Krull (1983)

Krull: Directed by Peter Yates. With Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Francesca Annis. A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.

“I remember that when i saw this for the first time i wasn´t very impressed. I remember that i didn´t like the u0026quot;laseru0026quot; beams that came out of the bad guys weapons. I remember thinking KRULL wanted to be a STAR WARS but it wasn´t very good at it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThen as the years passed, i got to watch KRULL on video, and somehow i started realy to like this movie. By this time i had read a couple of fantasy books and i started to appreciate the attention to details in KRULL and the way the whole concept was organized as a movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSince then, each time i see it, i realy enjoy it more. Ok, it´s not the perfect fantasy movie, but compared to the usual more recent unimaginative excuses for movies that come out of Hollywood, (see u0026quot;Neverending Story IIIu0026quot; or u0026quot;Warriors of Virtueu0026quot;), this movie KRULL is a brilliant fantasy masterpiece.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eKRULL has an excelent and different atmosphere, a much, much better script than WILLOW, excellent characters, a fantastic magic weapon, a good set design and it follows the Dungeon and Dragons formula in a very imaginative way, compared to the more recent movies.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe actors do their jobs well, (try to spot Leam Neeson) the situations are imaginative and the soundtrack is realy good and very atmospheric also.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe only minor fault in this production, is the way in wich we can immediately tell, when the outdoor scenes are filmed in indoor studios, because there is immediately a big contrast between the natural magnificent landscapes and the ones that are built in the studio. Which is a shame because sometimes it spoils the movie atmosphere. Anyway, who cares! KRULL is an excellent fantasy movie, and someone should make a directors cut from it and re-release it, because it might teach many hollywood executives how a good fantasy movie should be made. Even with its flaws !u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA fantastic High Fantasy movie ! Go see it. It´s a shame this movie is so forgotten. Excelent stuff.”