Rarely do I see a film that I can honestly say I absolutely do NOT like. This film, bar none, is THE WORST.
Character rape abounds. Falkor, the wise, soft-spoken luck dragon we know and love, is transformed into a whiney, neurotic character who frequently makes lame complaints, a few concerning his back. Yeccchhh.
Then, there's the tree-like character. HIS wisecracks are often related to the human world. ("Call the fire department!") If there's one thing I despise, it's modern-Earth humor where it doesn't belong.
And the Child-like Empress. This lovely, polite, wise young lady has been mysteriously transformed into the Pre-Teen Empress. At one point, she even referred to someone as "old man." Can you imagine our beloved Stronach-version Empress doing that? Never!
The ONLY characters who had anything done right with them were the gnomes. These were actually played fairly well.
The story was horrendous. It didn't even feel like a Neverending Story movie at all. It didn't help that most of it took place in the "human world."
My rating? I big, fat, flat zero. >_<
Character rape abounds. Falkor, the wise, soft-spoken luck dragon we know and love, is transformed into a whiney, neurotic character who frequently makes lame complaints, a few concerning his back. Yeccchhh.
Then, there's the tree-like character. HIS wisecracks are often related to the human world. ("Call the fire department!") If there's one thing I despise, it's modern-Earth humor where it doesn't belong.
And the Child-like Empress. This lovely, polite, wise young lady has been mysteriously transformed into the Pre-Teen Empress. At one point, she even referred to someone as "old man." Can you imagine our beloved Stronach-version Empress doing that? Never!
The ONLY characters who had anything done right with them were the gnomes. These were actually played fairly well.
The story was horrendous. It didn't even feel like a Neverending Story movie at all. It didn't help that most of it took place in the "human world."
My rating? I big, fat, flat zero. >_<