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Thread: Lighthearted Fantasy Movies/TV?
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2020-03-31, 06:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Disenchantment, obviously.
I'm sure there are more that I've watched and have now forgotten, but then again most fantasy TV is pretty bad (even moreso than usual).GITP Blood Bowl Manager Cup
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2020-03-31, 06:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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It's not set in a fantasy world but both Romancing the Stone and Jewel of the Nile (the sequel to the former) are both hilarious, fantasy-esque (there's legends and myths and such) movies. Both worth a watch. I remember enjoying Jewel of the Nile more than Romancing the Stone.
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2020-03-31, 09:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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If you want light hearted, try Red Dwarf. If there's one series that doesn't take anything seriously, it's this one. A bit older (I would go for the Original British one, not the remake), but still a lot of fun.
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2020-03-31, 07:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Huh. Surprising. The book that was the template for the first season, Elfstones of Shannara, was the very first book I read that contained so much grim death I couldn't care about it any more.
(I loved the ripoff, though. Can't spell out what that is without spoiling at least one of those works, and it's not light-hearted enough for OP either, but it was just... pure.)Don't blame me. I voted for Kodos.
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2020-03-31, 07:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Put it in a spoiler tag? I'm curious.
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2020-03-31, 07:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerElder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.Don't blame me. I voted for Kodos.
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2020-04-01, 01:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-04-02, 11:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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The Letter for the King just premiered on Netflix.
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2020-04-26, 05:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Ah yes, one of the great joys of my childhood, and actually inspired me to read the Whaley abridgement of Journey to the West (also called Monkey), and then to get the full Yu translation for my 18th. And all this about a decade before I discovered Manga and Anime.
Kung-Fu Hustle was pretty good too.Warning: This posting may contain wit, wisdom, pathos, irony, satire, sarcasm and puns. And traces of nut.
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2020-04-26, 08:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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As it happens, I tried watching Kung Fu Hustle a couple weeks ago, partly from the recommendations in this thread and partly because I'd come across it before and was interested.
Unfortunately it's not for me. I could only force myself to watch about half an hour, but in that time it couldn't seem to decide whether it was a brutal crime story, a strange crime musical, a satire of a Chinese slum community, or a live-action Looney Tunes episode. I just didn't find it funny, and couldn't find a character whose story I cared about.
This makes me wonder about Journey to the West, a rather oddball movie I've also come across and thought about watching. After the disappointment of Kung Fu Hustle, I'm wary of items in a similar vein.
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2020-04-26, 08:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah I'm pretty sure if you didn't like 'Kung Fu Hustle' then 'Journey to the West' isn't going to be for you (also be aware there are two Journey to the west movies 'Conquering the Demons' and 'the sequel 'The Demons Strike Back')
You are aware they're both by the same director ? Stephen Chow
Speaking of which, and light hearted fantasy movies, you might try 'Shaolin Soccer' of his. Which is in the same comedy-mystical Kung Fu vein as 'Kung Fu Hustle' but more straight forwardly just a comedy with cartoon villains and football-fu featsLast edited by comicshorse; 2020-04-26 at 08:51 AM.
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2020-04-26, 08:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Aha. I appreciate the caution, thanks. I didn't catch they were by the same director, but that's a solid reason to steer clear.
And in fact, now that you mention Shaolin Soccer, I think I had that confused with Kung Fu Hustle. If Shaolin Soccer is a straightforward comedy, that might be more like what I'm looking for.
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2020-04-26, 11:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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I haven't seen it in quote a while, but I really enjoyed Time Bandits.
For a more recent underappreciated film, The Huntsman: Winter's War is actually a pretty decent, fun fantasy adventure. Chris Hemsworth is really fun with a performance similar to Val Kilmer's Mad Martigan character from Willow, and Charlize Theron completely chews up the scenerey in the few scenes she's in. (I haven't actually seen Snow White and the Huntsman, so have no idea if it's similar)
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Does "Enchanted" count? The one where a Disney princess gets sent to the real world (specifically New York) by the evil queen? I'm going to say it does.
