Why all the hate for this movie?

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The problem is that people expected a lot more from an epic fantasy film produced by George Lucas. It was supposed to be the next big thing after Star Wars; a rival to the well-established Indiana Jones franchise in a fantasy setting.

Instead it was a decent, very bland action film without any memorable lines or characters or events. A cut above stuff like Krull, Beastmaster etc - it was a late entry into the genre - but otherwise flavourless and unmemorable. It's interesting to compare it with The Dark Crystal, which also underperformed at the box office, but had more of an edge. It felt as if the people who made it cared about it. Same with Conan the Barbarian. Conan is high camp, but - dammit - it gives the impression that the people who made it cared about it, and had a vision.

In contrast, the impression I had watching Willow for the first time was that it had been written and produced and directed by a bunch of competent technicians with ample resources but no real vision, no original story to tell. It's blandly generic and unmemorable and was the first thing that came to mind when I heard about the Star Wars prequels.

i thought it was always a pretty good movie. even now i just watched it and it was good entertainment. the special effects were decent enough to not do a facepalm. the like-able dwarf, val kilmer was good, beautiful female role, story was cool..

only problems i had with this movie were the two major wtf's, 1, sorsha and val thing is a little uh ok sure. and 2, i thought it was annoying as hell every time little man tries to change whats her face back into her human form lol..

other than that it leaves me with the entertaining thoughts of:

1- i wonder if when the fat dwarf left with the others in the group to go back to the village, did he tell willows wife he was dead and started banging her, and if so, what kind of awkward confrontation would have taken place at the end lol.

2- if whats her face could change herself into and out of different forms, why would she not make herself young and hot. if so, i wonder how long it would take her to decide how she really wanted to look.

3- when val and sorsha are walking around visiting old places they've been, how many people does he have to kill for trying to get revenge against the evil sorcerers daughter that did so many horrible things, and how often does it work out using the excuse "look please leave us alone, shes turned over a new leaf and wont massacre any more villages"

4- why did the little guys have so much damn pixie love dust and what kind of chicks were they using it on and banging. saw no other "humanoid" females their size the whole movie so what kind of freaky stuff was they really looking for, really.

5- was the same midgets used in the movie the same midgets that played wookies?

6- if willow would have grown some balls and just started using the wand on his enemies more, would it have made his entire journey easier, and after mastering sorcery, would he turn himself into a human sized man?

7- assuming willow changed himself into a 6 foot tall handsome dude using his sorcerer powers, what kinds of fights would he get into with his wife when he asks if he can change her too, and if not would she let him give her a boob job.

8- how ironic would it be for willows wife to have the pride of wanting to remain her natural self and expect her 6 foot handsome husband willow to love her for who she is, BUT at the same time know full well that by staying the way she is willows johnson is gona be like 6 times bigger in comparison to before.

9- would will have already just gave himself a huge johnson? and if so, would it still not be too big for willows wife, something that she would also ironically have to deal with in hidden shame?

man i apologize if u had to read this

It's a good movie. Not a great movie, but a good one. Hence it's 7.1 rating on IMDB. I find that fairly accurate.

People's opinions vary greatly. All in all, the only opinion that matters is yours. What some bum halfway across the country thinks about the movie is irrelevant.

Where is this hate? Just because it's not called the best movie of all time doesn't make it hated.

I also think this Fantasy-Movie is great. It has everything and is not boring like "The Hobbit" and partially LOTR was.

It was, thrilling, entertaining, great special effects (for the year 1988/89) - some of them was ground-breaking (like the CGI/Morph-Scenes).

I call this movie one of the greatest fantasy movies of all the time.

LOL you're so right about Last Airbender or Harry Potter.