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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 347139" data-attributes="member: 5079">Continuing my re-visit of 80s fantasies; I never realized how many great fantasy films had been released in 1981!TIME BANDITS (1981).&nbsp; I liked this one well enough as a kid, but didn&#039;t really get it all that well.&nbsp; Even as an adult, I&#039;m not sure I fully get its very British sensibility, but it&#039;s a chaotic, quirky romp.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]41961[/ATTACH]EXCALIBUR (1981).&nbsp; The most adult of the &#039;81 fantasy quartet, but also the least fun.&nbsp; Director John Boorman didn&#039;t bother here with trivialities like nuances of characterization or narrative; this is all broad and mythic.&nbsp; Without the soundtrack (alternately bombastic and eerie), the wit of Nicol Williamson&nbsp; as Merlin and the slyness of Helen Mirren as Morganna, I think this film would have been a stylish bore.[ATTACH=full]41962[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 347139, member: 5079"] Continuing my re-visit of 80s fantasies; I never realized how many great fantasy films had been released in 1981! TIME BANDITS (1981). I liked this one well enough as a kid, but didn't really get it all that well. Even as an adult, I'm not sure I fully get its very British sensibility, but it's a chaotic, quirky romp. [ATTACH type="full" width="285px"]41961[/ATTACH] EXCALIBUR (1981). The most adult of the '81 fantasy quartet, but also the least fun. Director John Boorman didn't bother here with trivialities like nuances of characterization or narrative; this is all broad and mythic. Without the soundtrack (alternately bombastic and eerie), the wit of Nicol Williamson as Merlin and the slyness of Helen Mirren as Morganna, I think this film would have been a stylish bore. [ATTACH type="full" width="304px"]41962[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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