The Never Ending Story (1984) | First Time Reaction

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• DI

  @Diegesis · 2 years ago · pinned

  The Movies are Back! ~ Trixie Mattel<br><br>Saturday is gonna be movie day folks!<br>We&apos;re back at it again and kicking off with The Never Ending Story.<br>You know why ;)

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• LA

  @Lasagne_Maan · 2 years ago

  People like to talk about how the horse scene traumatized them as a kid but I will personally NEVER forget the &apos;big strong hands&apos; monologue.

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• FR

  @franksinatraiv2006 · 2 years ago

  I’m 44 years old, I still cry every time artex drowns in his own sadness

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• TH

  @theshakyproject2971 · 2 years ago

  The dad is mixing raw egg with orange juice, a common hangover cure in the 80s. The movie doesn&apos;t come out and say it, but he&apos;s likely an alcoholic struggling with depression of his own at the loss of his wife.

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• PE

  @pepsiman990 · 2 years ago

  The Never Ending Story is an allegory of Bastian’s journey through his grief over the loss of his mother. He is warned by the bookstore owner that book is dangerous; it is beyond his ability. Which is how grief feels, doesn’t it? Then we have Artreyu loosing Artax in the Swamps of Sadness as he sinks in his own despair. Then Artreyu is rescued by the luck dragon, and sometimes it feels like the only way out of your own despair is luck. &nbsp;All of it, everything, the whole Never Ending Story is Bastian’s journey through his grief, sadness and despair.

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• JO

  @johnw8578 · 2 years ago

  Congratulations -- you are now part of The NeverEnding Story. You were with Bastian as he experienced Atreyu&apos;s adventures. And we, as channel watchers, were with YOU when you experienced the story. Others will join when they watch too.

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• MO

  @moonlitegram · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLv43ErP7bI&amp;t=1490">24:50</a> lol yup. &nbsp;That &quot;they look like good strong hands, don&apos;t they?&quot; line has stuck with me over the past 40 years. &nbsp;The notion of these giant, strong, rock hands and the realization that they wind up being powerless to the forces of the world around him hit me like a ton of bricks too. &nbsp;And has stuck with me ever since my childhood.

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• AN

  @andrewpyle4936 · 2 years ago

  My favorite part of this movie is towards the end when the Empress starts talking to Atreyu that he hadn&apos;t &nbsp;failed and that he had brought Sebastián with him.<br>That was not the big twist though. The big twist was when she said that Sebastián &quot;had brought others with him&quot; and you realize the Empress is talking about you.

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• JO

  @John_Locke_108 · 2 years ago

  This movie is one of the reasons why we call Stranger Things a feel good experience.

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• FA

  @farrelfoster-lynam6683 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Hard to overstate how &nbsp;this movie lightly traumatized a generation of kids, back in the day.<br>We had never seen anything as sad as the death of Artax

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• MR

  @MrDrokkul · 2 years ago

  Some sadistic part of me enjoys new audiences getting exposed to the same Artax trauma I had to experience as a child.

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• JO

  @JohnnyBNerdy · 2 years ago

  Rockbiter&apos;s last words live rent free in my head

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