Jim Henson has always been an idol of mine since I was young
girl . He brought the Muppets into creation and worked on some of my favorite
films, The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. His puppets always fascinated me and in
my eyes the man was a true artist when it came to design and characters. He had
a way with bringing characters to life and creating amazing fantasy stories.
Such as with Henson’s film Labyrinth. I absolutely adore the film and it’s one
of my favorite movies. I’ve seen it plenty of times since I was a child but it
always feels so magical seeing it again.
What I
really enjoyed about the overall film and story was how it blended reality with
fantasy. Just beyond our little humdrum world lies a fantastical land filled
with amazing characters and creatures. Of course one has to somehow fall into
said world or be lead into it. I remember feeling jealous of the main character
Sarah when I was a little girl. I, and lots of other children, always dream of
somehow ending up in some far off fantasy land. Of course the way Sarah was
pulled into the Labyrinth world wasn’t too ideal as she had to race against
time to find her baby brother who was taken by the Goblin King. I’d rather just
walk into some fantasy world without having to do some grating cliché fantasy task that requires me to do
something I’m not all gunghoe for.
The
characters in the film are something I enjoyed massively whenever I had had sat
down and watched Labyrinth. Whether it was the awesome Goblin King Jareth or
the adorkable Hoggle, all the characters in the film were really enjoyable to
watch and I loved seeing Henson’s puppet characters in the film. The labyrinth
itself was quite visually stunning too and heck, the whole movie looked great
for the time it was produced. Jim Henson’s Labyrinth world was also really a
visual masterpiece in my opinion and I feel that it’s a great example of
fantasy done right in a film.
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