Gen X is just built different. Artax is part of why. If you ever rewatch this movie, watch it through the lense of dealing with loss. His mother died and he and his father are trying to deal with that in their own ways. The best line, for me, is "it has to hurt if it is to heal!"
@StCerberusEngel5 күн бұрын
For me, it's the description of the Magic Mirror Gate. And Gmork's truth-bombing of Atreyu. Villain or not, he ain't lying.
@dracoargentum97835 күн бұрын
After a few times, I realized the equipment for the arts, covered in dust in the school’s attic.
@lordmortarius5384 күн бұрын
The problem is that subsequent generations decided to shield their kids from anything that might be traumatic or upsetting, thus making them incapable of dealing with it when it inevitably happens later in life, which is part of why our society is in trouble right now. You have to take the bad WITH the good in order to grow up to be a functional adult.
@RX-124 күн бұрын
@@lordmortarius538 I don't see much evidence of that, if anything today's movies might be darker than they were back then. Infinity War killed off half the main cast which is a bit more traumatic than killing a horse who had five minutes of screentime.
@poolhall96324 күн бұрын
1981 - I didn't escape either brother.
@Matacron5 күн бұрын
I am a 45-year-old man who watched this movie at a very young age, and it is absolutely a children's movie. Don Bluth, an animator/producer of quite a few popular children's movies with scary scenes in them has a philosophy: You can show a child anything as long as there's a happy ending.
@doctorteethomega5 күн бұрын
I'm just as old. They look like big, good, strong hands, don't they?
@Logan-ed4pu5 күн бұрын
I'm 41, and truthfully, Don Bluth is a genius.
@lordmortarius5385 күн бұрын
@@doctorteethomega 😭😭 I'm 44 and that line gets me every time. The survivor guilt Rockbiter has hurts me in my heart.
@SeanHendy5 күн бұрын
Around this same era, and as well as this film, we had the delights of The Dark Crystal, Legend (starring a very young Tom Cruise), Willow, Ladyhawke, The Beastmaster, Labyrinth, and The Time Bandits. What it was to be a kid in the 1980s. Best decade ever.
@Somber75 күн бұрын
....skating rink, asteroids, atari, HBO/Showtime horror movie program book- Fantasm, skateboarding and karate so many memories, goes by so quick.
@Billinois785 күн бұрын
Legend was a favorite of mine growing up, along with Neverending Story, Labyrinth and the original Star Wars trilogy. I watched them so many times as a kid.
@SuperiorlySubversive5 күн бұрын
well we didnt have the internet ruining everything. And we could play outside. vanish after breakfast with dad picking you up on the way home from work when you're miles away from your house after spending all day at the mall. FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!
@TheBuzzard425 күн бұрын
It was a Golden Age of synthesizer music!
@SuperiorlySubversive5 күн бұрын
@@TheBuzzard42 like.. New Order - Blue Monday?
@shotbybrady87935 күн бұрын
She's so funny sometimes. "Today we are watching 'The Neverending Story' and I really thought it would be longer than 1 hour and 40 minutes." Lol classic
@StCerberusEngel5 күн бұрын
So, you're watching the international version of this movie. It's based on a German book called Die unendliche Geschichte (The Unending Story). That's why the book title was in German. Some scenes were reshot or re-dubbed for the American and international versions and the score/soundtrack are different as well. The shot of the book cover and the note were two of the reshot scenes. The note said "Nicht bose sein. Ich brings bald zuruck." My German isn't the best, but it seems like a poorly translated "Don't be angry. I'll bring it back soon." In the American version, it says "Don't worry. I'll return your book." In German, that should be something like "Keine Sorge. Ich gebe dir dein Buch zuruck." Like I said, my German isn't great. Meine Deutsche Grammatik ist schlecht. The funny part is, the book was written by Michael Ende, whose last name literally means End. End wrote something that doesn't end. :) The absolute best way to see this is as a child, and again as an adult. This movie is riddled with allegory, and seeing it as a kid, then as an adult are two very different experiences. As a kid you take things at face value, and you might understand the themes in a rudimentary way, but as an adult...It's a story that grows with its audience. "You have to try. You have to care." "It has to hurt if it's to heal." "Confronted by their true selves, most men run away screaming!" "I couldn't hold onto them. The Nothing pulled them right out of my hands. I failed." "People who have no hopes are easy to control." It's scary how relevant these lines and others become when you grow up. This is an 80s kids' movie, Dasha. As Don Bluth once put it, "[If] you don’t show the darkness, you don’t appreciate the light. If it weren’t for December no one would appreciate May. It’s just important that you see both sides of that. As far as a happy ending…when you walk out of the theater there’s [got to be] something that you have that you get to take home. What did it teach me? Am I a better person for having watched it?" 80s kids trudged through the Swamp of Sadness, ran through the Sphinxes and stepped through the Magic Mirror Gate. Just as Bastian shared Atreyu's journey, we shared his. And that's just one of our defining childhood moments. We're made of sterner stuff! 😎
@SeanHendy5 күн бұрын
I only discovered recently that one of my all time favourite films 'The Big Blue' had various issues in terms of release in the US, and so the amazing score by Eric Serra was completely replaced. Just not the same film.
