Neverending Story - Your Books Are Safe.wmv

[@mfpinterceptor]

I named my son 'Bastian after this character - a young boy who read books, had an imagination and chased his dreams.... I love this scene and how the old man piques 'Bastian's curiosity. This world needs more dreamers.

[@Blossom44100]

I agree

[@HistoryLover1550]

Bastian reminds me a lot of myself as a kid- an avid reader who had been picked on sometimes but was imaginative and had a courage I didn't even know I had. We all have been on the same journey as Bas and still go on new ones when we read something new and are transported to places and times beyond our ordinary lives, viewpoints and worlds.

[@razmatazzsi2293]

Seabastian?? He needs milk... And in the future one peter butter sandwich is

[@MrDuck797]

I love books, especially fiction. They take away all the suffering and pain in life and take you to a whole other world. Fantasy for example is the definition for it. Authors like Tolkien, Lewis, Martin, Rowling, all changed my life

[@MrDuck797]

Saberian Dream I agree. I only read and reread The Sorceror’s Stone-The Prisoner of Azkaban. No disrespect to Rowling of course, I just think that HP lost its purpose from Goblet of Fire onward.

[@warlockofwordschannel7901]

In the original book, Carl Coreander the bookseller had been to Fantasia (Fantastica in the book) in his youth, so he knew exactly what Bastian was getting into.

[@WesterosWolf]

I agree with Bastian 2:04, books help us escape from our ordinary lives and we become something more than that :) You can always discover something new about yourself in a new story. This is such a timeless classic!

[@Darkman9478]

In that, I'm in perfect agreement.

[@Blossom44100]

Totally agreed

[@Blossom44100]

Ain't that the truth! Sometimes I want to escape reality

[@shaulty429]

6nr

[@WishfulThinkingArt]

To me, all books are magic. Somehow or other, they capture our imaginations and take us to worlds far away, and help us befriend characters that not only live in our minds, but in our hearts.

[@Blossom44100]

Here here!

[@619AGT]

I third the motion. Even in today's world with the trend of digital information, books will always have a unique charm to them that can never be surpassed.

[@Blossom44100]

619AGT Ya got that right! ;)

[@17moonbeams]

I love books. They always take me away from the pains and troubles of real life. Fantasy is my favourite genre. This film is beautiful but books will always be better than the films that are based on them. From Virginia Clark. ☺❤📚🐴🐉🌹🍓.

[@Blossom44100]

I hear ya. Fantasy is my favorite too

[@dinodisneylover1]

I love both the books and the movies.

[@dinodisneylover1]

While you read, do you imagine yourself as Jim Hawkins or Captain Nemo or Dorothy? Or do you imagine yourself standing next to them, entering their worlds and joining their adventures, facing all the challenges they faced along with them?

[@DeadhunterThe]

The bookkeeper makes a good point. What's the point in reading of great heroes and imagining you're them and enduring the things they are learning if you don't put the lessons and morals to use?

[@dinodisneylover1]

People can love both books, comics, movies and videogames. Like me.

[@Darkman9478]

Here here!

[@OneWeirdDude]

I jotted the titles down about seven years ago. For handy reference: Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper Wizard of Oz - Frank L. Baum Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne Tarzan - Edgar Rice Burroughs

[@jonathansmith8672]

Treasure Island and Wizard of Oz are my favorites! :)

[@cookervillpop101]

Read 20,000 leagues, followed by Mysterious Island. Mind blown

[@yaphettbanks4936]

I came just for The Librarians beeping noises😂

[@EmmetPowermootski]

wow thats great, one of the best 'kids' movies out there, I just had a flashback to the whole safe books thing :) I may name my firstborn Falcor :)

[@nathanashmore2131]

Emmet Power The book certainly isn’t a children’s fantasy.

[@Sashimiburger]

...Tarzan--Okay, you're cool, come in.

[@anablythe]

Barret Oliver was the best Bastian for me ❤️

[@MaricaAmbrosius]

Books are supposed to change you!

[@dinodisneylover1]

Books are like a mirror that reflect on you.

[@mryoyoserpico]

Got to say I like this scene. Heck I love the whole movie!

[@nathanashmore2131]

mryoyoserpico You’ll hate it after you read the book, just like the author hated it.

[@TheRaulpr58]

I love this movie

[@vincentanuneko4269]

Ever read the book by michael ende?

[@OneWeirdDude]

1:00 I call it ironic that the old guy is impressed by Bastian's reading, but then recommends physical violence to solve his problem.

[@gard751]

You can't always persuade people with a rational thought. Sometimes you need a stick.

[@OneWeirdDude]

@@gard751 Good point.

[@ConcordeStudios20]

Curiosity is not a sin Bastian, but you should exercise caution

[@michaelvaladez3012]

Require a little effort on your part make no B B B B BEEPS! LOL 😂

[@WiiClassic2usb]

I dunno if we're watching the same video, because I totally hear him enunciate "Lord of -THE- Rings" he's just saying it very fast, as kids tend to do... "Lorduhtherings."

