Does anyone else think that this movie could be remade better nowadays? I mean think about it. The Richard Tyler character could be a nervous geek always looking to the internet for statistics and not having much in the realm of an imagination. Then when he enters the literary world of The Pagemaster, he meets these literary icons with fleshed out personalities to get kids interested in actually reading about them. With how tech savvy everyone is today and not many of them reading books, I feel like a remake of this movie, if done right, could be very much needed.
***** Mine actually has a limit of 6 books per household. But it's a very small town library so I can see why they wouldn't want a couple heavy readers to run off with half their library at once. (They did up the limit for my dad and I to 6 books each since we were in every 2 days with the normal limit. Now we're in every 3 days instead!)
You know, I think the reason why the movie never explained the characters they came across was just to show the main characters main story points that everyone remembers whose read their books to capture their attention. Those who haven't read the books get curious about who these characters are and go look up which books they came from, therefore, getting the kids to read. At least, that's what happened to me when I watched this movie as a kid. Did anyone else?....ok just me? that's fine.
I actually did watch it when I was very young and I liked it. Before then I had never heard of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and I found it really cool as a child. So yeah, I agree with you.
Probably one of the easiest jobs he ever had. Went into a sound studio in his PJs, spoke about half a dozen lines into a mic and then went back home. Maybe stopped at an IHOP for brunch on the way back. His check is in the mail.
Jem Fukuyama 101 Hornet Drive, Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, United States of America, North American Continent, Northern and Western Hemispheres, Planet Earth, Sol Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy.
I never understood the structure of this movie. By normal logic, shouldn't Horror be the LAST challenge the kid faces, instead of the first? Seeing as how horror stories are designed to scare the shit out of people and therefore have the highest level of threat and tension?
It was just their way of setting up the final fight. And you have to think, they found the other books *in* the library, but Horror was found in his own domain, so they had to do the horror aspect then.
***** No I think that was the best way to do it. The boy was completely ruled by his fears, how could he have stood against pirates, or battled a dragon if he had not faced fear itself first?
The knight is the other kid that wondered into that library, and the "Page Master" sent him off on the same journey, but ended up dying trying to conquer his fears. He became traped, and aged, and just when he got to the end he dies by the dragon.
I think the movie is more about The main character rather then just getting kids to read. After the movie he seems more confident to face his problems head on rather then hide from them. I like this movie, regardless of what anyone says i think its good.
Yeah same here. I was just entering my own teens when this came out and actually was a keen reader even then, for good or ill, so maybe it made a connection with me (and other friends and relatives of mine of various ages incidentally, at the time anyway) that it didn't seem to with other audiences, particularly in the U.S. it seems. I do remember a tie-in video game also came out that really WAS pretty crap and had little to do with the movie, like most movie tie-ins
Yes, Kevin indeed read books. That contained statistics and facts, not a story of any genre. He was so tied up with facts and terms he never began to think about reading a story and realizing what emotions and feeling a story could convey. No one bash on me, I'm trying to make a good argument here.
Personally, I think this movie would have worked out better as an animated series. That way, they can cover each book more thoroughly, instead of just glossing over each one.
Me too! When we were kids my mom would check it out at the library for my little brother and I and we'd all watch it together. When the book scenes would show up I would tell them about the books they came from and who the characters were (I was a major bookworm from a very young age). We adored it and watched it over and over.
Personally, I think this is one of the greatest kids movies ever made. It makes you think, the acting is excellent, the animation is superb, and the music is gorgeous. I don't really listen to any negative criticisms about this movie. It holds a special place in my heart. I don't know how anyone CAN legitimately criticize it anyway. It's a fantasy film intended for the very young.
Always had fond childhood memories of this movie. Looking at it now, it is a little flawed, but I personally don't think it's terrible, though I do understand why others do. Now if you're curious as to which live-action/animated movie truly is terrible, the answer is..."EVIL TOONS (1992)."
JC Malone Oh, DUDE! That is so NOT the kind of movie you watch when you're TWELVE! LOL! Nice story, though. I know, the "cartoon-on-woman" rape scene is...*CRINGE!*
Why didn't his father just cultivate this character's not-so-subtly shown knack for science and mathematics? If I was his father I'd be gloating about having my own little Einstein and use all that money wasted on sports/tree-houses for instead saving up his college costs.
Elround4 Also not all parents like what they see in their kids. I grew up in a family of doctors and medics. When I wanted to study graphic design instead of medical school they flipped shit.