@longfootbuddy5 күн бұрын
i knew something was very wrong when the little guy had a southern accent
@Billinois785 күн бұрын
I knew something was off when I saw the opening credits. The little guy in the top hat - man, that voice was way off. It's funny, looking back on this, though, that guy was played by Deep Roy. A lot of people remember him as the Oompa Loompa from the Johnny Depp Willy Wonka movie. His voice was dubbed over in the English version, too, but it was a better voice.
@BrianMoore-h6i5 күн бұрын
"Bastion" refers to something that protects or defends a belief or way of life that is disappearing or threatened.
@unclebounce14955 күн бұрын
In other words, the job of a parent is to prepare children for adulthood, good and bad, not coddle them until they're legally no longer responsible for teaching them. This is why we have a world of child adults today. Shyt pareynts didn't teach them to grow up and face the bad, they just passed the back. so when they hit 18-21 and became independent (in one way or another), they have to teach themselves these hard lessons the hard way, which is crueler and takes much longer.
@SyntheticCK5 күн бұрын
This was the generation of us kids playing up and down the street and usually knowing to go home when the street lights came on. Usually.
@drew2fast4895 күн бұрын
It was magic
@ToABrighterFuture6 күн бұрын
That orange juice with egg concoction, was a hangover cure. It's a very subtle hint that Bastian's father was dealing with his wife's death, by hitting the sauce.
@dandoll44055 күн бұрын
It's called breakfast nog and it has nothing to do with hangovers. I learned how to make it in Jr high school health class. It's a fast and healthy breakfast, at least that's what they thought at the time.
@LeviBulger5 күн бұрын
This hangover thing gets used every time this movie is on YT in some fashion and it's just false. No, it's called a NOG or a julius. Depends on where you're from, really. It was popularized in the 50s and 60s as a quick breakfast and it even started the mall chain Orange Julius which was around into the 2000s. People still make them now although usually with powdered eggs or just the egg whites as cholesterol awareness has heightened since the early days of people drinking them. They're honestly delicious if made right. But to think that the acidic content of OJ and a raw egg would help a hangover is hilarious. That would do the exact opposite to most people and only make them feel worse.
@SurvivorBri6 күн бұрын
In the book, the horse, Artax could speak, which made his death scene much sadder.
@tubekulose5 күн бұрын
And the dragon's name is "Fuchur" in the original version but they changed it to "Falkor" in the English version. For a minute I was wondering why but then I got it: If someone mispronounced it, it would sound like... 😁
@SurvivorBri5 күн бұрын
@@tubekuloseyeah that was a smart move changing the name. I've thought about that a couple of times lol
@dracoargentum97835 күн бұрын
@@tubekulosethose damn Fuchurs…
@Airihi5 күн бұрын
This is 100% an 80s children's movie 😂😂 our children's movies were all pretty traumatic. No sugarcoating or babying us, sometimes it seemed like they were competing to have the most traumatic things. Like the idea was traumatize them now and nothing will shake them in the future 😂 BTW, in the book, Artax the horse could talk. And in the swamp he is talking about how sad and depressed he is and sinks because he was giving up on life. Atreyu, tried hard to save him but Artax refused to go on. Talk about traumatizing
@Corn_Pone_Flicks3 күн бұрын
For me, it was Young Sherlock Holmes. It doesn't even have a happy ending...that's where the traumatizing part happens. Holmes solves the case but loses the most important thing in his life.
@wolf9walker5 күн бұрын
We were tough kids in the 80s. I was 12yrs old when I saw Friday the 13th in the theaters, and loved it. 😊
@zzygyy4 күн бұрын
11 yrs old when I saw exorcist. 😮
@MrBreezeLI5164 күн бұрын
9 years old when I met Charles Lee Ray! 😮
@KittyBoom3605 күн бұрын
This story is for children or anybody dealing with loss, be it a parent, a pet, or anyone.Also, the statue boobies were not big deal to us kids in the '80s, like I never thought much about them until your reaction.
@Corn_Pone_Flicks3 күн бұрын
I'd honestly forgotten about them until I saw those big blurry spots. KZbin is completely idiotic. Does it really benefit anyone to treat something that half the human race actually has as if they were shameful? Who is that benefiting?
@XD152awesomeness5 күн бұрын
Everyone wants to protect kids from horrors and danger. But the first step is to acknowledge, there’s danger. Kids are flexible and resilient. It’s importation to expose them to sad or scary things so they can learn how to deal with them. If you think it’s bad for kids to experience this, imagine facing this as an adult having never learned the skills needed to cope.
@intothestorm13943 күн бұрын
exactly, this. i read the book to my daughter when she was quite young, and i knew what was coming and she did cry during that scene - but she coped. to this day it's one of her favorite books. two years later her grandfather died suddenly, and she was sitting by his deathbed, soothing him and saying goodbye. today we have fond memories and are happy about how we handled that sad situation. that is the lesson here.
@stephenjones51326 күн бұрын
When the Empress mentions "just as others are watching his" it's a reference to us as the audience... and now with reaction videos there's yet another layer that the creators didn't even envision
@tomyoung90496 күн бұрын
All part of "the neverending story". 🤯
@Robert_Douglass6 күн бұрын
Interesting observation. That should make us all wonder, shouldn't it?
