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A boy skips school, is assaulted by bullies then hides from them in a bookstore which he robs, then hides out in his school’s attic to read.

An extraordinarily powerful movie.

There’s a certain feeling with movies in the 1980’s which were positioned for children but had unashamedly-adult themes running through them. The Neverending Story has, at its core, themes of literacy, imagination, will, loss, hope and determination.

• Originally titled Die unendliche Geschichte

1. The Neverending Story – (1984 movie)
2. The NeverEnding Story 2 – (1990 movie)

3. The NeverEnding Story 3 – (1994 movie)

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• Based on The Neverending Story (1979), by Michael Ende

  • First translated into English, in 1983, by Ralph Manheim
• https://theneverendingstory.fandom.com/wiki/The_Neverending_Story_Wiki

• Everything Wrong With The NeverEnding Story In 20 Minutes Or Less

  • by CinemaSins

• Honest Trailers | The NeverEnding Story

  • by Screen Junkies

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• 2021-08-07
• 2016-03-30

• I saw this before, multiple times; no notes were taken.

2021-08-07 ∞

• 3:30 — His having dreams about his mom is a good thing. It’ll help him keep memories of her; hopefully positive ones.

• 4:45 — That finger tangle was popular back then.

  • Horse, Unicorn
• 17:00 — He eats like a slob.
• 18:45 — That guy’s voice over is terrible.
• 40:30 — The rest of the school didn’t hear him either..

• 1:31:30 — This has been so shouty for so long.

2016-03-30 ∞

• 3:30 — “We can’t let mom’s death be an excuse for not getting the old job done, right?”

• 5:30 — Casual bullying.

  • 5:45 — Running down an ally when being chased seems like a bad idea.
• 6:15 — “Maybe the chicken can lay an egg in there.”
• 6:45 — Those are different bullies? I never noticed in all these years.
• 7:30 — .. small rectangular objects? What website do I download those from? Maybe I can 3D-print one?

• 7:30 — He has 186 of them at home.

  • Treasure Island (1983 book), by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • The Last of the Mohicans – (1826 book), by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – (1900 book), by L. Frank Baum
  • The Lord of the Rings – (1954 book), by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870 book), by Jules Verne
  • Tarzan of the Apes (1912+ book), by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• 8:45 — Tarzan, Robinson Crusoe
• 9:15 — Damn this is a proper kid’s movie. Back in the day they had balls.
• 11:00 — Casual tardiness.
• 12:30 — Narration.

• 14:30 — Limestone

  • “Bouquet” and “Vintage” are references to wine-testing.
• 15:30 — Quartz
• 18:00 — Bat, Snail

• 23:30 — Atreyu

Take this orin.

• 27:30 — .. take this orin.
• 37:00 — Turtle
• 45:00 — Wow he’s adorable!
• 48:15 — See also The Princess Bride – (1987 movie)
• 60:00 — He’s a dick to books.
• 1:03:00 — Actually that was just another test, one that he failed. Roll credits.

• 1:14:30 — .. and this is what makes the movie:

Gmork: Foolish boy. Don’tcha know anything about Fantasia? It’s the world of human fantasies. Every part, every creature, is a piece of the dreams, and hopes, of mankind. Therefore it has no boundary.

Atreyu: But why is Fantasia dying, then?

Gmork: Because people have begun to lose their hopes, and forget their dreams. So The Nothing grows stronger.

Atreyu: What is The Nothing?

Gmork: It’s the emptiness that’s left. It is like a despair, destroying this world. And I have been trying to help it.

Atreyu: But why?!

Gmork: Because people who have no hopes are easy to control. And whoever has the control, has the power.

• 1:22:00 — I remember being wildly attracted to that actor.
• 1:25:45 — “Call my name!”
• 1:26:00 — I can’t hear what name he called out. That seems wrong to me.

• 1:29:30 — The wheel turns, and the bullied becomes the bully.

  Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. — Yoda, Star Wars – (1977 movie)

• 1:31:00 — Narration.

  • Mysterious narration.