Everyone always talks about the horse trauma, but the Rock biter helplessly lamenting that he wasn't strong enough to save his friends and allowing himself to die because of it destroys me every time.
He crossed the desert of crushed dreams, across the swamp of sadness, to face the feeling of nothingness, and then finally the renewal of hopes and dreams. You were right about thinking it being about him dealing with his mom's death.
The central theme of this film is dealing with loss. To that end, there are many great lines. "It has to hurt if it is to heal!" is one in particular I like.
It's a perspective that's so often forgotten. If you're truly working through grief and loss, you do need to allow yourself to enter that overwhelming void of emotion before you begin to heal. Even the characters show the stages of grief. Despair in the swamp of sadness, numbness of Morla, resignation from the rock biter, and anger from Atreyu at the knowledge it needs to be a journey before Bastian makes the choice to move forward.
For a few years there all the family friendly horse ranch and youth riding places nearly went out of business because all the kids would show up and just start bawling. Probably. 😂😭
@@headcontraption And I'm reading your comment about the comment about all of us watching them watch him reading about her. And from here I can see it's giant turtles all the way down.
Every kid in the 80's wanted a Luck Dragon as a friend after this movie i can tell you that much. The Neverending Story is part of that era of "kids" movies that where actually Dark and mature as fuck. But it was all part of the mindset that despite being for kids, it showed that the world can be shitty and cruel and that you'll face Huge obstacles that seems unbeatable and where all Hope is lost. But it also showed kids that you could overcome those obstacles with Wits, Creativity/Imagination, Camaraderie and Bravery, and that if you belief in yourself hard enough, you can overcome anything the world is throwing at you and that even in the Darkest of Places, it was there that Shone the Brighest of Lights. Those kinda movies where extremely formative and din't take its audience, despite its young age, for morons, and treated them with intelligence and respect. The Land Before time, An American Tail, All Dogs goes to Heaven, Labirynth, the Dark Crystal as 80's fantasy movies, where just that good. And lets not forget Shows like Batman the animated series and Gargoyles. We din't dumb stuff down automaticly cause it was "for kids".
@@darkkhalwb Oh yes absolutely loved that one. I also noticed that when one of her kids is in the kitchen boasting about how brave he is, and just being a kid-- that Ms Brisbee ends up facing every single one of those challenges to save her family. And 'Flying Dreams' at the end credits is such a lovely song I still know all the words.
As a female Aussie kid in the 80s, l did want the Luck the dragon as a friend, l just wanted the snake pendant necklace that the kid wore around his neck in the movie. I couldn't find one, so l got a sterling silver ring snake that wrapped around my finger with white cubic zirconia diamonds as eyes.
The bookstore owner didn't say," as long as you read it safe." He said, "the stories you read are safe." As in they go away when you stop reading, unlike the Never Ending Story, which is really happening.
Gen X here. Welcome to our childhood. I was 8 when I watched this in the theatre. Never got over Artax and if I ever get a dog it will be a white labrador retriever named Falcor. Bastian following Atreuy, you are following you and we are watching you watching everything. The Neverending Story 💜
Sebastian is the story teller. It's his story. Atreyu saw his trueself in the mirror and that was Sebastion. The name of his mother is Moonchild. If you have ever taken a creative writing class. The first thing you do when writing a story, is come up with a character. That character needs a name. For the next story to be written a named character has to be created. Why does Sebastion get as many wishes as he wants? Because he is the writer, and he can write whatever his heart desires. When you lose a parent young, it feels like nothingness. And you want to be a brave warrior, and fight through the sadness, The book is Sebastian, everything about it, is what Sebastian feels inside. It's the neverending story, because as people are watching this movie, they are getting inspired. And with inspiration a new story is told with a new name. This movie is so deep on so many different levels, its kind of crazy.
I’ve actually used this movie with therapy patients to talk about depression. The Nothing has been used as a metaphor for it and it actually helps a lot to visualize it for some people. Poor Artax…still cry over him That speech by the Rock bitter “they look like big strong hands” and Gmork’s “it has no boundary…those who have no hope…” really hit hard.
The Swamp of Sadness as a metaphor for despair and depression is soooo real. Watching a loved one go through depression, you cycle through all the things Atreyu does trying to help them through it. The helplessness is REAL.
The swamp of sadness and the turtle represent depression and apathy. That is why if you cannot get out of depression you sink into it and only you can help yourself to get out of there. And that is why the turtle is not interested in anything other than leaving, because it is in a state of apathy.
However, Morla isn’t consumed by the swamp because they don’t even care enough to be sad. They also won’t leave the swamp of their own accord, though, because they’ve become utterly apathetic to the point of lethargy.
Fun fact. As a German that was born at the end of the 80s i had the privilege to see Falkor in real-life, at a studio tour when i was 4 or 5 years old. Don't remember it clearly but i was definitely in awe with that prop, i mean here is a fucking white dragon the size of...two Chrysler Voyager back to back, of course it was awesome.
Yeah, we learned what it was like to lose things very young. They didn’t coddle us like they do now we also learned how to persevere through loss. This movie actually has a tremendous amount of wisdom and also connect every story that has ever been written without you, even knowing it.
Fun fact: the voice of Falkor is Alan Oppenheimer, who most know as the voices of Skeletor and Battle Cat on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe! Dude is a legend!
The orange-egg smoothie is most likely a DIY hangover cure, thus implying Bastian’s dad was dealing with his wife’s death by drinking himself into being able to deal.
Yeah, usually it's OJ, eggs and cayenne pepper for the kick. There's also a variant with coffee brewed with either cayenne or chili in it, for both caffeine and that "OH GOD MY MOUTH IS FIRE" reaction. Sure wakes you up!
He screamed because he sees the giant turtles in his mind and when they heard him, he got weirded out. Spoiler : The book is actually a portal to the fantasy realm ( Fantasia ) via the ORYN medallion on the cover 😉😉.
28:00 The empress explains it. "Just as he is sharing your adventures, others are sharing his". Him reading the story was also part of the Neverending story. We the viewers are the others sharing his. So thier worlds are actually the same world, which is why Falcor is able to fly to the city at the end.
my entire life (before subtitles) i thought he screamed "Vittoria".... i watched this movie a million times as a child and an adult and only until 2 years ago did i find out he said Moonchild.
