Zelda Chronicles

The independent Legend of Zelda fan made film known as “The Hero of Time” premiered over the summer at several locations. Our affiliate “The Sacred Realm” wrote a rather interesting and good review of the film. Here is part of that review.

The story is classic Zelda, so the basic premise of the plot is similar to many of the games: The land of Hyrule and its Princess, Zelda, are threatened by the evil Ganondorf, leader of the Gerudo people. Ganondorf attempts to gain possession of the magical Triforce so he can harness its power to do his wicked bidding and rule the land. A young hero named Link must rise up and save Hyrule from Ganondorf. Link beginshis journey as a young man living a sheltered life in the forest, and after witnessing terrible things done by Ganondorf to Hyrule and the people he has met on his journey, he becomes more and more determined to defeat him. While there are a few dark moments in the story, the movie never takes itself too seriously, and there are plenty of humourous scenes along the way, as well as hidden tidbits for the extra amusement of Zelda fans. While the movie will appeal mainly to Zelda fans, anyone who enjoys fantasy adventure should enjoy this movie, and they’ll still be able to follow the plot because The Hero of Time attempts to cater to those who haven’t played Zelda.

Translating a video game from console to the big screen is never an easy task. Video game movies have a reputation for being pretty bad, and you only need to remember that a Nintendo game has not been made into a movie since the poorly-received Super Mario Bros. movie of the early 1990s. BMB Finishes have succeeded very well in adapting Zelda for the big screen and condensing it into an approximately 1 hour 40 minute run-time. Zelda games mainly consist of Link running around by himself, exploring dungeons and solving puzzles, and it would get very boring very fast to see this in a movie. While the Link in this movie must also complete a lot of his quest alone, the scenes where Link is by himself are broken up as he meets several colourful characters along the way. The story moves quite quickly, and does not become repetitive with watching Link do the same thing over and over like he does in the games. Zelda fans who were worried about the fact that Link speaks in this movie need not be. Yes, he does speak, but not excessively, and the film strikes a perfect balance between having Link talk when he needs to, and following the games where other characters do most of the talking.

Read the rest of the review here.

For those that have yet to see the movie’s trailer, you can view that below.