The Dark Crystal Movie Review!!!

   I was searching for something to watch, then came across The Dark Crystal, and I realized it has been at least 18 years since the last time I watched it. What I remembered most is that at the time, it scared the crap out of me, but i was just a kid so, after watching it again today, I can understand why. On top of being rather frightening for a child's movie, its also rather dark. Even though I say all that, by no means does it mean that it's a bad movie, it's quiet the opposite actually. It is a timeless classic with an amazing story and full of vast possibilities for more expansions into that world and who can forget that its all done with puppets. 
   The stories meaning is actually both simple and complicated much like what our actual lives are, its about the struggle of good and evil, and the balance that each of us must find on our own. I am sure there is much more to it as well, in fact I might watch it a few more times HAHA, but regardless. The movie is still fascinating to watch, all the characters are still relevant and easy to connect with, it reminds me a lot of the original Star Wars movies for some reason. The fact that the movie is made entirely of puppets is actually one of its charm points, and just seeing what they were able to do with it is fantastic and pretty epic. 
   Over the years there have been several talks about expanding on the universe, doing a prequel or a sequel, but everything so far has ended up nowhere and its too bad. I would of loved to see more of these characters, I read today that there is suppose to be a book...I might need to try and find it. So The Dark Crystal, a dated movie in terms of graphic quality, but considering its a 1982 film with puppets, it deserves a lot of credit, plus with the amazing story, score, and characters, I give The Dark Crystal an 8/10!

(Trailer for the Original Release)