REACTING to *The Neverending Story* KINDA AWESOME?? (First Time Watching) Classic Movies
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James and Ninetailedbrush watch this classic 80s movie! I loved it and you have to enjoy all the different creature creations and timeless 80s filmmaking techniques. Watch us meet the iconic characters from Atreyu and Falkor to Gmork and Rockbiter. Enjoy!
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What do you remeber the most about this movie as a kid??
Artex.
“They look like big, good, strong hands, don’t they?”
I always remember that.
Creepy dog.
Falcor and Artex.
Used to rent it constantly, then when we got cable, it was always on the Disney channel. Love it.
You guys have no idea how traumatic that horse scene is as a child lol. When I think of a sad childhood movie memory, this is it 😩😆
That’s so funny, I mean , not, well u know what I mean
YESSS!!!
His death traumatized a generation! 😢
@@marybrown6128 Facts
I still have PTSD from Artax's death. 😭
I watched it in the cinema as a child. Believe me, at the reveal of "other children have watched Bastian as he watched Atreyu" all of the kids (me included) gasped out loud!🤣 This was so mind blowing at that age!
Yeah, the entire theater gasped in my cinema... adults included. There simply was no expectation of that 4th wall break, and it really made everything feel that much more important.
You glossed over what I think is the most important line in the movie, where Gmork explains that the Nothing is "the emptiness that's left. It's like a despair, destroying this world. And I have been trying to help it....Because people who have no hopes, are easy to control. And whoever has control, has the power."
Look around at what's happening in the world today. How many people are dying young, from things like, drug overdoses, suicide, and alcohol-induced liver disease? There actually is a term for it: deaths of despair. Yes, really, that is what they're called, and you can look it up.
Taking away a person's hopes and dreams, can kill them long before their physical body expires. What happens when an entire population is immiserated?
That's interesting. I actually think in the modern age people have too many false dreams and ideas of the world. And perhaps that leads to a lot of these deaths of despair. Idk, just thinking outloud here
@@whitenoisereacts Ah, yes, going with the Tyler Durden view of it, eh? "We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars, but we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off."
*Depths of Despair
@@ToABrighterFuture practicamente citaste a coolio en su canción Gangsta Paradise .... Esa canción está más válida ahora que en los 90's
This movie pulled me out of my depression as a child.
I was in a really dark place and fiction/film was my only escape.
Then CGI started ramping up, and there was less and less practical effects, and It hurt me so much to think there wouldn't be any more. So at 12 years old, I vowed to give my life to keeping practical effects alive. It's almost 20 years later, and I'm doing it!
I've been a professional in the industry for 10 years now.
That is really cool! It supported you, so now you are supporting it.
The 80s cloud effect was a very tricky but rewarding technique, basically, a water tank would be filled part way with salt water, a thin piece of plastic put on top, then filled the rest of the way with fresh-water , the plastic would be removed and the water left to settle. With the water being different densities there's actually two layers of water, paint or ink would be injected where the two layers of water meet, and it gives the effect of rolling clouds.
The Nothing in the book wasn't a violent storm, like in the movie. It was just a slow, creeping, blind spot. Quiet. In order to make Bastian break down enough to say her name, the empress actually went to an old man in a mountain, that turned out to be the story teller, and he started the story all over again. Only instead of starting at the beginning of the Fantasia story, or even at the beginning of Bastian's story, it goes full meta and starts with YOU, opening the book and reading about Bastian. The story keeps starting over and over again until Bastian relents and realizes he can stop it by saying her new name.
The end of the movie was actually only the middle of the book. In the book, you actually get to follow Bastian and all of his wishes and creations. The sequel kind of touches on it, but really I would skip any sequels, as they are all terrible and do the story no justice. Michael Ende actually didn't even like the first movie, for being "too Hollywood," but at least that one is still a good movie.
I loved the movie, and then when I read the book, I HATED the second half. It felt like the ultimate betrayal, to take Bastian and the power of hopes and wishes and fantasy and turn it into a morality play about how having absolute power just corrupts you into becoming an evil dictator, and you're better off going back to be a little boy in the 'real world'. To this day I dislike that kind of ending.
@@invivoik Trouble is, most "re-adaptations" these days use little more than the names of the characters while rewriting the actual story to make it "relevant". A perfect example is the latest "adaptation" of the Stephen King novel Firestarter. The new movie's only connection to the original story is the names of the characters, and the fact the little girl is a pyrokinetic. The characters are almost unrecognizable from either the novel, or the first movie "adaptation" in 1984, which, while it had some slight discrepancies, was very close to the original novel, in my recollection at least.
