A little late for this, but I'm totally on the "loving Ladyhawke" bandwagon!! There are so many quotable lines (mostly by Phillipe) that are roaringly hilarious after you take them in.

Although one of my favorite little bits is when he distracts some kids to steal shoes, and as he walks away, you hear the little girl saying "He's taking Daddy's shoes!" in this "I can't believe he's doing that" tone of voice that's so adorable and cracks me up every time.

Phillipe and Navarre have a great rapport, and having Leo McKern as the monk is brilliant casting--he hits every note of his performance perfectly. Michelle Pfeiffer is suitably gorgeous and ingenue-y in the role that you think any beautiful woman could play Isabeau, but then you see her confront the bishop, and she is also perfect.

Wait, Wanted has an Oscar nomination for something? What, most egregious use of slow motion effects in an action movie?

Sound and sound editing. Watching it knowing that one totally sees why. There are lots of cool uses of sound in that movie.

then you see her confront the bishop, and she is also perfect.

"You contemptuous worm. I am so done with you."

And then she turns her back on him because he's no longer of any concern to her--the biggest insult possible to him, I think.

Michelle Pfeiffer is suitably gorgeous and ingenue-y in the role that you think any beautiful woman could play Isabeau, but then you see her confront the bishop, and she is also perfect.

I just love that her name is Isabeau. So medieval.

I just love that her name is Isabeau. So medieval

I always hear it as John Wood says it as the bishop--that flat, inflectionless tone that somehow conveys his lust and envy of Navarre.

There's a children's fable that uses the name, presumably because it's both pretty and evocative.

Alfred Molina was wonderful in his tiny role as the wolfhunter, too. There was nobody bad in Ladyhawke. Even the horse was splendid.

Even the horse was splendid.

Prancing showily through the nave . . . though the less said about Navarre's armor the better.

There's a children's fable that uses the name, presumably because it's both pretty and evocative.

It's the name of a French queen from the Middle Ages, Isabeau de Bavière.

And now I've added Ladyhawke to my Instant/TiVo queue.

I love that when Navarre turns and sees Isabeau, Phillipe almost can't bring himself to witness it, it's so intimate.

Her confrontation of the bishop is so powerful, but I also love the fact that she spends her human moments wandering around in men's (specifically her beau's) clothes, hunting for her dinner, hunting down and killing Cezar. Sure, her role started out "beautiful and mysterious", but the next time you see her, she's just a normal person chatting with Phillipe.

I love that when Navarre turns and sees Isabeau, Phillipe almost can't bring himself to witness it, it's so intimate.

That look is heartbreaking in every good way.