I was 7 when I saw this movie. Also after artax death scene. I hugged my dog tight that night. I'm 45 now and still tear up watching that scene. And don't get me started with. " where's his glasses, he can't see without his glasses"
Man this movie has been breaking and rebuilding my spirit for almost 40 years. I was so excited to get this notification. I still talk about turtles sneezing because of this
This movie came out when I was 5 and I've seen it hundreds of times and have read the book several times as well. After so many watches/readings I can confidently say that the reason the Director made it so that you didn't hear Bastian's mother's name is because they wanted to give the audience an opportunity to "name" the Empress. In the book, it is inferred that this has happened an infinite amount of times and each time she is given a different name. Thus, while they used the name Bastian gave her in the book, they left room for the audience/future "Bastian's" to give her one. You also find out that with each wish that Bastian makes, he loses a little bit of himself and his life in the "real" world. This movie and the book have really dark themes, like many "kids" movies of the 80's. As for his mother's name, Moonchild...I always felt that she was the reason that Bastian was "free-spirited" and possessed his imagination in contrast to his father (opposites attract). Because the Father was also grieving, he was trying to squash the attributes in Bastian that reminded him of his late wife.
I never read the book. Is it implied that Bastian’s mom ended her own life? I’ve seen this movie tons of times and the older I get , the more that seems likely.
One thing that is makes viewing as a child much more different than viewing as an adult. As a kid, the scariest gate was the first one. Lasers shooting from the eyes of giant statues. Terrifying. I couldn't understand why dude was like, the mirror one is more terrifying. As an adult... looking into your own soul... yeah... I get it.
For many years, I thought Bastian in the mirror was a transition from Atreyu's world to ours. I didn't realize until recently that Atreyu was actually seeing Bastian.
The book itself is a lot worse on the horse as well. Artax can speak in the book and he and Atreyu share a deeper bond of friendship. So when he starts sinking in the swamp he starts saying to just leave him behind. Morla is embodying the most dangerous side of depression; when you stop feeling sad and just... stop feeling. That's why she is immune to the Swamp of Despair. She doesn't feel any Despair any longer either. Just waiting for it all to end. And want to add another layer to the Neverending Story? Atreyu's story was shared by Bastion reading the book. Bastions story was shared by you watching the movie. Your story was shared by us watching the video...
Can I just say thank you for reacting to this I live in the UK and whats going on right now it's just really nice to remember the good times, when things with much simpler and nicer 👍🫶
Another favorite from childhood! I've always loved fantasy movies of the 80's because they were allowed to be very creative and it stimulates the imagination. That seems to be a quality missing in a lot of modern movies, even kid's movies (not all, though, looking at you Pixar!). So many kid's movies today are about morality and how you should act (and bright colors). 80's movies did that as well, but they also encouraged imagination and creativity. I think that's why so many of us can name the same movies as favorites from childhood because were were positively affected by them. Most of them weren't afraid to go dark and tragic. i"m always reminded of Don Bluth's philosophy: kids can hand just about anything in a movie as long as there's a happy ending!
This was a joint German-US production, one of the most ambitious films made by Germany at the time. The author of the book the movie was based on was not happy with the adaptation, but a generation of kids took this film to heart.
*_The infamous, trauma inducing classic from every Gen-Xer’s childhood! (“ARRRRRRTAAAAAAAAXXX!”)_* *_Fun fact: This movie is based on a book which had 26 chapters, each starting with it corresponding letter of the alphabet BUT: The movie only covers the first 13 Chapters or so; so the ending had to be changed because of that (But other than that, the movie is incredibly faithful to the action in that first half of the book! -The character of Bastien is somewhat different, as he is very conscientious of his weight in the book, but the events are the same)_*
I've read the book several times. I go back to it about every 10 years. They made a sequel movie, but it's not nearly as good an adaptation as this movie. I would recommend the book to anyone, especially children. It made a lasting impact on me when I read it as a 10 year old and I love it as much to this day. Never stop dreaming!
I love the begining of his journey in Fantastica with the flowers & the desert & the lion! I don't like thinking about the sequels, they sucked, they half assed any connection to the book, plus, it's just sad to see poor Jonathan Brandis.☹️
The problem with the movie is that it only covers half of the book it is adapted from. And it doesn't even really clear why it is the Neverending Story. The second half however was unfilmable at the time. It would take 'Avatar' (2009) level effects to bring the second half to life. Yes, the writer was that imaginative. Essentially, the second half is about how Bastian creates a new Fantasia, gets a little too high and mighty as no one can see the Empress twice, not even him but he tries to force it, but he also looses more and more of his memory as he wishes more and more and in the end he is told that he has to finish all the stories he has started with his wishes, which is impossible because he soon will have no memory left. Atreu takes this task for him. Bastian returns to the attic with no time having passed since he gave the Empress a new name. The next day he returns the book to the book seller that tells him that he never owned this book. The book seller tells him that no one can own the Neverending Story and hints that he once was a boy himself reading the story. What is left unsaid is, that when all the stories that Bastian began are finished, the Nothing will return and a new child will read the book and follow the journey of another hero searching for a way to save Fantasia. That's why it is the 'Neverending Story'. It is a recurring cycle with new characters and new stories each time, only the Childlike Empress and very few others (not in the movie) and the archetype of the hero and the reader stay the same. As it is being acknowledged, even the child reading the Neverending Story is followed by us the reader of the book in our real world. The message for us, the reader? There are endless stories, endless adventures to be had, if we only have the fantasy to experience them. Each and every one of us can create our own Fantasia any time we want. If you want to see another movie adapted from Michael Ende's work, give Momo (1986) a try. P.S. Artax death in the book is been more traumatizing, because in the book Artax can talk.
Falkor came to the real world because reasons. 😄 Ya but when I ride Falkor I am smoking weed like Snoop Dogg and there is some sweet DnB playing ua-cam.com/video/wue_ZfVXDBI/v-deo.html 😆
Man my favorite Canadian twins review one of my favorite childhood movies. I was 8 watching this movie with my Dad, who has been passed now for 21 years thanks, fellas, for this one. 😢
For those who understand, "Darmok & Jalad at Tanagra", all I should need to say in reference to this movie is "Atreyu & Artax at the Swamp of Sadness". Damn, Gen-X movies were trauma inducing.
They showed this at our kindergarten school sleepover. Yes, the kindergarten kids brought sleeping bags and slept on little napkins mats in the library. We had pizza and juice then watched the movie. Finally Teddy Ruxpin read us to sleep. It was 1986.
Never heard so many insults thrown at characters to this movie, until now, lol. But seriously, this is a classic, especially to us kids from the 80’s. Glad it has come to the channel.
the movie is about over coming depression and going through the stages of loss and life. fear, loss, losing hope, confronting your demons and inner self, regaining hope, belief in one self. life giving you obstacles and fears to over come, luck and the help along the way. also imagine the next layer now you are reacting to it and we are watching you
Noah Hathaway went through a lot making this movie. During the swamps of sadness scene, the elevator that the horse was attached to actually grabbed Noah's foot and pulled him under. While learning how to ride a horse he actually fell off his horse and it trampled him. Then when it came to the Gmork scene they only shot the scene when he was laying on the ground with the puppet on top of him once because 1) the puppet knocked the air out of him 2) the puppet's claw got too close to his eye. He owns a tattoo parlor in Los Angeles now and he really loves talking to NeverEnding Story fans who come into his shop for a tattoo.
