The Great Movie Review: The Neverending Story

So in case you forgot in our Holiday Hiatus, the current theme is Movies Based on Books. Val brought Treasure Planet (Treasure Island) and I brought the Neverending Story (Die unendliche Geschichte). It's based on a German fantasy novel published in 1979. Which put the movie being made in a five year turn around.

This movie is ridiculous. We start with this kid named Bastion. Which is a terrible name for a child. It's no wonder that he's getting picked on and thrown into dumpsters. Secondly, he's a thief. Sure he leaves a note, but he clearly steals the book containing the Neverending Story. He then skips school to read this book even though he knows for a fact that he has a math test. He then decides to STAY AT SCHOOL to continue reading this book he stole, while his Dad goes insane and calls the police and such. All of these qualities make him a hero. Because nothing says Valor like theft, playing hooky and worrying your parents (parent, his Mom is dead. Had she been alive she might have died from embarrassment.)

Now lets get to what i actually want to talk about, and that is the pedophile flying dog they are trying to pass off as a Dragon.




Seriously? This is what you came up with! Instead of this:

This:

or This:
At least Mushu can breathe fire! This is the type of dragon who would get his underwear run up the flagpole in high school and then in college, and then probably at work after he graduated.

Valerie said she kept thinking of this the whole movie:



And in a bit of acting that rivals sad Keanu, "It's so far away." (Start at 3:30)



So in short ... we don't recommend this movie. Unless you just really want to.