@StCerberusEngel5 күн бұрын
@@Robert_Douglass Makes you wonder who's watching you? It's the government. It's always them.
@Robert_Douglass5 күн бұрын
@@StCerberusEngel Kinda taking this in the wrong direction, aren't we? That's not even apples and oranges anymore -- we're talking about variations and layers of reality and unreality, which is far removed from political conspiracy.
@StCerberusEngel5 күн бұрын
@@Robert_Douglass It's a joke, bud.
@JohnathanWertenbach5 күн бұрын
Land before time , never ending story and several others back in the day went there and we were all stronger for it
@drewf86195 күн бұрын
Bambi, Lion King, Old Yeller, Where the Red Fern Grows... If you love something... It's dying lol
@bms20104 күн бұрын
Lol they are kids movies chill out you don't have to get so deep with it
@drewf86194 күн бұрын
@@bms2010 Lol and this is the KZbin comment section... "Chill out" You don't have to try to dictate how others converse.
@bms20104 күн бұрын
@drewf8619 lol I'm not but it'd ok to say hoe your era I'd better and talk down om what others weren't around to experience it not everyone was born in the 80s so I stand by what I said it'd a kids movie it's not that deep that you have to insult the way other generations came up
@captainchaos36675 күн бұрын
The music for when Bastian is riding Falkor is _incredibly_ nostalgic for me. I first saw this movie at the perfect age for it to make a huge impression.
@Airihi5 күн бұрын
No, this was the 80s, it's very unlikely the school would call to let his father know he didn't show up that day. Hell, in 97, I skipped a ton of days at school, I was 12 - 13 yrs old, the school never once called my home or notified my parents. Fast forward to 2006, same school, and I am 3 minutes late for taking my youngest brother to school and they had already called my mom to notify her that my brother hadn't arrived yet and asking if he was sick that day. 😂😂😂 My generation was some of the last few of the "latchkey kids" generation. We were expected to find our own way to school and back home again, usually few hours before our parent/parents would get home.
@zzygyy4 күн бұрын
Walk or ride a bike to school. Ditch class... sneak into movie theaters... good times
@scottconroy79494 күн бұрын
In a lot of places it was already normal by the mid 80s for the school to call parents when their kid missed class. However the call happened around 6pm and came from an automated system...so if you skipped you just needed to be home and by the phone around 6 and take the call so your parents wouldn't know!
@Corn_Pone_Flicks3 күн бұрын
My senior year of high school, I must have skipped twenty days. I was just done with it by then. When my report card came at year's end, it listed days absent as "2." They didn't even notice, and I sat in the front row.
@candicelitrenta88906 күн бұрын
The mother's name was Moonchild. The parents were hippies back in the 60's and had unusual names
@Robert_Douglass6 күн бұрын
I didn't understand what he shouted into the night at first, and then I thought I'd heard "Moth child". I suppose either works.
@tubekulose5 күн бұрын
In the original it's "Mondenkind" (same meaning).
@sebastianwittmeier12744 күн бұрын
I do not think it is his mother's name - otherwise he has no fantasy to think of a new name. Also the wish to wish everything back is lame (in the book Bastian's story is much more interesting).
@Robert_Douglass6 күн бұрын
22:16 Since you're bringing it up, I never gave much thought to the attire of the Sphinxes, as I was always focused on whether or not Atreyu would get past them without getting shot by their pulse weapons. Even now I find it odd that their breasts have been blurred out here. I mean, seriously, what's the big deal?
@unclebounce14955 күн бұрын
YT makes it a big deal. That's the only reason.
@Robert_Douglass4 күн бұрын
@unclebounce1495 And they make it a big deal because .....? Social conditioning. Some other cultures don't see it as a big deal, their women go around with their breasts out all the time and the men don't even give them a second look, they're like "ok, they're breasts, so what?"
@Corn_Pone_Flicks3 күн бұрын
@@unclebounce1495 People really should start ignoring KZbin's whiny puritanical crap. I saw a video last week where someone was watching Inglourious Basterds and thought it necessary to censor the word "Nazi." I mean, seriously, what the hell?
@unclebounce14953 күн бұрын
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks I'm all for defying, but they delete comments 1 to 5 minutes after you post them if they have to many controversial triggers words and meet a flagged "context" flag. So it's better to be heard in code than to not be heard at all. Otherwise, i'd agree with you 100%.
@waterbeauty855 күн бұрын
I remember this being huge in Germany but only getting a lukewarm response in America when it came out, but over the years, it has become a lot people's childhood favorite and enough of a pop culture icon to be referenced in comedy skits.