The Amazon series The Wheel of Time is sadly going to fall far short of the original novels. All "controversies" aside, they are not giving the series nearly enough time to fully explore the novels, and many things that made the series so epic, will have to be cut out just to fit the arbitrary schedule Amazon has imposed.
One last example. The Netflix series The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance. One of the events in this "prequel" literally kills two of the characters from the original movie. I was enjoying the series up to that point, for, while it pushed some of the boundaries as far as the story, it was also engaging, and it was clearly something done to expand the world. Most of the characters were interesting, the sets and puppetry were incredible. But, I draw the line at breaking the "history" of an established world.
I wish I had more faith in "Hollywood" to make adaptations of beloved movies/shows/novels, sadly, they've consistently shown that their "vision" of the story is more important to them than the original story itself, in my opinion at least. I would love to be surprised for the better for once, but I refuse to be disappointed anymore.
I didn’t mind the second one because I felt like Jonathan Brandis was a good enough actor to make the audience still care about Bastian. I found the antagonist annoying and the overall story predictable (compared to the first film). While I’m generally someone who says the book of any film adaptation was better (because it’s usually true), I do like the first film for at least trying to adapt a lot of the book into film form whereas the second film only borrows from the book a tiny bit for characters and story and the third film just abandoned the book altogether and is by far the worst of the three films. Though the actor playing Bastian I feel does his best considering he was a much better actor (as we saw from his previous films) than the writing allowed.
You forgot to mention the best copies of the book to get have red and green text. Red for the real world and green for Fantastica (the name of the fantasy world in the book). The book even the mentions the colors of the text during the storyteller's retelling and there are several stories leading up to Atreyu's first appearance. The three characters seen at the beginning have an entire chapter centered around them. Then Auren (that medallion) gets passed between a few characters. From the Child-like Empress (her full title in the book), to a centaur (which was what that wiseman in the tower was originally supposed to be goes on an adventure to find Atreyu personally to set him on his quest. There's a dream that Atreyu receives when the last time he went hunting Purple Buffalo he spared it's life to find out what the Empress wanted of him instead. The Purple Buffalo in response tells him in Atreya in this dream about Morla (because at this point Atreyu and Artax had just been wandering around aimlessly). There are even more details than that that the movie misses out on (Atreyu's skin and hair are green like grass for example). You should check it out.
@@leperwolf7287 I mentioned the different colored text in another comment :)
Fantasia is named Phantásien in the original German version. And Falkor is named Fuchur (with a throaty ch), but I guess that sounded kinda naughty for English speaking audiences, so they renamed him Falkor in English. Atreyu's skin was purple. His hair was green.
One of the best parts of the book is that Gmork says everyone taken by the Nothing becomes a lie - "Who knows what use they’ll make of you? Maybe you’ll help them to persuade people to buy things they don’t need, or hate things they know nothing about, or hold beliefs that make them easy to handle, or doubt the truths that might save them.”
Artax’s death had been listed by some as one of the saddest movie deaths
La vi por primera vez en tv cuando tenía 5 años, y cada vez se me cierra la garganta y siento húmedo los ojos ....
at least nowadays it would be CG horse. That poor horse was probably scared!
His mom‘s name that he yells is Moonchild. The main thing I remember is being confused about that. And rewinding it over and over again to try to figure out what he was saying. Also the wolf thing scared me to death. To death. I had nightmares about that thing. I only just managed to rewatch the movie a few years ago and enjoy it because all I remembered was being terrified.
I clearly recall watching and rewatching this movie and never really hearing the name, I tried to put on the captions to see if that helped, nope, it just had yelling. I think in the releases I think it might have been clean up so that you CAN hear the name. I tested this theory, and rewatch a good copy of the movie on VHS and even with the fact that I know what he is yelling, I still can't hear the name.
Moon child hope
Gmork is one of the changes from the book that I really, really liked - while they don't go into as much detail about the lore as the book did in that conversation, in the book, Gmork was in chains. Him being free to strike at any moment in the movie version of the scene makes it all the more frightening.
As an 80s child I honestly thought quick sand was going to be a big problem for me growing up 😂😂😂
🤣🤣 this!!
Drowning into the deep too
Us too…there seemed to be quick sand deaths in several movies…we used to agonise over dying this way as kids…walking in any mud was a risky venture…🙈😂
Between this, Princess Bride and so many choose your own adventure books, quicksand is made out to be such a problem.
