Well, I think the whole point WAS her realizing that what you think you want isn't necessarily what you really want, much less what you need. And of course, on the flipside, there was the theme on his side where giving someone what they say they want won't necessarily win you their love. I'm always surprised that the relationship(or should that be non-relationship?) between Jareth and Sarah doesn't come across as more creepy than it does. I mean, when they made the movie, she was still a minor and he was...what...somewhere in his thirties?...I think it's because the way he played Jareth, Jareth could have been 25 as easily as he could have been 2500, so age wasn't relevant, just maturity.
I've seen and loved Mirrormask. I think both mirrormask and Stardust(though not as much there) are heavily influenced by these movies, especially this one and Legend. Have you seen Legend? The heroine, Lily, undergoes a transformation very, very similar to Helena's transformation in Mirrormask, for very similar thematic and plot effect.
But then, Mirrormask and Stardust are the only hantasy movies in recent years that I've really loved(LOTR was good, but as something of a different kind of movie, and I don't really count something like POTC or The Mummy as fantasy, as the mystical elemenmts there are more of the horror variety.)
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Date: 2007-08-30 04:39 pm (UTC)I've seen and loved Mirrormask. I think both mirrormask and Stardust(though not as much there) are heavily influenced by these movies, especially this one and Legend. Have you seen Legend? The heroine, Lily, undergoes a transformation very, very similar to Helena's transformation in Mirrormask, for very similar thematic and plot effect.
But then, Mirrormask and Stardust are the only hantasy movies in recent years that I've really loved(LOTR was good, but as something of a different kind of movie, and I don't really count something like POTC or The Mummy as fantasy, as the mystical elemenmts there are more of the horror variety.)