@lordmortarius5384 күн бұрын
Raw eggs w/ OJ blended was a common "quick breakfast" in the 80's. The detached military father was also a common thing, because men in that time were boomers and thus were taught to suppress their emotions. He's dealing with his wife's death the only way he knows how: to bury his grief and do work, which doesn't help his son who is clearly a more emotional person. My dad was kind of like this, he was a Merchant Marine captain and gone for 2.5 months at a time, so when he was home, he was still "The Captain" and orders given were expected to be obeyed :P This film especially hit home for me because my dad was sour I disliked sports and read fantasy/scifi novels all the time, I was basically Bastian in that respect. Misunderstood by ones' parents who try to fit you into the societal mold and getting punished when you refuse. As to no one checking on where he is and letting him walk to school alone and stuff: This was the 80's, we Gen Xers were practically feral children, our parents told us to go outside and play and be back when it gets dark, and that's what we did. This was also the era before all this smart-tech tracking and whatnot, so if you skipped school, no one really did anything about it until you showed up the next time or it became a trend. Landline telephones and snail mail were the only methods of communication then so it wasn't easy to let anyone know things like it is now. Parenting was also more of a "fuck around and find out" mindset, not in a mean way but in a "try it and see what happens" way. If something would cause severe injury or death obviously parents would stop us, but they didn't shield us from traumatic experiences, instead helping us to learn from them and process the way we felt instead of just avoiding it altogether. That's why so many kids today are so messed up, because they've been "protected" from having to deal with reality and the bad shit that happens, so they don't know how to deal with it like an adult. That's a big problem.
@zzygyy4 күн бұрын
Everything was different. 😊
@candicelitrenta88906 күн бұрын
Back in those days it was a different mindset. Kids could do a lot of things because the whole universe was not against them like it is today.
@helifanodobezanozi76895 күн бұрын
I think you have it backwards my friend. Kids could do alot BECAUSE they understood the whole universe was against them! Kids in the 60's, 70's and 80's weren't as sheltered.
@josephamesdacey64425 күн бұрын
What is against them now...
@Billinois785 күн бұрын
@@helifanodobezanozi7689 I don't know how true that really is. We didn't have the internet in those days, so there was so much that we didn't have flying at our faces back then that today's young people deal with on a daily basis. We lived in our little suburban bubble thinking we were hot stuff. Today's young people deal with a lot more shit, so it's hard to agree that they're sheltered.
@unclebounce14955 күн бұрын
ROFL was a joke. Universe against them? Everything is in their favor to such an absurd degree that the avg kid is more pampered/spoiled/entitled than a 5 year old princess 200 years ago.
@helifanodobezanozi76895 күн бұрын
@@Billinois78 Coming from a city background myself, I was busy avoiding being robbed, beaten or shot in a crossfire in those days.
@Paisa2315 күн бұрын
When a Gen Z watches a old children movie xD This movie was defining me, as a child. Prepared me to grow up believing in good. To never give up, and that grief hurts, and that empathy and sympathy is different. Kids can and should feel these feelings, through the safety of a movie. So you over exaggerate :)
@ryans_nature_vibes5 күн бұрын
Agrees with displeasure at horse death, though this type of disturbing horror is not uncommon in fairy tales for some reason. Nice video!
@kyleolson1485 күн бұрын
Awwww, I love this movie! I haven't seen this since I was a child. Thank you for watching this!!!
@Trifler5005 күн бұрын
Children's movies weren't like Disney back then :) Definitely cried when the horse died
@rowdycmoore2 күн бұрын
DISNEY wasn't like Disney back then. Have you seen The Black Cauldron and The Great Mouse Detective?
@Trifler500Күн бұрын
@@rowdycmoore I saw The Black Cauldron. I've also seen Snow White, etc. It's a general statement. Roll with it. :)
@cloudcutter816 күн бұрын
For the love of God...don't watch any of the sequels.
@rng816 күн бұрын
As a kid back then i actually watched the 2nd movie in cinemas and liked it. Have to watch them both again someday, probably will see the faults then :D
@JoeCool78355 күн бұрын
The 2nd is just meh. The 3rd is a crime against cinema.
@iscream22325 күн бұрын
2nd one is okaaaaay/watchable. 3rd is complete trash
@daurydavis39835 күн бұрын
Didn't really care for the second one, never knew a third movie existed
@gionnijohnson4085 күн бұрын
The second one was okay. 👍 The third one........ 🗿🗿💀💀
@balli78365 күн бұрын
04:50 Hi Dasha. Yes, this is german. Written on the book cover is "Die unendliche Geschichte" which means "The neverending story". And on the note Bastian wrote "Nicht böse sein. Ich brings bald zurück" which means "Don't be angry. I bring it back soon."
@tom0911785 күн бұрын
The irony is that it was written by an author named Michael ENDE.
@TheNightBadger5 күн бұрын
Incredible! Dasha is reacting to the German version of the movie! It doesn't have the theme song and swirling clouds on the opening, and the text is all in German! There are some other minor differences too (voices, etc).
@PeterSchmidt-l4p5 күн бұрын
The film is a German production and was filmed in the Bavaria Filmstudios in Munich, among other places, and was directed by the German Wolfgang Petersen! For the international market, the film was filmed in English with American actors and dubbed in German for Germany! The title of the book is in German “The Neverending Story” - the note that Bastian left behind says (also in German): “Don’t be angry, I’ll bring it back soon”! The film is based on the book of the same name by the German writer Michael Ende, who, however, was not satisfied with the result of the film and even had his name removed from the opening credits! For Michael Ende, the “nothing” was the slow loss of the child's fantasy, which is increasingly replaced by rational thinking and action as we get older and quietly disappears - like fog that slowly dissipates! (There is also an expression that speaks of "the fog of forgetting")! Wolfgang Petersen, on the other hand, portrayed the “nothing” as a destructive force of nature, with threatening clouds rolling across the sky, lightning and thunder - an everything-destroying storm, like a hurricane - earthquakes that tear the earth apart and cause everything to collapse - Michael Ende didn't like this portrayed at all!