Thank you for contributing your imaginations to help perpetuate Fantasia and its Never-Ending Story. After all, that _is_ what you do here. As long as stories continue to be experienced, enjoyed, and shared to inspire more imagination, they never truly end.
You guys should definitely check out the movie legend with Tom cruise and Tim Curry. It's like labyrinth and the Neverending Story type movie.
Fun fact: The real Auryn pendant used in the film is currently hanging in Steven Spielberg's office.
Legend has it that The Neverending Story suggests that Atreyu's journey has happened many times before, and will probably happen again. This cycle of life and destruction and life emerging again is a neverending story.
Ka is a wheel.
Legend with Tom Cruise is another cool 80s fantasy movie. Also Fantasia is a name of a Disney movie as well as being the world's name in the book of this movie. So might have heard the name from either.
Dont forget Willow
Yes...."LEGEND", "WILLOW" , and "RETURN TO OZ"....."Krull" isnt as childish but definitely the predecessor to all great fantasy movie made after 1983
Tim Curry is AMAZING as the Devil in this!
Yes! The American theatrical release of Legend had an awesome score by Tangerine Dream also. One of the few cases where the theatrical version was actually better than the director's cut...with the other Jerry Goldsmith score (that just didn't hold up for me). The additional scenes weren't really worth it either.
That's an old-school trick for opening jars - holding the lid under hot water for a few seconds. Most matter expands when heated, and the thin metal of the lid expands faster than the thicker glass of the jar; hence, the lid 'loosens' by becoming slightly bigger than the jar.
If you think this gets eerie when the Childlike Empress starts talking to the audience, try reading the book and having her start talking about the other children reading the same book with the Auryn on the cover, which is what you're holding in your hands! I think when I got to that part as kid, it was in the middle of an actual thunderstorm and I was reading by flashlight because the lights had gone out! (Weirdly, the same thing happened while reading LotR when Frodo goes to Mt. Doom to destroy the ring, but no power outage that time.)
I had shown my husband (then boyfriend) The Neverending Story, the next day we go to the beach. Someone had made a massive hole and it had gotten covered up, the hole was deep enough I needed help out. Well he made a huge show of it, crying out "ARTAAAAAAX!" while pulling me up -- hilariously embarrassing. You should check out "Little Monsters" (1989) starring the Savage brothers (Fred & Ben) and Howie Mandel -- another movie that gave me some nightmares growing up. :) Also, but I really thought I would name my son Atreyu growing up. lol
That is the cutest story ever!!
My grandson (age 15 months) is named Atrayu! (Yes, my daughter intentionally spelled his name differently than the book/movie character.) I grew up with this film and raised my kids with it as well. My daughter's pregnancy was difficult and little Atrayu needed to have the strength of a warrior- and he definitely has!
@@meganbeshear8644 I love cool names like that! I don't have kids, but the names I have written down are all a little unique. :) I introduced my nephews to some of my favorite 80s movies as well. It's fun to bring it to a new generation! I am glad your daughter and Atrayu are well!! :)
I love Little Monsters!
This honestly was one of the most imaginative movies ever made....but its greatness will always be downplayed because it was originally made for kids. Which is crazy in itself because this is really heavy for a kid's film...it scared the hell out of me when I was a child.
This is an absolute classic. Remember this movie fondly. One of those that was always shown to the whole school last day of school before the holidays back in the 80s as a kid. Glad that young people are getting to experience these movies.
You should do Ridley Scott's "Legend". Iffen ya want high fantasy, elf-creature baby tom cruise (in a loin cloth), glitter - SO MUCH GLITTER - and also the GOAT Tim Curry as Darkness.
I just feel like it's in the same family as this movie. :D
(Also, there's two versions that are equally good; I recommend the director's cut, though it's a bit longer.)
Tim Curry as a demon oozing charisma
The version with the Tangerine Dream soundtrack would be amazing for a reaction
@@jennandrewlawrence5055 directors cut both Ridley and Tom Cruise agree that one is better. Without producer and studio meddling. Goldsmith deserved better
@@jennandrewlawrence5055 Absolutely agree. I tried watching the Director’s Cut a few years ago and I DNF’ed it. They had changed the music for the dress scene; my favorite scene growing up. I just couldn’t finish it after that; it completely changed the feel of that scene for me.
Krull is better! Do that, please.
And now we follow your story. Truly NEVERENDING.
It’s pretty great!
Barret Oliver (Bastian) is now a professional photographer. The book, "A History of the Woodburytype," is his.
