WHAT is this FEVER DREAM!? | The Neverending Story Reaction | FIRST TIME WATCHING! | Movie Reaction

[@EversPrimeTime]

Thanks for watching the movie along with me! This was definitely a different story than I expected, but it was a fun ride! If you want to watch the unedited version or vote for what I watch next, you can do that as a Patron! patreon.com/soeverdream

[@leandrodavidgarcia5711]

The film is not a metaphor. They are thousands. New metaphors are found to this day. It is the deepest movie ever. The protagonist of the story is not atreyu or bastian, it is you. About the metaphors: the swamp is a metaphor for the death of depression, atreyu's mourning is a metaphor for bastian's mourning for his mother, atreyu finds murals of his story because the story has already happened, nothingness is the lack of imagination and you are the creator of nothingness, because while you watch the movie you imagine nothingness and thus it manages to exist, in your mind

[@JayHar215]

Most people will say the horse not making it is what scarred them, but what always stuck with me was the rock monster. “They used to be such strong hands…” after not being able to hang on and save its friends tore me up and jump started a lifetime of insecurity and fear of inadequacy. This fking movie man

[@EversPrimeTime]

Yeah, that part I glossed over unfortunately when watching. It wasn't til editing where I was like "OH, oh god". That to me, is personally more sad, but ya know 😂

[@jlerrickson]

I completely agree with this. As an adult rewatching the film, I only tear up at Artax's death if other people are tearing up. But my heart shatters every time I see the rock biter grieve his limitations and resign himself to his fate.

[@doctorteethomega]

Very well said. Both are tied for me, honestly. Maybe losing Artax was a childhood fear, and the Rockbiter's hands were an adult one.

[@Cobalt-Jester]

I think this was the first movie I cried at. My moment of realisation that you could entice emotions through video. Made me want to become involved in the industry.

[@BadMoonHorrors]

The most satisfying thing about watching people react to this movie is the moment when they realize, that they are a part of the neverending story now.

[@EversPrimeTime]

It's definitely a special moment in story telling. Was a really fun idea

[@doctorteethomega]

They were there when he hid from the boys in the bookstore.. That absolutely blew my mind as a kid.

[@chrisofstars]

​@@doctorteethomega There's an RPG video game on Nintendo 3DS that has a similar plot twist and it blew me away and reminded me of the Never Ending Story

[@BigGator5]

"Bastian. Why don't you do what you dream, Bastian?" "But I can't, I have to keep my feet on the ground!" "Call my name. Bastian, please! Save us!" "All right! I'll do it! I'll save you! I will do what I dream! ... MOONCHILD!" Fun Fact: The original Auryn for this film now hangs in an enclosed glass display in Steven Spielberg's office. Luck Dragon Fact: Falkor is actually a 43-foot long motorized creature with 6,000 plastic scales and pink feather-fur. His head is three feet tall and long and has a long tongue in the mouth. You can "ride" on Falcor's back on location at the Bavaria Filmpark in Munich, Germany. Authentic Battle Scars Fact: Noah Hathaway was hurt three times during the making of the movie. While learning to ride a horse, his horse threw him off, then stepped on him. While shooting the Swamp Of Sadness drowning sequence, his leg got caught on the elevator and he was pulled under water. He was unconscious by the time he was brought to the surface. Noah Hathaway then almost lost an eye during the fight-scene versus Gmork. One of the claws on his giant paws poked him in the face. The robot was also so heavy that he lost his breath as well when he was hit to the ground by it. They only made one shot due to the risk that he would get seriously wounded. Noah Hathaway now owns and operates a tattoo parlor in Los Angeles, California (as far as I know) with his wife and he loves talking to fans of the movie.

[@roo1014]

If you enjoyed this movie, I think you'd love *The Dark Crystal* (an absolute favorite of mine)

[@judeless77]

YES!!!!

[@josericotaconachoquesadill9496]

Definitely

[@zachbartell4193]

One of my favorite movies the part with the horse being sucked into the swamp never fails to make me tear up.

[@EversPrimeTime]

I truly did not expect that to happen to the horse 😥

[@remyazharyyosef1811]

I was 8 when this movie was shown at the theaters back in 84. The same year when A Nightmare on Elm Street was shown. Surprisingly, I persuaded my late dad to see Nightmare over this.

