get through the first one. I was extremely disappointed with the choices Clairmont and Lucas made. To my mind, it felt like they immediately did away with everything I loved from the movie, and wrote a story with no relation to its world and characters.

@jonnym4670

2 жыл бұрын

update the willows series is now being made and will stream on disney + kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGp-1tWspc2yqJc.html

I think Sorsha might have been my first movie crush.

@DKK1118

5 жыл бұрын

Whoah same hahaha

@DKK1118

5 жыл бұрын

And lydia deets haha so different

@tag-youre-it

5 жыл бұрын

Same! Just saw her on the new series Beowulf, that took me back to Willow in a childhood crush flashback 😅

@randomguy2518

5 жыл бұрын

Sorsha definitely gave me a "hottie in armor" fetish, as for lydia deets, Winona was hot there, but way hotter in brahm stokers dracula, specifically the scene where she's kneeling on the bed in the very thin nightgown with the light shining throughfrom the other side of her. that's a hot body right there

@randomguy2518

5 жыл бұрын

But leah thomsons scene in 'Howard the duck' where she's in nothing but a camisole and little panties made me wish i was an anthropomorphic duck

General Kael is probably up there as one of the coolest looking villains, IMO. Bavmora waz an awesome villain, and I think we need more like her! The huge fight between the two elderly sorceresses was fantastic, as well! My personal favorite exchange in the movie: Bavmora: Put the baby on the table, peck. Willow: ...No. Bavmora: No? Willow: YOU STUPID HAG!! I don't know why, there's so many great lines in the movie, but that exchange always cracks me up.

@arcturionblade1077

2 жыл бұрын

The special effects were groundbreaking at the time, especially the CGI morphing with the good witch transforming seemlessly into various animals before being restored to her old wrinkled human self (although she wished to be young and beautiful, in her own words, lol). The magical battle between her and Bavmorda was likewise awesome and is definitely the precursor to the spellcasting fight between Gandalf and Saruman years later in the Lord of the Rings.

@preciousypenguino

2 жыл бұрын

I know this post is old, but your quote made me spit my menudo a little bit! My dad would quote that "hag" line to my mom and she'd get SO pissed!!😳🤣 Definitely the best movie of my childhood.... the bones have spoken 💙

We went on a school trip to see this film back in the 80's , and I still watch it to this day . Timeless .

when he listed the "flops" I realized those ALL are my favorites! guess I like bad movies lol!😂

@pamelabustos8693

4 жыл бұрын

I loved them all...they were great...just came out at the wrong point in time.

@Rhaenarys

4 жыл бұрын

It amazes me they were flops because I haven't met a person who doesnt like them. Or didnt as a child even..

@mysmirandam.6618

4 жыл бұрын

No there's jyst a lotvof dumb critics and oblivious people lol

@jpeachy2168

4 жыл бұрын

You are not alone😁👍

@EntertainmentFan11

3 жыл бұрын

Dark Crystal didn't flop.

To any 'Willow' fans, do yourselves a favor and look up the anniversary release interview with Val Kilmer and Warwick Davis. It's hilarious as those two have a really good rapport with each other. Shooting the movie must have been fun for those two. Kilmer MADE this movie work with his constant comic relief broken only by swashbuckling. He's the anti-hero that we all know and love today. Can't believe this classic didn't do well at the box office-it was a movie the entire family could go see and enjoy. I do remember the action figures released with this movie. I remember renting this on VHS and watching New Year's Eve 1988 11 years old.

@Irishdrivingbloopers

5 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more with you mate. Not sure when I saw it myself but I reckon I had definitely seen it by age 11 as well but that would have been in 1990 when we finally got a VCR. Video shop rentals back in the day lol. Another thing that really helped this film was the very good CGI (for the time) and how it made that 2 headed beast look so real as well as how the 2 brownies fitted in so well too. I have seen a lot worse in films that came out a way more recently than this TBH. It also might have helped that Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley did actually fall for each other as well but that all pales in comparison to how the rest of the movie was presented throughout. It really looked like they pulled out all the stops for this and I'm amazed to hear (only now) that it wasn't a big hit back in the day :(. No accounting for taste it seems...