In defense of the dad, he's just lost the love of his life. It's hard not to imagine that his wife, Moonchild, was a free-spirit creative, kinda the opposite of his own personality. He's lost his love, his child's mother, and the source of every happy thing that's ever happened in his life. That doesn't excuse him being a prick at the beginning, but it does explain why he's acting the way he is. It also explains the egg and OJ shake, if Moonchild was the one who cooked.
Gmork used to scare the shit out of me, anytime I would pass a window to my room for bed, I would always fear seeing his glowing yellow eyes, just outside in the dark, then he’d break through to attack me. Of coarse, the window would be to high off the ground for that to be physically possible, but that didn’t matter, that damn wolf was the scariest thing to me when I was a kid
I didn't realize how many times I'd watched this as kid until I watched it as an adult, like 10 years back and could recite every line, every pause, every vocal cadence. This is one of those movies that made us GenX'ers what we are. We didn't use the word 'Trauma' back then. We just died a little every time Artex entered that swamp. (You wanna trigger a GenX'er, just mention that. I was 8 when I first watched this.) Not gonna lie, the Gamork still freaks the hell out of me. The puppets in 80's kids movies were made to leave a scar in in souls.
Ture, although Jim Hensons puppetry at the very beginning wasn't originally meant for kids same way how the Flinstones was targeted to married couples that have kids but with clean content.
Quotes from this movie I've continued to use for 40 years... "Thht. Is it a nutcase?" "Not that it matters, but... yes." "To the winch, wench." "We don't care, whether or not we care." "Come for me Gamok!" (usually said while playing video games)
"We're allergic to youth," applies to an absurd number of politicians. For that matter, so does "Actually, we don't care," and "We don't even care whether or not we care."
I was probably around 7 when I first saw this movie, and I must echo my fellow 80's children about the emotional damage we suffered when Artax was lost to the swamp of sadness. I also had a huge crush on the Empress played by the still beautiful (in my humble opinion) Tami Stronach. It wasn't until I was much older that I realised what a fantastic and memorable performance she delivered in only a few minutes of screen time.
When I was a kid I thought Bastian was screaming the name "Atreyu" in the lightning. Haha I still can't help but be reminded of the time I was writing about this movie in my diary and I talked about Falkor chasing the bullies into the dumpster and I used the word "worthless" in all caps to describe the bullies. Guess I was something of a misanthrope back then. Not as much these days, thank goodness.
The Neverending Story is a metaphor for grief and depression, depicted here as "The Nothing." We see The Nothing destroying Fantasia, which we are told by Gmork (the wolf-like servant of The Nothing) is actually a world built upon the hopes and dreams of people. So the reason The Nothing is destroying Fantasia is that Bastian's grief over his Mother's death has led to depression and he is struggling to maintain his hopes and dreams, struggling to feel much of anything. Why the Childlike Empress sends Atreyu on his arduous quest despite already knowing what needs to happen to save Fantasia is expressed by Urgl (the cave-dwelling Gnome "wench") when she tells Atreyu, "It has to hurt if it is to heal." She's saying that you can't move through and overcome grief and depression by running away, you have to face it, you have to allow yourself to feel it. Thus, the Empress' knew that it wasn't her new name itself that would save Fantasia, it was the journey Bastian needed to go on by following Atreyu's journey. A journey through his own grief which would allow Bastian to overcome his depression, allow him to feel again, allow him to follow his hopes and dreams and in doing so, rebuild Fantasia anew. Such an important topic, so beautifully covered. I'm sure this book and this film have helped countless people all around the world.
Remember, many hippies abandoned the movement and then became yuppies. Very 80s. So while MoonChild was obviously not her given name, it's prob what she identified as for a long time. And when Bastian's mother died, his father also died inside too. And along with that died his carefree hippie spirit.💔 The movie is actually about dealing with trauma and rebuilding from the depths of despair. 💜
The novel's original writer, Michael Ende, often had themes of imagination and culture versus the commercial late-stage yuppie capitalism of the 80's. "Momo and the Battle for Time" is literally a parable/metaphor about how the corporate world steals our time for no good reason whatsoever (it doesn't make us more productive - to the contrary, studies show!).
Yeah I had no idea what name he screamed until closed captioning on the DVD lol. This was the first movie I remember watching in theaters as a little kid, and it totally helped shape my imagination.
I feel like the fourth wall breaking made the magic more real for kids watching as they become part of the story. Also it’s a more never-ending story as we watched you on your journey with this film.
Seeing this as an 8-year-old in the theater, a kid who read books constantly and got bullied like hell, the ending with the bullies getting fucked up by a Luck Dragon was all I needed.
The name is Moon Child. I watched this for years as a kid and never heard the name. It took me reading the book and knowing the name to recognize it in the movie. I read it before going to the theater for the 40th anniversary event. As an aside, the movie ends at roughly the halfway point of the book. Also, the author, Micheal Ende, hated the direction the movie took.
Everyone talks about the sad parts but the story also is filled with awe and wonderful scenes. The sheer originality of this movie is hard to beat. I do highly recommend “ the Dark Crystal “.
I was 10 years old when I saw that movie. I cried so hard when Artax died. However, I didn't understand the depth of that scene, the real implication of the "swamp of sadness" and what happened to Artax until I was an adult and battled deep depression. I was almost Artax, but my best friend saw me sinking and she told me to be Atrayu. It was a nod to a movie I had loved as a child, but I understood what she was telling me. 20 years later, I am so grateful to her for this
You guys took me back 40 years in 9th grade when I saw this movie! I was bullied when I was younger, so I related to this story and loved the ending even though it never made logical sense. The story is one that makes you think of all the metaphors and meanings in the movie and the boy's life . What makes "Neverending Story" great is how it can make you not give up your hopes and dreams and your imagination is the overall message in my opinion. Btw, You guys should see "The Dark Crystal!" It was another great fantasy movie by the master puppet creator Jim Henson 😉
Welcome to the Neverending Story boys, Bastian shares Atreyu's adventure, you share Bastian's adventure, and we share yours. We're all part of the Neverending Story. Bastian re-named The Childlike Empress the Moonchild.
I heard somewhere that the orange egg smoothie thing is actually a hangover cure and it's supposed to symbolize that the Dad has been drinking because he's not over the Mom's death either. Great video guys. Keep it up!