[@leandrodavidgarcia5711]

I used this film in a post I wrote for an academic journal to show that neither the text is impervious to the reader, nor is the reader impervious to the text. Any story changes you but you also change every story

[@ganapatikamesh]

Ask any 1980s kid what is a traumatizing movie scene and most of them will list this film and the scene with the dying horse. As someone who was a kid in the 1980s, I can definitely say that scene still is difficult to watch even as an adult rewatching this movie. After I found out the movie was based on a book, I sought out the book at my local library. It took awhile to checkout because it was suddenly popular, but it’s definitely an……interesting read. It’s definitely the type of book that due to how it’s written is a….unique experience. I did watch the sequel films, but didn’t enjoy them as much as this one. The second partially strays from the book a bit, but basically completes the book. I was a big fan of actor Jonathan Brandis which is why I watched it to begin with. I was a teen by the time the third one came out. Its story has nothing to do with the book at all and I basically watched it because it starred the actor who was in the movie Free Willy which was popular. It’s my least favorite of the films. It’s actually good you watched this since Disney announced they were remaking the film. That announcement has been met with mixed reviews. Folks like myself who’ve read the book are hopeful more from the book will be included while folks who’ve only seen the film worry that the remake might destroy a beloved film from their childhood. To be fair, those of us who’ve read the book also share that worry. The actor who played Bastien also starred in a favorite family film of mine from the 1980s: D.A.R.Y.L. He was also in Cocoon films, but I don’t really remember those. I believe he won an award for his role in D.A.R.Y.L. I think that your rating of the film is fair. You’re watching it as an adult and the film was specifically made and marketed to kids. Even as an adult rewatching it when showing my niece or with friends’ kids I’ll admit to the film not keeping my attention as it did when I was a kid. It’s a slower paced adventure film and I find myself usually watching and just waiting for my favorite scenes to come on (and dreading the one scene mentioned earlier in my comment). So I understand why you’d rate it the way you did. But now if the film comes up in conversation, you’ll know what people are talking about. Likewise if someone mentions the book, this film basically covers the major points in the first half of the book so you have some context to the conversation. Honestly there were so many films that were either based on books or got a book form in the 1980s that I feel like it was just a ploy to get kids to read (well that and Pizza Hut’s Book It program and the March of Dimes Reading Program…Pizza Hut you earned a personal pan pizza after reading so many books and March of Dimes awarded medals of gold, silver, and bronze for reading a certain number of books and raising money for them; you had family sponsor you and they basically donated a certain amount of money for each book you read). Great video! I’ll admit whenever you started reference Star Wars locales a part of me was like: “see I’m not the only one who thinks like this” since as a kid when first watching it I had seem the Star Wars films and was obsessed with them and so made similar comparisons to Dagobah, Tattoine, etc. LOL Nice to see others continuing to do that many years later! As the old saying goes: great minds think alike. :-)

[@stormingelysium1996]

As a kid, those statues freaked me out. In the book, the horse dying is so much more depressing.

[@EversPrimeTime]

I completely understand why they would 🤣

[@brandonspain12345]

The movie was technically a German production (which is why some scenes have German words like the book cover) and the version you watched was the extended German version. It was also the most expensive German production at the time with a $27,000,000 budget. The International version snipped a few things to make the pacing faster, (thanks to Steven Spielberg who was involved with the re-edits) and some re-dubs too. In addition the iconic Limahl song (the pop song from Stranger Things) was in the American release but not the one you saw. I would partly consider this a cult following because it actually was a flop in the US (partly because it was in competition with GHOSTBUSTERS, GREMLINS, MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN, and THE KARATE KID. So there was some competition.) But in Germany, it was a huge hit with a $100M. Critics at the time also pointed like what you mentioned that some of the effects looked iffy and ran too long. (But then again, critics are adults and this film was never meant for them and that was the point. Adults lose hope and dreams and their childhood does from adulthood. Much like The Nothing.) But the movie did get two sequels years later to mixed to negative results, but I think you should check out the sequel someday and see where it compares to your thoughts on the first film.

[@jaxcraft2848]

Aww man. Such a classic.