@tomservo5347

5 жыл бұрын

@@Irishdrivingbloopers As Mark said himself nearly all of the movies he's done didn't do well at the box office but attained 'cult' status with a devoted following. He also said the 80's decade wasn't kind to the fantasy genre as nearly all of them were flops. LOL yes...VHS rentals. Remember the 'Please be kind-rewind' stickers that used to be on them? The brownies were indeed funny-in particular when the one falls in the mug of beer, comes to the surface, tastes it, yells "BEER!!!" and commences to swimming in it. Madmartigan posing as a 'well-endowed' woman catching the eye of the tavern owner and talking in falsetto is always funny.

@Irishdrivingbloopers

5 жыл бұрын

@@tomservo5347 Yup, I suppose it was caught up in that unfortunate trend of the time. It's a shame cos there was definitely a lot of hard work went into it. I remember seeing quite a few more films back then that didn't look half as real because I was judging the quality based on this one. To add to that, I even thought it was perfectly done where one of the Brownies fell into that beer (like you said) and even the "plop" of beer that came up on screen looked plausible compared to the size of the character that fell into it. Well done again at the time lol. Yup, we had the "Please rewind" stickers over here too lol. I remember nearly having a disaster once where that "tab" wasn't broken off the back of the rental tape and I sat on the remote control for the VCR one time. I heard the VCR gearing up to start recording and just hit the "stop" button on time lol. Imagine trying to explain to the local video shop why you recorded over their movie with the local TV and adverts :O

@MrBridgevillen

2 жыл бұрын

YES! i HAD a few of those action figures, and they were AWESOME

I always thought Madmartigan was named “Mad Martigan.” Like it was a title.

@maria.whiddon

5 жыл бұрын

Ditto

@LordOfAllusion

5 жыл бұрын

Maria Rosa That’s Ghost.

@Goldenbane

5 жыл бұрын

I did too!! I thought his name was just Martigan, but everyone called him "mad" because he was a "crazy good" fighter or something like that!

@maria.whiddon

5 жыл бұрын

@@LordOfAllusion haha. ;)

@willgold9989

5 жыл бұрын

Bumtown1 right?

Willow was filmed in Wales. Awesome, never knew that. Beautiful scenery in Wales

Willow was a movie my dad took me to for my 8th birthday. I still love this movie. It was incredible and still holds up today

I loved Willow. I saw it only a couple times. I rented it the first time in the early 1990s. I tried for all those years to talk my wife into seeing it. I think I was close. But she passed away Jan 3 2019...a few weeks ago after 31 years of true love. My soulmate missed out on Willow. And the new Top Gun. I love you sweetheart. And all those movie 'failures' at the end were all good movies.

@theflyingninja1

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that.

@noahfregger380

5 жыл бұрын

That is so sad 💔

@AsusanXT

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry for you loss. :(

@turloughgirl5535

5 жыл бұрын

That genuinely moved me. God bless you.

@codybodeker8094

5 жыл бұрын

I wept while reading your comment. I am so sorry for your loss.

Please, please, please do Enemy Mine! It's a very good, underrated movie

@stephenolan5539

5 жыл бұрын

Did you know they put a mineral mine in the movie so people would not be confused with the title? Personally I never tied the mining operation to the title of the movie. I always interpreted the "mine" as a possessive.

@regisspeaks1497

5 жыл бұрын

@@stephenolan5539 Yeah, I had read that little bit looking up as much info as I could about this gem of a movie. I thought I read somewhere also that they were gonna call it 'mine enemy' and instead switched it but thought people would get confused by the title. I also was never confused. XD

@alkiramari8193

5 жыл бұрын

Yes please...Enemy Mine its one of my favorite.

@regisspeaks1497

5 жыл бұрын

@@alkiramari8193 I'm so glad I'm not the only one who likes this movie!

@xbabyjeezusx4430

5 жыл бұрын

Why hasn't minty done this yet? I bet he will. It seems like every time I see a comment suggesting a title he winds up making a video about it. Just give him time.

This movie will always have a place in my heart. I watched it countless times growing up. it's been so many years since I've seen it but I could probably still recite the entire script along with the actors.

