A masterpiece of movie making, it hasn\’t aged poorly, but it\’s clearly from a time and place that doesn\’t exist any more. I\’m reading the book this movie is source from and so far it\’s a pretty spot on adaptation. My wife mentioned she hadn\’t seen it before and I found it cheap online, so we spent the better part of three hours wallowing in epic 80\’s high fantasy science fiction.
There\’s a new adaptation coming soon, it\’ll be interesting to see what they end up doing with the story. This original film obviously ends on a note that could have been used for a sequel, but I don\’t think that sequel was ever produced.