[@PedroCastillo_1980]

Amazing classic from my childhood The NeverEnding Story written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen based on the novel of the same name by Michael Ende starring by Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Patricia Hayes, Gerald McRaney, Moses Gunn and music score by Klaus Doldinger and Giorgio Moroder. The music video of the film is the classic song "The NeverEnding Story" single by Limahl. Thank you so much great reaction. This film has two sequels but the first film is my favorite👍👍

[@doctorteethomega]

17:24 I used to watch this every day as an 80's kid. I've watched it hundreds of times. The point wasn't that he was running fast, it was that he was trying and really thought he could make it.

[@DavidRomigJr]

They were with him when he reacted to the video. They were with him when he guess what the Nothing was before being told.

[@EversPrimeTime]

I love this lmao

[@eyallev]

(5:15) what would really blow your mind, is that it was not called the nothing, until you called it that. by doing so, you have written the nothing into existence.

[@EversPrimeTime]

OH MY GOD 😂😂 I love it, but now I'm scared.

[@Cobalt-Jester]

Can I just say, this is not a cult classic. It's just a classic. The low marks you give it the reasons for doing so are what make the movie good. You are giving it a 3 because there's not much action for the first hour... Who told you this was an action film? That first hour is nessaccerray but not boring or slow like you say. It's a sci-fi fantasy drama. It that slow world building to draw you in and make you tense and apprehensive for the hero...

[@EversPrimeTime]

3 does not equal bad, my rating system isn't based around good/bad. It just means that it was memorable, and not something I'd likely re-watch again. I liked the movie, but not enough to watch it again :)

[@tinyguy9398]

As this is the German cut of the movie with the English dub (evidenced by the fact the cover of the book is ‘Die unendliche Geschichte’ and not ‘The Neverending Story’, I wonder if you missed out on the awesome English soundtrack. The English soundtrack had a tonne more synth whereas the German instrumentation was more classically based. It is hard to tell as you had the audio a tad muted when the initial group of characters are approaching the ivory tower, but normally that scene is popping with a brilliant synth piece and so far I haven’t heard you comment that you were right / that you are loving the music. If that is the case, listen to the US release of the soundtrack on KZbin, because if you love 80’s synth, you’d love the Neverending Story’s US release OST.

[@chrisofstars]

"Fantasia is totally disappeared?" "Yes, because you took 15 years to say a name." 💀💀💀

[@benjamineckles]

What version is this? There are extra parts I haven't seen before. Even voices like Gamork's is different.

[@EversPrimeTime]

It's apparently the German version? I had absolutely no idea...

[@benjamineckles]

@@EversPrimeTime I'm going go have to find that one too now.

[@AtlantisTheLostEmpire]

@@EversPrimeTime Although it's based on the German book and made by a German director, the movie was made for an English-language audience, which is why I couldn't figure out how some of the character voices sounded so bizarre, why the book's cover was in German, and why some editing was off. I wonder if you changed the movie's language settings to German by mistake? Lol Now you'll have to rewatch it in English otherwise... *loads nerf gun* ARTAX GETS IT AGAIN!

[@DanJackson1977]

This is one of those movies where it's an entirely different experience watching it in a theater. I saw it when it came out, and it was one of my formative fantasy films, but I've seen it at a revival screening about 5 years ago... something about the scale of it just works better on the big screen with an audience... yes the FX are dated, but in some ways they're more convincing since it's all practical.

[@EversPrimeTime]

Yeah this would've been interesting in theaters for sure. The FX are definitely dated, but they do hold up for what they were doing. This is not a movie I'd knock the FX for at all tbh

[@DanJackson1977]

@@EversPrimeTime it is a movie that's probably most appreciated by kids.. because you can put yourself in Bastian's shoes. I remember my dad loving it as well, as he was a reader who was into fantasy as a kid... so he could relate. And IMO It has a good message, about what happens to the imagination when we dont read.

[@marcomatroso3575]

considering that this was from the 80´s , it is pretty cool . i still love it and i am 36 now. it´s not a surprise that people these days find it weird or unnormal or cliche or whaaaatever haha. because due to instagram and other social media platforms we learn new things about life ,rights, social life self love not being racist, new ideals bla bla bla, so this movie seems old fashioned these days. but in those days it was beautiful for many people, myself included.

[@ohauss]

The actual book, on which this is based - though only on the first half - is both warning not to lose our creativity and fantasy, but also (in the second half) a warning not to get lost in our own make-believe. Alas, the film completely misses the second part and only scratches the surface of the first.