Willow is a flawed masterpiece. It depicted a a thorough fantasy world that felt lived in, had interesting characters and lots of adventure. It was ahead of its time like so many movies and deserved a larger audience. The willow game was a proper rpg. I remember playing it back then and enjoying its challenging gameplay.

"Wanna breed?".........."NOT A WOMAN! NOT A WOMAN!" Great movie with memorable lines. "YOU'RE ALL PIGS!" The Brownies were funny too.

@karlos258

5 жыл бұрын

I know you! I stole a baby from you while you were taking a pee pee.

@royalcollectables

5 жыл бұрын

High voice: Tempting but no! Covers his mustache.

@saraross8396

5 жыл бұрын

The Brownies are my favorite characters. "I stole the baby!"

@Tarathathe77wookiee

5 жыл бұрын

I loved those brownies! "They'll hunt us down, capture us, torture us and probably kill us" "Are you suggesting we go home?" "NAH! This is more fun!"

@MateoMarine

5 жыл бұрын

"WELL WHO'D DO THAAT?!!" Kenny Baker's magical performance.

This movie should of been way more popular.. A Classic!!!

I’m almost 40 years old so I’ve seen a lot of movies-and I must say that Madmartigan vs. Kael is one of my favorite fights of all time. The MUSIC in the end while Mads uses his quick genius tactics to defeat Kael is just so satisfying. I cannot imagine anyone else but Val Kilmer in the role, he brings a unique kind of ownership and charisma to every character he plays. Willow is an amazing film because of several phenomenal high-quality talents involved. Not just George Lucas, Ron Howard, James Horner and all the actors, but also all the special effects people, the makeup artists, the costume designers-everyone! I truly feel without any one of those people it could have been just another mediocre kiddie fantasy film. But no, Willow was a labor of love that truly stands the tests of time because all the perfect people came together at the right point in time to create this masterpiece. Honestly, I’ve loved this movie since I first saw it in 1989 and it will always be one of my favorite movies of all time ♥️

Contrary to critics, I loved 80's fantasy films. My two favorite is Labyrinth and Legend ( I named my one day old black kitten that I had to raise without a mother Lilly because I knew she would be a princess from Legend). The only one I wasn't too fond of was the Black Crystal. Willow was no exception. I also have always thought that Warwick Davis is very handsome as well.

@Azurite..

5 жыл бұрын

Mama Lilly cat you didn’t like The dark crystal? That was one of my favorites as a kid, even though I was scared with a few scenes of the movie. I’m a huge fan of 80’s fantasy myself.

Willow was my favorite movie from 1988 until Lord of the Rings came out. Thanks for this video.

@englishatheart

3 жыл бұрын

LoTR is boring a.f. Willow is far superior.

If you ever do meet a person who says, "I don't like Willow", just walk away.

@a-drewg1716

5 жыл бұрын

If you ever meed a person who says, "What is Willow", just tie them down to a chair and play the movie

@stephenolan5539

5 жыл бұрын

They might be talking about a certain host on Penn and Teller Fool Us.

@SgtPnkks

5 жыл бұрын

you do not walk away... you toss a magical acorn at them and turn them to stone

@alkiramari8193

5 жыл бұрын

@@SgtPnkks lol

@themeg1145

5 жыл бұрын

Can I kick them in the crotch first?

“oh no, i’m really scared! NO! DON’T! Someone help! there’s a peck here with an acorn pointed at me!?"

@Brandon_Lee83

4 жыл бұрын

That's my favorite part thank you for posting. 👍

In a decade which gave us such a bounty of incredible fantasy movies(princess bride, legend, labyrinth, dark crystal, etc) Willow resides among the very best. I truly hope that modern audiences(children especially) discover this film.

@roseannamanues2111

Жыл бұрын

I introduced my daughters to the movie. They both love it and they have been trying to find Warwick Davis in other movies. The oldest was excited when she found him in the Harry Potter movies.

Well, Warwick Davis also met his future wife Samantha on this film as well (although they wouldn't start dating until they worked together again on Jim Henson's LABYRINTH where they both played goblins).