When this film was released I was about the same age as "Atreju". We watched it with the entire school class. After that we even went to the film studio where it had been shot. In case you didn't know: It was in the Bavaria Film Studios (Bavaria, Germany - near Munich). We children were allowed to ride on "Fuchur, the luck dragon". It was an amazing experience for children of our age. 😸😊 We also visited the set of "Das Boot" which was a war film about a U-boat in WWII. They allowed us to walk through the original boat setting. The corridors were very narrow, even for us children. It must have been very hard for the adult actors. Michael Ende wrote the book "Neverending Story". He was very popular back then. I definitely recommend to read his books. Another well-known book is "Momo" which has also a deep meaning. You can read and understand his books as a child as well as an adult person. They made a film of "Momo", too. I loved it.
The conclusion is that his world has ended with the death of his mother, and then is reborn in a new way (like Fantasia being reduced to a grain of sand), but that his life goes on.
When she says the part about "just as he was sharing your journey, they were sharing his. They were with him when he was in the book store", etc it messed with my mind as a kid. They're basically acknowledging the audiences presence. It breaks the 4th wall in the freakiest way.
Im 42 grew up on this movie. Conversation with the wolf is very relevant today. My father is a Vietnam vet and my mom was a hippie still married today in their mid 70s 🤘😎🤘
what up young brothas,Genxer here. The death of Artax was one of the most devastating moments in my young life, you see we weren't protected from the harshness of the world we were shown it up close and personal in are movies books and yes even animation. love your reactions,keep on keeping on.
In addition to what everyone else said, fantasia itself is basically the world of human imagination, and it was being destroyed because people don't use their imagination enough. So literally the nothing represented the absence of imagination in people.
I watched this in pre-school on one of those TV's they would roll into the room on a wheeled stand. I couldn't believe how amazing this movie was, it impacted me right away and will always be special. Must have been 1985 or 86.
Also of note: the swamp scene was done on a "wet stage," with a floor they could raise or lower as the scene required. The story goes that on one particular take, Hathaway's costume got snagged in the equipment, and he almost drowned for real. He stayed in character, but the panic you see in that scene, was genuine: Wolfgang Petersen, as hardcase of a director who's ever made a movie, used that exact take in the finished film.
OK, how many of you had a crush on the empress when you were a boy? Raise your hands, I think I read a background that in the book, Atreyu was caught on a spider's web rather than sinking in the swamp before Falcore came to nab him, but the budget wasn't enough to put in the film.
The name is difficult to hear, because the kid's screaming and the storm sound effects obscure it. "Moonchild" is what he yells. This plot is essentially "what inspired the South Park creators to come up with Imaginationland" . My favorite childhood movie , hands down. Much respect for reacting to it! Thankyou.
I feel like you can see the entire backstory of Bastien and his dad as soon as you know his mom went by a hard core hippie name like Moonchild. Dad grew up-I’m guessing around the time mom died-because it was just too painful to keep dreaming the way the 60s encouraged people to.
Everyone always talks about the horse trauma, but the Rock biter helplessly lamenting that he wasn't strong enough to save his friends and allowing himself to die because of it destroys me every time.
They look like big, strong hands, don't they...
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T_T
I saw the Rock Biter as a metaphor for his dad. He couldn't save his mom.
Im pretty convinced that The Rock Biter, was actually more of a PILLOW Biter, than anything else 😂😂😂
He crossed the desert of crushed dreams, across the swamp of sadness, to face the feeling of nothingness, and then finally the renewal of hopes and dreams. You were right about thinking it being about him dealing with his mom's death.
😮 wow I've never heard it put that way before!!! Thank you for sharing this insight!!! 💝💞
The central theme of this film is dealing with loss. To that end, there are many great lines. "It has to hurt if it is to heal!" is one in particular I like.
As a child I didn't appreciate that lie as much as I was more focused on the potion
But a powerful line that should have been given more attention
It's a perspective that's so often forgotten. If you're truly working through grief and loss, you do need to allow yourself to enter that overwhelming void of emotion before you begin to heal. Even the characters show the stages of grief. Despair in the swamp of sadness, numbness of Morla, resignation from the rock biter, and anger from Atreyu at the knowledge it needs to be a journey before Bastian makes the choice to move forward.
Ah yes, the horse demise that traumatized an entire generation.
Artax dying traumatized me as a child.
What traumatizes me as an adult?
“They look like big, strong hands, don’t they?”
to make it worse I had a grey horse/pony when I was younger
For effing real.
For a few years there all the family friendly horse ranch and youth riding places nearly went out of business because all the kids would show up and just start bawling.
Probably. 😂😭
It's worse in the book. In the book Artax could talk . . .
For better or worse, you both are now part of the Neverending Story. Never stop dreaming!
We watched them watch him read about her.
Ya it's like that RING movie 🤣 without that hag ghost girl come creeping.
so are you! i’m reading your comment about watching them watch bastien read about atreyu.
@@headcontraption And I'm reading your comment about the comment about all of us watching them watch him reading about her. And from here I can see it's giant turtles all the way down.
"Go then, there are other worlds than these." - Stephen King's epic line from The Dark Tower series
Ahh The Nothing. As potent a metaphor for clinical depression as you are likely to find in a children’s story
In a children’s story in an adults story in any story of reality
Us watching-->You guys watching-->Bastian reading-->The Neverending Story
We’re all part of it!!!
Every kid in the 80's wanted a Luck Dragon as a friend after this movie i can tell you that much.
The Neverending Story is part of that era of "kids" movies that where actually Dark and mature as fuck.
But it was all part of the mindset that despite being for kids, it showed that the world can be shitty and cruel and that you'll face Huge obstacles that seems unbeatable and where all Hope is lost.
But it also showed kids that you could overcome those obstacles with Wits, Creativity/Imagination, Camaraderie and Bravery, and that if you belief in yourself hard enough, you can overcome anything the world is throwing at you and that even in the Darkest of Places, it was there that Shone the Brighest of Lights.
Those kinda movies where extremely formative and din't take its audience, despite its young age, for morons, and treated them with intelligence and respect.
The Land Before time, An American Tail, All Dogs goes to Heaven, Labirynth, the Dark Crystal as 80's fantasy movies, where just that good.
And lets not forget Shows like Batman the animated series and Gargoyles.
We din't dumb stuff down automaticly cause it was "for kids".
Secret of NIMH is another great one, in my opinion.
@@darkkhalwb Oh yes absolutely loved that one. I also noticed that when one of her kids is in the kitchen boasting about how brave he is, and just being a kid-- that Ms Brisbee ends up facing every single one of those challenges to save her family. And 'Flying Dreams' at the end credits is such a lovely song I still know all the words.
