There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Before the Imp, there was Ufgood.And God saw that it was good....Val (Ice Man) Kilmer, was the best hero for his role in this one.A fantasy romp not too concerned with ruining the pace with a ton of backstory, this movie move at a clip from the start and never looks back.Another one that have strong female roles the most surprising of them turned out to be Patricia Hayes, in her many talented voice acting variations that lend much needed immersion.By the time, Fin Raziel, in presented, you are in love with her through the critter's she had been previously.A new take on dragons, war dogs, trolls, and sorcery. This movie has a lot of firsts to love for fantasy fans of more conventional .

As a child, I don't remember if I first watched this in theater or on home video shortly afterward.But for me, it is a classic film.I don't want to critique it — positives or negatives.It's just timeless.Thank you to everyone involved. :)

I am seeing a lot of negative reviews on this, claiming that it was "too violent to be a kids film." Take a moment to look at the release date, its 1988. The kids weren't coddled as much then, they weren't treated like adults...but it was understood that they were mentally capable of understanding things better, of dealing with more, of more maturity and were allowed more independence. Parents let their kids watch "Commando" and "Lethal Weapon" back then And it was understood that we kids could handle it just fine.Today, Willow would be rated "R" and certainly not made for children...that is if they made it the same way. So, take a breath, and realize 2 things before we start. 1) Times change and 2) kids are smarter than you give them credit for.Awe man, it came out when I was 8 and, well, it was THE MOVIE TO WATCH back then. All the kids on the block loved "Willow." I mean, we used to hum the theme song when we did the stupid crap that little boys do.Swing from a rope, hum the Willow theme. Battle each other with sticks, hum the Willow theme.It's sort of like "Lord of the Rings" only entertaining. It's sort of like "Star Wars" only in the Dark Ages. It is sort of like the ultimate childhood fantasy movie.And now that I am older, I still love it. It is still entertaining, but it's really the nostalgia that goes along with it.It's a film made of little boys...but one in the 80s that is still sort of dark and would NEVER get made of kids today. Probably because of that, when I watch it, I feel like I'm 8 again.Little kids love adventure movies and this is, well, this was the best adventure any of us had ever seen aside from Star Wars.

Now the Lord of the Rings film trilogy came out long after this film, but the books were written long past, and in its wake influenced a lot of people. In the 80s there were plenty of medieval fantasy movies, some good mostly bad. One of them in this genre is 'Willow' which had a huge backing in George Lucas.Strictly this is a big homage to Lord of the Rings, and doesn't seem to mask that point. For its time the special effects were kind of new and progressive, although now seems very retro, but it helps the adventure along.Its the heart-warming story that takes it along, and Warwick Davies played his central role wonderfully.We're spoilt now with CGI etc having created almost perfect screen depictions of fantasy movies, back then it was still bit ropey. Don't let that put you off this. It has its flaws but as a Sunday afternoon movie with family & kids it's good.Shame there were no further sequels done, would have been fun to see how they could have expanded on this one.