EARLY ACCESS: Labyrinth
Added 2021-09-26 13:59:01 +0000 UTCIt's a crystal... nothing more.. nothing less..
IMPORTANT TIME STAMPS:
preview review starts: 00:42
Watch With Me: 2:22
My Review: 19:32
Comments
I actually always liked The Dark Crystal more than this one. Labyrinth always felt a little too creepy weird guy trying to groom a young girl to me, know what I mean. Jennifer Connelly was so young and David Bowie seemed too sexual towards here. I'm only a couple of years older than her so I was at that age where it grossed me out. The 80s were very heavy in the Jim Henson puppet genre, so many movies and TV shows.
Mary Brown
2021-09-30 18:32:54 +0000 UTCYou definitely would have been enchanted by this movie as a kid. And you would have been all the more cooler for already being a “Bowie fan” by the time you started jr high. (Perhaps I know that from experience) Now add The Dark Crystal and you will have completed the 80s kids magical macabre movie trifecta. Hold onto your hats with The Dark Crystal. Foreals
Christina BD
2021-09-29 21:58:50 +0000 UTCWhat were your stars?? I had to watch the conclusion twice, so I'm a wreck if they were there and still didn't get it. Lol
Brent Fugett
2021-09-28 01:53:15 +0000 UTCI had to watch the conclusion twice, I didn't see stars either. My guess is 3, for myself, 2. Not my cuppa joe.
Brent Fugett
2021-09-28 01:51:31 +0000 UTCI’m the Old man of the group, 51, Jennifer Connelly was my first celebrity crush and honestly still is , we are the same age , and now would be my free pass lol
Jeffrey Odom
2021-09-27 20:02:25 +0000 UTCJennifer Connelly was born about 5 months before I was. We were both 15 when this film was released and I have crushed on her hard ever since in all her films (Mia Sara as well, I have a thing for brunettes). She's married to Paul Bettany and they have three kids, I'd love to see those two starring opposite one another in a thriller-genre where they are both trying to solve a mystery from opposite sides.
Sean Novack
2021-09-27 18:13:26 +0000 UTCI'm a straight guy, but yes, yes...David Bowie is definitely sex on a stick.
Eric
2021-09-27 16:15:11 +0000 UTCTim Curry's portrayal of the devil was top-notch.
Bill Bevins
2021-09-27 16:10:11 +0000 UTCFun facts: Jim Henson and George Lucas were old friends, from the days when the original Star Wars filmed in the studio right next to The Muppet Show, and each gee-whiz admired what the other was doing. (Lucas even lent Henson his producer Gary Kurtz for The Dark Crystal, and Henson helped out creating Yoda and some of Jabba’s creatures for Empire and Jedi.). Lucas exec-produced Labyrinth, and was hoping both this movie and Howard the Duck would be his big hits of summer ‘86 to pay the bills for his new Skywalker Ranch facilities….They, um, weren’t. 🤭. Lucas had to raise money instead by selling off the studio’s experimental CGI Pixar division to Steve Jobs, but that’s another story.
Eric Janssen
2021-09-27 15:38:54 +0000 UTCIt usually helps to have that first facial reaction on the thumbnail, and as one who wasn’t crazy about the movie (I recall my original reaction on the way out of the movie when it opened as, quote, “What a MESS!”), I was hoping for a “Yeah, I’MMMM…. 😧” reaction.