As a female Aussie kid in the 80s, l did want the Luck the dragon as a friend, l just wanted the snake pendant necklace that the kid wore around his neck in the movie. I couldn't find one, so l got a sterling silver ring snake that wrapped around my finger with white cubic zirconia diamonds as eyes.
@@carerforever2118 I am wearing my Auran(sp?) necklace as I post this.
Oh my gosh, 56 years old and still crying when Artax dies.
Every. Time.
Watching these reactions I've finally got to not crying just still very sad in that scene . It took quite a few reactions
50 here and real men cry at that scene...
I just have to remind myself he’s running free in that last scene. 🥹🐴
55 here and same!
shut up i literally watched this in cinemas today for their 40th anniversary 😭😭
We went to a showing too. Seeing it on a big screen was amazing!
I Did Too :)
@@Emily-rx2du I wish we could say we did it because of that, but we literally had no idea 😂
@@OctoKrool you guys got some more reactions coming up soon I hope a reaction to the back to the future trilogy will be next
Remember Bastion is fantasising about chasing the kids in his imagination.
The bookstore owner didn't say," as long as you read it safe." He said, "the stories you read are safe." As in they go away when you stop reading, unlike the Never Ending Story, which is really happening.
Gen X here. Welcome to our childhood. I was 8 when I watched this in the theatre. Never got over Artax and if I ever get a dog it will be a white labrador retriever named Falcor.
Bastian following Atreuy, you are following you and we are watching you watching everything. The Neverending Story 💜
The swamp scene has literally taught children about death to this day.
and depression.
I legit ff'd to the end if the reaction of that scene bc 40 yrs later I STILL CANNOT.😭
But in the end he's not dead. So it's not as bad as it could have been.
@@bexxgenx3165Yep. I leave the room until it's over.
Yulp. Where is artax dad? Well... then the talk about how pets eventually die.
Happy 40th anniversary to the Neverending Story!
Also, September 1st will be the 45th anniversary of the novel. I hope the celebration of this wonderful story will never end.
Sebastian is the story teller. It's his story. Atreyu saw his trueself in the mirror and that was Sebastion.
The name of his mother is Moonchild.
If you have ever taken a creative writing class. The first thing you do when writing a story, is come up with a character. That character needs a name. For the next story to be written a named character has to be created. Why does Sebastion get as many wishes as he wants? Because he is the writer, and he can write whatever his heart desires.
When you lose a parent young, it feels like nothingness. And you want to be a brave warrior, and fight through the sadness, The book is Sebastian, everything about it, is what Sebastian feels inside. It's the neverending story, because as people are watching this movie, they are getting inspired. And with inspiration a new story is told with a new name.
This movie is so deep on so many different levels, its kind of crazy.
I’ve actually used this movie with therapy patients to talk about depression. The Nothing has been used as a metaphor for it and it actually helps a lot to visualize it for some people.
Poor Artax…still cry over him
That speech by the Rock bitter “they look like big strong hands” and Gmork’s “it has no boundary…those who have no hope…” really hit hard.
The Swamp of Sadness as a metaphor for despair and depression is soooo real. Watching a loved one go through depression, you cycle through all the things Atreyu does trying to help them through it. The helplessness is REAL.
The swamp of sadness and the turtle represent depression and apathy. That is why if you cannot get out of depression you sink into it and only you can help yourself to get out of there. And that is why the turtle is not interested in anything other than leaving, because it is in a state of apathy.
I must be like Morla - allergic to children lol
True
However, Morla isn’t consumed by the swamp because they don’t even care enough to be sad. They also won’t leave the swamp of their own accord, though, because they’ve become utterly apathetic to the point of lethargy.
Fun fact.
As a German that was born at the end of the 80s i had the privilege to see Falkor in real-life, at a studio tour when i was 4 or 5 years old. Don't remember it clearly but i was definitely in awe with that prop, i mean here is a fucking white dragon the size of...two Chrysler Voyager back to back, of course it was awesome.
Yeah, we learned what it was like to lose things very young. They didn’t coddle us like they do now we also learned how to persevere through loss. This movie actually has a tremendous amount of wisdom and also connect every story that has ever been written without you, even knowing it.
Fun fact: the voice of Falkor is Alan Oppenheimer, who most know as the voices of Skeletor and Battle Cat on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe! Dude is a legend!
*Sees the ivory tower*
"What is that, a fidget spinner?"
Bruh.
Willow, Neverending Story...do Legend next.
We gotta keep the 80s fantasy reaction train rolling here!
Shout out for Lady Hawk.
I second Legend and Ladyhawke!!
YES!! LEGEND, 1985! Love that one so much. The soundtrack is amazing, the visuals are stunning.
Conan The Barbarian needs to be watched as well if you haven’t reviewed it yet.
The orange-egg smoothie is most likely a DIY hangover cure, thus implying Bastian’s dad was dealing with his wife’s death by drinking himself into being able to deal.
Oh wow, i never caught that! What a wonderful (or ntot really) detail!
Yeah, usually it's OJ, eggs and cayenne pepper for the kick. There's also a variant with coffee brewed with either cayenne or chili in it, for both caffeine and that "OH GOD MY MOUTH IS FIRE" reaction. Sure wakes you up!
@@snorpenbass4196 They did the first one on Brooklyn 99, with Jake calling it the "Hair of The Dog"
i've never clicked on a video by the boys so fast in my life.
Same.favorite movie ever.the princess bride too
He screamed because he sees the giant turtles in his mind and when they heard him, he got weirded out.
Spoiler : The book is actually a portal to the fantasy realm ( Fantasia ) via the ORYN medallion on the cover 😉😉.
This movie terrified me, made me so excited, traumatized me and made me sob my poor little heart out. It was a roller coaster of a movie.
The old man at the Oracle is the best depiction of a fantasy Gnome in any fantasy movie. :D
"Wow, that's depressing."
Welcome to our 80s childhood. But we loved it. We learned to embrace imagination and endure hardship. 😄
28:00 The empress explains it. "Just as he is sharing your adventures, others are sharing his". Him reading the story was also part of the Neverending story. We the viewers are the others sharing his. So thier worlds are actually the same world, which is why Falcor is able to fly to the city at the end.
The name he screams is Moonchild.
Unfortunately, it was hard to hear with all the thunder, rain and lightening.
I found that out about 10 years ago. I never knew what that was for a long time.
For some reason, for years I thought he said Moira....obviously I was wrong, but...close as I could get as a kid, lol
Had no idea what the name was until Close Captioning became a thing on TVs. For the longest time I thought Amanda or something like that.
my entire life (before subtitles) i thought he screamed "Vittoria".... i watched this movie a million times as a child and an adult and only until 2 years ago did i find out he said Moonchild.
I assumed the name muffling was intentional, so everyone could imagine the name of their mother / the name they wanted.
