he fantasy genre in films is simply the one most popular amongst a crowd of movie goers. Much of this is because of the fact that fantasy movies are usually prepared in the most painstaking manner. It needs a lot of special effects, attractive costumes, elaborate sets, and fantastic props. It is for these reasons that these movies draw very impressive figures at the box office. Here is a list of the top 10 fantasy movies of all time, just in case you want to build a DVD collection of this types of films. 10. Pan's Labyrinth The brilliant storytelling of Pan's Labyrinth, a film released in 2006 is the thing that makes it one of the greatest fantasy films of all time. The story is set amidst the 1944 Franco war of Spain. An 11-year old child sees fairies and fantasy …show more content…
Toy Story This fully animated movie tells the story of Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and all the other famous toys of history - including Ken and Barbie. But in the movie's latest installment, Andy, the owner of the toys, is now a 17-year old college freshman who may not have a need for playtime. Watch the toys come to life and witness their misadventures in the daycare where they are thrown. 4. Willow This 1988 fantasy film directed by Ron Howard is all about Willow, the hesitant guardian of Elora, the baby destined to overthrow the evil sorceress Queen Bavmorda. Elora escaped imminent death when she was left to sail towards Nelwyns, the land of the dwarves. Willow, through the fairy queen of the forest, was given magical powers to shield the baby from the queen's deadly attacks. 3. The Never Ending Story III Based on the novel of the same title, The Never Ending Story III is an American released film starring the then teenage sensation Jason James Ritter. Shown worldwide in 1994, this film is a story of a boy who uses his favorite book entitled The Neverending Story as the portal to go in and out of Fantasia, a world where dragons fly and the empress is a child. 2. The Lord of the Rings
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) written and directed by Guillermo del Toro is a dark fantasy film that uses fantasy and inspired true events of the after effects of the Spanish Civil War to create a symbolic parable that was influenced by fairy tales and myths. Even though this film is explicitly about the times during Franco it is also a film that can speak for any time period, past, present, and future. Through the use of phantasmagorical elements in the fantasy sequences del Toro uses doubling to reinforce the horrific events that have and can happen again in reality. The film takes place five years after the Spanish Civil War during Francisco Franco’s reign of terror. The story focuses on Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) as well as Ofelia’s evil stepfather, Captain Vidal (Sergi Lopez). Both characters represent something bigger than they actually are; Ofelia is seen to represent Spain and the antifascists whereas Captain Vidal represents Franco and fascism. Ofelia has to complete three daunting tasks given to her by the Faun (Doug Jones) that is said to reunite her with her family, the King and Queen of the Underworld. Del Toro uses doubling of the mythical realm with the ‘real world’ throughout the film that emphasizes the underlying meaning of the film. The film also follows the story of the anti-fascists rebels that are hidden amongst the trees and mountains. The character Mercedes (Maribel Verdu) is able to fool Captain Vidal for most of the film and help the rebels. It is not until the near end of the film where Captain Vidal realizes that Mercedes has been helping the rebels the entire time and it is due partly because of his misogyny that he is unable to see her as a threat to his cause.
Have you ever gone so far to achieve your dreams? In Tangled by Disney, Rapunzel is trapped in a tower by Gothel, who pretends to be her mother. Gothel prohibits Rapunzel from leaving the tower. Every year on her birthday, she sees floating lights in the sky and she dreams about leaving the tower and going to see the lights.When Flynn Rider breaks into her house, she convinces him to take her to see the lights. When Disney introduced Tangled, it was meant to be like every other story of a princess stuck in a tower. Tangled travels through the Hero’s Journey by going on the Call to Adventure, Crossing the First Threshold, Supreme Ordeal, and the Resurrection.
Hannah Simon Escape into the Heavens Right before a storm, there’s always that feeling of calmness and serenity, almost so soothing you want to stay outside just to feel the breeze blow your hair across your face. The air becomes still and off in the distance you can hear the rustling of the leaves. But within minutes, the sky becomes ominous with clouds rolling in and then the realization hits you. It might be a smart idea to take shelter. As you shut the doors behind you, you can’t help but to peer out the window at the impending wrath of Mother Nature you left behind.
Toy Story brings to life the question of every six-year-old, “Do my toys love me as much as I love my toys?” Produced by Pixar and published by Disney in 1995, Toy Story is about Andy and his toys as they grow up together. Woody has been Andy’s favorite toy for his whole life, the toys get along and live happily together. But Andy’s birthday is coming up, and it is a stressful time for all the toys because of fear of replacement. The last gift Andy receives is a Buzz Lightyear, Space Ranger. Buzz becomes Andy’s new favorite, replacing Woody. Woody and the rest of the toys have to adapt, but Woody struggles the most with being replaced. Throughout the movie, many psychological perspectives are explored. Conformity, disorders, and prejudice are
"Pan 's Labyrinth" is directed by Guillermo del Toro, is a magical realism drama. The screen shows the magical world of bizarre situations, a fictional out of Pluto 's daughter "Ophelia" to roam the world. To 1944 as the background, the fascist murder of guerrilla fighters as a real-world story. The whole film myth and reality are intertwined, is a complete metaphor and reflection on the Spanish civil war. One side is the little girl innocent fairy tale, while the Nazis are inhuman torture and slaughter. Two living scenes intertwined in a film, brings out a moral and human conflict. This is the child to see everything in the eyes, and what we see, it seems that the other world.
Have you ever had a dream your toys came to life? Well that’s what happens in Toy Story and Toy Story 3. In these animations, the toys talk and walk around when their owner Andy isn’t playing with them. Some may think the original movies are the best but one could disagree. Between the two animations, Toy Story 3 is better than Toy Story because of the fascinating plot, the courageous characters and riveting action.
