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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkjiZr4zMdI Main Title music]].

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkjiZr4zMdI Main Title music]]. It later became [[BootstrappedTheme the logo music]] for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sQrPWw6HK8 The Donners' Company]], Creator/RichardDonner and his partner Lauren Shuler-Donner's company[[note]]Formerly Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions[[/note]] (note the logo is a ShoutOut to ''Ladyhawke'' itself.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The HunterTrapper Cezar is one of the more colorful henchmen while seeming a bit confused and shocked at how sinister the Bishop can be. It would have been nice to see him have more moral complexity than the other {{Mook}}s and use his tracking and trapping skills against Navarre's wolf form for most of the movie instead of just one scene, which he spends as a SoftSpokenSadist rather than the PunchClockVillain he's initially hinted to be.
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* BrokenBase: Go to any retrospective discussion on this movie, and half the comments below it will consist of complaints about Music/TheAlanParsonsProject [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsyHq9VDm7s eighties-synth soundtrack]]. While many fans feel that the incongruous nature of the music helps ''Ladyhawke'' stand out from the pack of sound-alike fantasy films, many others complain that it takes them out of the movie altogether.

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* BrokenBase: Go to any retrospective discussion on this movie, movie and half the comments below it will consist of complaints about Music/TheAlanParsonsProject [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsyHq9VDm7s eighties-synth soundtrack]]. While many fans feel that the incongruous nature of the music helps ''Ladyhawke'' stand out from the pack of sound-alike fantasy films, many others complain that it takes them out of the movie altogether.



* TheWoobie: Navarre and Isabeau are deeply in love and have been cursed so that they can only spend a few seconds together every day in their human forms. And if that's not bad enough, they are unjustly branded as traitors and chased across the kingdom. They might seem like {{Stoic Woobie}}s at times, but the facade sometimes slips to show how miserable they feel about the situation.

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* TheWoobie: Navarre and Isabeau are deeply in love and have been cursed so that they can only spend a few seconds together every day in their human forms. And if that's not bad enough, they are unjustly branded as traitors and chased across the kingdom. They might seem like {{Stoic Woobie}}s at times, but the facade façade sometimes slips to show how miserable they feel about the situation.
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** [[http://1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewsh-m/ladyhawke.htm 1000 Misspent Hours]] also felt that Phillipe should not have been the main viewpoint character, as the story revolves entirely around the lovers and their curse.
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** [[http://1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewsh-m/ladyhawke.htm 1000 Misspent Hours]] also felt that Phillipe should not have been the main viewpoint character, as the story revolves entirely around the lovers and their curse.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Some viewers have mixed feelings about Phillipe, which is based mostly around Creator/MatthewBroderick and whether or not his performance fits the character or the film.
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* AwardSnub: The excellent accentuation of color at key moments and sweeping views of the countryside are among the best-liked things about the film but it failed to get a Best Cinematography nomination.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Phillippe announcing who he was and bragging before actually, you know, leaving the county much less France. Also, why tell the guard Navarre was traveling north? Why not say "east", for instance. "So we go east!" And even if they think he's lying, "So we go west!"
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* BrokenBase: Go to any retrospective discussion on this movie, and half the comments below it will consist of complaints about Music/TheAlanParsonsProject eighties-synth soundtrack. While many fans feel that the incongruous nature of the music helps ''Ladyhawke'' stand out from the pack of sound-alike fantasy films, many others complain that it takes them out of the movie altogether.

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* BrokenBase: Go to any retrospective discussion on this movie, and half the comments below it will consist of complaints about Music/TheAlanParsonsProject [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsyHq9VDm7s eighties-synth soundtrack.soundtrack]]. While many fans feel that the incongruous nature of the music helps ''Ladyhawke'' stand out from the pack of sound-alike fantasy films, many others complain that it takes them out of the movie altogether.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Phillippe announcing who he was and bragging before actually, you know, leaving the county much less France. Also, why tell the guard Navarre was traveling north? Why not say "east", for instance. "So we go east!" And even if they think he's lying, "So we go west!"

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** The transformation scene, both for the SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome and how it emphasizes TheWoobie status of Navarre and Isabeau.
** To a lesser extent, the scene at the inn, where Pierre eludes the guards for a while before Navarre's BigDamnHeroes EstablishingCharacterMoment.
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* TheWoobie: Navarre and Isabeau are deeply in love and have been cursed so that they can only spend a few seconds together every day in their human forms. And if that's not bad enough, they are unjustly branded as traitors and chased across the kingdom. They might seem like {{Stoic Woobie}}s at times, but the facade sometimes slips to show how miserable they feel about the situation.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Being produced by Alan Parsons and company, several songs reflect some of his groups works. "Main Title" and any of Philippe's themes reflect the orchestral bridge of "Silence and I" and "I, Robot" respectively, and share many compositional similarities, such as 16th note hi-hat strokes on the crescendos of "Silence and I" and "Main Title."

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Being produced by Alan Parsons and company, several songs reflect some of his groups group's works. "Main Title" and any of Philippe's themes reflect the orchestral bridge of "Silence and I" and "I, Robot" respectively, and share many compositional similarities, such as 16th note hi-hat strokes on the crescendos of "Silence and I" and "Main Title."
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* CultClassic: It's not the most well-known film of the 80's, but it's very well-loved by most people who've seen it.

