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Summary: Disappointing and pathetic
Review: If you really want a good continuation of the first movie, I highly suggest you pick up the book, also available on Amazon. This movie, however, is not a good continuation, and does not stay true to the book in the slightest (where the first movie was astoundingly faithful.) It seems the directors decided to pick out their favorite plot devices from the tale and throw them together in an odd mishmash of a film. The movie loses all of it's magic because of the forced, unbelievable motivations of the characters and *horrible* acting on all parts (even the adults are terrible.) Falkor in particular sounds like an idiot. The plot is weak at best, nonexistant at worse. Again, I stress that if you want a good tale, pick up the book instead. This movie is not even worth a rental, much less a purchase.
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Summary: Making Memories
Review: It took six years after the 1984 release of the original "NeverEnding Story" to make this sequel. And while not as good as the original, it's nowhere close to being bad either.Jonathan Brandis takes over the role of Bastian, a boy who likes to read. He frequents a kindly old bookkeeper's shop, the same bookkeeper that allowed him to take the NeverEnding Story the first time. While in the store one day, the NeverEnding Story calls out to him. Having already read it once, Bastian wants to read it again. But this book never reads the same way twice. Soon, Bastian is transported to Fantasia, where he must find and name a new threat that is destroying this beautiful world. Many of the characters from the first movie are back, including the Rock Biter, Falcor, and the Childlike Empress. Atreyu is back as well, this time played by Kenny Morrison. Unfortunately, Noah Hathaway (the original Atreyu) left shoes too big for Kenny to fill. But Jonathan Brandis is able to compensate with a charm and likableness that was missing from the first Bastian (Barret Oliver). Overall, this movie does not measure up to the original (that movie set the bar way too high for any sequel). But there is more character depth this time around, which makes us care a little more than we did the first time around. True NeverEnding Story fans will want to add this movie to their collection.
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Summary: Nevertheless, it's good
Review: It's been years since i've seen the first one, but I own part II and I've read the book. To me, the second movie was good, but it was the same old good vs. evil plot, as in the first. i've never seen the third one, but I would like to, and I'd rather stay away from the television series that's now being shown on TMN (The Movie Network). The best are the first 2; the 'originals'.
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Summary: This was the BEST movie I ever saw with Noah Hathaway in!!!!
Review: Noah Hathaway was so good in this movie and i might just add I LOVE 48! he rocks my WORLD!
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Summary: I actually liked it better than the first one.
Review: Now don't get me wrong, I can see bad acting as well as the next reviewer. And I must admit that some of the acting and dialog was... Well, I've seen better. Looking past that, that movie was pretty well done. I still think the set for Silver City is pretty darn cool, and at least Atreju didn't have an English Accent in this one (you have to admit, that just didn't sit right). My family has owned both movies (Let us not even considder part III a movie), since I and my Sibs were quite little. Since we had both movies it was like one lead strate into the next one. We could finish one video and pop in the next one. Even though bastian, Atreju and Bastian's Dad weren't the same, a lot of things were. The Auryn, Falcor, Rockbiter, even Mr. Koriander. That was very nice. And, was I the only one who thought that in the origional Bastian named the Empress "Rock-Bite Idaho!"?... Yes, probably. I thought the Memory thing was neat. And I still understood that it was the Auryn taking away his memories, not the Memory Machine. Yeah, the Giants didn't look like Giants and were most obviously puppets, Rockbiter had a son with an annoying voice, The Childlike Empress wasn't childlike enough, and Bastian wished for a spray-can. But hey, as sequels go, it wasn't bad. As you've probably noticed the title of my review by now, I'll explain it. When I was younger I did like Part II better than the first one, I guess because it wasn't as dark. I've always seen both movies as an inseperable set, and have a soft spot for them both. But there's one thing I don't get. Why did Bastian just keep wishing for 'one more step' instead of wishing for enough steps to get to the top? I'm sorry. If you haven't seen the movie you don't have the foggiest clue what I mean. But most of you probably do. It's not as bad as a lot would have you believe. It's a movie! Obviously it won't be as good as the book. Oh yeah, and Tri-Face is cool!
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Summary: Pretty Good...
Review: OK, let's admit it. This movie isn't half bad. You should all know that the first movie (The NeverEnding Story) is a ton better, and the third movie (The NeverEnding Story III - Escape From Fantasia) STINKS!!! But on the subject of this movie, I would say I enjoy watching it from time to time, and that in and of itself makes the movie worthwhile. Do I feel it is worthy of the being in league with the NeverEnding Story saga??? In a way. It somewhat follows the book after chapter M (#13), the second half. However, this movie has some obvious faults. For one, the atmosphere of the movie is close to neither the first movie (dark, depressing, but really good) nor the book (intelligent, witty, amazing). I liked Jonathan Brandis (Bastian) but not Kenny Morrison (Atreyu). The chick who played the Childlike Empress, in my mind, was not right for the part at all. On the plus side, I thought Xayide was excelently portrayed: Very sinister and evil but clever. The status of Bastian's relationship to his father was more prevalent, and made more sweet. (Awww...)
This movie was my first NeverEnding Story "experience" and it was good enough to interest me in the first movie and on to the book.
By the way, do not waste your precious time in viewing the piece of crud known as The NeverEnding Story III - Escape From Fantasia. It stinks.
That is all. Thank you and fare well.
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Summary: The first wonderfull the 2° awfull
Review: Really, do not watch it it has nothing to do with the first one, I remember that I was very excited when I went to see it and at the end it was a great deseption.
I don't know what happened, ok the story was fine but all the characters yack they made it in a hurry, and it has nothing to do with the book.
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Summary: Its end ,except its last longer than any other story.
Review: The boy has lost himself in a story book and became friends with some of the weird animal.The funniest thing in this story is the dog can fly like a bird.Ha! Ha! Ha!
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Summary: Neverending story ends with its sequels
Review: The first movie is a great movie that every child and any adult with a love for Tolkien, LeGuin, C.S. Lewis will feel compelled to see. The second movie has no chivalry, no mystery no romance, and I wish my children had not seen it, to interfere and dilute the powerful feelings and lessons of the first. The allegory of the first is far superior to the second. I understand the third is even worse.
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Summary: Depressing sequel
Review: The first movie was interesting, but this just gets weird. Pretty bad acting by most involved too, including the main kid. Corny lines don't help much either. "Letrayel...get real!"
"I am real."
[Bad laugh track] This is truly the movie that never ends.
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