Willow, the beginning of fantasy on the silver screen

 

Willow is a 1988 movie directed by Ron Howard.

The cruel Queen Bavmorda hears a prophecy about a child who will be the 

cause of her downfall and tries to find it by all means. She imprisons all 

the pregnant women of the kingdom and one of them gives birth to the child 

of the prophecy but got smuggled out by a nurse who was hunted down. 

Luckily she had the time to make the baby escape.

The baby was found by the Ufgoods and the father, Willow (played by Warwick

Davis), has to bring back the baby girl to the Dakinis (tall people) to 

whom she belongs. He meets Madmartigan (played by Val Killmer) at a

crossroad, the Daikini is locked in a crow's cage but he promises to keep 

the child safe but Willow doesn't trust him.

 

Madmartigan gives Willow some troubles on the way and "thanks" to him they 

find out the baby's name, Elora Danan; the Fairy Cherlindrea gives them

Elora's name and tells them to find an old enchantress who will help them

on their quest.

 

After finding this enchantress they arrive at Queen Bavmorda's castle and

a great battle starts to save the fate of Elora and all the living people

who live on the lands.

 

Sorsha (played by Joanne Whalley), the daughter of Bavmorda, joins Willow

to save everyone because Madmartigan changed her mind (and also because

they fell in love). Together they save the baby and all the kingdoms.

 

Even if the special effects seem really bad, in fact they were excellent

for the time. It's just that it didn't age well, it's quite a good movie.

The universe is not well developed but it has a lot of potential.

4.9/5 Due to the lack of development of the universe I can't give it a

perfect notation.

 

 

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