I was 7 when I saw this movie. Also after artax death scene. I hugged my dog tight that night. I'm 45 now and still tear up watching that scene. And don't get me started with. " where's his glasses, he can't see without his glasses"
Man this movie has been breaking and rebuilding my spirit for almost 40 years. I was so excited to get this notification. I still talk about turtles sneezing because of this
This movie came out when I was 5 and I've seen it hundreds of times and have read the book several times as well. After so many watches/readings I can confidently say that the reason the Director made it so that you didn't hear Bastian's mother's name is because they wanted to give the audience an opportunity to "name" the Empress. In the book, it is inferred that this has happened an infinite amount of times and each time she is given a different name. Thus, while they used the name Bastian gave her in the book, they left room for the audience/future "Bastian's" to give her one. You also find out that with each wish that Bastian makes, he loses a little bit of himself and his life in the "real" world. This movie and the book have really dark themes, like many "kids" movies of the 80's. As for his mother's name, Moonchild...I always felt that she was the reason that Bastian was "free-spirited" and possessed his imagination in contrast to his father (opposites attract). Because the Father was also grieving, he was trying to squash the attributes in Bastian that reminded him of his late wife.
moon and saturn right there
I never read the book. Is it implied that Bastian’s mom ended her own life? I’ve seen this movie tons of times and the older I get , the more that seems likely.
One thing that is makes viewing as a child much more different than viewing as an adult. As a kid, the scariest gate was the first one. Lasers shooting from the eyes of giant statues. Terrifying. I couldn't understand why dude was like, the mirror one is more terrifying. As an adult... looking into your own soul... yeah... I get it.
For many years, I thought Bastian in the mirror was a transition from Atreyu's world to ours. I didn't realize until recently that Atreyu was actually seeing Bastian.
The book itself is a lot worse on the horse as well. Artax can speak in the book and he and Atreyu share a deeper bond of friendship. So when he starts sinking in the swamp he starts saying to just leave him behind.
Morla is embodying the most dangerous side of depression; when you stop feeling sad and just... stop feeling. That's why she is immune to the Swamp of Despair. She doesn't feel any Despair any longer either. Just waiting for it all to end.
And want to add another layer to the Neverending Story? Atreyu's story was shared by Bastion reading the book. Bastions story was shared by you watching the movie. Your story was shared by us watching the video...
Can I just say thank you for reacting to this I live in the UK and whats going on right now it's just really nice to remember the good times, when things with much simpler and nicer 👍🫶
Another favorite from childhood! I've always loved fantasy movies of the 80's because they were allowed to be very creative and it stimulates the imagination. That seems to be a quality missing in a lot of modern movies, even kid's movies (not all, though, looking at you Pixar!). So many kid's movies today are about morality and how you should act (and bright colors). 80's movies did that as well, but they also encouraged imagination and creativity. I think that's why so many of us can name the same movies as favorites from childhood because were were positively affected by them. Most of them weren't afraid to go dark and tragic. i"m always reminded of Don Bluth's philosophy: kids can hand just about anything in a movie as long as there's a happy ending!
This was a joint German-US production, one of the most ambitious films made by Germany at the time. The author of the book the movie was based on was not happy with the adaptation, but a generation of kids took this film to heart.
*_The infamous, trauma inducing classic from every Gen-Xer’s childhood! (“ARRRRRRTAAAAAAAAXXX!”)_*
*_Fun fact: This movie is based on a book which had 26 chapters, each starting with it corresponding letter of the alphabet BUT: The movie only covers the first 13 Chapters or so; so the ending had to be changed because of that (But other than that, the movie is incredibly faithful to the action in that first half of the book! -The character of Bastien is somewhat different, as he is very conscientious of his weight in the book, but the events are the same)_*
no shit right..
I've read the book several times. I go back to it about every 10 years.
They made a sequel movie, but it's not nearly as good an adaptation as this movie.
I would recommend the book to anyone, especially children. It made a lasting impact on me when I read it as a 10 year old and I love it as much to this day.
Never stop dreaming!
@@RushfanDave Amazing book
I love the begining of his journey in Fantastica with the flowers & the desert & the lion!
I don't like thinking about the sequels, they sucked, they half assed any connection to the book, plus, it's just sad to see poor Jonathan Brandis.☹️
The sequel covers the second half of the book
The problem with the movie is that it only covers half of the book it is adapted from. And it doesn't even really clear why it is the Neverending Story. The second half however was unfilmable at the time. It would take 'Avatar' (2009) level effects to bring the second half to life. Yes, the writer was that imaginative.
Essentially, the second half is about how Bastian creates a new Fantasia, gets a little too high and mighty as no one can see the Empress twice, not even him but he tries to force it, but he also looses more and more of his memory as he wishes more and more and in the end he is told that he has to finish all the stories he has started with his wishes, which is impossible because he soon will have no memory left. Atreu takes this task for him. Bastian returns to the attic with no time having passed since he gave the Empress a new name. The next day he returns the book to the book seller that tells him that he never owned this book. The book seller tells him that no one can own the Neverending Story and hints that he once was a boy himself reading the story.
What is left unsaid is, that when all the stories that Bastian began are finished, the Nothing will return and a new child will read the book and follow the journey of another hero searching for a way to save Fantasia.
That's why it is the 'Neverending Story'. It is a recurring cycle with new characters and new stories each time, only the Childlike Empress and very few others (not in the movie) and the archetype of the hero and the reader stay the same.
As it is being acknowledged, even the child reading the Neverending Story is followed by us the reader of the book in our real world. The message for us, the reader? There are endless stories, endless adventures to be had, if we only have the fantasy to experience them. Each and every one of us can create our own Fantasia any time we want.
If you want to see another movie adapted from Michael Ende's work, give Momo (1986) a try.
P.S. Artax death in the book is been more traumatizing, because in the book Artax can talk.
"Fantasia kinda looks like Alderaan." Damn! That's coooooold, lol.
The name he screamed out was, "Moon-Child!!!!" His mother's name. The name was Moon-Child.
The ride flying scene has been in my mind since I was a kid.
That scene has stuck with me.
Falkor came to the real world because reasons. 😄 Ya but when I ride Falkor I am smoking weed like Snoop Dogg and there is some sweet DnB playing ua-cam.com/video/wue_ZfVXDBI/v-deo.html 😆
Love this movie, childhood trauma aside. Saw it when it came out in theaters. Ahh, the 80's.
Man my favorite Canadian twins review one of my favorite childhood movies. I was 8 watching this movie with my Dad, who has been passed now for 21 years thanks, fellas, for this one. 😢
For those who understand, "Darmok & Jalad at Tanagra", all I should need to say in reference to this movie is "Atreyu & Artax at the Swamp of Sadness".
