Reviews of The NeverEnding Story

Favourite Childhood Adventure Classic

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago on 23 May 2007 02:47 (A review of The NeverEnding Story)

One of my favourite childhood classics. Come on, which kid DIDN'T want to be Atreju, travelling across Fantasia, and soaring on Falcor, the Luck Dragon? A near perfect 10/10, but I have to take away one point because the special effects, great in their time, look fairly dated today, and also lose another point because of the two embarrassingly bad sequels that followed, weren't needed, and ultimately left a bad mark on the original.

I still enjoy the film these days, even after multiple viewings, and I remember as a kid I used to cheer out loud for Atreju, damn near had tears when his horse was drowning in the swamp, and was genuinely terrified when the monstrous wolf was chasing them. Also, because of this, even though I consider it a kids movie, I still would keep this film away from my toddler. Probably 6 or 7 year olds could handle it, but any younger and they may get nightmares.

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