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Icarium 
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Posted: December 31 2015 at 19:59 |
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def two films that defind films in the 80s and important works of sci-fi and fantasy
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Posted: January 10 2016 at 07:49 |
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which film do you like the most
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Posted: January 11 2016 at 11:01 |
Ende - Die unendliche Geschichteis one of my favourite books ever  . It is about the importance of fantasy in life, covering a lot of philosophical questions. The film version from Petersen is so bad, that even the author Ende distanced himself from it. The philosphical questions were skipped, the silver dragon became a fluffy dog-creature...aaargh... I can go on ranting about it forever.  DuneI have not read the book, and there are a lot of film versions on it. So no vote from me.
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Posted: January 11 2016 at 11:22 |
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Epicness of Grograman and the page where Artax dies, the film doesn't do the extreme sadness justice!
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Posted: January 17 2016 at 13:32 |
How about Limahl's Never Ending Story 
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Posted: January 17 2016 at 15:50 |
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Totos Dune beats Limahls Neverending Story
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Posted: January 17 2016 at 22:59 |
Klaus Schulze's Dune beats them all 
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Posted: February 05 2016 at 12:31 |
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Posted: February 05 2016 at 13:42 |
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Like both, but preferred the Dune film to The Never Ending Story -- haven't read the Neverending Story book.
As for soundtracks, I'm a Doldinger and Moroder fan more than Toto, but Toto/Eno put out a great soundtrack in Dune, and I don't think Never Ending Story is Doldinger's or Moroder's best work (love Doldinger's Das Boot and Moroder's Midnight Express scores -- both films resonate more with me as well).
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Posted: February 12 2016 at 18:47 |
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I read Dune. I liked the movie when it first came out. I can no longer stand it. The excessive use of narration was a very in-artful way of converting from book to cinema. The acting of the star shudderingly awful. The book is way better. I've seen a better more recent version that spanned the whole trilogy. I don't recall any info about it, though.
It seems like I've seen Neverending Story, but I can't really remember it, so no vote.
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Posted: February 12 2016 at 21:08 |
 Formentera Lady wrote:
Ende - Die unendliche Geschichte
is one of my favourite books ever . It is about the importance of fantasy in life, covering a lot of philosophical questions.
The film version from Petersen is so bad, that even the author Ende distanced himself from it.
The philosphical questions were skipped, the silver dragon became a fluffy dog-creature...aaargh... I can go on ranting about it forever. |
As an adaptation of Atreyu's adventures, the film is great. Of course, the whole part about Bastian being involved in the story, has been reduced to a few corny moments, which is a shame, but the second part of the book (with Bastian as the protagonist) would have made a second feature-length film and the film makers obviously didn't have the budget for that. Ende said he liked the US sequel more than Petersen's film, but I totally disagree with him.
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Endes "Neverending Story" vs Herberts "Dune"