Damn, Gen-X movies were trauma inducing.
Rockbiter, his arms wide open. My, those are strong-looking hands… 😢
Picard and Dathan at El-Adrel. Temba, his arms open.
When you understand that reference, remember that time Dr. Crusher did a sort of speed run, and almost got killed by The Nothing.
They showed this at our kindergarten school sleepover. Yes, the kindergarten kids brought sleeping bags and slept on little napkins mats in the library. We had pizza and juice then watched the movie. Finally Teddy Ruxpin read us to sleep. It was 1986.
Never heard so many insults thrown at characters to this movie, until now, lol. But seriously, this is a classic, especially to us kids from the 80’s. Glad it has come to the channel.
Yep, our 80s movies didn’t f around.
Also, the book the movie is based on is fantastic. Everyone should check it out.
Nah, movies better.
the movie is about over coming depression and going through the stages of loss and life. fear, loss, losing hope, confronting your demons and inner self, regaining hope, belief in one self. life giving you obstacles and fears to over come, luck and the help along the way. also imagine the next layer now you are reacting to it and we are watching you
No such thing as overcoming depression, as it chronic
@@アキコ2003 Depends on the depression. There are many types, and some aren't permanent.
It took me YEARS to finally figure out what Bastian said when he called out his mother’s name: MOON CHILD!
* Moonchild
Noah Hathaway went through a lot making this movie. During the swamps of sadness scene, the elevator that the horse was attached to actually grabbed Noah's foot and pulled him under. While learning how to ride a horse he actually fell off his horse and it trampled him. Then when it came to the Gmork scene they only shot the scene when he was laying on the ground with the puppet on top of him once because 1) the puppet knocked the air out of him 2) the puppet's claw got too close to his eye. He owns a tattoo parlor in Los Angeles now and he really loves talking to NeverEnding Story fans who come into his shop for a tattoo.
Been watching this for almost 40 years and there are parts that still choke me up even though I know it's coming! You guys had an excellent reaction!
In defense of the dad, he's just lost the love of his life. It's hard not to imagine that his wife, Moonchild, was a free-spirit creative, kinda the opposite of his own personality. He's lost his love, his child's mother, and the source of every happy thing that's ever happened in his life. That doesn't excuse him being a prick at the beginning, but it does explain why he's acting the way he is. It also explains the egg and OJ shake, if Moonchild was the one who cooked.
Gmork used to scare the shit out of me, anytime I would pass a window to my room for bed, I would always fear seeing his glowing yellow eyes, just outside in the dark, then he’d break through to attack me. Of coarse, the window would be to high off the ground for that to be physically possible, but that didn’t matter, that damn wolf was the scariest thing to me when I was a kid
I've forgotten how deep and trippy this movie is. Great stuff!
As a child, this was the first movie that made me bitterly aware of death
The swamp scene damaged so many kids.
I ascribe that scene with waking up my sense of empathy
Still haven’t recovered!
I cry EVERY TIME 😭😭😭
One of them here lol
It’s the first thing I think of when I hear the title. I start tappin like an MMA fighter. I Quit!
this movie evokes so many feels... this is going to be a ride for sure!
I didn't realize how many times I'd watched this as kid until I watched it as an adult, like 10 years back and could recite every line, every pause, every vocal cadence. This is one of those movies that made us GenX'ers what we are. We didn't use the word 'Trauma' back then. We just died a little every time Artex entered that swamp. (You wanna trigger a GenX'er, just mention that. I was 8 when I first watched this.) Not gonna lie, the Gamork still freaks the hell out of me. The puppets in 80's kids movies were made to leave a scar in in souls.
Ture, although Jim Hensons puppetry at the very beginning wasn't originally meant for kids same way how the Flinstones was targeted to married couples that have kids but with clean content.
We were better for a little trauma in our movies. And the movies were better for it too.
💯
Saw it in theatres when I was 6.
One of my most vivid memories.
@@Labyrinth6000 The Dark Crystal...those puppets.
Gmork terrified me as a child and into adulthood
Quotes from this movie I've continued to use for 40 years...
"Thht. Is it a nutcase?"
"Not that it matters, but... yes."
"To the winch, wench."
"We don't care, whether or not we care."
"Come for me Gamok!" (usually said while playing video games)
For me , "but that's impossible " randomly pops in my head every few years
"We're allergic to youth," applies to an absurd number of politicians. For that matter, so does "Actually, we don't care," and "We don't even care whether or not we care."
I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one who still uses, To the winch, wench.
I was probably around 7 when I first saw this movie, and I must echo my fellow 80's children about the emotional damage we suffered when Artax was lost to the swamp of sadness.
I also had a huge crush on the Empress played by the still beautiful (in my humble opinion) Tami Stronach.
It wasn't until I was much older that I realised what a fantastic and memorable performance she delivered in only a few minutes of screen time.
When I was a kid I thought Bastian was screaming the name "Atreyu" in the lightning. Haha
I still can't help but be reminded of the time I was writing about this movie in my diary and I talked about Falkor chasing the bullies into the dumpster and I used the word "worthless" in all caps to describe the bullies. Guess I was something of a misanthrope back then. Not as much these days, thank goodness.
You've added another level. We're seeing the story of you seeing the story of Sebastian seeing the story of Atreyu.
The Neverending Story is a metaphor for grief and depression, depicted here as "The Nothing." We see The Nothing destroying Fantasia, which we are told by Gmork (the wolf-like servant of The Nothing) is actually a world built upon the hopes and dreams of people. So the reason The Nothing is destroying Fantasia is that Bastian's grief over his Mother's death has led to depression and he is struggling to maintain his hopes and dreams, struggling to feel much of anything. Why the Childlike Empress sends Atreyu on his arduous quest despite already knowing what needs to happen to save Fantasia is expressed by Urgl (the cave-dwelling Gnome "wench") when she tells Atreyu, "It has to hurt if it is to heal." She's saying that you can't move through and overcome grief and depression by running away, you have to face it, you have to allow yourself to feel it. Thus, the Empress' knew that it wasn't her new name itself that would save Fantasia, it was the journey Bastian needed to go on by following Atreyu's journey. A journey through his own grief which would allow Bastian to overcome his depression, allow him to feel again, allow him to follow his hopes and dreams and in doing so, rebuild Fantasia anew.
Such an important topic, so beautifully covered.
I'm sure this book and this film have helped countless people all around the world.