@lanzknecht85995 күн бұрын
Some changes from the original were minor (f.e. Atreyu is originally green-skinned), but others were more serious: for every wish Bastian makes, he forgets something about the real world, which means he gets more and more lost in Fantasia.
@PeterSchmidt-l4p4 күн бұрын
@@lanzknecht8599 It's understandable that the book author, but also readers of the book (I ONLY know the film) are disappointed or even annoyed when such important details are omitted from the film - you will always judge the film against the book (usually the book always wins)!
@jrod15915 күн бұрын
Man you needed to watch the American version. The score is so much better. A song was written just for it and it was awesome. This is my favorite movie of all time. I have a full chest tattoo of the sphinx Gates’s The voice of the snail racer is way different and it’s throwing me off.. it’s a great story either way.. Sucks you missed out on the English version’s music. In the English version, Gmork sounds so much more sinister.
@portalina4 күн бұрын
I didn’t remember Artax dying so early in the movie!🤔 he was barely around!
@LordNifty6 күн бұрын
This movie is creative and great, and has some pretty powerful metaphors, from the swamp being a metaphor for depression, the Nothing being a metaphor for the death of dreams and imagination, and the wolf's commentary on how people without dreams are easier to control. Those are just the main ones that come to mind; and of course that theme song that is a notorious earworm.
@JustGrowingUp846 күн бұрын
Yeah, the horse scene traumatized a lot of children. As for it not being a children's movie: Dasha, you're Russian. Look up old Slavic fairy tales. Or look up the fairy tales gathered by the Grimm Brothers - the originals, not the Disney version. Fairly tales for children were quite dark.
@PeterSchmidt-l4p5 күн бұрын
In fact, the Brothers Grimm's fairy tales were originally not for children but for adults! What is now referred to as "original" children's fairy tales is already a defused version- and yet still violent, bloody and quite dark!
@mythenmetzermewtufreund1285 күн бұрын
Michael Ende who wrote the novel The Neverending Story which the film is based on, hated this Film so much that he let his name be removed from opening credits. Why? For many many reasons. He thought it was to commercial orientated, melodramatic and cheesy. One big reason was that "Do what you want" was changed into "do what you dream." That sentence meant that Bastian has to find his true will in phantasia, and not do what he likes to do.
@adnreasrost91355 күн бұрын
Only a great reactor can recognize another great reactor.
@ArgosySpecOps5 күн бұрын
How meta😅
@andreasbenning4 күн бұрын
"I expected it to be longer", I wonder how many didn't get that, you're so fun!! 😀 Watched this as a little kid, and now at 45 I still get teared up when Artax dies, that scene is intense! Also, the scene where the stone eater have given up and just talks about how his big strong hands couldn't save his friends, feeling so insufficient, with age that scene have become more emotional for me too. It's a fantastic movie that speaks to anyone who has a pure heart. Thanks for uploading! Greetings from Sweden
@PolferiferusII5 күн бұрын
1980s, at least in America, don't look all that different from today, Dasha. There are some exceptions (no cell phones, for instance), and hairstyles and fashion are somewhat distinct, but overall things then aren't so different than now. Wood shelves then and wood shelves now aren't different, as an example, and they largely looked the same in the 1940s and -50s, before I was even born, as well. Differences from today grow more marked when compared to the 1970s, and are more obvious as you go back each decade. Film grain changes are more or less identifiable by decade, but filmmakers choices weren't always universal in any given decade, aside from favoring B&W in earlier times, which was first owing to technological factors, and later due to film and film processing price changes, rather than lack of technological innovation (cost of silver, which was used in old B&W film was cheaper than using color until sometime in the 1960s, I think) Again, I'm only speaking from a US perspective, and I don't claim to be an expert. My main point is, for reasons people can debate, those born since, say, the year 2000 (more or less) _perceive_ most everything from before their time to be more different than it actually is. My guess is that this somewhat innacurate perception has more to do with technological advances than any other factor, but I'm only guessing.
@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-5 күн бұрын
Isn't Dasha the cutest.
@bigjoeofthe7075 күн бұрын
Now you see that scene with Artax, Littlefoot’s mom death scene, the farewell between Charlie & Ann Marie in All Dogs Go To Heaven. Yeah those and many others traumatized a lot of us
@Duffman69able5 күн бұрын
For everyone who couldn’t understand what name Bastion gives the empress, it’s Moonchild
@Cosmicfraud32095 күн бұрын
I always thought this kid actor was anthony kiedis as a kid😂
@ToABrighterFuture6 күн бұрын
5:02 "Don't be mad. I'll bring it back soon."
@Robert_Douglass6 күн бұрын
I saw the original American version. Bastian wrote "Don't be mad. I'll bring back your book."
@PaiMei6675 күн бұрын
@@Robert_Douglass Which is not the "ORIGINAL" version.
@DanJackson19775 күн бұрын
This must be the euro cut... the Book title is in German and the snail racer (Deep Roy) has a *completley* different voice dub.
@tubekulose5 күн бұрын
Well, it's based on a German novel and it's a German production.
@SyntheticCK5 күн бұрын
Yeah that threw me off at first. I was like wait, since when is the racer a southern hick?
