I think that Princess Bride is indeed great fun, but I think that in the comic Fantasy-genre we shouldn't forget Willow, which in my humble opinion shouldn't just be rememberd because of some advantages in SFX.
But not all fantasy is Swords and Sorcery or plays in a medieval setting... I'm thinking of Hellboy, for example. A movie I really like and plays in a contemporary setting.
Unfortunately is a good book not automatically an assurance for a good movie; I'll just mention the mini-series Earthsea...
