pathetic (warning- spoilers for this and Labyrinth)

Rating: Null/10 (22 July 2002)

When I first heard all the rave about this film, I was very hesitant to see it, for I had already discovered the best fantasy film I had ever seen: Labyrinth. When I finally did see it, I was shocked at how unecessary people had reacted to the film. First of all, how many times does the hero escape death? Let's count: the scene in which he was shot with some poisonous arrow, (forgive me, I tried to erase this pathetic film from my mind), then Liv Tyler had to save him. Let's back it up, Liv Tyler, had to save the hero of the story. Shows at how weak the film was. Let's compare Labyrinth and LOTR. In Labyrinth, the main character, Sarah Williams (played by the extremley talented, yet overlooked, Jennifer Connelly), starts out her journey within the first 15-20 minutes. LOTR, took a good 2 and a half hours before the action got going, and by then, what was the point of the film. In LOTR, I'm not that sure if there was a time limit, in Labyrinth, Sarah, had only 13 hours, before her brother was turned into a goblin. The bad guys, firt of all, in LOTR, there was far too many to sit down and count. In Labyrinth, Sarah's main enemy was Jareth, the goblin king, and, of course, the goblins. In LOTR, there was never any action, it would come, then disapear, true, not much action in Labyrinth. In Labyrinth, this was a film that you could happily enjoy, and even laugh at several parts, in LOTR, it's all let's play a fun game, called who get's killed next? In Labyrinth, the ballroom scene, very deatiled, many people were in the scene, and that dress that Jennifer wore, made her look absolutley gorgeous. Come the oscars for this year, I had my fingers crossed for four things to happen: LOTR would loose to A Beautiful Mind, Ron Howard would win best director, that Denzel Washington would get the oscar, and that Jennifer Connelly would win best supporting actress. Guess what, all my predictions happened. I was jumping up and down with excitement once Jennifer Connelly won, my body was trembling with excitement after A Beautiful Mind won. Needless to say, Labyrinth is the best god- damn fantasy film ever. Long live Labyrinth, Jennifer Connelly,David Bowie, and the cast and crew.