@josoffat76495 күн бұрын
Traumatizing kids for 40 years now 🤣They don't make classics like this anymore. The theme of the movie is about a boy coping with the death of his mother to cancer. It's about grief and acceptance.
@positivelynegative91495 күн бұрын
Fine intro. Good to hear you didn't look anything up. Totally blind reaction is best. 😃👍
@MaxLivingstone5 күн бұрын
Yeah, kids' movies back then were hardcore! But they had the intelligence and creativity to back it up; the intensity ensured that their wisdom stuck with you all the more. If you think _that_ was traumatising for a kids' movie, wait until you see _Watership Down!_
@dtnetlurker4 күн бұрын
The version you are watching is the more rarely seen German Version. The most widely shown version and the one most of the world watched in theaters when it was released and later shown on television is the International Version. It has the title song sung by 80s pop singer Limahl and music composed by Giorgio Moroder and is 94 minutes long. The German version is 101 minutes long with extended takes and one brief extra minute of a janitor in the storage room/attic.
@dracoargentum97835 күн бұрын
19:34 I love how when Falkor points out how Atrayu has more than one friend he directed Atrayu to the screen and a Fourth Wall break; before it is covered by a quick scene change.
@scottvanhille56885 күн бұрын
Priviet Dasha, I'm 44 and so happy you watched this classic from my early years! Losing Artax was the tear jerker, especially to those who has lost a loved pet and/or relative. There's two more films I believe, the second one is not bad. Nice reaction. This German dubbing version makes me laugh.
@darkdg41065 күн бұрын
The cover of the book said the title, "The Never Ending Story", and if I remember correctly, the note said, "Don't be mad. I'll bring it back soon."
@darkjester33915 күн бұрын
I loved your reaction, Thank you.
@SeanHendy5 күн бұрын
Dasha, I made the same mistake disregarding a film because of it's age. I've been an avid film fan since the mid 1980's, so quite a few decades. Frequently going to the cinema, and watching on TV as well as movie rentals, I would always watch a film review program on TV in the UK to keep up with the latest releases. Over the years, often at the end of a decade, or the end of the millennium, there were various polls about the best films of all time. The film 'It's A Wonderful Life' always featured near the top or at the top of these polls, and because it was black and white and was released in 1946, I dismissed it and didn't track it down. Then, about 10-15 years ago, it was on my movie channel subscription and I thought, ok, I'll give it a shot, and I am so glad I did. It is now in my top 10 favourite films of all time. It's an incredible film, remarkably well shot, innovative and given the technology of it's time, the director, camera operators, stage builders and lighting people, did an incredible job. A big lesson to me to not prejudge because of the age of the film. I agree, there are a lot of films released these days that pale into insignificance compared to some films of the past.
@javiermartinez-zm2mt5 күн бұрын
Another great reaction 🥰 Thank you Dasha ❤
@ProBreakers6 күн бұрын
Watching a German version with English audio? Got to say, hearing the racing snail guy with his Texas accent is funny after hearing the regular American version. Voices are pretty different here.
@adamrichard67246 күн бұрын
Exactly my thoughts
@tomyoung90496 күн бұрын
Noticed that right away.
@Robert_Douglass6 күн бұрын
Texan here. That snail racer did not have a Texas accent.
@ProBreakers6 күн бұрын
@ ok, sure. How about a stereotypical American cowboy-ish accent then.
@mattreaction5 күн бұрын
The movie she is watching have different version with some scene that were never seen in American version.
@TheMikeman19714 күн бұрын
I love Dashas accent !
@totomomo186 күн бұрын
Great movie. Fyi the author of the book that this movie is based on did not like the movie although it was very successful. The movie is only half the book. Other great adventure movies are Flight of the navigator 1986, Wilow, Lady Hawk and Labyrinth 1986
@shaunmount1305 күн бұрын
Check out the movie "Lawrence Of Arabia" It's been called the greatest movie ever made.
@Tehui19745 күн бұрын
I was a kid in the 80s. I still remember the scene of the horse dying affecting every kid in the movie theatre.
@tofersiefken5 күн бұрын
You must be watching from a German streaming service. The movie was originally a German production, but when it was released in the USA, the title on the book cover and the note that Bastian left the shop keeper were both in English. The audio was always in English, not dubbed, as far as I recall.
@Robert_Douglass6 күн бұрын
This movie and some of its characters inspired musical groups in later years. Atreyu, the warrior, was the inspiration for the thrash metal band of the same name, and Falcore had his name taken by a band member in "The Birthday Massacre" who calls himself Mike Falcore.
@doubleswordsКүн бұрын
"The horse died? ... This is not children's movie." -- This is exactly how kids' movies were in the 80s. There would always be that one scene that would scar you for life.
@jamespark2935 күн бұрын
If you're liking the older kids movies then Flight of the Navigator and D.A.R.Y.L are good ones too
@Corn_Pone_Flicks3 күн бұрын
Cloak and Dagger is another good one. Imagine a modern kids movie having the villain threaten to shoot a kid in the stomach and let him bleed out.
@SalvableRuin4 күн бұрын
If you don't know, some of the scenes in this movie were filmed in Vancouver, around Gastown and nearby Waterfront Station.
@derekk85235 күн бұрын
80s kids are built different.