How did this movie get the cast that it did? I mean, Christopher Lloyd, Whoopi Goldberg, and (most suprisingly) Sir Patrick Stewart and in one movie? They must have had one helluva budget to get all three of them in one movie.
Lloyd maybe went there for the pay check, but Goldberg and Stewart were at the apex of their careers, so... I think that they thought this would translate in a career boost. I mean, a Ted Turner-produced animated movie was the shit back then...
They may liked the idea of a movie about teaching kids to read, open their mind to imagination and such. Everyone loves money but these people seems to be genuine and likes to spread positivity. Also Macaulay culkin played well in my opinion, sadly even as a kid he got an award for the worst acting.
I actually liked this movie. I mean, yeah, it has annoying characters, but going from book to book settings on adventures is fun, and I liked some of the actors and voice-actors in it. Also I found the sets really nice.
Yeah. Visually it was good and personally I love puns so some of those jokes did get me. I mean personally I liked it a bit more with these different characters from famous novels, mostly cause I had either read or was somewhat familiar with them already. It has it's moments but it still has a lot of flaws and is more of a guilty pleasure for me than really anything.
Dull and boring??? I've always loved this movie! Yeah it's not really "good" lol but I remember the trailers for this on other movies and I've always liked it. I love books and I loved the adventures. It was awesome.
***** Yeah! Call me whatever ye like, but as a kid I really loved this cartoon, first of all for the great voice performances. AND there is an explanation how Horror and Fantasy survived - having fallen into the water, Horror suddenly learned how to swim, or rather didn't drown, because, as he said, knocking himself on the cover - "It's hollo-ow!". That's how they got to the Treasure Island.
Scar Talon i saw it in school and i liked it. It held my attention. It nade me start reading, which made me start writing, which turned me to comics. And then i saw this video and thought back. Then i looked at the comment section. Then it was now and i dont know what happened after that.
***** I remember loving this movie, but it definitely wasn't something that I watched over and over again. Mainly I'd watch it just to listen to the soundtrack and see the mysterious librarian. And the fight scene with the dragon at the end. That part was amazing. I didn't really grow fond of the actual book characters...they were way too weird. XD
Thumbs up if you started watching this and saw "Moonwalker" in the tagged movies then suddenly realized he was talking about Moonwalker while you were watching Pagemaster.
Oddly enough, this movie did make me want to read a lot because I wanted to know more about Jekyll, captain Ahab, Treasure Island, and all those stories. So, I basically wanted to know what the movie didn't explain. Does that mean the movie did what it set out to do?
The Internet went public in 1989. It wasn't until many years later that it became widely known or used. Back in the early nineties the Internet was a completely different place. Text only web browsers eventually gave way to graphical ones which supported images, etc... more and more sites started popping up... eventually e commerce took hold... and probably by 2000 the Internet truly went 'mainstream.' (got this info from Ann sers on yahoo, he made his first website in1992)
Nicholas Cannaday He's admitted in one of his three lists of f ups that he often misses or ignore points where a movie explains something. If he misses something, it's a mistake. If he ignores it, it was to create comedic opportunities. Also, if it was boringly explained or glanced over when he feels more time should have been devoted to it, he counts that as not explaining.
Matthew Johnston Ok thats all well and good but how on earth are we supposed to tell if it is him fucking up or just him trying to make comedy when the mistake is mid rant?
You're so right! This was when Culkin was still hugely popular, they had merchandising and advertising everywhere, and I even saw it in theaters, yet within a few years I totally forgot it existed. Even when I started watching this review, I didn't realize I had heard of and seen this movie until I recognized the little book characters. I don't know that I'd log it as a bad movie in the category of the likes Turkish Star Wars, The Room, Troll 2, or Star Wars Episode II because it actually had decent production values, acting, and a coherent plot, but it certainly was pointless, anti climactic, and forgettable.
+Nero Crimson I had already read Treasure Island and The lord of the rings and Hobbit, so I found the movie boring, because I did read. I also watched Land Before Time before this movie... so animation like this looks somewhat subpar after this.
ademetal well, I was honestly a friendless kid, so maybe I just liked the idea that books could talk to you and be friends. And even if not, I was a kid! Who knows why I liked half the things I liked.