Bastian's father was played by Gerald McRaney, who would later star in "Major Dad," among other things.
Noah Hathaway turned 50 last November, and has HE ever led a life: dance instructor, multiple black belt martial artist, motorcycle racer, tattoo artist, and other acting roles, on top of all that. Somewhere in there is one heck of an an autobiography, wouldn't you think?
Fun fact: At the time of its release, it was the most expensive film produced outside the United States or the Soviet Union. It's a German movie 🇩🇪
And If I recall a Bavarian one at that. One of my favourite German films.
In the book this is only the first half of the story, but there's this awesome transition where you're basically reading the book being written and the typeface is in a different colour.
The first half is of course about the importance of fantasy and imagination, while the second half is about the dangers and risks of over-indulging in those same things.
This movie came out when I was 8. It's been 38 years. I still have literally every word, every pause and every line of this movie memorized. I watched it THAT many times when I was a kid. Wore out two (TWO) beta tapes. (And beta was of better quality, so it was harder to wreck them).
I was 10 when it came out. This, Labyrinth and Willow are fantasy movies from my younger years that I have watched countless times. Some films just become a part of who you are, in a way. The same with books.
This movie and The Pagemaster (1994) with Macully Culkin (or however you spell his name I never figured it out XD), but these two movies were the huge factors in making me a big book kid/reader. Which turned me into a writer today. And created the backbone of who I *am* today with all the lessons I got from these movies and the books I loved as a result.
I was just thinking about the Pagemaster while watching this! I added it to my reaction suggestion list even 😂
I think Macully Culkin’s best movie was “ The Good Son”, best villain ever.
Man, I haven’t seen The Pagemaster in over 20 years, but I used to love it. I wonder if it holds up? It has a kind of mythical feel in my mind.
If you guys wanna continue in the same line of 80s Fantasy movies as Labyrinth and The Never Ending Story, you should definitely check out: The Princess Bride (1987).
A pure classic!
It's trippy how Bastian is reacting to the book. While you are reacting to the movie while I'm reacting to you guys and I bet someone is reacting to me and the real world lol.
React-ception
This was one of those great movies of the 80's!! If you were a kid in the 80's... you loved this movie!!
I loved this movie as a child, heck I still love it. Can't watch it as much anymore though because - due to how much I did watch it when I was a kid - I've been forbidden from watching it when any of my family is in the house *lol* For me it's just the...idea, the belief of the imagination building up lands and creatures and beings and people that are real, somewhere, like Fantasia has just always held a very special place in my heart.....and my imagination 💖
Aww you guys are on a great hot streak! The symbolism in this story is a lot to unpack. I'm glad you're giving these 80s fantasy flicks a try.
Fun fact: After this movie Noah Hathaway who plays Atreyu would go on to star in a 1986 film called Troll where his main character is named after a certain boy wizard thats popular today i kid you not 😂
They showed us this movie in grade school around holidays when we didn’t have a full day. It was fun, but the Artax scene traumatized me, and I was terrified of the Wolf character. I still watched it multiple times. Another movie that has quite a few practical effects that is fairly true to the book that I watched multiple times when I was little was Return to Oz.
Yes! Return to Oz! I introduced my kids to all these movies, including Watership Down....
Don't ruin your Neverending Story experience by watching the sequels. lol
Don’t worry!! We won’t!
The first sequel is very loosely based on a single chapter from the second half of the novel but it's a terrible movie all the same.
@raphaelperry8159 I do agree it doesn't measure up to the first, but at least it had some good parts, like the return of the bookshop owner, the fact that Bastian's Dad had an involvement in his sons adventure when he didn't believe in Bastian's imaginative wonder before in the first movie, and plus, with Jonathan Brandis's passing years later, looking back makes it all the more emotional. The third movie, on the other hand, can suck my d-k with how it dumbed down everything from the first two; Bastian, Falkor, Rockbiter, the whole shebang. No amount of Bully Jack Black can save it.
i felt the sequel is at least watchable and does have some cool scenes/ideas, although having all new actors playing the roles is LAME. The third movie is atrocious.
This was my favorite movie as a little kid. I've probably seen it 100 times. I still haven't quite gotten over Artax dying.
"We're all apart of the Neverending Story." We get to share your experiences as you are experiencing the movies.
