I can think of at least a few "worthwhile" Fantasy films, even pre-LOTR: Dragonslayer Conan The Barbarian Excalibur and the greatest "guilty pleasure" of all time - Hawk the Slayer :-) -D > -----Original Message----- > From: Starshadw at aol.com [mailto:Starshadw at aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 8:39 AM > To: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: "Fantasy" Films > > > Steve, I just read your scifi.com interview, and I'm going to > link to it on the RPG site just because I thought many of the > things you said were fecking brilliant. But that's not what this > is about. > > I noted that you said you hadn't seen a single fantasty film that > was really worth watching. I'm wondering if you have seen PJ's > Fellowship of the Ring, and whether that changed your mind at > all, or whether you still feel the same way? I'm also curious > what others on the list thought of the film. > > For me, as a lover of fantasy, I have to basically agree with you > re: fantasy films. Which is not to say I don't enjoy re-watching > Hollywood's attempts at fantasy films, because I do occasionally > re-watch them - mostly for nostalgia, I think. I can say I > enjoyed most of them, but that I always felt they fell short of > what they "could/should" have been. -thinking- Of course, the > fact that most of the fantasy films had good-looking men in them > (remembering David Bowie's codpieces in Labyrinth)...but I > digress! Ahem! ANYway....heh....was just curious how you (and > everyone else on the list) felt about FotR. > > I'll see what others start saying before I make any comments of my own. > > Sheesh! I've been single waaaaaay too long. -grins- > > Stacy