The Pagemaster wanted him to learn that books can also be used to give us adventure, foster imagination, innovation, and creativity. Books can bring us to beautiful and fantastic far away places or places beyond our world. He was a reader, sure, but he was just focusing on feeding his crippling paranoia by reading up on statistical probabilities of bad events. That only served to limit him in life. That was the ONLY plot point this movie did a little well on.
Old Man: Adventure your a boy who loves Adventure!!!! Little Boy: I need an Adult!!!! SuperKamiGuru: Were both Aduuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuults!!!!!!!
Wait. They explain how Fantasy and Horror survived. Horror was able to float because his head is hollow and Fantasy was able to use him as a flotation device.
Um... to be honest, this film inspired me to read the books it referenced. It did just the thing that the NC mocked... so I am not sure if I should enjoy his satire or tell him that he's an asshole...
It could have inspired me to read the books had i been at an age where i could comprehend and remember. Besides, leaving little for the literary characters leaves it open to the audience to discover the books and find out for themselves what the characters are like
That is so true. I read most of the books that were referenced in the movie. I won't deny that I was taken aback about how *cough cough* mature some of the works were. However, I'm glad I read the classics nonetheless
I don't know what about u, but as a little kid whose entire world was books, it was pretty damn cool watching a movie about a kid who shares the same passion towards books. Books are cool people!
This movie scared the crap out of me when my school library decided to play it for the kiddies. I am scarred to this day, I even remember crying a little especially when ever the horror book popped up.
Luiz Antonio "But maybe I can help you...." >:) "I....need an adult" :( "I am an adult!" >:) *Knees him in the stomach* "I only did that because I have pent up rage against your father....... bye"
This movie has been huddled away in the smallest, darkest recesses of my mind, occaisionally flashing scenes I remember watching but having no freaking idea what movie they ever belonged to. For ages I kept wondering, what was that from? Why can't I remember it? This movie review has finally answered that question for me. Now I will no longer be in such mild torment at never knowing, for now, I know. Thank you Nostalgia Critic. Thank you.
ok, I have to admit the Critic's lack of explanation of a couple of events is pretty funny. The bizarre oozing of the library ceiling occurred AFTER Culkin slipped and fell on the floor, hitting his heading from slipping on a puddle of water that came from droplets falling from his jacket and that Fantasy and Horror survived because apparently they discovered Horror's body is mostly hollow and floats easily. Yeah, and I have not seen this film in almost 20 years.
Does anyone else think that this movie could be remade better nowadays? I mean think about it. The Richard Tyler character could be a nervous geek always looking to the internet for statistics and not having much in the realm of an imagination. Then when he enters the literary world of The Pagemaster, he meets these literary icons with fleshed out personalities to get kids interested in actually reading about them. With how tech savvy everyone is today and not many of them reading books, I feel like a remake of this movie, if done right, could be very much needed.
Kind of like a kid's version of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? I'm in. Maybe they could have each section animated in a different style?
Precisely.
+David Heald Then I'm definitely in.
+David Heald I could write a short story about it! Sounds fun!
But that would include effort and now one hear put any of THAT in here
Only allowed to check out two books? HA! When I was younger, I mercilessly abused their limit of 25 books!
There's limits on how many books can be checked out at once??
Ryan Lewis Yep, however, at the library where I work, you can check out 99 and I have seen people check out 78 items. It's always amazing.
***** Mine actually has a limit of 6 books per household. But it's a very small town library so I can see why they wouldn't want a couple heavy readers to run off with half their library at once. (They did up the limit for my dad and I to 6 books each since we were in every 2 days with the normal limit. Now we're in every 3 days instead!)
My school library only lets me have 2, but I love books and FUCKING HATE E- BOO- *gags*
The limits of my library is three books
Horror is afraid of jump scares. He knows they will likely kill him.
Lol I see what you did there... ;)
tetsiga45XxX High five, come on you deserve it
Angus Seydel *High fives Angus.*
Are they displaying irony cuz for a horror collection book Horror should be scary not scared
tetsiga45XxX 👍🏻
You know, I think the reason why the movie never explained the characters they came across was just to show the main characters main story points that everyone remembers whose read their books to capture their attention. Those who haven't read the books get curious about who these characters are and go look up which books they came from, therefore, getting the kids to read. At least, that's what happened to me when I watched this movie as a kid. Did anyone else?....ok just me? that's fine.
I actually did watch it when I was very young and I liked it. Before then I had never heard of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and I found it really cool as a child. So yeah, I agree with you.
***** Oh really? Cool, that's awesome! :) I'm glad I'm not the only one! I got introduced to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from watching this movie too.