I loved this book and movie as a child and I actually visited the Bavaria Film Studios once where all of the props and characters are exhibited. I actually rode the dragon there it was so cool haha
Me too
I still have somewhere the photo of me riding Fuchur
same here, and i‘m going to meet noah in september at a con, can‘t wait! 😊
Has anyone else fallen in love with them and their reactions and will watch a new reaction, even if you haven’t seen the movie or show that they are reacting to.
My favorite reactors, hands down. There just seems to be a really similar wavelength and I love it.
Keep doing what you’re doing guys
Aww :) thanks Olive. This made my day
It's still so cool even at my current age. When I was a kid Atreyu was my first crush. He was the coolest because he was so brave. I'm sure you'll love Gremlins that's some fun stuff there. I'm not sure if I know any other movies like this personally, but I recommend some interesting thought movies of Monster Squad and Little Monsters
I had a crush on him as a kid too!
I remember seeing this for the first time. It was a time when we were more innocent and didn't have so much world exposure. This move was mind-blowing. Watching you two be so invested is both amusing and charming.
ahhh, 80s children's movies. absolutely magical and off-handedly traumatizing at the same time.
I was born in 1980 and I will admit I cried a little at your labyrinth reaction lol and I know this is going to hit my heart too, we had a lot of imagination in the early 80s growing up and lots of media to help us get there🙌🎈✌📼
Bruh... I'm 37 do you remember Flight of the Navigator? :P
'81 here and yeah, watching all this stuff as it came out was a really shaping experience
@@JoeSnow84 and Last Star Fighter
I was born in 81. Flight of the navigator was one of my favs
Don't forget explorers.
I met the Child Empress actress at comic con
If u like these older fantasy type movies maybe try "the dark crystal" its a classic
- Truth. Those damn Skeksis; Chamberlain was the worst of them.
YESS PLEASEEE... and the series DARK CRYSTL: AGE OF RESISTANCE .. Both masterpieces!!
@@Arthaius Chamberlain was always my 2nd Favorite he was very intelligent and could play minds very well.
@@SirDinielFortesque - Second favorite huh, now I'm curious, who was your #1? Other than Jen and the good guy team, Chamberlain was the only character that ever stood out to me.
And that's what's fantastic about this movie. By watching (or reacting), you kept Bastian's story alive, and therefore kept The Neverending Story, never ending. :)
This movie had all the hallmarks of a great 80's kid movie- a lack of adult supervision, children in mortal peril, imaginary creatures who will either eat or befriend you. Artax dying had an effect on all of us. I still use the term "the Nothing" to describe depression, it's the best analogy I've ever seen.
They should have done the whole book as one film instead of just the first half.
I picture it as just this grand scale fantasy film like Lord of the Rings with a runtime I would say around 145 minutes. Imagine how epic that would have been.
agree. I've read the original German version... that would've been most epic one
@@erick-gd7wo Also has way more balls, because in this one the characters who vanish in the first half aren't brought back. Every version of Fantasia is different.
I have to echo what some others have said and let you guys know I love watching younger people react (and positively) to my favorites from childhood! This and Labyrinth are my absolute favorites from my childhood and I could watch them everyday. I am so glad you guys appreciate the visuals and effects and enjoyed them both so much!
I feel like another movie in this genre of 80’s kids dark fantasy that doesn’t get suggested enough is Time Bandits. It’s from the early 80’s so a big chunk of the gen Xers who saw all these other fantasy movies were still a little too young when Time Bandits came out and not everybody had VHS’s yet when it released to video. It was directed by Terry Gilliam and helped set the stage for these other kids fantasy movies you’ve been watching which followed.
This was my favorite movie as a kid, and it still stands as it to this day! Also artax's death traumatized me as a child lol
The Rock Biter eats like Cookie Monster. Nothing goes down, it just all falls out lol
One movie in the same 80s creature-fantasy family as this is Return to Oz. Haven't seen it mentioned yet in the comments. It's the canonical sequel to The Wizard of Oz but it's largely overlooked because it's such a different, darker movie without much of the blockbuster feel. Usually fondly remembered by us 80s kids though.
Also if you're looking for another great story with a similar message to this one, about the value of the world of the imagination, try the novel 'Weaveworld' by Clive Barker. Yes, the Hellraiser author - it's a mature and often grim story, but not quite horror like some of Barker's other work.
Came here to mention Return to Oz! Glad I’m not the only one 😁
Think about it. Bastian was watching the story unfold in Fantasia, these two guys are watching Bastian (as the childlike Empress said) and we're watching them watching Bastian watching Fantasia. THAT'S the neverending story!
For years I couldn’t remember what this movie was, but I remembered the scene where Artax died because it distressed me so much as a really little kid.
