16 thoughts on “Catch the Eclipse With Ladyhawke (1985)

  1. Yeah, it was a fantasy and should have been treated as one. On the other hand, I have recently viewed 3 goodies from Netflix worth catching: “Love and Friendship” with Kate Beckinsale shining as the impecunious, manipulative Lady Susan, “A Dangerous Method” with Michael Fassbender as Carl Jung, Viggo Mortensen as Freud, and Keira Knightley as Sabina Spielrein, and thirdly, but not last, “The Invisible Woman,” directed and starring Ralph Fiennes as Charles DIckens in a story about one of his many affaires. I was somewhat distracted in “Love” by the fact that the men’s jackets didn’t seem to fit at all well: a lot of wrinkles and creases where there should not have been. But Beckinsale, when she’s not sorting out vampires and werewolves, shows she is more than just a death dealer. And she gets many neat hats. Yes, I will be watching the eclipse, at least indirectly.

  2. I love Ladyhawke, and Rutger Hauer!
    I’m lucky enough to live in the path of totality. My office complex is having a viewing party in the front parking lot. No travel, & I get to avoid heavy traffic.

  3. I think of it as taking place in an alternate reality with REALLY REALLY ugly clothing and armor. the story is what makes it wonderful, certainly NOT the costumes. they stink on ice.

  4. I love this movie and that horse!
    It’s a Friesian Destrier and probably the only thing that is remotely historically accurate in this whole movie!

  5. I love this movie. It’s cheesy and bad as hell, but the hilarious one-liners of Mouse the entire way through make up for it. “I talk to God all the time and, no offense, he never mentioned you.” “Hello, Goliath. Let me tell you the story of a wee little man named David.” “It is not unlike leaving my mother’s womb. God, what a memory!” “I know I promised, Lord, but I know that you know what a weak willed person I am!” :D

  6. Oh God I was young and excitable then… And I think I loved that hawk, and the big black stallion.
    And then, Rugter Hauer was hot at the time, after Blade runner, if I recall right (drawback of being an old: never sure anymore).
    I also seem to recall another period film set in Italian Renaissance… Flesh and blood, that’s it!
    Interesting costumes in that one.

  7. I, too, loved Ladyhawke. Love story, and the oh so snarky sidekick. Mouse needs a sequel. Maybe the Alan Gordon ‘Fool’s Guild’ series.

  8. Same here, loved this movie. Loved the hawk and the horse and the sword, but most of all, loved that double crossbow. Thought that was the neatest thing ever! And it worked, it wasn’t some mockup, I watched a “the making of” and it all worked and I loved it. Just as others have commented, I realized it was fantasy so I didn’t worry about the historical accuracy. There was an outfit I liked that the Bishop’s… Well, in the credits, she’s named as the Bishop’s Woman, but anyway, I always liked that outfit, not for anything close to accuracy, I just liked it. Then I found out that was the costume designer, Nana Crecchi, in that role.

  9. I’m with the “love it” crowd. And RH was hot back in the day. Don’t think I even paid any attention to the costumes back then.

  10. It’s one of my guilty pleasure movies. I didn’t realize it was supposed to be France, I always looked on it as a fantasy. The costumes just reinforced that to me.

  11. Love this movie, except for that abominable soundtrack! I often wish someone would re-score it, since the music is so distracting. And I agree with others, Rutger Hauer was hot, at least to teen-me. And I still sometimes chant “Left side, left side, left side,” as I cross a wooden bridge.

  12. I loved it with all my 80’s heart at the time. The thing I remember most vividly was the insanely sexy sound of all that leather creaking when Rutger Hauer moved around. It was probably added in, but it was the sound of leashed power to me. Hawt!

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