Faeries is a very short movie, not even half an hour, and is based on Brian Froud's book Faeries. The story is about a youth named Oisin who is out on a hunt with the men to bring in some game for his birthday feast, but they have been unlucky are just about to give up and go home empty-handed. Just as the men are lamenting at even bringing the boy, a deer runs by Oisin and his horse chases it off into the forest. The deer stops to graze in a ring of mushrooms and just as Oisin is about to shoot it, it turns into a lovely young woman who states that she is Princess Niamh of the faeries. The princess takes Oisin with her to fairyland because they are in trouble. The king was showing off his magical ability and made his shadow come alive, but over time the shadow grew more powerful and began sucking power out of the king. The shadow took over most of the faerie realm with it's darkness (which weakens the powers of the seelie court) and was going to go after the princess next. It is of course up to Oisin and his assigned companion Puck to go after the monster in it's castle and defeat it, bringing peace to faerie realm once again.
The movie was decently done. Even though it was a short film it felt like a feature-length film. The animation of the faeries was very Froud like, which was interesting to see applied in a cartoon and was pretty accurate in regards to some creatures. Certain poses of some of the faeries looked like they came right out of the book. There were some cheesy lines and a few easy way outs that will have you rolling your eyes, but hey, it's the 80's. Overall worth while.
I simply adore this book! It was my first book by this author and it was worth every penny, and then some.
It is a wonderful story about a young girl and her fairies. The narrator is a young girl who keeps a journal, but this girl is special in that she is constantly pestered by meddlesome faeries. She doesn't like that they bug her all the time so every so often she'll smack her journal closed on one, pressing it's image into the pages. There is a touching story in there some where, but I won't wreck it for you, you'll have to go read it.
It's a light, fun book. It picks me up whenever I am feeling down and entertains me whenever I'm feeling bored. It is undoubtedly one of the best books I own.
