Forget Ed Wood's films and the thousands brainless teenage flicks. At least they were not that ambitious, expensive and with the potential of The Never Ending Story. No wonder why Michael Ende's name doesn't appear on the credits. His world has nothing to do with this mechanical, gaudy and utterly tasteless recreation. The film has no pace, the perfomances are inadequate, the structure feeble, the ideas imposed instead of being developed. What a terrible waste of money. Spielberg's films, despite their weaknesses, have a lot more warmth, imagination and cinematic strength. The electronic score by Giorgio Moroder is unsuitable for a classical style fantasy tale and it is just the tip of the iceberg in this horrendous misconception.
Review of The NeverEnding Story