Eric Janssen
2021-09-27 15:25:44 +0000 UTComg I just got in trouble for laughing loudly at this. my hubster is on a conference call guess he heard me from the other room
ADHDwondergirl
2021-09-27 15:23:29 +0000 UTCJim Henson as producer always privately had a fondness for “dark” children stories (as he indulged on the old “Storyteller” series), and here, he wanted to do Maurice Sendak’s “Outside Over There”…Or is it Alice in Wonderland?…Or was it Terry Jones’ book of “Fairy Tales”?…Or is it Ridley Scott’s “Legend”, which he was geeking out over the time? Or was it just whatever the dang heck he threw together from one disjointed scene to the next? After the dark, detailed world-building of 1982’s “The Dark Crystal”, seeing David Bowie do a Muppet Show number, and hearing Chewbacca complain about farty smells, came off a little…..goofy. 🤔
Eric Janssen
2021-09-27 15:19:52 +0000 UTCooo I forgot about Legend. I remember both loving it and being creeped out
ADHDwondergirl
2021-09-27 15:18:14 +0000 UTCI just watched Labyrinth yesterday so I lost it when you said I hope that baby got some therapy. I said the exact same thing. I think maybe to really love these movies you had to grow up in the time of Sesame Streets and the muppet show being at their pinnacle. My first movie I ever remember seeing was The Dark Crystal which falls right in line with the muppet/fabricated creatures of The Never Ending Story and Labyrinth. They all have that same feel. I love them dearly because I was a small kid seeing these magical stories on the big screen. :)
ADHDwondergirl
2021-09-27 15:16:20 +0000 UTCLike Walt Disney in the 60’s felt cartoons were “holding him back”, Jim Henson in the 80’s wanted to move on from the Muppets, and establish The Creature Shop as his new Lucas-like go-to business for movie creature effects, and Labyrinth was going to be the big flagship. That’s why he tried to give Kermit and Co. their big finale sendoff in The Muppets Take Manhattan two years earlier. Unfortunately , when Labyrinth bombed at the box office for being sloppy, confused and butt-ugly, he tried to walk back his Kermit finale, but still sold them off to Disney.
Eric Janssen
2021-09-27 15:11:21 +0000 UTCThe Bowie Package is not for "Absolute Beginners." If you're going to show it some "Modern Love" and watch it go through "Changes" you have to remember the two "Diamond Dogs" hanging in the back.
Wally
2021-09-27 14:58:33 +0000 UTCI think it would be fun to have a pre-poll with us guessing what Ashleigh's reaction will be. In a majority of cases, I think I would have predicted the general reaction.
Michael 'Shine on You crazy Diamonds!' Hudson
2021-09-27 14:24:30 +0000 UTCMichael Moschen did the contact juggling work.
Luis Torrefranca
2021-09-27 14:24:02 +0000 UTC“That wig makes him look like he smells like cat piss. Does that make sense?” I’m not gonna lie to you, Ashleigh. It does not make sense. 😂 This was my very first “favorite movie” and I had fun watching you watch it. I still absolutely adore it, but maybe you had to see it as a kid to really love it. David Bowie is still sex on a stick though, right?
Kate Cassidy
2021-09-27 10:33:21 +0000 UTCBowie didn't actually do any of the contact juggling. The hands belong to someone else positioned just off screen so it looked like it was him.
Matt Gwinn
2021-09-27 06:13:03 +0000 UTCSmell Bad!!
Lynnetta
2021-09-27 03:42:35 +0000 UTCEric mentioned above about all the details in Sarah's bedroom being elements of the fantasy world, including Jareth. David Bowie appears in a scrapbook as the man dating an actress presumed to be Sarah's mom. One interpretation is that mom left dad for this man, who Sarah envisions as the one who 'stole the child' (her own childhood) that she desperately wants back. The bitterness over her mother's leaving festered into her nasty attitude and her resentment toward her half brother.
David Patterson
2021-09-27 03:16:21 +0000 UTCI still think David Bowie's crotch needs it's own movie credit.
Emily Gray
2021-09-27 02:47:28 +0000 UTCThe type of juggling David Bowie does with the crystal is called Contact Juggling and is very easy to learn. Instructions and videos are all over Google. It is so funny that you mentioned that this movie reminded you of the comedy of Monty Python. The story was created by Jim Henson (of Sesame Street/Muppets fame) and the screenwriter was Terry Jones, who was one of the six members of Monty Python. Sadly, Terry Jones passed away on January 21, 2020 at the age of 77 due to dementia-related issues. If you would like to hear the origin story of Monty Python, I highly encourage you to watch “Monty Python Live (Mostly)”, with the subtitle “One Down, Five to Go”. It was released in 2014. You can find it on Netflix. I’m glad you have fun enjoying the movies I grew up with. It helps me remember how I reacted when I first watched these movies when they were released. You and I have the same taste in movies. Thank you for your advocacy concerning mental health.
