Willow

[Khaldun]

D+ series.

Did any of you call for this? I didn't call for this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbbveDpUZv4

[schild]

I didn't ask for it but I'm not upset.

[Khaldun]

It kind of looks like it'll be in the same space as Wheel of Time and a lot of other fantasy-based TV shows, so who knows, it might be decent.

The film kind of grew on me over the years--Lucas' direction is kind of inept (a foretaste of his SW prequels issues) but there's some elements there that might have worked better.

[Abagadro]

Ron Howard directed the movie. Lucas just wrote the story (not the screenplay) and exec. produced it.

[Khaldun]

It kind of feels very Lucas-y, though, doesn't it? Like he was pretty much telling Howard what to do.

[Riggswolfe]

It kind of feels very Lucas-y, though, doesn't it? Like he was pretty much telling Howard what to do.

Not really. It felt very much like a Ron Howard film. Ron Howard can be a great director as long as what he is directing is in his wheelhouse. Cocoon is great. Splash is great. Apollo 13 is great. These are two light comedies and a drama. I hear A Beautiful Mind was great also.

Where I think Ron Howard isn't very good is action movies. Willow would have been a better movie with another director. So would Solo. I don't think anyone could have saved the Da Vinci Code and its sequels but the action would have been better with a different director. I just don't think he has a good eye for filming action scenes and so they tend to be sort of stiff and boring to look at. I think this is one of the big things that brought down Willow especially.

[Chimpy]

Willow was fine for the era. Probably even better than most "action" movies of the time.

But the story ultimately isn't an action story.