This movie is the battle between the powers of good (light) and those of evil (darkness). It is told in the form of a fairy tale. The main character is Jack (Tom Cruise) he is a forest child. He lives in the woods and is in love with the princess Lily (Mia Sara). One day Jack takes Lily to see the unicorns (creatures of light). They are followed by goblins who work for the Lord of Darkness who want the horns of the unicorns so he can destroy all light and plunge the world into never ending darkness. The goblins succeed in cutting of one of the unicorn horns. This causes an instant change in the world. Where it was once spring it is now winter. The world seems to have frozen including its inhabitants with the exception of the main characters and a few magical creatures. Jack and Lily get separated. Lily wanders through the cold, dark forest to a friend's house. She is eventually captured (along with the uninjured unicorn) and taken by the goblins to the home of the Lord of Darkness. Jack is recruited by some dwarfs, a fairy, and an elf. Lily is tempted by Darkness and starts to turn to the dark side of herself. She agrees to marry the Lord of Darkness if she can kill the unicorn. Darkness plans to kill the unicorn and permanently destroy light from the world. Jack and his friends infiltrate the Darkness's lair and overhear Darkness say that the only way to destroy him is with light. As Lily goes to kill the unicorn she frees it instead. The Lord of Darkness and Jack battle while Jack's friends try to bring light to the darkness. They use plates to bounce sunlight into the darkness and eventually in the room where Jack is and the light destroys the Lord of Darkness. As he is being destroyed he cries out that you can never truly get rid of him since there is darkness in everyone. The world turns back to spring and Lily and Jack are as they were and together again.
Lessons learned
-Love makes fools of people. Jack allows Lily to see the unicorns even though he knows that it is forbidden.
-Their is darkness in all of us. We all have a dark side and can be tempted by good or evil.
-Tim Curry is an excellent actor and always good when playing a bad guy. Let's just say it, he's awesome in whatever role he plays.
-Unicorns are good and goblins are evil.
-All movie princesses are English
Creepy factor
-Tim Curry's Lord of Darkness. He is sinister and perfect and the make-up is amazing.
-The goblins and other workers of the devil. They pose an ever present threat to the main characters.
-Meg Mucklebones. She's the scary swamp creature that Jack battles. It's super creepy watching Jack try to flirt with Meg.
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