Remember, many hippies abandoned the movement and then became yuppies. Very 80s. So while MoonChild was obviously not her given name, it's prob what she identified as for a long time. And when Bastian's mother died, his father also died inside too. And along with that died his carefree hippie spirit.💔 The movie is actually about dealing with trauma and rebuilding from the depths of despair. 💜
The novel's original writer, Michael Ende, often had themes of imagination and culture versus the commercial late-stage yuppie capitalism of the 80's. "Momo and the Battle for Time" is literally a parable/metaphor about how the corporate world steals our time for no good reason whatsoever (it doesn't make us more productive - to the contrary, studies show!).
Yeah I had no idea what name he screamed until closed captioning on the DVD lol. This was the first movie I remember watching in theaters as a little kid, and it totally helped shape my imagination.
I feel like the fourth wall breaking made the magic more real for kids watching as they become part of the story. Also it’s a more never-ending story as we watched you on your journey with this film.
Seeing this as an 8-year-old in the theater, a kid who read books constantly and got bullied like hell, the ending with the bullies getting fucked up by a Luck Dragon was all I needed.
The name is Moon Child. I watched this for years as a kid and never heard the name. It took me reading the book and knowing the name to recognize it in the movie. I read it before going to the theater for the 40th anniversary event. As an aside, the movie ends at roughly the halfway point of the book.
Also, the author, Micheal Ende, hated the direction the movie took.
Thanks, I saw the movie in ‘84 & haven’t known for 40 years…not that I looked it up, but it’s nice to get the closure
Everyone talks about the sad parts but the story also is filled with awe and wonderful scenes. The sheer originality of this movie is hard to beat. I do highly recommend “ the Dark Crystal “.
I was 10 years old when I saw that movie. I cried so hard when Artax died. However, I didn't understand the depth of that scene, the real implication of the "swamp of sadness" and what happened to Artax until I was an adult and battled deep depression. I was almost Artax, but my best friend saw me sinking and she told me to be Atrayu. It was a nod to a movie I had loved as a child, but I understood what she was telling me. 20 years later, I am so grateful to her for this
"To the winch, wench!" I was only ten and I still got that at the time.
You guys took me back 40 years in 9th grade when I saw this movie! I was bullied when I was younger, so I related to this story and loved the ending even though it never made logical sense. The story is one that makes you think of all the metaphors and meanings in the movie and the boy's life . What makes "Neverending Story" great is how it can make you not give up your hopes and dreams and your imagination is the overall message in my opinion.
Btw, You guys should see "The Dark Crystal!" It was another great fantasy movie by the master puppet creator Jim Henson 😉
Welcome to the Neverending Story boys, Bastian shares Atreyu's adventure, you share Bastian's adventure, and we share yours. We're all part of the Neverending Story.
Bastian re-named The Childlike Empress the Moonchild.
I heard somewhere that the orange egg smoothie thing is actually a hangover cure and it's supposed to symbolize that the Dad has been drinking because he's not over the Mom's death either. Great video guys. Keep it up!
The looks on your faces were mine when I was a 4 year old when I saw this in '84. Priceless.
When this film was released I was about the same age as "Atreju". We watched it with the entire school class. After that we even went to the film studio where it had been shot. In case you didn't know: It was in the Bavaria Film Studios (Bavaria, Germany - near Munich). We children were allowed to ride on "Fuchur, the luck dragon". It was an amazing experience for children of our age. 😸😊
We also visited the set of "Das Boot" which was a war film about a U-boat in WWII. They allowed us to walk through the original boat setting. The corridors were very narrow, even for us children. It must have been very hard for the adult actors.
Michael Ende wrote the book "Neverending Story". He was very popular back then. I definitely recommend to read his books. Another well-known book is "Momo" which has also a deep meaning. You can read and understand his books as a child as well as an adult person. They made a film of "Momo", too. I loved it.
First core memory trauma for sooo many kids. Artax!!!!!
The conclusion is that his world has ended with the death of his mother, and then is reborn in a new way (like Fantasia being reduced to a grain of sand), but that his life goes on.
Such a great story about grief/depression and not succumbing to it. I appreciate it now even more than I did as a kid.
When she says the part about "just as he was sharing your journey, they were sharing his. They were with him when he was in the book store", etc it messed with my mind as a kid. They're basically acknowledging the audiences presence. It breaks the 4th wall in the freakiest way.
Im 42 grew up on this movie. Conversation with the wolf is very relevant today. My father is a Vietnam vet and my mom was a hippie still married today in their mid 70s 🤘😎🤘
what up young brothas,Genxer here. The death of Artax was one of the most devastating moments in my young life, you see we weren't protected from the harshness of the world we were shown it up close and personal in are movies books and yes even animation. love your reactions,keep on keeping on.
I saw the thumbnail and was instantly like "oh Chris is gonna love this movie"
In addition to what everyone else said, fantasia itself is basically the world of human imagination, and it was being destroyed because people don't use their imagination enough. So literally the nothing represented the absence of imagination in people.
The name he chose was "MOON CHILD"
Behold, the movie that inspired me to write my own stories - - gah, I still cry when Artax sinks. Love you guys so much, thank you for this reaction!
My husband bought me the book as a surprise gift and I absolutely love it. I love the film too.
I watched this in pre-school on one of those TV's they would roll into the room on a wheeled stand. I couldn't believe how amazing this movie was, it impacted me right away and will always be special. Must have been 1985 or 86.
This, the Dark Crystal, labyrinth, Legend are all movies I grew up on
This movie had some of the best Music 🎶😀
About a year ago someone found Falcores head in a storage shed in NJ. The photo is kinda creepy
Also of note: the swamp scene was done on a "wet stage," with a floor they could raise or lower as the scene required. The story goes that on one particular take, Hathaway's costume got snagged in the equipment, and he almost drowned for real. He stayed in character, but the panic you see in that scene, was genuine: Wolfgang Petersen, as hardcase of a director who's ever made a movie, used that exact take in the finished film.
OK, how many of you had a crush on the empress when you were a boy? Raise your hands, I think I read a background that in the book, Atreyu was caught on a spider's web rather than sinking in the swamp before Falcore came to nab him, but the budget wasn't enough to put in the film.
Can you please review 'The Dark Crystal'? That movie, 'Labrynth' and 'Never Ending Story' were the holy trinity of 80's babies fantasy movies.
Hi Octokrool I see you plugged in a classic I don't know much about the movie but I'm glad you liked it the never ending story.
The name is difficult to hear, because the kid's screaming and the storm sound effects obscure it. "Moonchild" is what he yells. This plot is essentially "what inspired the South Park creators to come up with Imaginationland" . My favorite childhood movie , hands down. Much respect for reacting to it! Thankyou.
I feel like you can see the entire backstory of Bastien and his dad as soon as you know his mom went by a hard core hippie name like Moonchild. Dad grew up-I’m guessing around the time mom died-because it was just too painful to keep dreaming the way the 60s encouraged people to.