@SalvableRuin4 күн бұрын
This is 100% a children's movie. We weren't weak like this generation. It was heartbreaking to watch, but it helped us to understand loss and grief, which are things everyone needs to learn in this life.
@808maxstone5 күн бұрын
Hi Dasha. I'm also glad you like to watch older movie. There are so many great older movie. Each decade had it's movie style. Look forward to your next reaction. Take care
@catapodaca36015 күн бұрын
I’m 46 as well. Watched in the theatre.Tough as nails gen bro. She is a great reaction to the film though.
@Corn_Pone_Flicks3 күн бұрын
Actual tough guys don't have to tell other people how tough they are, "bro."
@BKPrice6 күн бұрын
Well, I saw it as a kid and it didn't scar me for life, so it's probably fine.
@Hauke-ph5ui5 күн бұрын
4:50 Yes it is German. Die unendliche Geschichte (= The Neverending Story) is a German movie based on the book of the same title by German writer Michael Ende. I like the movie, but as is often the case with book adaptations - the book is much better. Also, the movie only covers the first 40 % of the book, and even that is heavily cut. An adaptation of the entire book could have easily been a 6-8 hour long movie. 5:05 Translation: Don't be mad. I will return it soon. 15:00 You don't understand. The Swamp of Sorrow has its name for a reason. It fills all living beings with sorrow until they cannot bear it any longer and let themselves sink. The only reason Atreyu is unaffected is because he's wearing the Auryn - he's protected by its powers. Morla is the only creature lving deep in the swamp. This absolutely is a kid's movie. I saw it when I was 9 years old back in 1984 when it came out and it was one of the reasons I started reading fantasy novels like crazy. In fact - I started reading the novel Die Unendliche Geschichte the same evening when we came home after watching the movie. And I read the book many, many times since then.
@tywco5 күн бұрын
Yes. All of us 80s children are traumatized as hell. And not just by this movie.
@wyrmshadow43745 күн бұрын
It builds character. I was 6
@dartmaster58775 күн бұрын
I know right. "Cough, Transformers Movie"
@saba3405 күн бұрын
Btw, the Oracle is modelled after ancient sphinx figures. And yes, even back then they had obvious, um, female attributes !
@robertnichol36695 күн бұрын
80's kids movies went hard....Offing Artax hurt a lot of 80's kids...but if you look at Fairy Tales...the original stories were pretty dark too. I think kids stories should have a bit of darkness in them to be honest
@zzygyy4 күн бұрын
Flash Gordon is a must
@Djieff5 күн бұрын
In the book, arthax, the horse, talks to Atreyu. It was heart-crushing to read how Arthax was telling Atreyu he wanted do die. I can understand not adding this to the movie adaptation.
@jamesjones84826 күн бұрын
Great reaction Dasha. This was one of my daughter's favorite movies', when she was little(now 45). I'm glad you watched the movie and wish you the best. 👍👸❤
@jdm10665 күн бұрын
I watched this movie, Robocop, Terminator, The Shining, Predator, A Clockwork Orange all before I was ten. Kids movies were different in the 80's.
@MrIcelander5 күн бұрын
I _LOVE_ this movie and the book so much, and I am _so glad_ you're watching the German version because I've never seen that one! I've looked for it online many times but only found some dodgy VHS tapes in pretty crummy quality (which I wouldn't be able to play anyway), so this is like a double treat for me - SPASSIBA!! 🤩 P.S. The MTV music video came to my country before the movie did and my brother spoiled the ending of the scene with the horse when we were watching that song on tv, made me so mad.
@kennethjoseph63624 күн бұрын
3:47 you take out the leader, the strongest one. the others won't fight after, i've taken care of bullies, they would try pick on a friend of mine at school. it lets them know they can't do it all the time, or ever again. these were different times, no safe spaces for the kids back then. nice to see you react to this classic! 👍
@rivercitymud4 күн бұрын
Dashs, when you have the same realization about old music that you have had about old movies, I would call your attention to the years 1971-1980. A lot of great music was produced in that decade, and most of it flew under the radar. To me, that music used to be "old" and "boring." I grew into it. Tip: avoid the top radio hits, look for the stuff that nobody except musicians talked about.
@mickaelpagnier395 күн бұрын
I recommend reading the book written by Michael Ende, of which the movie is an adaptation ! 13:12 The scene with Artax, in the swamps of Desolation, made many children cry!
@Trip_Fontaine4 күн бұрын
80's kid's movies were dark as hell. I remember watching The Neverending Story on video and fast-forwarding through Artax's death since I couldn't bear to watch it again, lol. "The Dark Crystal" and "Return to Oz" are two other very dark (but great) 80's kid's movies that I don't think you've reacted to yet. #suggestion
@nicholasregan65266 күн бұрын
Dang, I remember this movie in english for the written stuff LOL. But despite the German language, I obviously still understand it since I've seen this movie over and over LOL
@Corn_Pone_Flicks3 күн бұрын
What about any of that made you laugh out loud? You can just end a sentence with a period, you know.
@DavidAntrobus5 күн бұрын
So happy you recognized Vancouver. Gastown specifically, and in the eighties. Such a vibe. Although it feels like an eon ago.