@markusforsberg6741

5 жыл бұрын

Yes but labyrinth came out in 1986 willow came out in 1988 so you just now.;):)

@van8ryan

5 жыл бұрын

@@markusforsberg6741 Ah, ok. (maybe he got his dates wrong; that's how Davis tells the story)

@bilbobaggins5938

5 жыл бұрын

@@tonyuk6396 What is wrong with you?

@johannesmakila2459

5 жыл бұрын

@@tonyuk6396 You must be trolling because I refuse to believe that you are actually that ignorant and hateful as you make you seem to be with that comment.

@Shomig99

5 жыл бұрын

@@tonyuk6396 I generally don't use swear words but for you I'll make an exception, F**K YOU. What other eugenic based opinions do you have? Never mind I don't need to hear any more filth from people like you.

YESSS!!! The greatest movie EVER! I was completely mesmerized watching in the Theater as a kid. And from that day grew my hair long and tried to emulate Mad Mardigan all the time

@vperkv6554

5 жыл бұрын

Hollywood doesnt realize how big a sequel would actualky be. Id go to the theater for it which is rare

@ThePlacatorySock

5 жыл бұрын

#Metoo

Willow has always been one of my favorite fantasy movies of all time. I don't care what the critics say. It's a very underrated movie.

I saw willow in theatres with my family, I was 10. I remember my father singing the main theme when we left the theatre. I kindly remember that because my father is not into movies but this one he enjoyed a lot, so did I! That’s a very sweet memory!!

It doesn't surprise me that "Willow" started as part of the same creative process that birthed the "Star Wars" series. "Star Wars" was always basically a sword-and-sorcery tale in outer space, with the Jedi standing in for sorcerers and the light sabers standing in for swords. Going back to when I was a kid, I remember noticing that every single major character in "Willow" has a counterpart in the original Star Wars trilogy: Willow is Luke, Madmartigan is Han, Airk is Lando, Sorsha is sort of a cross between Leia and Vader, Gen. Kael is the main Vader figure (even his mask looks similar), Bavmorda is the emperor, the brownies are the droids, High Aldwin and Fin Raziel both roughly fill the Obi-Wan/Yoda role. (Heck, you might even argue Willow's friend Meegosh is sort of the Biggs of the film, though he doesn't die.) It was an early sign that Lucas is something of a one-trick pony--he's been telling the same story over and over throughout his career, with varying levels of success. Warwick Davis's commentary for the DVD of the film, I should mention, is by far the best DVD commentary track I've ever heard. Davis was a fountain of information. He also made me conscious of something I never really thought about before: "Willow" is a rare example of a film in which a little person is the main hero. I suppose I took the idea of dwarf protagonists for granted as a kid, especially since I was also watching a short-lived TV series called "The Wizard" (starring David Rappaport, a short actor most famous for his role in "Time Bandits") around that time. I'm surprised Minty didn't mention something which I always found wild about the film: Davis was only 17 years old, yet he was playing a character who seemed much older. His exact age is never mentioned in the film, yet he's a married man with two small children, and he has the feel of someone who's well into his 20s if not 30s. It might be the only example I know of a teenager playing an adult; usually it's the other way around.

@a-drewg1716

5 жыл бұрын

George Lucas may have been a 1 trick pony but it was a damn good trick until a certain mouse got involved (even the Prequels were "good" but really all it needed was some tweaks such as removing Jar Jar, turning down the amount of CGI used needlessly, and completely redoing Anakins character to basically how Anakin turned out in the Clone Wars animated TV show)

@Kylopod

5 жыл бұрын

@@a-drewg1716 I have a somewhat lower opinion of the prequels than you do. Either way, Lucas's problem of repeating himself goes back a long way. Heck, it predates "Willow" and I think it started to be noticeable with "Return of the Jedi" when he recycled the entire plot of the first film (the Empire creates a Death Star that the Rebels must destroy). I still think ROTJ and "Willow" are pretty good films, though they did show signs of wear and tear, and they anticipated his increasing turn to broad, childish humor as in the ewoks or the brownies, which I think were precursors to Jar-Jar and far inferior to the more intelligent, character-driven comic relief of the droids in the original films.

