...when I was a little kid. I think I haven't watch it since I was 4 or 5. I bought it year ago in it's first DVD edition and haven't watch it yet. Is one of those, probably the only one, that I don't want to ruin the way I remember I felt about it.
The question is: Is it a good movie? Or just the perception of a kid exponentialy giving extra points?
I dont think we will get a response from the user and old posters but I will also add that YES this film still holds up.
I admit it was quite a family favorite for us kids growing up. But, during a trip recently, I found a video store in Louisiana that was able to order me a copy of this movie on DVD (region free copy). I wanted my Fiance to watch it with me as I mentioned this film to her on several occasions as being an old favorite of mine. She watched it for the first time as an Adult and she said she enjoyed it! Christopher Lees villain, the Black Knight Kato is still intimidating and downright menacing in his dialogue alone xD. The storyline and adventure itself has enough entertainment for an adult. It still has a childhood charm for me, but rewatching as im older now I appreciate different aspects of the movie even more. The cinematography is really good, the music is good and that flute music is ethereal at times here is that flute song for the film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUdp3ODwYQY(I told my fiance we should have that flute music at our wedding xD) , the main boy actor is pretty good and his friend in the film is Christian Bales first movie appearance! I like how they set up the looming threat of Kato (Christopher Lee) and that the characters Mio meets speak of him in hushed whispers and the land gives an eerie wind when he is mentioned as if the land of faraway is a character itself trying to warn Mio of the danger. Also the world and characters they meet have this lived in feel to it. If you need some reference, know how The Neverending Story is a kids film yet still holds up when you rewatch as an adult? Thats the best comparison I can give you. Neverending Story is more epic, but the adventure in Mio in the Land of Faraway is still worth seeing.
https://moviechat.org/tt0093543/Mio-min-Mio/61a7b9d3f5b6c464a57ff2b9/For-those-of-you-struggling-to-find-this-movie