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* CultClassic: It's not the most well-known film of the 80's, 80s, but it's very well-loved by most people who've seen it.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Being produced by Alan Parsons and company, several songs reflect some of his groups works. "Main Title" and any of Philippe's themes reflect the orchestral bridge of "Silence and I" and "I, Robot" respectively, and share many compositional similarities, such as 16th note hi-hat strokes on the crescendos of "Silence and I" and "Main Title."

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* CultClassic: It's not the most well-known film of the 80's, but it's very well-loved by most people who've seen it.
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* BaseBreaker: Go to any retrospective discussion on this movie, and half the comments below it will consist of complaints about Music/TheAlanParsonsProject eighties-synth soundtrack. While many fans feel that the incongruous nature of the music helps ''Ladyhawke'' stand out from the pack of sound-alike fantasy films, many others complain that it takes them out of the movie altogether.
* PlayingAgainstType: Often cast as imposing villains or antagonists, here Creator/RutgerHauer actually gets to play TheHero. Perhaps not surprisingly, the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original plan]] was for Hauer to play TheDragon, but he was recast as the hero when Creator/KurtRussell dropped out of the film.

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* BaseBreaker: BrokenBase: Go to any retrospective discussion on this movie, and half the comments below it will consist of complaints about Music/TheAlanParsonsProject eighties-synth soundtrack. While many fans feel that the incongruous nature of the music helps ''Ladyhawke'' stand out from the pack of sound-alike fantasy films, many others complain that it takes them out of the movie altogether.
* PlayingAgainstType: Often cast as imposing villains or antagonists, here Creator/RutgerHauer actually gets to play TheHero. Perhaps not surprisingly, the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original plan]] was for Hauer to play TheDragon, but he was recast as the hero when Creator/KurtRussell dropped out of the film.----
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bugi35v1CKk Main Title music]].

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The [[http://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bugi35v1CKk com/watch?v=YkjiZr4zMdI Main Title music]].
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* BaseBreaker: Go to any retrospective discussion on this movie, and half the comments below it will consist of complaints about TheAlanParsonsProject eighties-synth soundtrack. While many fans feel that the incongruous nature of the music helps ''Ladyhawke'' stand out from the pack of sound-alike fantasy films, many others complain that it takes them out of the movie altogether.

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* BaseBreaker: Go to any retrospective discussion on this movie, and half the comments below it will consist of complaints about TheAlanParsonsProject Music/TheAlanParsonsProject eighties-synth soundtrack. While many fans feel that the incongruous nature of the music helps ''Ladyhawke'' stand out from the pack of sound-alike fantasy films, many others complain that it takes them out of the movie altogether.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Often cast as imposing villains or antagonists, here Creator/RutgerHauer actually gets to play TheHero.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Often cast as imposing villains or antagonists, here Creator/RutgerHauer actually gets to play TheHero. Perhaps not surprisingly, the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original plan]] was for Hauer to play TheDragon, but he was recast as the hero when Creator/KurtRussell dropped out of the film.
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* BaseBreaker: Go to any retrospective discussion on this movie, and half the comments below it will consist of complaints about the AlanParsonsProject eighties-synth soundtrack. While many fans feel that the incongruous nature of the music helps ''Ladyhawke'' stand out from the pack of sound-alike fantasy films, many others complain that it takes them out of the movie altogether.

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* BaseBreaker: Go to any retrospective discussion on this movie, and half the comments below it will consist of complaints about the AlanParsonsProject TheAlanParsonsProject eighties-synth soundtrack. While many fans feel that the incongruous nature of the music helps ''Ladyhawke'' stand out from the pack of sound-alike fantasy films, many others complain that it takes them out of the movie altogether.
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* BaseBreaker: Go to any retrospective discussion on this movie, and half the comments below it will consist of complaints about the AlanParsonsProject eighties-synth soundtrack. While many fans feel that the incongruous nature of the music helps ''Ladyhawke'' stand out from the pack of sound-alike fantasy films, many others complain that it takes them out of the movie altogether.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Often cast as imposing villains or antagonists, here RutgerHauer actually gets to play TheHero.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Often cast as imposing villains or antagonists, here RutgerHauer Creator/RutgerHauer actually gets to play TheHero.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Often cast as imposing villains or antagonists, here RutgerHauer actually gets to play TheHero.
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* CompleteMonster: The Bishop casts a curse on two lovers so they will never be able to love each other - Navarre also says that while hawks and wolves mate for life, the Bishop did not even leave them that option. He also instructs the hunter Cezar to trap wolves, hoping to actually kill Navarre during the night when he is in his wolf form. Plus his ways to rule over the region.
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* CompleteMonster: The Bishop casts a curse on two lovers so they will never be able to love each other - Navarre also says that while hawks and wolves mate for life, the Bishop did not even leave them that option. He also instructs the hunter Cezar to trap wolves, hoping to actually kill Navarre during the night when he is in his wolf form. Not to mention his ways to rule over the region.

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* CompleteMonster: The Bishop casts a curse on two lovers so they will never be able to love each other - Navarre also says that while hawks and wolves mate for life, the Bishop did not even leave them that option. He also instructs the hunter Cezar to trap wolves, hoping to actually kill Navarre during the night when he is in his wolf form. Not to mention Plus his ways to rule over the region.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bugi35v1CKk Main Title music]].



* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bugi35v1CKk Main Title music]].

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