@a-drewg1716

5 жыл бұрын

​@@Kylopod there is alot more wrong then what I state with the prequels but really the 3 biggest things for me was simply Jar Jar, Anakin, and the overuse of CGI (I could go really into everything that was bad those are just my main 3 gripes) and yes I agree with your other points

@jonnym4670

2 жыл бұрын

update the willows series is now being made and will stream on disney + kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGp-1tWspc2yqJc.html

I loved this movie as a kid. In fact, we watched it so much in my house growing up, my family would quote lines to one another randomly! I also played this movie for my son when he was young too. He loved it as well, and I plan to show it to the grandbaby when he is old enough!

Why are there so many great movies from the 80s missing from things like Netflix, Amazon, or Hulu? I want my flight of the navigator!!!

@pendletonraul

4 жыл бұрын

Just watched it on Disney plus! Was better than I remembered

@RabbitsInBlack

4 жыл бұрын

@@pendletonraul Best to Pirate it then than to feed Disney.

@DragonUdo

4 жыл бұрын

Flight of the navigator is on D+??? Looks like a late night for me lol

@hawkpaul8735

4 жыл бұрын

I got a copy on DVD from my local library. Was great to see it again.

@qwikitty

4 жыл бұрын

I just saw that on Disney Plus!!

Hands down... this is one of my favorite fantasy movies ever.

I've always loved this movie and was always surprised that it was considered a 'flop' Once again, a movie that didn't do well when it came out becomes a cult classic. That was the weirdest looking dragon though....

@patinho5589

4 жыл бұрын

goblinb it was a monster not a dragon

@aneelbhutta182

4 жыл бұрын

A movie I actually went to the theatre twice to watch. Never done for any other movie even till now what a great movie.

all of the "fairy tale flops" as listed are now considered to be classics.

@brokenwave6125

5 жыл бұрын

They were still unsuccessful at the box office...which is all "flop" means

@PaulDige

5 жыл бұрын

Except for "Return to Oz". Not a great movie. But it did give us Veruca Salt, so there's that.

@corvus1253

5 жыл бұрын

Fuck the box office! These greedy assholes need to make movies more for passion & less for profit!

@mysteryegg340

5 жыл бұрын

IKR! All the ones listed are literally all of my favourite childhood movies!

@steffenf.7031

5 жыл бұрын

@@corvus1253 Yeah! producers should be happy with losing millions for the sake of the few people who saw and liked a movie! why don't you take out a loan and go fund a movie yourself?

I L O V E T H I S M O V I E!!! just watched it for the umpteenth time a couple of weeks ago. "I dwell in darkness and it went away!" Love that line and the way Joanne delivers it is perfection. 💖💖💖💖 {four months later} I love this movie so much I didn't realize I had previously watched this video. Another underrated George Lucas story is "Radioland Murders." Possibly one of the funniest movies ever made.

Seeing Val kilmer in drag as Hilda was hilarious. 🤣

Things I Did Know: This Movie is Awesome. Great Theme Music! Warwick Davis and Val Kilmer Kick Ass! Most Triumphant....

I've never clicked anything quicker than this one!!!!!!!!!

@hayliedlr

5 жыл бұрын

Me neither I just watched this the other day. Still love it as do my kids

@ryanglowacki5252

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I have never been so sure in my life I was going to like a video than this one once I saw that Willow in that blue shirt.

WHY don't more people talk about that movie ??? This is a classic. I watched it so many times when I was a kid, and I still find it super cool. Even the cheesy special effects are amazing.

The MUSIC in this movie! I grew up watching this and it's still so good and holds up so well. It definitely deserves better :)

Mad Martigan: _"Gentlemen? Meet Lug."_ My favourite line.

@Tony-dh7mz

5 жыл бұрын

“NOT A WOMAN!”

@stephenfogelberg8696

5 жыл бұрын

You are crawling with brownies!!

@cinema_chic

5 жыл бұрын

"Ruy, you are drunk and when you are drunk you forget that I am in charge." I love saying that one.

@cameleyez

5 жыл бұрын

Wanna breed? Tempting, but no.

@jdog7797

5 жыл бұрын

Not a WOMAN!!!!!!

