Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

baileyagardner First time I saw I saw it, I didn't like it. The overuse of green screen, Link wearing WAY TOO MUCH makeup. But upon watching it the second time I was more optimistic. The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time on the N64 was the first game I ever played and loved.Though the effects were OK, I managed to make myself believe I was watching an 80's movie. The scene where they were fighting the separate monsters should've been longer. Not just highlights. They should have been like the dodongo fight scene.Those some acting is cheesy -especially Impa- this was a pretty alright movie. Though I would recommend Sage of Darkness, as it is the better one.

Christian Mortensen So, yeah, there is a movie about The legend of Zelda. Yep, that's right. It's a fan film created with almost no budget, so you gotta lower your expectations. I watched the whole movie, and i guess it was OK, but nothing more. The important thing is that they tried. The thing is - they struggle so hard just to follow the games storyline instead of taking the liberties to create their own story, which makes it boring and sometimes really annoying because the only thing Link seems to do is running around and doing what people tell him to do, like in the games. This is a sad fact, It could have been so much more. But it failed at the story, just because they tried so hard to stay true to the original game that the story just becomes lame and boring. And this is spoken by a true Zelda-fan, I know that it's hard to interpret the video game characters personalities (especially Link), the storyline etc but they could of at least twisted the story a little bit or make up their own story with elements from the game, like Sage of Darkness did. While it's not awful - it's not so good either. Awful camera angles (and the camera isn't of top notch quality either) that really annoyed me, average acting, they use way too much greenscreen and CGI effects which make the movie look fake and cheap, but the CGI is okay, since this is a budget fan film. I understand that Nintendo don't want to make a movie for a while, since so many awful Hollywood movies based on games are released more and more often. But god damnit, they did an average job. At least they tried, and i have full respect for that. So, is it worth watching? Well, if you got the time over and is a huge Zelda-fan, then it might be worth a watch. But if you're not really a hardcore zelda-fan i think you might want to skip this one, but hey, give it a try anyway. I would like to thank them for trying and for actually doing something instead of waiting on Nintendo releasing an actual movie. Do you remember last time Link spoke, in that god awful TV-series cartoon? You don't want anything like that to happen again, which i think is one of the main reasons Nintendo doesn't want to make a movie for now at least. Final vote: 5/10.

whittmarine 'The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time' is one of the best told stories ever to cross the gaming screen, so it's a vast disappointment to see that this movie is the exact opposite. I can give a list of all the problems this film has, but it would not fit in this review, so I'll keep it relatively short. Before I start, however, I want to assure you that I understand that it is a fan film and that the standards are much lower than that of a Hollywood film, but only in terms of budget and expenses. If the movie's story is horrid and terribly written, then it is solely its creators.The dilemma of this film can be summed up with three very generalized issues. The first being that the creators know 'what' elements make Zelda games work as well as they do, but they lack the understanding of 'why' these elements are there and 'how' they work. An example would be the Kokiri from the game. Link starts his journey from within the forbidden forest surrounded by kids to give him the sense of isolation. He has no fairy like the others, so he's not quite 'accepted', and he is the only one to question his existence, so none of them (save for Saria who is a sage) 'understand' him. In the movie, they keep the Kokiri, but they remove all sense of isolation. They attempt to make Link feel like he doesn't belong solely on the count that he isn't Kokiri, but since the Kokiri aren't all immature children, the attempt is boot. They all 'accept' and 'understand' him, and no attempt is made to show otherwise (like Mido in the game).The second issue is that they tell the story in such a way that the only way it can work is if the characters--Link, Zelda and Ganondorf-- are stupid. Ganondorf has been reduced to a Saturday morning cartoon version of himself (only slightly better than his representation in the old Zelda cartoon show) with the addition of a minion. Ganondorf has to give all his exposition to him and have the minion do all the work for him, which undermines his level of threat. He's probably the least screwed up of the three.Next is Zelda. Like in the game, her father, the king, does not believe her when she thinks that Ganondorf is evil. It's understandable why the king ignored her in the game since she was just a child and not very wise. It's NOT so understandable in the movie when she's an adult and already possesses the 'Triforce of Wisdom'. It also doesn't help that she hides from Ganondorf by staying right underneath his nose in the most conspicuous outfit imaginable (proven by the fact that she's caught by a guard the first time we see her after the time leap). It's worse that she fights quite decently on her own, a blatant attempt by the filmmakers to show that she is NOT a damsel-in-distress, only to have her captured in the end by a bunch of guards and turn her right back into one.Then there's Link. He's just written stupid. Despite the fact that the filmmakers decide to force an unnecessary romance sub-plot between Link and Zelda, the hero can't recognize his beloved in a disguise that barely covers her face (not to mention that her most prominent feature, her eyes, are the one part that isn't covered at all. You'd think he'd remember that part at least). Going back to the Kokiri Forest, they may have attempted to give him motivation, but it's immediately disregarded once he leaves, so he has no personality as well.The third and final issue is the overall flow of the film. Multiple problems sprout from this such as Link's swordsmanship swinging from 'I rule' to 'I suck' on a whim, the chaotic pacing, and most of all, the climax. To say that the climax is underwhelming is an understatement. What made the climaxes in the games work can be summed in one word: tension. Ocarina of Time showed great 'building' tension by having Link ascend the giant, windy staircase to meet with Ganondorf, 'character' tension by having these two characters confront each other multiple times in the past, and 'unknown' tension by having Ganondorf beat Link in the past so it's unknown whether or not Link is capable of succeeding in the end. This movie does not build, as Link immediately switches from fighting minions to Ganondorf in an instant, has no character, as Ganondorf has never met Link, and Link's only 'seen' Ganondorf once, and the unknown tension is given to a group of guards AFTER Ganondorf is defeated (the biggest treachery of all).Admittedly, I was somehow satisfied when I saw this film for the first time. It has constantly degenerated with each repeated viewing, but it leaves me to believe that there is an audience out there for it who are able to ignore all of these problems. However, that group is a vast minority.

Payback1016 I seen this last night and I got to say, they did great. The atmosphere was terrific the filming you would expect on a great BBC Special, and the music? They had both great originality while they snuck in their homages to both the music substantial to the game and its comical background music when Link obtains his items. However there are a few flaws that I would like to point out. One was my biggest issue, Link talking. Now don't get me wrong the guy is a great actor, but I always pictured Link as a mute. A silent but noble warrior that expresses what he feels in his actions. The other was the way Sheik/Zelda treated Link before she started helping him. In the Games Sheik treated Link with Honor and respect and was well aware of what happened to him on the temple of time. While the movies Sheik was upset at him for leaving Zelda behind, following her instructions while he was at it. The Third was Saria, I just don't see her as a mother. Like before I played the games and thought Saria was more of a love interest to Link. Finally they should have extended the sage quest. I thought the sage of fire had a great personality and was wondering what the other sages were like. Other than that I give it 5 0ut of 10 but since its a Zelda movie it gets an extra 5.