SapioPhD
2021-09-27 01:58:33 +0000 UTCI liked this a lot more than The Dark Crystal. Although it’s a bit of a shame that Jim Henson never succeeded from escaping from The Muppets/Sesame Street, I think this was more of a happy medium. Also, Hoggle was voiced and co-puppeted by Jim’s son, Brian Henson, who had previously voiced and puppeted a character in Return to Oz.
Paul Krueger
2021-09-27 01:05:43 +0000 UTCHow many stars do you give it? I would guess 3 out of 5 stars. I saw this recently and I liked it a little more than you did.
Michael Waldrep
2021-09-26 21:26:01 +0000 UTCReally liked watching this movie back in the day only cause I had a huge crush on Jennifer Connelly.
Keith Boyd
2021-09-26 20:42:00 +0000 UTCI can understand those feelings about Labyrinth. It has it's moments, but it's not my absolute favorite.
Andy H.
2021-09-26 19:21:11 +0000 UTCDavid Bowie has a crystal ball in his pants.
Gordon Davis
2021-09-26 19:17:54 +0000 UTCI know Sarah is a spoiled brat at the beginning but she has to be since this is a coming of age story (I think David Bowie in those tights was a coming of age story of a LOT of girls when this came out). What's really fun is to watch her room in the background whenever it is on screen, because every single thing she encounters in the Labyrinth (even Jareth) is represented in her room somewhere, from the obvious labyrinth maze game and her music box dress to the MC Eisher poster on her wall and even a Firey plushing (I think it's on the canopy of her bed). I've always loved this story and others like it because it tries to show that while there is a time to put away childish things, you should never give up your child-like wonder. The world really is an amazing place, and the more curious you are, the deeper you look at it, the more miraculous it seems. Take evolution: try to image a time before any life at all, when a cluster of molocules happened to come together and stick together, that just so happens to be able to gather energy and replicate itself using the sun's radiation? And then, some time later, some weird alteration in one or more cells give it the ability to harvest that energy from other cells instead by consuming them, breaking them down, and using that energy and matter to make more of itself? And even later, some of THOSE single cells floating around learn how to eat the other free floating consumer cells, and so on infinitely until some learn to be stronger than others by clinging together and sharing their resources. And some day, those clusters of cells begin mutating so that there are different KINDS of the cells that are better at one thing or another, until there are proto-eyes and pre-limbs and organ-like sub-clusters. Imagine all of that, forever onward, until a relatively giant cluster of cells can now recognize that it IS a cluster of cells and be aware of itself, and make movies that show other groups of cells becoming more aware of their place in the world in relation to still other clumps of cells. It's brilliant, and we only can learn about these things be staying child-like without being childish. Childish makes demands and expects compliance, Child-like asks questions and celebrates wonders.
Eric Bogerd
2021-09-26 18:52:35 +0000 UTCI always considered this as a good rainy day movie, don’t know why. Just fun and whimsical! Random, but I think you would love “Hook” with Robin Williams if you haven’t seen it yet. It’s a fun adventure movie.
WhitneyG
2021-09-26 18:22:49 +0000 UTCwonder if there's a funny backstory to that bruise on her arm?? I've noticed it her last couple uploads. Acting out Kill Bill at the gym?? Badass
litesronno1shome
2021-09-26 18:12:35 +0000 UTCI had a tough time when I first saw this film years ago, and I had a tough time this time... I found a lot of the action was "stand alone" scenes with no real progression of the main plotline... Saving the baby brother...
James Falato
2021-09-26 17:14:58 +0000 UTCToby, the baby brother, is actually the real life son of the creature designer for this movie and The Dark Crystal. He worked on Netflix's The Dark Crystal reboot as an adult. All of the songs are sung by David Bowie except for "Chilly Down" with the Fireys. There is a demo version on YouTube of the song with Bowie on it though.
Thomas Ivie
2021-09-26 17:14:20 +0000 UTCoh yeah, what about legend with Tim Curry, he's such a great actor.