[@Tsujanryo]

This scene is awesome...it just popped in my head at random. 'CAPtain NEmo!' :) "Your books...are safe." I want an 'unsafe' book. I wonder what kind of puissance it took to write the book these two avid readers come into contact with. I suddenly want a backstory; How did the bookstore owner come across it? Did a passerby happen to just sell it at random after finding it in their basement? Did the museum procure something & loan it to the only man, a bookstore owner, that could give them answers about it? Or did the man travel abroad and find, or stumble upon it there? ...or did it find him? Crap...now I gotta go read the book about the book.

[@nateruebens]

But I like b b b beeps

[@yaphettbanks4936]

Nate Ruebens Old people trying to keep us Gamers down😤😡

[@Blossom44100]

Bastian's just like me from when I was little as well as now

[@mitchelanhalt5261]

Does anyone find it funny that Bastian mentions Lord of The Rings?

[@mitchelanhalt5261]

That's what I was referring to you idiot.

[@mitchelanhalt5261]

Of course they were books frist. I was referring to the fact that The Never ending story being an adaptation of the bookon it's own reffernces another fantasy book that basically helped create it. Next time, be sure your house is in order first.

[@JSC178]

@@mitchelanhalt5261 Whoever responded to your first question has deleted their entries. Now it looks like you're arguing with yourself! LOL No offense, it's just kinda funny :)

[@nt4979]

...No it's been around for a while.

[@leonciogarcia5371]

love this movie

[@tialynjordan6088]

LOL PUMKIN poobear misses me

[@tialynjordan6088]

Babe let's WATCH THIS

[@17moonbeams]

Monday 15th July 2024. Bastian is such an intelligent child to read all those books. He's read more than me and I love books! Books are beautiful and so are you, as long as you are kind and treat others well. Best of luck. Take care. From Virginia Clark.?! :) ;( ;) 📚 📖 📙 📘 😃

[@Firedraconian]

I think he's referencing that it should be 'Lord of THE Rings'.

[@glennojordan]

Get outta here, I don't like kids!!

[@joew9690]

Lord of the rings

[@Hangie]

I just saw last of the mohicans just now, and I can never think of that title without thinking wizard if oz, 20 thousand leagues under the sea and Tarzan lol I did, evidently forget treasure island and lotr

[@86blackberrywhite]

IMO the book store owner should have lied and told Bastian that the book was ordinary, nothing special or a run of the mill history book. As soon as you say that the book is "special" "not safe" and "not for you", of course that is going to pique the kid's curiosity and he'll want to read it. Humans especially kids are naturally drawn to the taboo. Then again, if he did, there would be no book/movie.

[@andrewlivingston1590]

I don’t know if we’re meant to be altogether sure he didn’t mean for all of this to happen.

[@stevenmioduszewski6397]

I'll be honest, this is just a viewer's perspective - I think he said all of that purposefully to get Bastian to take the book. He was using reverse psychology to get him interested in reading this journey knowing he wasn't a run of the mill kid with a short attention span. I only say that, because he leaves the book for Bastian right there, and smiles when Bastian runs out with the book. I could be wrong, but that's my theory on it.

[@86blackberrywhite]

@@stevenmioduszewski6397 you might possibly be correct in your theory but if you watch the full scene carefully, you'll notice his smile comes right BEFORE he looks down and realizes the book is no longer there. So I'm thinking he was simply happy that Bastian finally left his store, not because he took the book. Like you said though, it's all a matter of the viewer's perspective.

[@tialynjordan6088]

IM COMING NEXT WEEK

[@Sir_Stalwart]

Are really old in bookform, but people, me included as a kid didn't notice them untill Jackson made them into excellent movies, but thy wern't totally unknown, dude...

[@andrewsilva7635]

Hey, hey, hey! Why the hate towards comic books?

[@goldenretriever6440]

Yeah He should read Watchmen

[@warlockofwordschannel7901]

Comic snobs were prevalent back in the day. He was being dismissive, not "hateful"

[@joewhitehead3]

So if that book wasn’t safe, why was that old man reading it?

[@afriendofbean]

@Joe Whitehead I wondered that too where I'm guessing that Mr. Coreander must have seen it on his desk (it must have appeared magically since it's a bookstore) and said something like "where did this book come from, I never ordered it" and then decided to read it not having it on sale. But then found out that it was a magical book causing himself to become a character in the book following "The Nothing", following Attreyu on his quest, and being the one responsible to give the Childlike Empress a new name and he felt that now that he started reading it he had to finish what he started to bring things back to normal which is why he was telling Bastian that, that book is not safe to read. Then when he told Bastian that the book is not for him from 3:02-3:05 was like he was saying "this book is not for sale" and/or "this book is not safe to read." Then (not shown here) when Bastian took the book away, Mr. Coreander smiled feeling that he (Mr. Coreander) was now exempted as the chosen one and Bastian became the replacement.

[@17moonbeams]

Why did the old man leave it where Bastian could get it? That's what I don't understand. 🌍📚📖📙😃

[@yorkaturr]

@@17moonbeams He left it there on purpose. Obviously he knows about kids and reverse psychology. This clip is missing the last part when the old man looks at the desk with the book missing and smiles.