This is one of my absolute favorites of all time and I can quote the whole movie. PLUS I cry every single time I watch it 💜 Thanks for a great reaction! Love your content.
This was a great movie of my childhood. I have to say the dark crystal is my all time favorite. Love watching you guys reactions. Keep them coming.
Your analysis is so awesome. This movie has so many layers! The following is a copy of a comment I made on another video reacting to this movie that touches on similar points as yours but focuses on them through the perspective of Bastian’s depression. I hope it adds even more context to the full extent of Bastian’s triumph by the end of the movie.
“The entire story is an allegory for depression as is the main “antagonist”. When you are in the throes of depression “nothing” matters. You cannot find joy in anything so everything becomes “nothing”. Meaningless.
The “nothing” as depicted in the movie is not a hurricane or storm per se; it’s a complete lack of anything. What you view as the hurricane is just an effect of the “nothing”. It is not evil, it not good, it not anything, it is just a void that sucks in everything and leaves you with a world that is empty and totally devoid of hope.
Bastian lost his mother. Atreyu, Artax. The Rock Biter his friends. The Childlike Empress, her name, her entire identity. All experienced unimaginable loss.
Fantasia is built on the dreams of humankind and the foundation of dreams is hope. As humankind loses sight of its dreams, loses its childlike wonder, loses its hope for a better future, Fantasia withers away and dies.
I do not think it’s an accident that the movie starts with Bastian’s father scolding him about not trying out for the swimming team. I think that the swimming team is an example of a dream Bastian has given up on due to his depression over having lost his mother.
I believe just as much as The Neverending Story needed Bastian to conquer the Nothing, Bastian needed the Neverending Story to conquer his depression, his very own “nothing”. This is ultimately why the symbol of The Neverending Story is the Auryn (a double ouroboros). It is not the standard ouroboros for a reason. When we feel we have lost everything we need our connection to others to remind us to continue on fighting; to bring us out of our despair. That is why when Atreyu sees Bastian when he gazes into the mirror. Atreyu is Bastian’s counterpart in Fantasia. He is the courage Bastian gave up when his mom died and the courage Bastian needs to reconnect with. In the oft maligned second movie the Emptiness is destroyed by Bastian wishing for it to be given a heart. Likewise Bastian’s “emptiness” in the first movie is destroyed by observing the courage of Atreyu. The root of courage being cour-, latin for heart. Bastian’s heart is restored by his connection to Atreyu.
I hope this helps you better connect with the story on subsequent viewings. You are right that there are very metatextual elements in this movie but if you view them as stand ins for the different ways people react to depression it makes the movie a lot more profound… and even more profoundly sad.
Case in point, the final scene with the Rock Biter is exceptionally difficult to watch when you realize what his speech about his hands really means. “These hands. These strong hands. What could they do?” It really stings when you realize the context. Most people think the Rock Biter has given up and resigned to being destroyed by the Nothing. But if you look at it from the overarching context of the film, the Rock Biter has already been taken over, destroyed by the “nothing”. He has given up all hope and was a husk of the strong character we saw at the start of the film. Atreyu at that point could have done nothing to save him. Only hope could and that was something that was ‘beyond the boundaries of Fantasia’. And that is just fucking sad and is why I always bawl my eyes out at that scene.
Sorry for the walk of text but hope this helps make future viewings even more engaging.”
Hopefully the above comment adds even more enjoyment of the movie for you. When looked at in all the context, this is not a kid’s movie. It’s an everyone movie. Everyone can get something out of it if they only open their heart to receive its message.
Thanks again for your viewing and your analysis!
I was in 2nd grade when this movie came out. Our homeroom teacher, Miss Gains, took the whole class as a field trip to see it opening day. She even got the owner of the AMC theater to give our class a speech on, "success in life" before the movie started. Needless to say, I was memorized by the movie. As an adult, however, I wasn't sure if I could appreciate it. After all these years later and watching your review, I strangely find myself wanting to rewatch this relec of my childhood. Thanks fellas!
I actually had a timber wolf named G'mork back in the day.
DARK CRYSTAL and LEGEND. 80s fantasy at it's finest
I like Krull too, even though it’s pretty silly.
The Neverending Story is like all the stories behind every book. Everytime a new person took the book, Fantasia is destroyed so each people/child can rebuilt it with his wishes and fantasies. So the Empress changes name everytime, so every part of the book. It's fascinating because is like the movie is explaining the mechanics behind every story and book. In the Same time, the book is teaching you to dream bigger and better, helps you to overcome grief, difficulties, challenges and depression of the real words. It's a very special idea. Its my all time favorite movie since I was a child ❤️
GMORK: “It’s the world of human fantasy.”