In the 1995 film Toy Story, the toys must learn to accept new challenges and to let go of the “old” way of doing things. They learn that they must stick together, forgive one another, and trust each other even when it is the most difficult thing to do. We mainly see the interactions between the cowboy, Woody, and the space ranger, Buzz who must learn to overcome their differences. Throughout their journey we are able to see and learn from their experiences as they are engulfed in the daily challenges of being toys.
The film Pan’s Labyrinth, has several common concepts with Joseph Campbell’s theory on heroes in Hero with a Thousand Faces. His theory emphasizes on tests that show their moral and basic instincts for the rite of passage to their threshold, in this case, the underworld. Campbell’s theory is a concept that surrounds an individual’s journey to heroism. This concept pertains to Ophelia due to her circumstances as a child who ventures out on thresholds, tests, and so forth. Campbell’s depiction relates to Ophelia as he describes the levels in which one must attain and accept as a female heroine. Furthermore, his theory exaggerates on the making of a hero to the resurrection in terms of physical and spiritual transformation. Ophelia’s character depicts a hero who has been resurrected as a human. Thus, she begins her journey to cross the threshold, “pass from the everyday world in the world of adventure,” (Campbell). There are many stages in the film that depicts Ophelia’s introduction to the stages of being a hero. More so, it focuses on tasks, which Ophelia must pass or fail in order to determine her role in the film; Princess of the Underworld or just a human soul. This is lead by the faun who simply reassures a place of ‘paradise’ for Ophelia only with her cooperation to listen and follow her morals.
Pan’s Labyrinths was one of the better movies I’ve seen all year I’m really glad a chose it out of the list to watch. I think I’m going to check out more Guillermo del Toro films. The overall plot of this movie is about a little girl named Ofelia and her struggle within the battle of good and evil she has been surrounded by. She arrives at a military outpost in Spain that is occupied by a Spanish army trying to eradicate the non-pure Spaniards. They are there because her mother married and is pregnant with the captain of the outpost child. This man is a cruel and evil character the show no mercy to anyone around him. Her mother is sick the
Toy story is a heartwarming tale about a Cowboy Doll, Woody, who is Andy’s favorite toy. It is until Andy’s gets the newest toy Buzz Lightyear that Woody starts getting jealous. Woody takes matters into his own hands by trying to get rid of Buzz. His plan goes downhill, and he ends up falling out of Andy’s car with buzz. To win back his friends, Woody decides to go and save Buzz. Woody shows bravery throughout the movie and proves what toys are really made of. In Toy Story, Woody completes his hero journey when he separates from the safety Andy’s House, is initiated into to reunite with Andy, and returns home to Andy and the other toys as an equal.
This film study will analyze the important thematic misconception of escapism in the fantasy-based characterization of Alice and Ofelia in Pan's Labyrinth (2006) and Alice in Wonderland (2010). The adventures of Alice in Alice in Wonderland (2010) define the escape from the drudgery of boredom, yet she encounters many very dangerous interactions with characters, such as the Red Queen. Alice’s escapist mentality defines the fantasy-based interactions meant to relieve her of the burden of the “real world”, yet the dangers she are more like the dangers of the adult world. Similarly, Ofelia, in Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), escapes the fascist world of Franco’s Spain in order to reinstate Princess Moanna as the Queen of the Underworld, but she must face demons and mischievous faeries that may threaten her life. This form of escapism is not unlike Alice’s determination to find a more magical world, yet, like Ofelia; the
Narnia: the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, based off of the novel written by C.S. Lewis, Edmund
Pan’s Labyrinth. Dir. Guillermo del Toro Perf. Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Sergi López , Ariadna Gil, Maribel Verdú, Álex Angulo, Roger Casamajor, Cesar Bea, Manolo Solo. Tequila Gang/Estudios Picasso/Telecinco, 2006. DVD.
Toy Story is the groundbreaking 1995 motion picture developed by Disney and Pixar and directed by John Lasseter. The film was so revolutionary not only because it was the first feature length animation to be created completely by CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) but also, also the film was more rounded in all respects. The characters not only looked more sophisticated and three-dimensional but their personalities were also more human and fewer cartoons like. The film uses a constructed text in order to put across a theme of two very different characters learning to work together beyond their rivalries to rise above a common enemy and work towards a common goal. The film uses characters and imagery very cleverly to portray this theme. The music used in the film is also different to other Disney features. Rather than the characters bursting into song themselves as in Aladdin or Hercules, the songs are played and sung by an outside person (Randy Newman) and reflect the mood and emotions of the characters in a particular scene. For example, the title sequence song “Friend in Me”, when Woody and Andy are playing together, and the scene where Andy’s room has been made over to a Buzz Lightyear theme, “Strange Things” where the song reflects Woody’s confusion and fear not only about the change in his surroundings but also the change in his friends and his own character and self-confidence. The attention to the smallest detail for example the reflections in Buzz’s visor give the film even more realism and depth. The use of unusual and imaginative camera angles, made possible by the use of CGI, also adds to the texture and pace of the film.
I chose to view the movie Lion, a movie based on the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley. This movie is about a five-year-old boy, Saroo, living in a poor, rural area of India. Saroo convinces his older brother Guddu, to let him tag along and find work in a nearby city. Saroo ends up trapped and alone in a decommissioned passenger train that takes him to Calcutta, over 1,000 miles away from his home. Saroo spent three weeks as a street child, struggling to survive and facing many challenges along the way.