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Willow is a great old one from George Lucas, alot of silly and doesn't take itself TOO seriously, Val Kilmer is great in it, another one could be In the Name of the King, with Jason Statham, or again the Movie Dungeons and Dragons with Justin Whalin and Marlon Wayans is also entertaining.
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If anyone has good anime recommendations that aren't too, you know anime*, I'm all ears too, by the way.
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2020-05-10, 02:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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How about Ladyhawke? Does it take itself too seriously? I couldn't keep a straight face with the 80s synthesizer soundtrack, but you could argue that Mouse helps to sprinkle in levity.
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2020-05-11, 12:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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Ladyhawke is a treasured memory from my childhood. The music was awesome when it first came out, in the context of the time, but I have to agree it hasn't aged well. If the movie could be remastered with an orchestral soundtrack that would improve it tremendously.
Sadly, the movie also needs different actors than Rutger Hauer and Matthew Broderick, neither of whom did much acting here. Much as I love this movie, objectively they're pretty awful.
As for its tone, it's not what I had in mind when I started this thread, and I wouldn't really call it "lighthearted fantasy" overall. From the various suggestions I've received in this thread, it seems clear that there's hardly anything out there with the tone I had in mind, without quickly slipping into comic absurdity on the one hand or earnest goofiness on the other. Not sure why that is.
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2020-05-11, 01:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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Probably because, in films, fantasy needs to be paired with a strong genre. The audience necessary for movies to be successful and warranted is many times the equivalent for published work. Even today, in the post-LOTR films era when fantasy arguably became a mainstream genre, it is still fighting an uphill battle to prove itself and to attract movie audiences.
One consequence of how niche fantasy as a genre is in movies is that it will usually need to be paired with another genre to attract a sufficient audience. The same thing with sci-fi. All fantasy successes have done that, the latest of which, Game of Thrones, is as much fantasy as it is a political thriller and a horror series. The Witcher is more light-hearted, but it would still be too much of a genre piece (a fantasy hardboiled thriller) to satisfy your requirements.
And just as "light-hearted vanilla" as a genre by itself is not attractive to movie audiences*, that matched with fantasy is also not attractive to audiences. Therefore it's only rarely made.
*You mentioned explicitly that you exclude products with goofiness and comedy, so something like the Jumanji reboots would not count."Like the old proverb says, if one sees something not right, one must draw out his sword to intervene"
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2020-05-11, 08:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Hmm. It's not Ren-faire fantasy, but how about Hook? Plenty of fun, character arcs, Hoskins-as-Smee, and maybe even a little bit of drama.
Labyrinth is a little meme-tastic, too, but might be in the ballpark?
I don't see movies very often nowadays, so I can't really recommend contemporary things.
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2020-05-11, 09:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Originally Posted by TaRix
Labyrinth is a little meme-tastic, too, but might be in the ballpark?
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2020-05-11, 09:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Has anybody recommended 'Stardust' yet ?
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2020-05-11, 12:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Somewhere between Stardust and Labyrinth, there's Mirrormask, and Coraline (though that one's not live action).
There's a lot of The Magicians that is a fantasy adventure, but it often takes a dark tone to its story or comedy beats. Ok, always a dark tone. It's like a continual, repeating, spiraling train wreck with magic.
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2020-05-11, 01:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Originally Posted by Zalabim
Somewhere between Stardust and Labyrinth, there's Mirrormask....
As for Stardust (thanks, comicshorse!) that's also very much in the vein of what I'm thinking of. I just watched it again a few weeks ago, and while the plot is a bit of a frothy mess, it's still tremendously fun, and the acting talent is top-notch across the board.
Originally Posted by Zalabim
[The Magicians is] like a continual, repeating, spiraling train wreck with magic.
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2020-05-12, 04:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Carry On **** may be up your alley.
It's a 1970s British comedy in the vein of Princess Bride. The plot follows a Highwayman in 1700s France as he bamboozles the constabularly of Paris. It's got a very cheeky, whimsical humor to it.
EDIT: The fact that this forum censors part of the film's name should clue you into the humor of the film.
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2020-05-12, 05:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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You've said you liked both Stardust and Discworld, so why not a collaboration between the two authors: Good Omens.
Solidly in Fantasy, but not swords and sorcery, but modern.