Oh yeah, I remember that. Rachel wanted to increase her sex appeal, so she got three guys to shoot a video for her. Then everyone yelled at her for being acting like a skank.

That's a bit too simple. They don't show blood, true. But she gets tackled and they show the dogs tearing at her while she's screaming and the baby floats away. To kids not used to that kind of imagery (nice people getting killed by mean creatures), it's got some shock to it. Plus there's the sense that the nursemaid…

It did indeed!

If you like that, go find The Green Knight starring Sean Connery. Now THAT is a bad movie based on old poetry.

Lazy, lazy baby. Getting carried around everywhere…

That makes a lot of sense. Only the first chapter of the first book even remotely considers the movie existed.

Well, that's because Gandalf didn't right cross Saruman in the face. Those two sorceresses got right up on each other when magic wouldn't work.

See, I rank Willow above The Neverending Story because I thought Bastian was the worst. Also re-watching both I think Willow holds up better.

"Wanna breeeeeeed?"
"Hmm. Tempting…but, no."

Sure! I can tell because you use "metaphorical impalement" and "fine and dandy" in the same comment :)

Yep. Thorn Drumheller - I wish I didn't know that immediately.

You mean when she's like, "Traitor child - I must destroy you now" and then tries to impale her on a convenient spiked wall? I'm sorry if your Mom ever tried that.

Airk!

Well said. Even those dog/boar creatures were frightening, and the effects were pretty easy to spot. It was enough for a kid to understand that there were real threats in that movie world.

Arguably a baby is not a MacGuffin either?

Thanks! That's awesome!

I did - I read all three when I was a teenager.

Then he slips on the ice. Classic.

That was so awful! Bavmorda was truly a terrifying villain.

"Keep walking, hero! Don't even turn around!" (What I yell at bad drivers)