RIP Leonard Nemoy
Ok thank god u said that cause GOD KNOWS that is the comment I was expecting for this review
BudderMan
Thank you.
No problem
Probably one of the easiest jobs he ever had. Went into a sound studio in his PJs, spoke about half a dozen lines into a mic and then went back home. Maybe stopped at an IHOP for brunch on the way back. His check is in the mail.
I loved this movie as a kid, it was one of my favorites actually.
What library only lets you check out only 2 books at a time? I call bullshit!
Wow
Jem Fukuyama high school libraries, that's what.
What highschool??
Jem Fukuyama
101 Hornet Drive, Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, United States of America, North American Continent, Northern and Western Hemispheres, Planet Earth, Sol Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy.
My highschool library didn't do that, while you're being a smartass
I never understood the structure of this movie. By normal logic, shouldn't Horror be the LAST challenge the kid faces, instead of the first? Seeing as how horror stories are designed to scare the shit out of people and therefore have the highest level of threat and tension?
I agree, it should have gone Fantasy, Adventure and then Horror.
It was just their way of setting up the final fight. And you have to think, they found the other books *in* the library, but Horror was found in his own domain, so they had to do the horror aspect then.
MikaBeats Well yeah, but that still doesn't change the fact that it would make more thematic sense to save the horror world til the end of the movie.
***** Yeah... Still my favourite movie, though!~
***** No I think that was the best way to do it. The boy was completely ruled by his fears, how could he have stood against pirates, or battled a dragon if he had not faced fear itself first?
The knight is the other kid that wondered into that library, and the "Page Master" sent him off on the same journey, but ended up dying trying to conquer his fears. He became traped, and aged, and just when he got to the end he dies by the dragon.
I think the movie is more about The main character rather then just getting kids to read. After the movie he seems more confident to face his problems head on rather then hide from them. I like this movie, regardless of what anyone says i think its good.
OMG I LOVED THE PAGEMASTER
okay
Me too.
Yeah same here. I was just entering my own teens when this came out and actually was a keen reader even then, for good or ill, so maybe it made a connection with me (and other friends and relatives of mine of various ages incidentally, at the time anyway) that it didn't seem to with other audiences, particularly in the U.S. it seems. I do remember a tie-in video game also came out that really WAS pretty crap and had little to do with the movie, like most movie tie-ins
Me too
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Yes, Kevin indeed read books. That contained statistics and facts, not a story of any genre. He was so tied up with facts and terms he never began to think about reading a story and realizing what emotions and feeling a story could convey. No one bash on me, I'm trying to make a good argument here.
Personally, I think this movie would have worked out better as an animated series. That way, they can cover each book more thoroughly, instead of just glossing over each one.
I don'y know why he finds this forgettable. I remember it almost word for word from since I was a kid, and I loved this film.
Me too! When we were kids my mom would check it out at the library for my little brother and I and we'd all watch it together. When the book scenes would show up I would tell them about the books they came from and who the characters were (I was a major bookworm from a very young age). We adored it and watched it over and over.
Personally, I think this is one of the greatest kids movies ever made. It makes you think, the acting is excellent, the animation is superb, and the music is gorgeous. I don't really listen to any negative criticisms about this movie. It holds a special place in my heart. I don't know how anyone CAN legitimately criticize it anyway. It's a fantasy film intended for the very young.
i loved pagemaster as a kid
Always had fond childhood memories of this movie. Looking at it now, it is a little flawed, but I personally don't think it's terrible, though I do understand why others do.
Now if you're curious as to which live-action/animated movie truly is terrible, the answer is..."EVIL TOONS (1992)."
Evil Toons traumatized me as a child. I saw it when I was twelve and was like, "I can't believe a cartoon is raping this woman."
JC Malone Oh, DUDE! That is so NOT the kind of movie you watch when you're TWELVE! LOL! Nice story, though. I know, the "cartoon-on-woman" rape scene is...*CRINGE!*
***** Ha ha! Thanks for the complement about my CZcams name!
Yep, the Internet changes somebody every day.
Why didn't his father just cultivate this character's not-so-subtly shown knack for science and mathematics? If I was his father I'd be gloating about having my own little Einstein and use all that money wasted on sports/tree-houses for instead saving up his college costs.
Because it was really annoying
Because it wasn't the intelligence that he didn't like, but that his son was terrified of EVERYTHING.
Banchoking Good point.