JAMES: “Oh, and it’s dying! Yes!!!”
The movie "Legend" with Tom Cruise is another to check out! Highly recommend!
The amount of times I heard “woah” was great. If you could, I would definitely suggest reading the book. I would love for this movie to be remade with the second half of the book included.
The book part of the movie ends with Bastian and the childlike empress (moonchild) are in the dark space and Bastian makes his wish.
The sphinx gate in the book is terrifying, the sphinxes will stop you in your mind and ask you riddles until you die if they feel you’re unworthy
Yeah I would be interested to see how they do it in the novel
@@whitenoisereacts if you can find the hardcover version of the book, you’ll see the real world in one color font and everything happening “in book” in another color font. Paperback does different font type.
I happen to possess the original hardcover in German language. it's printed in green ink with some rhymes in red ones.
I had the pleasure of watching this in the theatre as a child (I was 11). I love seeing the reactions of people born in the 90s and the 00's reacting to stuff I grew up with. I mean, CGI is VERY impressive nowadays, but the practical effects used in films in the 80s... it still boggles my mind how beautiful they still look to this day!
And the scene with Artex and the Swamp of Sorrows... I bawled my effin' eyes out in the theatre! In fact, there was hardly a dry eye there! Still chokes me up even today. 😭
Someone did comment it below, but just in case, I'll repeat it here: Bastian's mother was named "Moonchild".
I always get chills as the Empress explains the concept of the story to us. Every. Single. Time.
Yes! Time for some CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
I had forgotten about this movie. I was the family bookworm so I loved this, but didn’t get to watch it much as my brothers didn’t like it. We all watched Willow together though, which is brilliant and Flight of the Navigator was another favourite
Many cultures believe we only truly die when we are forgotten and that having your name spoken is eternal life. This story is very much about that theme. His moms name was Moonchild. I never knew that until subtitles came out, I could never understand him. Lol. Highly recommend Legend, it was made entirely on set.
This movie is the greatest use of metaphor in cinema. People love it when movies break the 4th wall. This movie calls out the audience explicitly!. It's brilliant!
at the start, the clouds were made by pouring paint into water
Highly recommend The Dark Crystal and The Witches. No reactor has done The Witches (the 1990 film, not the dreadful recent remake).
Yeah, I remember going with my class to the cinema to watch "The Witches". We already knew the story since our head teacher had read it for us a couple of years earlier. We all loved it!
@@Fedorevsky amazing film.
omg I almost forgot about the witches that movies scared the sh*t out of me. I second the Dark Crystal though it's my fav Jim Henson original movie
@Meradianstar 42 I love The Witches too! Rented it so much from the mom and pop rental place down the street from my childhood home that my mom started pretending they didn’t have it XD.
Do The Last Starfighter!
I watched this when it first came out in 1984, but only discovered he shouted "Moonchild" about 20 years later!
Fun Fact: The name Bastion calls out at the end of the movie is Moon Child. His mom's name was Serenity or Sarena.
I actually didn't see this until high school when my friend showed me. Even then, the horse scene was traumatizing lol. Love the movie though regardless. 💕
The death of Artax is one of the most traumatic moments in a kids' movie ever.
Artax was the only horse I've ever seen that died for his owner and taking the sadness so his master would not sink.
If you guys are interested, I highly recommend reacting to Starkid’s Nightmare Time series, if you haven’t seen it already. It really expands Hatchetfield and it’s characters in a lot of ways and I think you’d enjoy it a lot. Great vids!
I'll tell you what though, Gmork absolutely terrified me as a child. I saw those eyes and teeth in my nightmares for weeks after that, and more than once woke up screaming....
Also fun fact; Falkor, Gmork, and Rockbiter are all voiced by the great Alan Oppenheimer, the same VA who played the legendary role of Skeletor from He-Man! He also voiced Cringer/Battle Cat and Man at Arms in that show!
This movie made me believe that other things are out there.
As has been mentioned, this is the first half of the original book. The second half deals with Bastians wishes and how you can loose yourself in them. It's also really great, but sadly the second half has never been adapted into a movie correctly. The sequel movies only take a few points from the book, but they are really not good.
In the Wheel of Time series of books, the Aes Sedai (women who can use magic) wear a ring of a snake biting it’s own tail that symbolizes time. I was instantly reminded of AURYN from this story.
