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Ever seen this movie called The Neverending Story? It's one of those 80s fantasy movies with weird creatures and models and Jim Henson-esque puppets. It was my favorite movie when I was little.
So recently, after hearing the theme song played somewhere, I just felt that I needed to see it again. I got it off BitTorrent and watched it. When I first saw that movie a long time ago, I thought it was one of the most amazing things ever, with its beautiful, rich world and creatures great and small. I'd make up stories about the characters. After a while I forgot most of their names, and most of the movie, but I think something of it stayed with me. When I watched it just recently, I kept having these deja vu moments. It was the same movie I'd loved as a kid, and yet...it was different. The effects and sets, while imaginitive, now strike me as sort of cheesy. And yet I can understand it on a level that I couldn't possibly have done as a child (especially after reading Sandman multiple times). Its message is simple - that we can't live without our dreams. Not ambitions that can be accomplished in the real world, but our outrageous fantasies and daydreams about stuff that's frankly impossible. But we can't live in our dreams, either. We need to have a bit of both.
Now that I know I like this movie as much as I did when I was a child (although, as I said, not in the same way), I should try and track it down on DVD. I have some friends who might appreciate it, mostly folks from Doublestar. Although, to be honest, it's the sort of movie that we would've been MST3King if we'd watched it of a Thursday night. I might get the immediate sequel, too, since I rather liked that one. But the third one just sucked.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to immerse myself in the fantasy world for a while and work on my fanfic.
So recently, after hearing the theme song played somewhere, I just felt that I needed to see it again. I got it off BitTorrent and watched it. When I first saw that movie a long time ago, I thought it was one of the most amazing things ever, with its beautiful, rich world and creatures great and small. I'd make up stories about the characters. After a while I forgot most of their names, and most of the movie, but I think something of it stayed with me. When I watched it just recently, I kept having these deja vu moments. It was the same movie I'd loved as a kid, and yet...it was different. The effects and sets, while imaginitive, now strike me as sort of cheesy. And yet I can understand it on a level that I couldn't possibly have done as a child (especially after reading Sandman multiple times). Its message is simple - that we can't live without our dreams. Not ambitions that can be accomplished in the real world, but our outrageous fantasies and daydreams about stuff that's frankly impossible. But we can't live in our dreams, either. We need to have a bit of both.
Now that I know I like this movie as much as I did when I was a child (although, as I said, not in the same way), I should try and track it down on DVD. I have some friends who might appreciate it, mostly folks from Doublestar. Although, to be honest, it's the sort of movie that we would've been MST3King if we'd watched it of a Thursday night. I might get the immediate sequel, too, since I rather liked that one. But the third one just sucked.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to immerse myself in the fantasy world for a while and work on my fanfic.