Elround4 Also not all parents like what they see in their kids. I grew up in a family of doctors and medics. When I wanted to study graphic design instead of medical school they flipped shit.
foxman105 A very good point, and one to remember well if I ever have children.
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+Link Mine craft (Crepe De Crepe) Fuck! You got to that joke before I did! >:C
I watched this movie in 5th grade in class. Probably one of the only movies I DO remember watching during school.
How did this movie get the cast that it did? I mean, Christopher Lloyd, Whoopi Goldberg, and (most suprisingly) Sir Patrick Stewart and in one movie? They must have had one helluva budget to get all three of them in one movie.
Also, how the hell did they get Leonard Nimoy?!
+Curtis Stokman Only one cnclusion. They held their families hostage until the film was finished.
+MissAlienSpacePirate What a coincidence, that's how "Who Framed Rodger Rabbit?" was able to use both Disney and Warner Brothers characters!
Lloyd maybe went there for the pay check, but Goldberg and Stewart were at the apex of their careers, so... I think that they thought this would translate in a career boost. I mean, a Ted Turner-produced animated movie was the shit back then...
They may liked the idea of a movie about teaching kids to read, open their mind to imagination and such. Everyone loves money but these people seems to be genuine and likes to spread positivity. Also Macaulay culkin played well in my opinion, sadly even as a kid he got an award for the worst acting.
I actually liked this movie. I mean, yeah, it has annoying characters, but going from book to book settings on adventures is fun, and I liked some of the actors and voice-actors in it. Also I found the sets really nice.
I agree but it's funny so you can't complain.
Yeah. Visually it was good and personally I love puns so some of those jokes did get me. I mean personally I liked it a bit more with these different characters from famous novels, mostly cause I had either read or was somewhat familiar with them already. It has it's moments but it still has a lot of flaws and is more of a guilty pleasure for me than really anything.
I love the animation! It's so smooth! The visuals were the best, along with the music! (:
Dull and boring??? I've always loved this movie! Yeah it's not really "good" lol but I remember the trailers for this on other movies and I've always liked it. I love books and I loved the adventures. It was awesome.
***** Yeah! Call me whatever ye like, but as a kid I really loved this cartoon, first of all for the great voice performances.
AND there is an explanation how Horror and Fantasy survived - having fallen into the water, Horror suddenly learned how to swim, or rather didn't drown, because, as he said, knocking himself on the cover - "It's hollo-ow!". That's how they got to the Treasure Island.
***** I liked this film too! I only saw it maybe once as a kid but I remember the fact that watched it and enjoyed it since I was a bookworm as a kid.
***** So did I... I don't think he saw it when he was a kid
Scar Talon i saw it in school and i liked it. It held my attention. It nade me start reading, which made me start writing, which turned me to comics. And then i saw this video and thought back. Then i looked at the comment section. Then it was now and i dont know what happened after that.
***** I remember loving this movie, but it definitely wasn't something that I watched over and over again. Mainly I'd watch it just to listen to the soundtrack and see the mysterious librarian. And the fight scene with the dragon at the end. That part was amazing. I didn't really grow fond of the actual book characters...they were way too weird. XD
I can't decide whether Twilight Sparkle would love this movie or hate it.
Bookhorse would probably agonize for nearly an episode trying to decide how she feels about it. :P
Danielle Fregoe mixed bag at best
Why is it called "The Pagemaster" when it's not even about the Pagemaster? It's about the little boy.....
This movie is amazing. I want Christopher Loyd to hand me books.
Thumbs up if you started watching this and saw "Moonwalker" in the tagged movies then suddenly realized he was talking about Moonwalker while you were watching Pagemaster.
19:03
i think there should be a sexually precocious book that represents 50 shades of gray
Oh my...
Or a very creepy sexual abusive teen romance novel that butchers horror creatures representing Twilight.
Tristan Hartup We shall call it anti-horror, nowhere near as threatening but all the more terrifying.
Lmao
***** Beautiful
did sonic the hedgehog just teach me about pediphiles??
Ashy Cat idk did Reading Rianbow just turn evil?
Rumplestiltskin G XD
Rumplestiltskin G wheres Belle Rumple D:
Daniel Hunnewell *chokes u telekinetically*
Yep
Oddly enough, this movie did make me want to read a lot because I wanted to know more about Jekyll, captain Ahab, Treasure Island, and all those stories. So, I basically wanted to know what the movie didn't explain. Does that mean the movie did what it set out to do?
