IMDb plot summary: Men seeking relief from the Black Death, guided by a boy's vision, dig a tunnel from 14th century England to 20th century New Zealand.
Directed by Vincent Ward. Starring Bruce Lyons, Chris Haywood, and Hamish Gough.
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey follows a remote village in 1300s Cumbria. One member of the village has just learned that the Black Plague is spreading across the land, and the villagers try to figure out how to fend it off. One young boy begins to dream about what they need to do to protect themselves, and the villagers all follow him as he guides them into, unexpectedly, the modern world in search of protection. This movie captured my interest early on and then went in new and fascinating directions, and I liked that I couldn't ever figure out where it was going. The melding of fantasy into the medieval setting was done seamlessly, and I really enjoyed that. The film has that rare quality of being so engaging that even when I start to lose the plot toward the end of what is real and what is not, I don't really mind, it's holding my attention regardless. It's one that I'm intrigued to watch again sometime, knowing where the story ultimately lands, because I'm very curious how it will play for me a second time.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey > The Call
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey < Key Largo
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey > Mrs. Brown
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey < Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey > River's Edge
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey < Trick 'r Treat
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey > Moby Dick (1930)
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey > OMG: Oh My God!
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey > A Little Night Music
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey > M
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey > Creature from the Black Lagoon
Final spot: #1319 out of 4017, or 67%. That seems much too low, but TCDNL.
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