The Neverending Story Reviews

The NeverEnding Story is one of my all time favourite movies, it is just so magical. The music is brilliant, and the story is a magical, simple and effective one. The scenery, sets and costumes were visually a feast to the eyes, just gorgeous to look at, and if it didn't get any awards for best art direction, then that is a massive shame, because it was so beautiful to watch. Falcor was a fantastic character, a very warm and loving character, that you just have to love. I have to admit though, Gmork is very scary. The acting is fantastic, Barret Oliver very spirited as Bastian, and Noah Hathaway born to play Atreyu. And Tami Stromach as the Childlike Empress has a small but wholly relevant role in the film. This film is practically perfect in every way and has a wonderful message, don't miss it! The second film's okay, but the third one is god awful and should be in the bottom 100. 10/10 for this though. Bethany Cox

I love this movie for all the reasons every other right-minded human being loves it, but the thing that has kept it so fresh and intriguing over the years are the giant existential concerns at the heart of the film. My god, my god, this is a Jean-Paul Sarte essay dressed up in fantasy/fairytale! And the best part is that in the end imagination wins. Oh, and let's talk about G'mork. The were-pire-wolf and ambassador of the NOTHING. How absolutely frightening is he? Sinister and evil, but in the sense of those traits merely existing as the shadows of love and goodness. The absence of good. The anti-good. Truly among the best cinematic villains of all time, in company with the likes of Darth Vader. I'm not joking. The NeverEnding Story is a film that deserves to be watched again. "They look like big, good, strong hands, don't they? I always thought that's what they were." Are you kidding me?...If that doesn't break your heart at least a little bit then we probably aren't two people that would get along.