Yes, in a contrived way.
TAKE A LOOK!!!
IT'S IN A BOOK!!!
A READING RAINBOOOOOWWW!!
I CAN BE ANYTHING!
TAKE A LOOK.
ITS IN A BOOK.
READING RAINBOW!
The 'Jekyll & Hyde' scene scared the SHIT out of me when I was a kid!
"Mr. Hyde!" Insert obvious AVGN joke here.
Dayane Rodrigues tbh mr hyde is a dissapointment, was it really worth having that extra zero in their checkbook to have leonard nimoy for that role?
Before this ending I thought every time he said "I'm Nostalgia Critic, I remember it so you don't have to" he meant his name...
when he reviews a notoriously bad movie i always comment "not that you would want to"
I grew up with this movie, it made me want to read a lot of books, I got a library card and was proud of it.
"Can't argue with statistics, dad!"
That kid now works for EA.
I actually loved this movie.
"I'm building him a treehouse in a tree he refuses to climb."
So he's a really, really stupid parent then.
On another note, how many Star Trek cast members are in this movie?
Phil Lewis According to my research, ten.
Sounds like Gargoyles
16:40 to 16:42 Bullshit, in the library in my hometown you can check out 25 items. Just 2 is pathetic.
Good 4 me indeed although I don't use my library anymore.
That was a nice Sonic Sez.
Best part of this movie is Christopher Lloyd, by far.
He was frozen today!
DGilVids
Great Scott!
Where we're going, we don't need roads.
3:01-3:04: "Get out your statistics, Dad"?! How about, oh, I don't know, SEEING IF YOUR DAD'S OKAY?! DUH!
He said, "You can't argue with statistics, Dad."
epicrapfan73 Oh, okay. My bad LOLZ XD
Still...his dad falls and hurts himself, and all that kid does is talk about freaking statistics.
If you've seen the movie, he does ask his dad if he has feeling in his toes when he falls and hurts himself.
epicrapfan73 Oh, my bad. I probably didn't pay attention.
Pamela Voght No one should blame you for not paying attention because this movie is so boring and forgettable. lol
I adored this movie and ha r been trying to find it on dvd for years.
I actually found it and bought it, I found that mythical DVD my brother!
2 words: piracy.
doc scratch ... isn't that 1 word?
DONT MAKE ME SLAP YOU
doc scratch OK OK CALM DOWN!
20 YEARS Later, and I still remember this movie very fondly. ... Just sayin'.
HIS DAD SHOULD BE HAPPY HIS SON IS SMART!!!! WHY IS HIS FATHER BEING LIKE HE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?1?
>:C
Sarah Bishop I’d rather have my smart to but he has to be a bit of a social butterfly
The Internet went public in 1989. It wasn't until many years later that it became widely known or used. Back in the early nineties the Internet was a completely different place. Text only web browsers eventually gave way to graphical ones which supported images, etc... more and more sites started popping up... eventually e commerce took hold... and probably by 2000 the Internet truly went 'mainstream.' (got this info from Ann sers on yahoo, he made his first website in1992)
You fool, critic. The real, most dangerous pirate of all is blackbeard
+ilopominecrafter Zehahaha?
Please.
It's Captain Jack Sparrow. If you can defeat Blackbeard, it's Captain Jack Sparrow.
Hate to break it to you, but Captain Jack Sparrow isn't real, Blackbeard was a real pirate who was the most feared.
Andrew Aquino I don't care if the OP was being serious. It was a joke.
I swear does NC even watch half of these movies, 12:05 they take the time to tell exactly how they survived and managed to get there.
Nicholas Cannaday He's admitted in one of his three lists of f ups that he often misses or ignore points where a movie explains something. If he misses something, it's a mistake. If he ignores it, it was to create comedic opportunities. Also, if it was boringly explained or glanced over when he feels more time should have been devoted to it, he counts that as not explaining.
Matthew Johnston Ok thats all well and good but how on earth are we supposed to tell if it is him fucking up or just him trying to make comedy when the mistake is mid rant?
I realized that after Twister.
Yeah he does have propensity of taking parts of certain movies out of context, and him having a passion for film, that is inexcusable
Dori: Was that an earthquake?
Balin: That, my lad...was a dragon.
