I admit the first thing that came to mind when I was given the box by a friend who let me borrow it was the movie Neverending Story, and the Emporess in it. I swear Thora looks amazingly like her, including the costumes. The designer must have been a fan! Thora seems a bit stilted, yes, Marlon drove me batty the whole way through and the storyline was a bit stretched and overcooked. I won't deny those. The CGI are gorgeous(!) though. I found the idea of Justin Whalen as Ridley pretty good--partiality perhaps to that coloring on a man, but I liked him in the role. He played Ridley pretty well. Marina (Zoe) was not too bad--I've seen worse folks in worse roles, and I liked how she spent time as looking bad! No, "oh, I've fallen and been tortured and such and still maintain my flawless beauty!" here. I went into the movie knowing the name Jeremy Irons (big Disney fan in the other room---5 year old), but I have to admit, he did seem a bit over the top in places.
I went into the movie, though, not taking it seriously. I think because of that it was very funny at parts.
I'd be interested in learning what role Ridley would have had if they had continued the series on--as far as a character his is the one that brought me into the storyline the most.
Dr. Who's Tom Baker was nice, and I liked his few words of wisdom. I think, should it have been a success, the franchise would have made more of them. You can tell this is film number one in that several issues weren't wrapped up in order to leave dangling leads for the new movies. Alas, this shall not be.
Richard O'B was a delightful surprise (as he ALWAYS is when he sneaks into a movie I'm watching whether the Spice Girls or Riff). He portrays the weaselly type so well. :)
Some other reviewer mentioned the thieves having no skill. I think it's not that they had no skills, but rather Snails had problems in skills. I think that Ridley was good enough that he brought in enough to feed Snails and he, and perhaps relatives somewhere.
If you have popcorn, a rainy day, and time to kill, this is the perfect movie to borrow from a friend and watch. It brought back all those nice memories of Conan and Arnold, He-Man, and of course The Power Ranger Movies.
Smiles. How soon they forget....
I went into the movie, though, not taking it seriously. I think because of that it was very funny at parts.
I'd be interested in learning what role Ridley would have had if they had continued the series on--as far as a character his is the one that brought me into the storyline the most.
Dr. Who's Tom Baker was nice, and I liked his few words of wisdom. I think, should it have been a success, the franchise would have made more of them. You can tell this is film number one in that several issues weren't wrapped up in order to leave dangling leads for the new movies. Alas, this shall not be.
Richard O'B was a delightful surprise (as he ALWAYS is when he sneaks into a movie I'm watching whether the Spice Girls or Riff). He portrays the weaselly type so well. :)
Some other reviewer mentioned the thieves having no skill. I think it's not that they had no skills, but rather Snails had problems in skills. I think that Ridley was good enough that he brought in enough to feed Snails and he, and perhaps relatives somewhere.
If you have popcorn, a rainy day, and time to kill, this is the perfect movie to borrow from a friend and watch. It brought back all those nice memories of Conan and Arnold, He-Man, and of course The Power Ranger Movies.
Smiles. How soon they forget....