[@EriksRose1]

It was literally over a decade before I finally found out what his Mum's name was. It's an idiot one Moonchild. This is one of my all time favourite films, it never gets old for me. I live the book too, though it's a bit of a tough read Kindest Regards ER

[@busimagen]

The orange juice and raw egg (and other ingredients) drink you saw at the beginning is an orange julius. Was somewhat popular for many decades.

[@MadMattInc1]

Interesting fact, I don't know how you got a hold of your version of Neverending Story, but the version you watched was the European one. It was a German production, and got Warner involved to make final touches, and the U.S.A. edit. The biggest changes is that a few scenes were cut down a bit, and the music, which was composed by two people. The European version used more of Klaus Doldinger's music, which was very orchestral, where as the U.S. version used more of Giorgio Moroder's music, which while keeping some part's of Klaus's orchestral notes, also pushed it sound a bit more "modern" which did inspire a lot of sound tracks for years to come. Also rest of comments could correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there was ever a ride, but I feel like I could recall at least a life size model of Falkor that kids could sit on at one of the theme parks for photo ops for quite a while.

[@Cobalt-Jester]

Having this movie without the titula 'book' would have not worked as good. Little kids like me, around 8-9 years old, watching this movie had me glued to my seat. It's the fantasy displacement. We saw Bastian and we all felt like we were him. Life at home is crap, so go on afantasy adventure. We all did that as kids, right?

[@mihaylov131]

I love the german version of the movie with it's magical OST. Ivory tower and Theme of sadness are my favorite Doldinger's tracks.

[@user-ld3zz2le6x]

I saw this Movie 34 times in the Cinema, back in the Day!

[@Storishaman]

Awesome movie, great choice...! ☝🏽😗 Did anyone else grow up with a different score, or is it just me?

[@EversPrimeTime]

I apparently found the German version 😭

[@Storishaman]

@@EversPrimeTime 😂 I was gonna say, I think the book was German, so maybe this is the next best cut or something 'cause there were scenes close to the end that I didn't know were longer.

[@tinyguy9398]

+ EversPrimeTime That is correct. The German version’s score is pretty much all classical orchestration, whereas quite a few songs in the English release are replaced with a more synthesized sound. I first noticed this during the initial ivory tower sequence, which in the US version is a totally different song with extremely heavy 80’s synth.

[@randalthor741]

Neverending Story is very much a movie meant for kids. If you first watched it as a kid then it's great and nostalgic. If you first watched it as an adult then it's going to be hard to see past the cheese, not so great acting, and not exactly seamless VFX. As a kid those things don't really get in the way of enjoying the movie at all, but as an adult they're kind of jarring and take you out of the movie a bit. It's a cult classic for a reason, but I wouldn't put it in the same category as some other cult classic 80s movies aimed at kids, like The Goonies, which I think can be thoroughly enjoyed by adults even if they didn't watch them as kids. I do really like the themes of imagination being important, how a good book may be able to help you process bad things that are going on in your life (like the swamp being a metaphor for grief and despair), and the meta aspect of Bastian observing Fantasia's story while we're observing Bastian's story (and the implications that we both change and are changed by the stories we read/hear/watch).

[@amberaegard]

I'm just like wait until he sees Falcor in someone's fish tank pretending it's ocean lol

[@EversPrimeTime]

I'm sorry what 👀👀 Did I miss this or was it not in the version?

[@amberaegard]

@@EversPrimeTime I did notice that you were watching a different version from the one that I have on dvd. So yeah I guess so lol

[@chsfive]

That was fun, love the roller coaster guesswork. This is a top 10 movie for me, but I am an 80's kid so this and The Goonies along with The Princess Bride were the peak of the fantasy adventure mountain for us. The wolf from this was one of the only things that ever scared me as a child, the Rollers from Return to Oz being another.

[@EversPrimeTime]

This movie was incredibly difficult to predict 🤣 It was fun though! The wolf is scary because you only see its eyes for a while and then when you finally see it, it's a jump scare, they did great with it!

[@stevenorellano2039]

Okay, so you're one of the people with Bastion because you're watching the movie, and so am I because I watched you watching the movie. Yeah, this is meta. 🤯

[@MaryvonneGovin-nz3nj]

The Never ending story mon coup de cœur ❤❤❤❤❤

[@josericotaconachoquesadill9496]

This is one of my favorite movies ever.

