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Essentially worthless.
There are so many things wrong with this movie its hard to pinpoint. I myself am one of the biggest Neverending Story fans around, both of the book and the 1984 film. But while that film didn't stray from the book much, this movie simply takes characters and puts them in entirely new situations.
The aesthetic complaints I have about this movie are further. Bastian and Atreyu look completely different (I know the original actors had aged), Pyorncrachzark (Rock Biter) had a child, and shots from the original film were used for horse-riding sequences. The childlike empress is older as well. She can't age! This truly is a children's film, whereas the original was a truly beautiful movie. Shortly, avoid this movie and see the original again. Wambos can jump in the Nothing.
- Bastian Balthazar Bux
- Jan 22, 2002
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By what name was The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990) officially released in India in English?
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THE NEVERENDING STORY 2 features Bastian, who is unable to summon the courage to jump from the high diving board as required by his school's swim team. Desperate and embarrassed, Bastian (Jonathan Brandis) looks for a book to guide him. He finds "The NeverEnding Story" at Koreander's bookstore, but as he rereads the familiar book he notices that the story has changed and that his help is needed if Fantasia and the childlike Empress, keepers of dreams and stories, are to survive. The book offers him Auryn, a powerful medallion he had gained in his first adventure (in the earlier movie), and this time it allows him to wish for anything he likes. This seeming advantage is what the evil schemer Xayide (Clarissa Burt) uses to distract Bastian from his quest. Xayide wants to fill Fantasia with the dreaded Emptiness that is causing stories to disappear from their pages on earth and general chaos in Fantasia. She casts a spell cursing Bastian's wishes. Every time he makes one he loses a prized memory until he forgets nearly everything -- his mother, his father, and the purpose of his mission in Fantasia. Throughout the action, scary giant creatures try to thwart him and his warrior friend Atreyu (Kenny Morrison). Spoiler alert: a treasured character dies falling down a mountain side but is later revived.