Willow [DVD]

It's so sad to me when I reference this movie and the current few generations have no idea what I am talking about. EPIC MOVIE. If someone doesn't like this movie, I would seriously question their priorities in life. Loved as a kid. Loved as an older kid. Still love as an old adult. Never gets old. One of my all-time favorites!

This was my favorite as a kid. The music, action, story-- everything about it fueled my young imagination and, in many ways, shaped my tastes going forward. But as an adult I wondered how I would view it now. Would it hold the same appeal now as it did to a much younger me? The answer is a resounding YES! Not only did it bring a surge of nostalgia, but I noticed aspects of the film as an artform that I had never paid attention to as a child, and I have a renewed appreciation for the film, the actors, and especially for Ron Howard. Fantastic movie. Glad it finally made it to digital format!

Wish this would come out on Amazon Video!!!

Poor quality video. Not production quality cover or DVD printing. Obvious bootleg. Hard to find this DVD, even harder to find it in 720 or better.At least now you know what you're buying.

For the price I paid (13 dollars and change) for an older movie DVD I should have gotten a real product of a copy not someone's home computer copy version! I was cheated and ripped off for that price! U can see in my pics that its a DVD u can go to a Walmart or a Best Buy and buy those blank discs with the colored bottoms and mine is purple not the normal silver disc color. Also the case cover is cheaply made it is cut off it was not even printed clearly and full framed! And Most professional DVD copies have some sort of advertisement papers in them on the side pocket and of course this DVD had nothing in it but the fake disc! It even doesn't have any commercial advertising before the movie menu comes up when you play it, it just goes straight to the movie menu. I also bought another movie with the same outcome (Legend). Very disappointed in Amazon for representing their company so cheaply like this.

The transfer of the original movie format to the Korean Import DVD is very good in both video and audio quality, 5.1 digital. The story in the movie is a simple, predictable fairytale to be appreciated as it is. The movie is spoken in English. It has the option of English or Korean subtitles. The English subtitles are done well. If an adult can appreciate this type of story, it is suitable for all ages. Beware of a most ugly two-headed dragon that makes the original Godzilla, in the movie Gojira, look like a wicked cool monster. Versus higher cost discs, the KOREAN IMPORT (All regions) DVD is worth it for under $25 of a heretofore hard to find movie of an early Ron Howard/ George Lucas production.

I grew up on this movie. I watched this movie more times than I even know. I recently was looking for it on digital or blu-ray and could not find it anywhere. Apparently it was released on blu-ray a few years ago for a short time and subsequently was going on ebay for around $100 since they didn’t keep making more. There was no way I was going to spend that so I figured I’d wait. I’m glad I did because this is blu-ray and digital. We tend to only use digital in our house because it’s just easier. It was pleasant watching this the day it was delivered and still remembered the entire movie line for line, the music, the scenes, etc. I watched it with my husband and son and my son who had never seen it was glued to the tv. He loved it so I’m glad that it will end up being a family favorite rather than a movie my husband and I are fond of.

An utterly charming movie from the 80’s. One that sadly marked the end of the 70’s-80’s era of High Fantasy movies that we would not return to until Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings. This was the last of the era that gave us Conan the Barbarian, The Beastmaster, The Dark Crystal, Dragonslayer, Ladyhawke, and a ton of charmingly bad direct to video Barbarian and Boobs flicks. Willow is thankfully not that. And falls more in line with The Dark Crystal in terms of tone and story.Willow is far from a perfect movie. At times it has trouble figuring out quite what it wants to be, as it can veer a bit between very dark, to oddly slapstick silly. But it was an excellent cast who seem to be having fun. Leading the cast in the titular role is Warwick Davis. The man of a thousand characters himself (no really to this day I believe he remains the actor with the most separate characters in Lego Minifigure form.) Warwick plays the young Pech” (unlicensed Lucas Hobbit!) sorcerer who finds a human baby girl. And sets out on a quest to keep her safe and return her to where she should be. Joining him is Val Kilmer in one of his most fun roles, the great swordsman Mad Martigan. From there it is a fairly formulaic romp through 80’s swords and sorcery territory and cliches, backed up by some impressive ILM effects. The movie was written and produced by George Lucas and directed by Ron Howard. (Astonishingly this is no longer Ron Howard’s worst performing movie for Lucasfilms!)It’s worth watching to see the great fun and chemistry between Kilmer and Davies. And the somewhat fun chemistry between Kilmer and the female general Sorchia played by Joanne Whalley (well they were pretty clearly enjoying themselves.) Among the highlights of the movie is a stirring score by James Horner.Great fun

