So, the crazy thing about this movie is that on re-watching it as an adult, I'm astounded by how much of a educational "coming of age" movie it is. It's not just your normal "kid grows up" but literally everything she faces is a lesson that you have to learn as you become an adult. Not five minutes goes by without some other life lesson being subtly imparted. Just because something is pretty doesn't mean it won't hurt you. Don't judge people on their looks or their job. Clear communication prevents misunderstandings. All that in just the first five minutes...

Just because people tell you something is fun doesn't mean you should do it.
Don't get hung up holding on to the past so that it weighs you down.
Sometimes, you're going to get scammed and there's nothing you can do about it.
Treating people well is worth it.

Amazingly complex and timeless valuable lessons.

You mentioned Tim Curry and watched this in the same video, so I feel compelled to request that you react to Legend (1985). Curry is the main villain. It's my favorite movie of all time. Legend, Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal were my main trifecta favorite films growing up. Curry in Legend is the most I've ever been attracted to a fictional character and no, I don't know what that says about me 😅.
Thanks for taking the time to react to this, I always loved the creativity behind it.

when a friend of mine was a little girl she met Bowie soon after this movie came out. she asked him if he was really magic and he looked her in the ye and said "You know I am and I know I am but let's just keep that to ourselves" or something similar

As a Sarah in the 80’s, this was THE movie for a little girl. Owned it on VHS and watched it constantly!

That beginning bit was filmed at West Wycombe Park in England, and then it cuts to her running through a town 3000 miles away in Upstate New York.

Fun fact, the owl in the opening credits was the first photorealistic cgi animal in a feature length film.

My read of this movie was completely upended when it was pointed out she has photos of her mother with David Bowie around her mirror, suggesting her mother left the family for a man that became the basis for Jareth

Henson's creative team MADE this whole world.  Jim's son Brian Henson was the head puppeteer and voice of Hoggle, among many other responsibilities.
They were helped greatly by concept artist Brian Froud (with whom Henson had created "The Dark Crystal" - you MUST experience that!) along with his wife Wendy - and their infant son Toby, who played Toby in the film.
Also helping was screenwriter Terry Jones, of Monty Python fame.
Froud's fantastical artwork, Jones' wacky British humor, Henson's heart for story-telling and creative vision: all brought this story to life.

As an 80's baby, I must have watched this movie a hundred times. It's such a fun and engaging story. ❤

The way Jareth handles the crystal balls is called "contact juggling" and they used a real glass ball in-camera. David Bowie, of course, was not a contact juggler so there's a different performer's arms in the frame when he's doing that.

"Never go THAT way!" Every time Sarah is given a left or right choice, she chooses right and we can assume left would have lead to the castle.

Fun fact: Hoggle was(maybe still is not sure) one of the most complex puppets ever made. And there is an actual actress inside performing the movements!

17:31 Yes, closer inspection reveals that most aspects of the movie can be found in her room in the beginning.

This one and The Dark Crystal were amazing, I wish Jim Henson hadn't left us so young.

I watched it a lot growing up. "As The World Falls Down" from this film (it's was already my favorite song by Bowie) means a lot to me. The song in question ended up being my wedding song. The first song my wife and I danced to as Husband and Wife.

One of my favorite things about this movie is the implication that all of the goblins used to be babies that were stolen. I’m glad she caught that—not all reactors do.

Classic. Cult classic. Nostalgia. Comfort. Legendary.

I love how everyone poinst out the glitter, which, yes, but in my town (in Spain) most buildings and walls are built with rock that has quarz, so it sparkles on sunny days and in geneva im switzerland the sidewalks have something that also glows in the sun so when you walk around...it is like sarah walking on the labyrinth with all the glitter

yeeeeees they are the stuffed animal in her room!! good catch being freaked out by them from second one XDD

both songs and scenes, the ball and the stairs are so icooonic
my favourite movie since i was 4 or 5. to this day and im 39. i dont even care.

If you enjoyed this movie, on the original VHS release there was about a half an hour of behind-the-scenes content after the credits roll, showing how they made the puppets and some of the rooms. If that interests you, I'm sure you can probably find it on youtube someplace. Also, while not mentioned in said behind-the-scenes piece, the baby that plays Tobey; his family have a history of making puppets for Jim Henson, they even helped make the puppets in the movie Dark Crystal. And if that's not enough; "Tobey" grew up to continue the family business by making specifically goblin-themed puppets, so I guess you could say, that Tobey really did grow up to be the goblin king.

Ludo loves his rock music.