Glad I didn't see this as a kid
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Dark Crystal
Joe_Walsh — 14 years ago(June 02, 2011 06:46 PM)
Don't get me wrong, I just saw this and find it an amazing film. Haunting imagery, music, story etc.
But this stuff would have been high-octane nightmare fuel for me as a kid! The fact that everything physically exists as puppetry would trump any scary cartoon. Nothing is jump-at-you or scream scary, but its the dark, brooding and bizarre imagery that gets to you.
A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five!- Groucho Marx
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Princess_Daffodil — 14 years ago(July 24, 2011 04:22 PM)
I've seen this movie more times than I can count. I was in the eighth grade when I saw it in the theatre. Still, even though I know it's coming, when Fizzgig jumps out of the bushes screaming at Jen the first time, I still jump every single time!
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SataiDelen — 14 years ago(August 07, 2011 01:42 PM)
You know, it's really interesting. I'm probably one of the most sensitive people alive when it comes to scary stuff and dark stuff, but for some reason, though yes, this film is extremely dark, it didn't frighten me or give me nightmares. I think I was 7 or 8 when I first saw this on cable (not long after it left the theaters), and I fell in love with the movie.
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Godzilla1981 — 9 years ago(September 25, 2016 03:30 AM)
I loved seeing it as a kid. Things like the Garthim were certainly scary. But there are things about seeing stuff through the eyes and mind of a child that you can't replace. You many not understand things as much as a kid, but you are far more OPEN, and everything is just so much bigger and more wondrous. If I had never seen The Dark Crystal until my teen or adult years, I would still love it, but I don't think I would have the FULL appreciation for it that I have having first seen it as a small child. It's a film that's "been with me as a I grew up", so to speak, and thus seeing it over the years, you notice new things and get different things out of it. As a child, I just soaked it all up, as the spectacle it is. I didn't "understand" it all, but it was an adventure and world that certainly touched my life, permanently.
Jim Henson's finest work, bar none. I do believe he felt so as well.