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#Movies like the dark crystal movie
The elements might be similar, but the themes that were attempted are quite different.Īnd did you even watch the film? To say that this movie is about Jen’s quest to find a missing crystal shard is a rather interesting claim, given that he finds the crystal shard in the first third of the movie. Released in 1982, The Dark Crystal is one of several 1980s original fantasy films that went on to become cult faves. Trying to further justify the Tolkien link with the Arthurian legend twist because the Dark Crystal plot includes a blight on the land is like saying The Brothers Karamazov is like Law and Order because of the murder, subsequent, and twisted love affairs. 3.0 K viewsĭid the reviewer ever read any book by Tolkien? Or did he just look at the cover and see pictures of characters with pointy ears and short creatures that eventually were merged in his jumbled mind to produce this review? The film was produced by ITC Entertainmentand The Jim Henson Companyand distributed by Universal Pictures. It stars the voices of Stephen Garlick, Lisa Maxwell, Billie Whitelaw, Percy Edwards, and Barry Dennen. However, there’s definitely an audience for this movie (you know who you are) that will be glad of the chance to see it. The Dark Crystalis a 1982 dark fantasyfilm directed by Jim Hensonand Frank Oz. There’s a certain creepy atmosphere to the proceedings, but getting past the fact that it’s a puppet show that’s rather flatly directed and staged is another matter. On a crazy show like The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance where the ruling Skeksis are literally draining the life force of their Gelfling constituents, one of the most shocking moments isn. The whole story line about Jen (voiced by Jim Henson) off on a quest to find the missing shard of a crystal - the absence of which is causing a blight on the land - is sort of Tolkien by way of the Arthurian legends. For someone whose only childhood exposure to the Muppets was Rowlf the dog on the old (pre-sausage) Jimmy Dean Show, this ersatz Tolkien with puppets looks and plays like ersatz Tolkien with puppets. I think this is one of those Generation X things that requires the viewer to have grown up on Sesame Street (or worse, Fraggle Rock) to appreciate. This is one of those cult items that I’ve never “gotten,” and trying it again for this review didn’t change that.
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