Your FAVORITE fantasy film...

[slimykuotoan]

What is it?

You are permitted ONE choice, but you may make honourable mentions afterward.

Pour moi, Conan the barbarian, hands -or swords- down.

[Tadhg]

Hercules ~ Steve Reeves!

[slimykuotoan]

I LOVE those movies Rhuvein!

I ordered this online recently in fact:

[tylermo]

So many good ones. Jason and the Argonauts comes to mind. Somebody mentioned Conan as well. Fellowship of the Ring was also pretty damned amazing. I wanted to go home, and game after seeing that film.

[narpet]

Mine is the original Conan The Barbarian with Arnold as well.

My honorable mention goes to The Sword and the Sorcerer. Love that movie.

[Litzen Tallister]

Animated, but still one of my favorites. And, having read the book (plus the short story sequels), it only confirms my adoration for The Last Unicorn:

[serleran]

Hard to say, as it depends on what one classifies as fantasy.... using a loose term, Bruce Campbell vs. The Army of Darkness. With a more traditional statement, it would be Beastmaster.

[Jyrdan Fairblade]

Just one, yikes… I’m tempted to go with Conan the Barbarian as well, but I’m going to instead choose The Dark Crystal. For sheer magic, it can't be beaten.

What is it?

You are permitted ONE choice, but you may make honourable mentions afterward.

Pour moi, Conan the barbarian, hands -or swords- down.

[Omote]

God it's hard to tell, but I'd HAVE to go with the LOTR trilogy. IMO, those first three films personified modern fantasy tales. While I have other favs, like Conan the Barbarian, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, and The 13th Warrior, LOTR beat those films as pure gamer fantasy.

~O

[Treebore]

I would have to go with the old Excalibur/King Arthur movie as having the greatest influence on me. Not because its great or anything, but that it came along at just the right time in my life to push me the right way...

Dragonslayer is probably my "favorite".

[tylermo]

Some good choices, Tree. I agree about Dark Crystal as well. And Omote, the LOTR trilogy was amazing. Some changes were made from the books, but it seemed to work. The Hobbit films were okay, but nowhere near as good as LOTR on the big screen. Although, I love the book.

[Rigon]

I have to go with The Princess Bride. One of my all time favorite films ever. Plus the theme song was the song my wife and I danced to as our first song at our wedding. She's my Buttercup.

R-

[clavis123]

Another vote for Boorman's "Excalibur".

[AGNKim]

The first Conan. It veered from Howard's telling, considerably in some ways, and that has always bugged me. But the story was true to the feel of Hyboria, so I'll go with that.

Honorable mention: The Sword & The Sorcery is just fantastic. Willow is a great film. Dragonslayer. Beastmaster. Krull. Jeez, I could go on and on. Oh, the Disney film The Sword in The Stone.

How I wanna watch all of them.

[Jyrdan Fairblade]

True story. Saw Excalibur as a little kid and loved it. As a young teenager, rented it on VHS. Let’s just say I never knew that we had been watching a television edit prior.

Still love that film.

Another vote for Boorman's "Excalibur".

[Desrimal]

Steve Jacksons Middle Earth films (I can't choose just ONE) are the best fantasy movies ever made IMO.

[Ancalagon]

Fellowship of the Ring - Extended Edition

Honorable mentions to:
Return of the King - Extended Edition
DragonSlayer

[tylermo]

Ancalagon, I may be forced to agree. Fellowship is probably the best fantasy film of all time. And yes, there are probably many good runner-up choices. Return, Two Towers, as well as some other non-lotr entries.

[Willy Rat]

Gotta fall in line with Tylermo and Ancalagon.

Fellowship of the Ring checks all the boxes for me.

All the LOTR films are amazing for their world building and atmosphere, but the characters and story of the first still gives me the most enjoyment.

[Ancalagon]

Gotta fall in line with Tylermo and Ancalagon.

Fellowship of the Ring checks all the boxes for me.

All the LOTR films are amazing for their world building and atmosphere, but the characters and story of the first still gives me the most enjoyment.

For me, in addition to the world building, atmosphere, and characters, the dialogue, scenery, low level of magic used / seen, and especially the pace of the film make it click. There are times for urgency and times for a more laid back pace. FOTR does a good job of keeping things interesting during its slower paced scenes. E.g. The Riddles in the Dark / Shadows of the Past segment between Gandalf and Frodo, the gift-giving from Bilbo to Frodo at Rivendell, the interaction of Arwen and Aragorn at Rivendell, the journey via boats down the Anduin to name just a few.

[Buttmonkey]

Jackson's FOTR is clearly the best fantasy movie in my mind, but Excalibur is probably my favorite.

[Ancalagon]

D'OH! I forgot about Excalibur. Now adding that to the honorable mentions!

[pawndream]

Wizard of Oz

[tylermo]

Excalibur is great. Wizard of Oz is a good choice as well, in it's own right.

[Jyrdan Fairblade]

Yes! I love the whole trilogy, but Fellowship (Extended) is the one that has no qualifications to that statement. It probably was the most on-point of all the Jackson adaptations.

Fellowship of the Ring - Extended Edition

Honorable mentions to:
Return of the King - Extended Edition
DragonSlayer

[Lord Dynel]

This is a tough one.

I might have to say Dragonslayer. It is pretty damn good. Excalibur is as well. And Fellowship of the Ring is right up there with them. those are probably 1-2-3, but my answer might change, depending on what mood I'm in (or what day it is).

Willow isn't too far behind, either.

[Zudrak]

Yes! I love the whole trilogy, but Fellowship (Extended) is the one that has no qualifications to that statement. It probably was the most on-point of all the Jackson adaptations.

Agreed and it's my pick, as well. Most faithful to its source material (except for Tom Bombadil). The Two Towers strayed way too far but Return of the King was back to being more faithful. Took my son to see the first Hobbit movie and refused to see the other two. I told him to stick to the book.

*stifles self from ranting how 'Scouring of the Shire' was not in the LotR trilogy but PJ could justify stretching out The Hobbit to three movies*