I think quite a few cultures use something like that.
@@blueamaranth9419 yes, very true.
I love how 8 minutes in Ninetailedbrush hits the nail on the head for the story's metaphor/theme.
Legend with Tim Curry and a 16 yr old Tom Cruise, has some of the best practical effects. Tim Curry who also plays the clown in the original IT, has one of the best performances in head to to prosthetics and makeup. His eyes, nails headpiece and toes all under makeup and he is truly breathtaking to see and experience. The entire movie is treat for the eyes and those who adore hero fantasy quests. 10/10
When I first watched this as a kid, Artax dying traumatized me very badly and now I cannot watch that part without sobbing uncontrollably. It just hit too close to my horse girl heart.
The Artex scene. Ruining childhoods since 1984.
The clouds in the beginning were shot using "cloud tanks". Just really big tanks of water with different color inks poured into them shot at high speed so that they could be slowed down for the final result.
28:51. They really did this scene well. Atreyu being shown the story from ancient paintings on the wall of what already happened. The movie as a whole is something I would watch a million times over, just to remember how good it was.
(This is also adding on to what I thought.)
For an 1984 children’s film, this is something that you’d really watch with your family and kids again. Cause for something as strange as a kid picking up a mysterious fantasy book with a cool symbol on the front, already gives you the impression that this is going to be interesting.
But for the kid reading the story becoming part of it. It is hard to understand, but I get it. And this goes with that “losing your dreams and wonderful memories you had”. But saving it from abandonment” meaning.
Aside from the amazing music and practical effects, this is a good 80s children’s movie. I watched it when I was a teenage 5 years ago, since I wanted to know how good it was. I was totally loving it. That’s just due to me and some of us who watched the movie, know that this is introducing us to a concept that no one has done before that time. Which film makers are doing this some times in recent films. But I go back to this classic movie, because this started a particular movie concept and well written narrative with in a film.
But Love your channel. Stay amazing as always guys.
I really love the book. the actual story is way longer than the movie. you should read the book too
Willow would be good n princess bride.
No, Willow would not be good in Princess Bride.
Princess Bride is fine just the way it is.
There’s something about this movie that perfectly replicated what it’s like to read as a kid. (On that note if y’all haven’t yet, you should watch Pagemaster)
The Nothing was meant to represent depression and the nothingness it makes you feel when it overcomes you. This was really powerful for me as a kid with depression.
I liked how structured the music in the film is in terms of using certain themes for distinct locations and situations, I haven't really seen it done this intricately until the Lord of the Rings movies. *The second movie is not as good but still has a semblance of the second half of the novel, and the third movie is so horrendous, it's absolutely hilarious and mortifying at the same time, it has the same tone of 90's Power Rangers basically and you just gotta see it for yourself, it's a trip and a half.*
The death of Artax traumatized a generation of kids.
I am very fond of this movie, but by the time it came out I was already very familiar with the book, which I thought was fucking awesome, and I was disappointed that the movie had to simplify the story. The whole second part of the book really gives the whole story its full sense. To this day I remember Bastian mining in the dark, looking for images of his memory.
Decades later, when my dad passed away, I was numb with pain and kind of lost. One year after that, I had a dream where I entered a room and I found the memory of my dad again, just like Bastian found his memories in the dark, and I cried for hours. It was sad and beautiful at the same time. I had found myself again.
The Neverending Story is a fantastic story, with a beautiful soul. It will forever stay in my heart.
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is an 80s movie and I think y'all will totally be impressed with it.
Many people I know loved the movie until they read the book. Apparently the movie has a history with its origins story book. Personally, I haven't read the book yet, but I didn't enjoy the movie until I was older.
Am I the only one who also kinda loved the second one?
Yup. I kid XD. I really disliked it myself, but I’m sure you aren’t the only fan.
@@nickmanzo8459 Well thank you for trying to boost my confidence then, that's extremely wholesome of you! 😅🤝
You know, the actual novel this is based on goes on from there with Bastian's adventures within the new Phantasia his wishes are building and the price he has to pay for this ability - there is an evil witch and many many more phantastical creatures, characters and places. This movie is just a shortened version of like the first quarter of the book. Please read the amazing novel by Michael Ende. Fun fact: Translated the author's last name means "end". Yes, Miachel End wrote The Neverending Story ;)
This is one of my favorites when I was a kid Falcor is my absolute favorite. I was bullied and I always wished for Falcor to show up and help me get back at my bullies lol.