@tubekulose5 күн бұрын
In the original version the dragon's name is "Fuchur" but they changed it to "Falkor" in the English version. For a while I was wondering why but then I got it: If someone mispronounced it, it would sound like... 😁
@Ambaryerno6 күн бұрын
The movie that traumatized every 80s kid...Well, one of them. Somehow you picked the German version, which is a bit different from the international/English release. In addition to the German text on the book and note (the title is The Neverending Story, and the note he leaves is basically just a promise to return it) some scenes are a bit different, there's some additional scenes cut from the English release, and the music is different (including the omission of the famous "Neverending Story" song by Limahl). The original book the movie is based on is actually German, as well. Teeny Weeny, the guy who rides the snail, is played by Deep Roy. Traumatizer #1: Gmork. He scared the HELL out of us. Traumatizer #2: The Swamp of Sadness. Poor Artax. 😞 Oh, it's absolutely a kid's movie. The thing to remember is that kids movies in the 80s REALLY put us through the wringer. This, Transformers: The Movie, Watership Down, (ok, that was 1978, but close enough) pick a Don Bluth movie. Any Don Bluth movie. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (Large Marge. Just...Large Marge). The Dark Crystal. Time Bandits. Kids movies in the 80s did NOT hold our hand. Traumatizer #3: The Sphinx Gate. ESPECIALLY when the knight's visor opens after he got fried.
@isaackellogg34935 күн бұрын
Atreyu is a warrior. Leaving his weapons behind strips him of a major part of his identity. Putting the Auryn on imposes on him a new identity-that of agent of the Empress. The Empress does not rule by force so weapons on her agent would not be appropriate.
@SedriqMiers5 күн бұрын
Older movies were created by many artisans today only a few remain or embody the spirit of those long gone but not forgotten.
@PaiMei6675 күн бұрын
It was my favorite movie as a kid 40 years ago, and I still enjoyed watching it today.😁
@krisfrederick50012 күн бұрын
Never let anyone tell you to get your head out of the clouds and be like everyone else on the ground. This movie is brilliant and have always loved it, NeverEnding as an 80's kid. "The Nothing" is the status quo. Don't let it get you.
@camhagen14715 күн бұрын
The whole drinking raw eggs thing was a popular health trend back in the day, made famous by Sylvester Stallone in the Rocky movies, the idea being that you're just getting pure protein without the fat that comes with fried/scrambled eggs etc. However we know now this is an outdated idea, because when an egg is cooked it actually releases more protein and vitamins so it's much healthier. And and of course we have non stick pans nowadays that don't need any butter for eggs to cook in, although some animal fat (butter) is actually good for your health in moderation, just don't use margarine or vegetable oil, that's practically poison. Not to mention, perhaps most importantly, eating raw eggs puts you at risk for contracting salmonella! So if any gym bros try to tell you that eating raw eggs is good for you, you'll know better.
@Zorrky2 күн бұрын
It's the swamp of sadness, Artax gave up and wanted to die, he couldn't be saved. In the book he even said it to Atreyu. And yeah, it's a children's movie, people nowadays give lot less credit to children's comprehension and ability to understand adult topics.
@batbrick39496 күн бұрын
5:02 It’s German for “Don’t be angry. I’ll bring it back soon.”
@tomyoung90496 күн бұрын
If I remember correctly, the English version said, don't worry I'll return the book.
@captainchaos36675 күн бұрын
You should definitely read the book. It's fantastic, and this movie is actually only the first half of the story.
@6.s.a.m4 күн бұрын
3 Ninjas is another American child classic from the 90’s you may like
@centurycountess49495 күн бұрын
I loved this movie as a kid , the only thing that drove me crazy was the audio when Sebastian would stuff food in his mouth you could hear the chewing, and it drove me crazy. I heard they updated the music and this sounds like the new audio because the music whenever the tower was shown is completely different to the music I remember and I was curious because I did hear that they toned down the volume of sebastion's eating and chewing and was wondering if that was true. also I finally heard what Sebastian called the empress! I believe he said moon child all these years people wondered what he said and I think that's what he said.
@richardmartin66615 күн бұрын
Some great old movies 🎥. To Catch a Thief, Dial M for Murder, Prisoner of Zenda and Scaramouche, Oh Forbidden Planet
@kevinslayzak12146 күн бұрын
This movie and a list of others are directly connected to why Gen-X can handle everything with no problem 😅saw this around 14😅
@ClosedEyeVisualisations5 күн бұрын
Dubbing the voice of the snail rider on the bluray version was criminal.
@TC_Smitty5 күн бұрын
Yep, I saw this in the theater when I was 7. My younger sister was probably more traumatized than I was about the horse. While I found the Gmork scary, I still thought it was a cool monster.
@Logan-ed4pu5 күн бұрын
"This is not a children's movie." I was born in 83, so my first time watching this was at a young age. There were many shows, movies, and stories that had dark elements to them, some of them being rather traumatizing lol. Artax's death blew my little world apart when I first saw it, but these stories made the happy endings that much sweeter after experiencing the darkness. It was as if these stories were teaching kids that even though bad things happen, in the end, it'll be OK.
@zzygyy4 күн бұрын
Yeah. This movie really pushed the emotions
@halbaloney45932 күн бұрын
The book's story really is never-ending, because it continues through you, the reader.