10 Things You Didn't Know About Willow

My big brother bought, Willow on VHS in the summer of 1989, that summer my brothers, cousins, friends and I watched it every day, no lie. I was enamored and enthralled by this story, it's really the first and only film of it's kind, it was an amazingly unique film especially for the time, I am eternally grateful for the existence of, I wouldn't be who I am without "Willow". I did read the book as well. Edit my brother died unexpectedly aged 47 last year and a few days, makes this film more than special to me. Love you Dave hope you found peace.

This is a very underrated movie. I'm glad Minty is covering it.

Willow, Labyrinth and Dark Crystal are some of the best movies ever made!

"Disappointing box office numbers" and, "poor reviews," have absolutely NO bearing upon either my childhood experience or memories of Willow, Legend, Krull, Time Bandits, Labyrinth, or The Dark Crystal. All of which helped to shape my early adolescent life during the mid 80's. (And I would bet any amount of money are collectively responsible for much of the inspiration of most of today's generation of film-makers.)

Warwick Davis is an amazing actor. You never question that he’s a married man with children in this role. Everyone is stunned to find out he was still in his teens when he made this film. Legendary.

The camaraderie and chemistry between Warwick Davis and Val Kilmer is one of the highlights of the film, whether they are bickering or bro-ing out. Their real life friendship is pretty great, too. “Blackroot? I’m the father of two children, and you never, ever give a baby blackroot.” – Willow “Well my mother raised us on it. It’s good for you! It put’s hair on your chest, right, Sticks?” – Madmartigan “Her name is not Sticks! She’s Elora Dannen, the future empress of Tir Asleen and the last thing she’s gonna want is a hairy chest!” – Willow

Underrated One of the best movies ever Never gets boring Simply awesome

Willow, Return To Oz,Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Flight Of The Navigator, Never Ending Story were and still are epic

There was something very special about 80's fantasy films.

If anyone ever does say they didn't like Willow, just walk away. You don't need that kinda negativity in your life.

Imagine a day and age when you could watch a movie that had a clearcut beginning, middle and gasp end... No pandering for a sequel, no cliffhangers, no bull.

The Brownies are my favorite. "I stole the baby while you were taking a pee pee." Lol

Willow is one of the best movies ever made.

Man, this brings me back. I worked with Val Kilmer at The Colorado Shakespeare Festival of 1988. He did Hamlet. I played the Ghost, his dead dad. We got to be good friends, and I met Joanne not long after that. The movie came out while we were rehearsing. I liked it alot; had always been a fantasy addict, packing my JRR Tolkien Trilogy wherever I went, ha. Val was a very generous actor and human being, very kind. He went on to the heights of stardom, and I stayed in the belly of New York City doing weird theatre.

"Willow"s music is so beautiful, so memorable, that I'm amazed it's not mentioned more often. It was the first movie soundtrack I ever collected on CD, because from the time I first watched the film, at the age of 9, I loved every note of it. Most notably the "title" soundtrack, which to this day haunts my dreams of nostalgia.

Lady Hawk. Dragonslayer. Krull. Legend. Labyrinth. The Dark Crystal. Special effects technology from 30 years ago! Attention to the smallest Detail makes these movies Timeless Classics. Thanks again for flashback.

I watched this film all the time back in the day on VHS.

I grew up on the 80's fairy tale movies so willow, dark crystal, labyrinth, and ledgend are childhood memories

I remember seeing Willow in the theater as a kid, loved it so much even then. It's still really great now.

Willow is the very first movie I remember watching and falling in love with as a child. It still has a huge piece of my heart. I've introduced it to my 3 sons throught the years and they have equally fallen in love with the story, music, characters, and beauty. I wish they made movies like this nowadays. Thank you Minty for bringing a reminiscent smile to this girls face.