EF3078
2021-09-26 17:11:00 +0000 UTCClever girl. Humour like Monty Python - The screenplay was by the genius that was Terry Jones of - you;ve guessed it - Monty Python.
Steeleye 2112
2021-09-26 17:06:01 +0000 UTCYou remind me of the babe
Tim Van Holder
2021-09-26 16:58:08 +0000 UTC80s was a good decade for fantasy films
ingibingi2000
2021-09-26 16:39:52 +0000 UTCI never liked this, EXCEPT for David Bowie. Jennifer Connelly is horrid, and has never gotten better. I had great fun watching you watch it, though!
Jill Peterson
2021-09-26 16:22:21 +0000 UTCPlease was Killer Klowns from outer space for October
Jason Nunez
2021-09-26 15:18:26 +0000 UTCI saw bits of this on HBO in the years after it came out but I never was never interested enough to watch it as a whole. I was thirteen or fourteen at the time and I think Muppet type stuff was over for me by then. That said love Ashleigh's reaction.
Mark Sylvester
2021-09-26 15:03:03 +0000 UTCLOVE Jim Henson!!! 🥰 Jim Henson voiced Kermit the Frog and Frank Oz voices Miss Piggy …. They also voiced other notable muppets characters
melinda wilson
2021-09-26 14:38:35 +0000 UTCI watched this movie many times over as a kid. It really got me to love word play and grammar. For me growing up it was a must watch when ever I could. Thank you for taking time to share your experience with this for the first time with us! I can’t wait to see what Hallo-Beans has in store!
Ullatec
2021-09-26 14:37:40 +0000 UTCAll movies with amazing storytelling. Nowadays, some people might look sideways at some of the effects and moviemaking conventions ( absolutely nothing wrong with either - they're just reflective of the time and state-of-the-art when they were made ) - although the Jim Henson studio puppetry never seems to age - it's just its own timeless separate thing.
Vedexent
2021-09-26 14:37:15 +0000 UTCWhen I saw this as a kid, I sympathized with the girl. Being forced to babysit, never getting to do anything she wanted... Then I watched it as an adult and saw what a selfish spoiled brat she was, lol. Frank Oz was Yoda. Kermit was Jim Henson, the creator of the muppets.
Lisa Nygaard
2021-09-26 14:32:01 +0000 UTCAs far as 80s fantasy goes this one was OK. Better choices for 80s fantasy would be The Dark Crystal and Legend with Tom Cruise. Those movies are similar to Labyrinth but better. Other good 80s fantasies you should watch include Time Bandits, Willow, Beastmaster, Ladyhawke and the Conan movies with Arnild Shwarzenegger.
Bill Bevins
2021-09-26 14:30:59 +0000 UTCBeing an 80’s kid and how all the muppets seems to surprise & scare you from The NeverEnding Story and now Labyrinth and I believe you said it in the The NeverEnding Story you see why we are so tough 😂🤣😂
melinda wilson
2021-09-26 14:30:17 +0000 UTCIf it isn't on your list yet, I strongly recommend 'The Dark Crystal'... While it *might* not be fully your cup of tea, it serves as an excellent complement to 'Labyrinth' as regards 1980's use of puppetry and practical effects. Jim Henson and company. Nuff said.
Carl Sage
2021-09-26 14:25:29 +0000 UTCThere was a lot of sax in the 80s. It was before they practiced "safe sax." 😁
Bill Bevins
2021-09-26 14:06:13 +0000 UTCim going o reccomend a song, i'm afraid of americans, by david bowie and trent reznor (nine inch nails)
ingibingi2000
2021-09-26 14:04:01 +0000 UTCFavorite-est movie!!! Can’t wait to watch!!!
Crystal Wood
2021-09-26 14:02:02 +0000 UTCIf there's one thing better than getting the YouTube alert for this channel, it's getting the early access Patreon alert!
Nestor Custodio
2021-09-26 14:01:29 +0000 UTCWoohoo! Best part of Sunday mornings :D
Vedexent
2021-09-26 13:59:58 +0000 UTC
