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Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

I found it on DVD at Wal-Mart. Only five bucks, too. I just loved it as a child. Can you guess what it is?

Its:

The Pagemaster

Does anyone remember it?

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

I remember it.

Not especially fondly.

Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :

"Can you guess what it is?"

Didn't give us much of a chance now, did ya? [Smile]

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

I remember it.

Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :

I vaguely remember commercials for it, but don't think I've seen it. The cover art looks kinda like a proto-Potter. Not that a kid in glasses and a kindly old wizard are all that unique a concept, of course.

--Enigmatic

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

quote:
Originally posted by ketchupqueen:
I remember it.

Not especially fondly.

Why not fondly?

Enigmatic-

This movie came out in 1993 or 1994. I think it is pre-Potter.

Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :

Yes, I know. That is implied by the prefix "proto-" It's like an earlier evolutionary step.

--Enigmatic

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

Well, its a classic movie either way.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

It is so cute when the kids get nostalgic for their childhood. [Razz]

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

So what? Its a good movie.

Posted by Historian (Member # 8858) on :

Come now the voice acting was top notch... You just need to close your eyes throught the animated sequences.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Ok, ok! It's a good movie! I'm not arguing with you!

Wasn't that the movie that had that line in it, "Do? It doesn't do anything. That's the beauty of it!"

Or was that from Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?

Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :

[Laugh]

Tante!

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

Historian- The animation isn't THAT bad. Some of it is really cool. Like the White Whale and the Dragon parts.

Tante- No, I don't think so. At least, I'm almost positive its not.

Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :

Er-hem.

CATCH-22 BY JOSEPH HELLER!

Actually, I didn't much like this movie. I read the book first, and the book's just fantastic.

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

What about Catch-22?

Is the movie based on the book? Or the book based on the movie?

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

*groan*

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

Tom, my friend, why do you groan?

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Joldo:
Er-hem.

CATCH-22 BY JOSEPH HELLER!

Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :

I found Catch-22 to be one of those books you understand better after seeing the movie. I watched the movie and thought "Man, that was way darker than the book." Then I reread the book and thought "Wait, no it's not."

Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :

Steve,

The Pagemaster, IMO, bore little resemblance to Joseph Heller's book.

Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :

I think the movie from my childhood I remember with the most nostalgia is The Sandlot. Or maybe The Land Before Time. One of those two.

Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :

I liked it that movie. I think it came out back in my kindergarden days. I don't think people could easily forget it.

Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :

I remember when I went to see it for the first and only time. It was in elementary school I think, and a girl asked me if I wanted to go, so I did. Actually it was more like the girl's mom asked if I wanted to join them, as I was already at their house, so I said sure, sort of assuming that her mom would pay for me, as I was, I don't know 10 or so at the time, and didn't have much money.

But no, had to pay for myself, and then I couldn't afford any snacks, and I was late getting in. Then on top of that, I didn't even like the movie.

All in all it was a bad experience.

Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :

Pagemaster was pretty sweet. I enjoyed adventure and when horror does his little skit about whats waiting for them in the house of horror.

Posted by Chveya (Member # 2623) on :

We watched The Pagemaster several times a year in elementary school. It was supposed to be a "reward" after we finished standardized testing... everyone despised it after a couple of years.

Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :

See, the movies I remember from my childhood are The Fox and the Hound, Supergirl, and Rainbow Bright and the Star Stealer.