VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

vladp6 It was a great movie back in late 80's as I remember, but today it looks unbearably boring, everything is predictable, no CGI, and the soundtrack by Alan Parsons is bad. Michelle Pfeiffer is young and beautiful, Rutger Hauer looks much better as a replicant than a fantasy knight, and Matthew Broderick is sometimes funny. Let this movie stayed archived, no need to spend two hours for watching it.

OneEightNine Media El Rey is a great channel however I can't blame them for me watching this movie. The first ten minutes of the film were promising and the last ten minutes aren't bad thanks to a relatively good sword fight; but the rest of the film however is Michelle Pfeiffer, the guy from Blade Runner and the guy from Ferris Bueller's day off walking around in the woods. That is literally the film, a gigantic waste of time. The story's potential was murdered by the production people saving a few dollars by having talented actors dance around in the woods for two hours. Anyway, you'd best have the fast forward button handy if you're going to watch this. And I'll say one thing, Michelle Pfeiffer was smoking hot back in the days.

NateWatchesCoolMovies Richard Donner's Ladyhawke is atmospheric high fantasy as only the 80's could produce. It's got a lighthearted medieval sense of wonder and romance that is irresistible. It concerns wandering knight Navarre (Rutger Hauer), and his true love Isabeau (Michelle Pfeiffer) who have been cursed by an evil bishop, and are kept eternally close, yet apart. By day, she is transformed into a hawk, and by night, he a wolf, and never able to be together in human form. Hauer, originally cast as the villain, was promoted to leading man status here (Kurt Russell was in place to play him but Donner wisely handed the reigns to Hauer, who infuses his performance with intense charisma and longing). Pfeiffer is a shining jewel as the princess, giving warmth to her scenes. They are joined on the quest by an unlikely ally: Fast talking, troublemaking pickpocket Mouse, played by of all people, Matthew Broderick. Ferris Bueller in the Middle Ages works better than you might think, as Broderick, not the best actor, ramps up his energy and actually has quite a bit of fun with the role. Because Hauer and Pfeiffer don't share any scenes in human form, well almost, there needed to be a third person with them to interact, or it would have been a strange, wordless film. Mouse makes a chatty travelling companion and peppy little sidekick for the both of them. The film has a timeless feel, and an authenticity to its central romance, feeding the main characters quest with heartfelt urgency and emotion. Musically and visually it's a moviegoers dream, all hazy, gorgeous frames and drawn out, paced sequences that are rare in films today.

berberian00-276-69085 I am afraid there isn't very much to say on this particular movie in terms of critical acclaim. "Ladyhawke" (1985) fills a gap in my memory as possession (VHS cassette) that I highly valued because this was beautiful movie even for the criteria of long gone 1980s. Yes, the cast was marvelous - Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer and Matthew Broderick performed at the prime of their artistic potential. Their films from the 80s remain classic in the History of Hollywood Cinema (every which one of them, I wouldn't enumerate them). Yes, Richard "Lethalweapon" Donner remains iconic figure in Hollywood film making. Yes, music score from Alan Parsons was excellent electronic achievement. In that way of thinking it is not strange that there is little philosophy here to add and send it on a mail list.But something that was bugging me lately (that is, not only for this Movie but numerous others) comprise the lack of validity for the screenplay. Scenario doesn't come just as a story devoid of time and place. Unfortunately, this is how many of contemporary movies are being shot - you have got yourself a fantastic script; director of photography gets filming locations that fulfill the criteria of the budget and visionary from the side of producers; finally the film director stitches all that notches in coherent tale. Is that all really or there is something else. What about the Turkish reading of the whole responsible staff? I doubt whether even a dozen people concerning about working title should ever worry about this. After all they work with ready recipes and don't re-tell Grimms' Fairy Tales. This is where I want to put my emphasis.Now everybody knows who Grimm Brothers are or at least have heard about their stories for children c. 1812. Everything else in order, "Ladyhawke" (1985) comes as a fairy tale exactly from this imaginary domain (but not exclusively mentioned in the screenplay). For instance, another similar (Gothic) movie produced at about the same time and place furnishes much more details on the underlying historical period - cf., "The Name of the Rose" (1986) based on Umberto Eco's novel. All that said, it remains the much more simplified task to try to decode the whereabouts of "Ladyhawke".I did some Turkish (uninitiated) reading on Europe's Medieval History. Particularly interesting key-point with regard to the tract of land in Northern Italy where our story is supposed to evolve proved to be Lotharingia - firstly a Kingdom in Charlemagne's Empire, then abolished by Neurasia (today France) and Austrasia (today Germany) to an extent that it remained only as a Duchy of Lotharingia in Otto the Great Empire (First Reich). Today this territory corresponds to an extended Netherlands (plus Cologne municipality with Aachen where originally Charlemagne resided and was crowned by the Pope). Those are history facts that any European should know if we consider some common future on this continent. Then we should arrive at the direct consequences of two World Wars in 20th century which are banal enough to reiterate here.I want to finish my commentary with some scattered notes that I collected during my Turkish reading. These European territories which lie in North-West corner (sic!) of the continental plate were once upon a time covered with thick forests. Not joking neither telling Grimms' Fairy Tales. There were only Kings, Bishops, Knights, Ladies and Sorcerers. Nothing essentially from Church or Economy systems that we perceive now-a-days existed straightforward. Everything from material and cultural heritage is many times restored to hide the traces of obliteration. See the Romanesque Cathedral at end of "Ladyhawke" where final combat with the Evil Bishop partakes. Judge Yourself!