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Summary: I still love it.
Review: This movie came out the year before I was born, but still I have seen it too many times to count and have most scenes memorized. The first time I remember watching this movie was when I was 2 years old and I've loved it ever since then. To this day, it is still my favorite movie and I can almost guarantee that it will remain my favorite for all time. I'm one of those people that still cries when Artax sinks in the swamps of sadness, and still gets scared by that huge-black-dog-like-creature that is after Atreu. This is certainly the best movie.
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Summary: Read the Book Instead
Review: If you've read the book, you more than likely will be severely disappointed by this movie--there are so many problems with the "retelling" that it's hard to think of them all. Most obviously, of course, is the fact that the movie only goes through the first half of the book, but there are many, many others (Falkor ends up being able to travel from Fantastica to the "real world", which is explicitly ruled out in the book).If you haven't read the book, you may well enjoy the movie--a quick glance at the four- and five-star reviews will tell you that. However, if you only see the movie, you're doing yourself a grave disservice. Take the time to read the book, and find out what Fantastica really is about. In short, the movie is a good movie--until you read the book and realize just how painfully they've mangled it. The Neverending Story is one of my favorite books of all time, but one of my least favorite movies. Do yourself a favor--turn the TV off and read the book. You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Love this movie!
Review: It is great! I watched this many times as a kid, and then I watched it for the first time a while ago. It came to my realization that Bastian was a lot like me at that age; I read classic books (OK not nearly as many as Bastian but I still read tons of books, and not comic books either), and I was picked on a lot by bullies. And I had a huge imagination. I would have loved to be in a story like that. I love it when Bastian comes into the story and he realizes it and says "But that's impossible!" And my favorite part is when he throws the book. But the characters in the story are even more amazing. Atreyu, Artex, Falcor, The Child-Like Empress, and countless others. It is a fantasy filled adventure that people of all ages, as long as they still have imaginations, will enjoy.
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Summary: Great Movie, poor dvd
Review: What to say, the Neverending story is a great story, if you read the book or if you see the movie. Just for the movie, I give 3 stars. Yes, for the new people that has not seen the movie, it looks old and the special effects are good but not so as the new ones from Episode II, but the movie and the message are beautiful. The movie runs (with a bit less creatures than the book) following faithfully the path that Michael Ende wrote. It ends just at the middle of the book, just to try not to cut so much from it.
Why did it losses 2 stars? Because the only thing good the dvd has is the movie, the rest of features are just a trailer, some pictures of the movie itself and some written data. No music, no interviews, no featurettes, no comentary, no review or similitudes (or differences) with the book, not even filmography of the cast. In other words, is almost the same as buying the VHS version, only it will last more time because of the media.
That is why.
Recomendation: Buy it for the movie.
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Summary: The Neverending Story: The Classic Version
Review: The Classic version of the Neverending story series. The best out of all three of the movies! The wonderfull story of the boy Bastian who reads about the boy warrior Atrayu! I recomend this film to anyone who likes sci-fi-fantasy films.
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Summary: What a Fantasy!
Review: Sebastian has a great, vivid imagination I wish we all had. It's a movie that will never get old.
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Summary: BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE FOR YOU.
Review: The Neverending Story is enchanting for children because it has serious truth in it. Complete with colorful characters and brilliant landscapes, encompassing the universe beautifully.
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Summary: One of the greatest fantasies ever!
Review: a true classic of the Fantasy genre, this 1984 German american feature is inspired by Michael Ende's novel by the same name. It's about a troubled young man who reads a book that transports his mind into another world and a young warrior must save his world from a force beyond anything. has an awesome score, marvelous special effects and this opens the imagination of your mind and it's a must see for fans of the fantasy genre. Similar movies recommended: The Princess Bride, Legend, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The Last Unicorn, The Wizard of Oz, Return to Oz, The Matrix, Ladyhawke, Big Trouble in Little China, Roland Emmerich's Making Contact, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring.
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Summary: FALCOR!!!
Review: "The NeverEnding Story" is, in my opinion, one of the best movies ever made. I was first mesmerized by this movie when it came out in 1984, and all of these years later I am still completely glued to the screen when I watch it. When Bastian is tricked into borrowing a particular book, he opts to skip school and read it in the attic. The book, as it turns out, involves him in more ways than one. It is a story about Fantasia, a world that is succumbing to The Nothing. The Childlike Empress, who is also ill, sends for Fantasia's best hero, Atreyu, to find a way to stop the Nothing. Along the way, he meets a luckdragon name Falcor, and together they bring Fantasia's salvation back to the Childlike Empress. The casting of Atreyu (Noah Hathaway), Bastian (Barret Oliver), and the Childlike Empress (Tami Stronach) was outstanding. The emotions that these three displayed in the movie was nothing short of perfection, ranging the guantlet from estatic, to sad, to fearful, etc. They are the very reasons that you will get wrapped up in this movie. It is interesting to note that, for some reason, these three did not enjoy huge success after the movie. Granted, "The NeverEnding Story" was not a box office success, but there was raw talent in them waiting to be unleashed. Noah Hathway disappeared from in front of the screen in 1986, made one movie in 1992, and disappeared again until showing up behind the scenes in two movies in 1999 and one in 2001. Barret Oliver starred in several movies (best known is D.A.R.Y.L in 1985) and made many TV guest appearences until 1989, when he disappeared from the screen. And Tami Stronach was introduced to movie goers in this movie, but never made another movie after it. I wholeheartedly recommend that you buy this movie. You will never regret it.
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Summary: SO necessary for your child's imagination
Review: i adored this movie when i was growing up. i must have watched it hundreds of times as a child, and to this day, it still touches me. any parent of a child now who does not expose his/her child to this film, is really doing that child an injustice. this movie is heart, soul, adventure and more.
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