[@EversPrimeTime]

It's a good one :)

[@adrianhempfing2042]

It's,one of the best movies , from child actors , the puppetry , the meanings in it. Artax dying still tears when I see it. I think 3/5 might reflect seeing it now as an adult unlike many of us who grew up with film

[@pappajudas9267]

Oh you watched the German version. The oompa loompa on the racing snail has a different voice in the English North American release. Either way this film bonded an entire generation together through shared trauma.

[@tom091178]

Cool you got the version with the original german stuff and music.

[@EversPrimeTime]

Totally by accident haha but it was fun!

[@Nuron666]

The theme song made this film

[@shieldsluck1969]

2:35 Hey 😃 you 've chosen the "German" CUT from Petersen not the Spielberg "garbling" CUT. Wise decision.

[@EversPrimeTime]

It was honestly on accident...but I'm glad you enjoyed it 😅

[@shieldsluck1969]

@@EversPrimeTime I did. Score is the better one I'd say. 100% Doldinger even the sythesizers are... 😎

[@josericotaconachoquesadill9496]

Such a pleasant surprise to see a reaction to this great movie.

[@EversPrimeTime]

It was suggested by a friend of mine :) I enjoyed it, a truly wild ride that I was not expecting lol

[@SarahMaeBea]

I definitely think this doesn't quite work if you're not a kid when you first watch it. Tbh I can't stand Bastion's acting. lol And it's pretty heavy handed on the Nothing metaphor of "kids these days don't have imaginations anymore!" which was a very common plot at the time. But I really loved it as a kid! It's a lot darker and mind bendy than anything I'd seen before.

[@EversPrimeTime]

Yeah people seem to have SUPER fond memories of this movie, and I think I'm definitely missing a piece of the puzzle. But I still enjoyed it!

[@Moctop]

The music in this one is at times weird...not the standard European version i guess.

[@EversPrimeTime]

Yeah...I apparently found a weird version to watch 😶

[@christopherbuchin9105]

I know I'm late but I think you should read the book because this is only half of the story. and the second movie doesn't really follow the plot of the book. the second half of the book focuses on bastion rebuilding fantasia with his wishes and how that influences and changes him.

[@benjamineckles]

This movie os based off of a German book. Most of the cast was German, hence why some words don't match what the lips say. This was also my go to home from school sick movie in the 80's.

[@EversPrimeTime]

I tried so hard to figure out if it was dubbed or not but I couldn't really tell. I guess I was right about it being dubbed. I cut out a whole section of me questioning it lol

[@benjamineckles]

@@EversPrimeTime yep. And the little snail rider is the guy who plays the Umpa Lumpas in the Johnny Depp Willie Wonka movie.

[@shieldsluck1969]

@@benjamineckles Nope. Just one was a German actor- Thilo Prückner as the Schwienhund aka Nachtalb. Only the extras were all Germans, except ET and Co. 😉

[@derekmunson3695]

Why are some of the characters voices dubbed over with weird voices? And some of the soundtrack is off too. 🤔

[@EversPrimeTime]

I watched the wrong version :(

[@SilvrDrafn23]

What version is this? The German text on the book, the voices of some of the characters and even some of the music is different

[@EversPrimeTime]

I'm pretty sure I got the german version by accident :(

[@anotherunnameduser]

i know such a fever dream

[@judeless77]

I watched it every day when I was a kid.

[@sukhenko]

I enjoyed this video… but you must have watched a European version. The American version has all the synth you wanted and a great theme song. The music on the American version makes for a much different experience.

[@EversPrimeTime]

Yeah, I seem to have shorted myself 😥

[@DanielLopez-zt4ig]

Only this version was released in Germany, it is called the german release.

[@DicnballzBitch]

80's dune is the cult following movie to be elevated for

[@DicnballzBitch]

Mr Olympia Arnold was known for drinking oj and an egg for breakfast

[@yeahno8294]

Obviously your not worthy of a movie like this lol it's sad but no everyone can get it. You obviously don't.

[@EversPrimeTime]

you're*

[@judeless77]

Just a horse?!?! 😳😠😤

[@EversPrimeTime]

If this was about it being revealed it was a horse - I thought that it was going to be a unicorn because they were discussing them in the previous scene. So I was just surprised 😅