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The Neverending Story "The Neverending Story" is about a young boy who finds a magical book and reads it while playing hooky from school. The book is about a young brave warrior who must take on a quest to find the secret to curing the queen, and also to find a way to stop their world from being destroyed by The Nothing. "The Neverending Story" is another movie that preaches how important books are (others being "The Name of the Rose", "The Princess Bride" and "In the Mouth of Madness"). This is Wolfgange Peterson's first English movie, and it is a good one. It was made for children, that is why all the monsters and creatures look like Jim Henson's Muppets. Now what you have to keep in mind is that this movie was made in the mid 80s, so the special effects are not up to par with films like "The Lord of the Rings" or "The Matrix", but I liked the effects in this movie better than CGI; there are actually something for the actors to interact with. The story is a conglamerate of many myths and legends, mostly the quest, like for the Holy Grail. But it is also important to know that the message of the film is that the human imagination is essential to survival, and I think that a lot of people have forgotten that. It is important to read, to keep the mind and imagination fed. This is a really great children's fantasy movie, some adults may find it a little corny.