I actually got to audition for this movie. Was done I think at a hotel near the airport in Detroit Michigan. I forget how old I was, but back then I was and well still am camera shy. I think my Mom still has the letter from Lucas Studios about it. I hope she does and I should ask her about it and if she does I should keep it for my own. Anyways.... I did not get the part I was going for.... and just imagine being a little person and being told I was too tall and too old for the part. Years later though, found out why that was...... when I was auditioning it was for the role of Willow's son. Warwick is not that tall. Course now I am an adult. I am 42 years old and I am around 4 feet tall. I forget what his height is, but back then I would probably been about as tall as him so I get it now about how I was too tall and too old for the part. Sometimes I wonder where things would be for me if I had gotten in the movie.... even for a small part in it. I probably would have gotten considered later on for the Star Wars Prequels? Who knows? Though now with the way "Disney" has turned "Star Wars" into....... I would not want to have anything to do with it.

@beeman2075

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your story Jonathan. That's still a pretty great story, that you were able to audition for Willow, even though (unfortunately) you didn't get the part when you were a kid. If it's something you sometimes still think about and wonder 'what if?', have you considered looking at performing or acting classes, or 'dipping your toe in the water' (so to speak) by volunteering or performing in an ensemble with an amateur theatre company? Just curious to ask. The original trilogy will always be the 'real' Star Wars for me.

@89CrazyAl

5 жыл бұрын

Wow! Cool info.

@tgblanke

5 жыл бұрын

How awesome is this! I was about 6 when this came out and loved everything about it. Now I'm 36 and loved reading this

Willow always has a special place in my heart. I remember that I was thrilled to know Syakuhachi (尺八), a Japanese musical instrument, was used in one of the music score.

I love this movie.... And I was sooo in love with Joanne Whalley-Kilmer (today without Kilmer lol) as a young boy.... lol. I actually think this movie got better during the years. :-)

@Sargonarhes

3 жыл бұрын

If you remember she played a Journalist with Middle East family ties in the the Charlie Sheen and Micheal Beihn movie Navy Seals.

Thank you, Minty! This movie and Labyrinth WERE my childhood!

"Willow was part of an unsuccessful trend of fairy tale movies in the 80s" "Dark Crystal, Krull, Legend, Labyrinth..." When you realize all the movies you remember fondly from you youth were "flops"...

@whythatspreposterous

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine they all turned out to be "hits"...what a different movie history we would have.

@bigbaddawg101

4 жыл бұрын

In a world where the boring trilogy of Lord of the Rings were world renowned hits and Willow was a flop.

@fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah funny and with Willow being ever just as good as the lord of the rings.. which were so damn cut up and changed in some places that I couldn’t even enjoy it... Lest it be, at the very least that is, the extended versions of the films. I have the books of the lord of the rings and of the hobbit since early grade school and reread them many a times throughout the years and taking them with me like good friends every where I went. The movies though nostalgia middle earth culture and eye candy still ain’t compared to the books at all.. at all. The 1980’s by par was the best decade for movies. From Alligator, Critters, Piranha, Gremlins, AWIL, Howling One, the Living Dead movies, Nightmare on Elm Street, as well as these fantasy films, BeetleJuice, Etc, the crowns starting with Rankin Bass The Hobbit 1977, Herbie, Jaws, Ghostbusters, Teen Wolf, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hook, Forrest Gump, Rin Tin Tin Canine Cop, Arnold’s movies, Rambo series, Rocky series, Kokomo, Interview with a Vampire, Monster Squad, Fright Night, Goonies, reruns of beloved old classics like Mary Poppins, The Parent Trap, Ect, and ending in 1990 with New Line Cinema TMNT One. Also it was the decade of some badass cartoons (LOZ, HeMan, the Real Ghostbusters, Scooby- Doo Mysteries, Fraggle Rock, the Muppets, the Chipmunks, Masters of the Universe, Thundercats, TMNT, GI Joe, the Flintstones, Peanuts, Ect) and tv shows (Are You Being Served, Keeping Up Appearances, HeartBeat, Beauty and the Beast, Dukes of Hazzard, Smokey and the Bandits, Alf, Family Ties, Who’s the Boss, Taxi, Cheers, Seinfeld, even reruns of The Honeymooners.. I Love Lucy.. The Carol Burett Show, Facts of Life, The Jeffersons, Good Times, All In The Family, Sanford and Son, and the Benji Flipper and Lassie tv movies, Ect) as well, and all is missed for the media we have today passing for so-called “entertainment” is a large load of shit and lazy easy money grabs rather than fun entertaining thought-out heart-felt enjoyment. It all ended in the mid Nineties sadly but began mid Seventies.. who knew?? Such Nostalgia people have for simpler times and for childhood, and also a fun decade that’s sadly gone by, never to be relived again. Fond Memories of Community, Friends, Family, Fun, and sense of societal normalcy and belonging is what these old staples remind us of. Each generation tells this same tale.

