so you liked the first what about the second ?
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Isabelle26 — 22 years ago(February 14, 2004 10:27 AM)
I liked the second one better because it had Jonathan Brandis in it. He definitely saved this movie.
He was an extraordinary actor, very talented, very intense.
Im so sorry I have to say "was" instead of "is" here.
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King_of_Night — 20 years ago(December 31, 2005 04:43 PM)
I thought the first one was magnificent. I watched it a lot when I was a kid, and I still like it today. They didn't vote it one of the best movies of the 80's for nothing.
But as for the second one, it's merely okay, if you ignore the continuity errors and plot holes. But my main aggravation about The Neverending Story II is the Wambos. There's just something not right about using a bunch of toys to fight a squad of metal giants, especially when said toys use fireworks as weapons. I mean come on, fireworks? Why do I get the feeling this is a made-for-TV movie?
And is it my imagination or was Bastian a moron in this movie? Hello, he held up a sandwich in the air. Has he ever heard of gravity?
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brainybrailler — 20 years ago(February 23, 2006 01:31 PM)
Yes, I thought the Wambos were silly myself. And the fact that they made Bastian to be enuff of a daydreamer to absent-mindedly hold a forked sandwich up was too much.
Also I wondered why he faced most of the same problems he had in the beginning of the original, why he didn't remain in Fantasia as a closing narrative hinted. If the 2nd 1/2 of the novel had been told by the same writers who did the 1st, it'd probly be better.
My opinion is that it's OK too. Good, but it doesn't compare with the 1st, which is marvellous - again, you're right: it's no surprise.
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roca_sta69 — 20 years ago(March 16, 2006 11:33 PM)
Now, I haven't seen either the first or the second in a few years
But the first one is where the kid finds the book and reads it and 'sees' it all, correct? And the second one is where he's actually in it (can't remember if he's actually 'in it' in the first, sorry) and there is a part where he's on this boat and the 'water' can burn you?
But if that is so, I enjoyed the second more for some reason -
Cloverfield_33 — 18 years ago(December 28, 2007 12:04 PM)
I really liked the second one, as someone above said, brandis saved the movie. He's was a brilliant actor.
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varialectio — 17 years ago(July 14, 2008 10:21 AM)
I thought the second was okay, but not on the par of the first. The first film had a disappointing, tacked-on ending, but it had enough magic to make up for that.
I'd really have to see the second film again to form a better judgment of it.
I absolutely LOATHE the third film, though. Should never have been made. -
Neverending3 — 17 years ago(September 13, 2008 01:28 AM)
The third film saved the series after two, then after the good third one came the beep canadian spin off series "The Tales From The Neverending Story which was way worse then the second movie, third movie, and no doubt, the first.