Willow (2022)

Watchseries; Willow is everything I hoped it would be. I was never the biggest Willow fan growing up. I enjoyed the movie but wasn't a die hard fan so even though I planned on watching this I wasn't going crazy for it like a lot of other fans. I have to say that I have really enjoyed it so far as it has the same feel as the movie did (the visuals are absolutely incredible)! It's not often that a series that's based off a huge movie can live up to its hype but this one definitely does. It seems to me that most of the people who dislike this are really die hard fans who don't like that the changed some things up from the original movie. I've never been one to mind when a show or movie has to change up a few things from the original source material because I know they have to adapt it for tv and that's hard to do. As long as it's entertaining I'm ok with it but I get why some people may not be. I'm hoping this gets renewed soon because I'm already looking forward until next season!

Willow is everything I hoped it would be. I was never the biggest Willow fan growing up. I enjoyed the movie but wasn't a die hard fan so even though I planned on watching this I wasn't going crazy for it like a lot of other fans. I have to say that I have really enjoyed it so far as it has the same feel as the movie did (the visuals are absolutely incredible)! It's not often that a series that's based off a huge movie can live up to its hype but this one definitely does. It seems to me that most of the people who dislike this are really die hard fans who don't like that the changed some things up from the original movie. I've never been one to mind when a show or movie has to change up a few things from the original source material because I know they have to adapt it for tv and that's hard to do. As long as it's entertaining I'm ok with it but I get why some people may not be. I'm hoping this gets renewed soon because I'm already looking forward until next season!

Willow watchseries. Look, 40 something fans who loved the movie are not the target audience. It's not bad for a teen drama with magic. I have daughters, I get it. This show is closer to Monster High than it is to Willow. Disappointing, but not surprised.

Sooner or later Disney is going to have to remember who pays the subscriptions. You can't raise the rates while ruining intellectual properties that are cherished. But whatever, I'm glad to see Willow again if only for a minute.

My biggest gripe believe it or not is why does it take place 20 years after the movie when it's almost 40 years later? Seems like an odd timeline.

I don't know if people were expecting a masterpiece or something but I found the series enjoyable. Is it cheesey? Yes, but so was the movie. Many of us Willow fans were kids when it came out. You have to watch the series with the eyes of the kid you were and think of this as a fun, family, fantasy series. The special effects aren't bad, better then the 80's for sure. Yes it's a little YA, but that's because they are trying to reach a new audience, a younger one, and I don't think there is anything wrong with that. Stop trying to take everything so seriously and just enjoy it for what it is. It's not supposed to be another Game of Thrones, which could work in it's favor considering the ending of that show.

I never saw the original Willow movie or if I did I was too young to remember it so I had no idea what to expect but I have to say that I've really liked it so far. This show hooked me from the first episode and has held my attention ever since. I binged the entire season over a weekend and was still hoping for more episodes when I was done. Most of the people who don't like it are comparing it the original movie. Don't! Just enjoy it for what it is and that's a very entertaining fantasy series. The series should be judged on its own and not compared to the original movie. I'm not saying it's the best show I've ever seen but it's definitely worth watching. The world building and cast are the best things about the show and I can't wait for more.

I so wanted this to be great... But it really feels like a group of highschoolers cosplaying and joking around, bringing out of retirement their parents' teenage movie heroes. I know it's fiction, in an imagined world, chocked full of magic and so on. But it would give it a more realistic tone if the language used was more sophisticated; if the character's behavior, attitude, manners... had been worked on more, instead of sounding and feeling like an angstsy teenager reading the script; if the wardrobe didn't include a couple of woodswomen wearing jeans and flannel; basically, if the original story had been treated with respect by Disney+ and they had spent more resources in making it better. I really don't want to blast any of the actors (well, one of them is terrible, but I'll let her be, she's young and has time to refine her skills), but Lucasfilm should have been more careful with how they handled their treasured Willow.

It's become apparent that Disney feels some grotesque need to release content on their platform without any deeper thought about what & where to go with it. This is the feeling you get with Willow, and the writing that doesn't even feel amatuer-ish - it feels embarrassing. For everybody on that show, Warwick especially. It's apparent that the writer has no connection with what the character/actor would comfortably say at any given time, prompting him to spew out wordy, awkward lines, that he has to somehow form together into "acting". The dialogue comes across so unnaturally it's embarrassing. Somebody should feel ashamed for this, really.

The last thing you want to do with fantasy is have it come across as modern. Even if you didn't enjoy the Rings of Power show it still has a feel of antiquity about it, about the continuity of what they say and do. About what the characters are concerned with during the course of the show..... but that is not the case here. Here you get Nickelodeon teen drama (that firmly reminds you you're in the year 2022), mixed with half-hearted, poorly conceived fantasy. Which has zero percent of the feel captured in the 1988 movie, and while i can't say that was perfect either it stands as a masterpiece in comparison to this.

Who is to blame here isn't clear. My vote goes to Disney, for coming up with an idea and then going with whatever first idea was presented forth to them, no matter how good or bad it was. The content machine must keep flowing, or else they lose subscribers.. right? Well they will certainly lose people by continuing to release abominations such as this. Ya know i do feel bad, just because i know how severe the internet is going to tear into this one, review-wise. So 6/10 is a mercy from me.