@giovannicambranes229

4 жыл бұрын

Its not that they were bad. Well some were bad. But the fans are just fewer into fantasy n middle earth

@mangot589

4 жыл бұрын

All my favorites.🤷‍♀️. They were out there for us who liked this genre!

"Oh no where did everybody go?" "Maybe it's because something we said!!" That was hilarious.Willow is the real deal.Mr Frodo was so fake.enjoyed it on cinema with my 6 siblings at the time and we still love it

As a kid I wanted to live in Willows village. I love this film!

Some of this film was filmed in my village! Llanberis North Wales! They also filmed The keep,Mortal kombat analnation, Clash of the titans remake! All Classics🤔

One of my Favorite movies, TY

The Dark Crystal is a wonderful movie!

@cindykq8086

4 жыл бұрын

When I'm begging for something I know I won't get (like an exoskeleton from Aliens) I say "Pleeeeeeease" like the skexsis Chamberlain.

By far one of my favorites along with Legend, D.a.r.y.l., and Cloak & Dagger.

7:01 It's Batboy from the 80's tabloids!!! Anyone else remember this???

This was awesome! This is one of my favorite movies of all time.

I love Willow. It’s Val Kilmer at his comedic best. And just a sweet story and epic adventure. Thanks for the info.

One thing I do know...this story should have NEVER gotten into the slimy hands of Disney....this was one of my most beloved stories as a child. Disney came out with that god-awful show that just took the legendary fantasy romp down to a pile of stinking garbage. I feel bad for the OG actors that came back for the show. They deserved better.

Willow is still one of my favorite fantasy movies of all time. I also loved Krull, Legend, and the Labyrinth. In fact I own them all on both VHS and DVD.

ever since my son was born a couple years ago, i've been VERY sensitive to things with children in them,.. sufficed to say the last time i watched this about a month ago i hardly got through the opening sequences and was crying for most of the movie lol, sometimes out of joy lol,.. my god the editing on to the faces of that adorable little girl were so perfect,.. it's great that she is as much a character in the movie as anyone lol... I fucking LOVE this movie,.. this is one of those movies which when it ends, you want to go on with the stories of the characters' lives, even if there after it's completely mundane, everything about this movie is enjoyable, the music, the cast, the effects,.. everything, then and now and i'm pretty sure forever more,.. this is both my favorite Warwick, and Val Kilmer role as well,.. Val looks like he had SO much fun doing it,.. made a great swashbuckling sellsword , that's for damn sure lol And was it just me as a kid,.. or did you also pick your own finger the first time you watched this? :D

This was a gem with Lucas, Howard, Warwick Davis, and Val Kilmer. Pure gold in my opinion.

This is one of my favorite movies. Its so good. I wish it would have gotten more love.

Thank god cusack wasnt cast as madmardigan lol

@starwarsroo2448

5 жыл бұрын

Cusack great in the 90's, but against Kilmer for Madmartigan c'mon

Best fantasy before lord of the ring trilogy

The soundtrack to Willow gives me chills. I loved it.

Williow was one of my favourite childhood films. Liked it so much I even learned to play the title theme on my old keyboard. I was surprised to learn it wasn't actually that popular or successful when released! Great Video as always Magic Minty!

this definitely was ahead of its time and a gem for any movie buff to collect

I wish movies can be like this still

The reason I loved willow was because Sorsha looked like my ex GF ....but more prettier...my GF hated the movie ....lol🤣

Willow was the perfect DnD campaign movie. Great video Minty! ❤ You mentioned nothing about Lenny and Squiggy!?! 😳 From Laverne and Shirley?!? They made that movie hilarious! What the heck dude??? 🤣🤣🤣