Just love this film. Every generation should see this. The quality of the effects, the acting, the cast (they hired pretty much every single little person in the country for this), the comedy, the action, the sentiment (mother issues anyone?). I've always thought Warwick Davis was quite old, but then watching this, you realise he just started working when he was really really young! He does a good job of carrying the film - not great at the start but you can see him improving. Val Kilmer tones down his usual annoying self. The "French" pixies as the comedy double-act are very good, but really, it's Willow's film; well done Warwick!

The 2019 Digitally Restored release of Willow does work on UK bluray players.Picture Ratio - 2.39.1 Wide screen.Audio - English 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio. Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital. French 5.1 DTS Surround.Subtitles - English, Spanish, French. Applies to Main Movie.Extra Features - Behind the scenes and more.Region Free.I have always loved this film, brought back memories. No problem with this bluray. I am very pleased with my purchase. M, J, B.

This was a pleasant view with some nice down under (NZ) scenery, but I am glad we watched it first as it was a little dark in places for 5 & 7 year olds. There was a surreal moment when Val Kilmer made a derogatory aside re how he felt about Joanne Whalley, at which point I laughed and said "You dont know what's coming mate", to my partner, she replied "I thought this was the film that kindled their short lived romance". How ironic, see if you can spot the moment. This has little in the way of CGI special effects and uses Animatronics, dont ask, I read it in the credits. Nice to sit and watch with older children, but view it yourself first to judge. The sound was excellent and the acting OK for a film of this genre. I thought Willow was the baby girl, but no, to my surprise, as our friends daughter is called Willow, it turned out to be Warwick Davis as the lead hero. I enjoyed this film, it kept my interest and I loved the scenery and back in the day, well, I had a bit of a crush on Joanne Whalley.

I've waited a long time for this to come out on blu-ray, and let me say first off that the transfer is absolutely superb. The image quality is crystal clear, and amazingly looks a lot better than a few more recent films I've picked up on bluray (Dredd, anyone?); which is astonishing for a film that's over 25 years old. There were no obvious graining or weird optical effects. The sound quality is good, but feels slightly thin to my mind, however I think this is to do with the original recording.There are 3 deleted scenes that I've never seen before as well (which were quite rightly left out), but were interesting all the same.

It is fortuitous that, at the time "Willow" was shot, digital filmtechnology was taking its first bold steps.Morphing computer special effects were first used in "Willow".However, at that point in time, they could not digitally recreate anentire Hobbit-like tribe.I suppose this is the reason they hired 225 persons of very small stature-most of them non-actors, and some of them established professionalslike Tony Cox, Billy Barty, and Warwick Davis, who gave us an unforgettableinterpretation of Willow Ufgood.The use of real people, in a setting made to their proportions(Willow plows his farm with the help of a sow!),give the film an unparalleled sense of authenticity,and amplify the moral of the story:"Small" people are destined for great deeds.Compared to the DVD edition of the film: Willow [DVD] [1988 ]the Blu-ray is well worth the upgrade, because image clarity and depth,and color saturation are significantly better.In the Blu-ray edition, the Feature Commentary by Warwick Davis,and a Photo Gallery of 45 Production Stills have been replacedby a very informative Deleted Scenes and/or Plot Threads Featurettewith director Ron Howard's commentary,excerpts from the Personal Video Diary of Warwick Davis,and a Matte Painting to Finished Shot comparison.All extras are subtitled in English SDH, which is very considerateof Lucasfilm. Willow [DVD] [1988