The Dark Crystal

I finally watched The Dark Crystal a few weeks ago and completely forgot to review it on my glorious blog (as if anything of any importance is ever written here). Anyways, as I child I remember this movie being so pretty, the story enchanting but a little bit on the creepy side.

To be perfectly honest, that's exactly what I got out of it this time as well. Of course, there was a lot to laugh about at this age too, like the very hippy/organic overtones, but on a whole it was a great movie.

I'm a very BIG fan of puppets. I find it an amazing talent that is little used now in todays digital age. For this reason I was enthralled with this movie. The puppets so imaginative and well made and just watching them move shows the brilliance behind them. There are very little times you feel the puppeteers are awkward with their monstrosities (though those big crab bug things could have been made a little better).

The story itself was good too. Not too adult or too childish. It's a little new age for me but it was a complex story done right. They added a history to the story which was well done and gave it depth, but they didn't elude to it too much and focused more on the "here and now" so to speak.

All in all, this is a great family movie, one I think made for all ages. It's still one of my top childhood movies even after watching it again as an adult.