I lost it at the Reading Rainbow part
this movie WAS my childhood
im nit proud of it
You're so right! This was when Culkin was still hugely popular, they had merchandising and advertising everywhere, and I even saw it in theaters, yet within a few years I totally forgot it existed. Even when I started watching this review, I didn't realize I had heard of and seen this movie until I recognized the little book characters.
I don't know that I'd log it as a bad movie in the category of the likes Turkish Star Wars, The Room, Troll 2, or Star Wars Episode II because it actually had decent production values, acting, and a coherent plot, but it certainly was pointless, anti climactic, and forgettable.
I loved pagemaster :(
But maybe that's because I read a lot already.
+Nero Crimson I had already read Treasure Island and The lord of the rings and Hobbit, so I found the movie boring, because I did read. I also watched Land Before Time before this movie... so animation like this looks somewhat subpar after this.
ademetal well, I was honestly a friendless kid, so maybe I just liked the idea that books could talk to you and be friends.
And even if not, I was a kid! Who knows why I liked half the things I liked.
Nero Crimson True, I liked Power Rangers, so who am I to talk! =D
Honestly, halfway through watching this I remembered I had seen it when I was probably MUCH younger.
It really IS forgettable, geez.
When I was really small this was one of my most favorite movie , and the whole movie is still in my memory even after 10 years without watching it .
4:38 "I NEED AN ADULT!!!!!" "(Creepy Lloyd Voice) I am an adult..."
I REMEMBER THIS
and your profile picture is awkward and disproportionate! see, we all have problems!
I remember that i saw this move, only when some one on the internet brought it up
i know right i rememver it i thought about it a couple days ago
Are you... are you a trans girl, "Sissy Dean"?
"Your in the belly of a dragon. YOU LOSE."
The 3rd dungeon in Ocarina of Time disagrees.
+Basic Spencer Point being, Link doesn't "lose" when he ends up in the belly of it.
Chozo Hunter Hygiene-wise, I think he definitely did lose. Being whipped with slimy tentacles tends to do that to you.
Had vivid memories of the library scene and always wondered what movie this was, ahhh childhood!
Christopher Lloyd's description of "ADVENTURE" is quite epic. lol
Then as the film cuts to black all you hear is "Wait a minute.....where the fuck are my nails?!"
I remembered watching this movie on TV, but I never remembered the title. Probably because it's not that gripping.
I think Jurassic Park actually did more to get me to read because I read the book after seeing the movie.
The book is damn good.
+nordic fatcheese Apparently in the Spy Kids book, the parents get turned into puppies.
Hmm
Ditto.
Wow, I must have watched this movie a lot more as a kid than I recall. Watching these clips, all the lines sound so familiar.
The Pagemaster wanted him to learn that books can also be used to give us adventure, foster imagination, innovation, and creativity. Books can bring us to beautiful and fantastic far away places or places beyond our world. He was a reader, sure, but he was just focusing on feeding his crippling paranoia by reading up on statistical probabilities of bad events. That only served to limit him in life. That was the ONLY plot point this movie did a little well on.
"8% of household accidents happen involving ladders. Something something 3%..."
According to Homestuck, the other 89% is stairs.
Oh god, the Zuul of the Baskervilles XD
Old Man: Adventure your a boy who loves Adventure!!!!
Little Boy: I need an Adult!!!!
SuperKamiGuru: Were both Aduuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuults!!!!!!!
*you're
xD Ok
Omg, i used to watch this all the time when i was little. XD We had it on video tape.
i used to love this movie, watched it every weekend till I forgot all about it. so thanks critic for finding this classic.
Christopher Lloyd creeped me out in this movie
You were frozen with fear today?
GeoNeilUK I WAS FROZEN TODAY!!!!!
@Campbell your pic freaks me out
I liked this movie.
Because Adventure, Fantasy and Horror are the ONLY book genres.
I love it. I admit I forgot the title and story but I remembered the talking books and when I seen the DVD in walmart I bought it. I love it!
Wait. They explain how Fantasy and Horror survived. Horror was able to float because his head is hollow and Fantasy was able to use him as a flotation device.
Is that Sonic Says thing a real thing?? Did he actually say that or was that a parody??
Sad to say, it's as real as the keys your typing with.
Why is that a sad thing to say? It's a good thing to teach kids about that kind of stuff.
Leekit More of a joke on my part.
If you watch his review on sonic show, it's kind of a cheesy way to implement lessons. Although the intention is good, the delivery is below moderate.
Anthony Clay yep AVGN
I liked the movie as a kid, although even as a kid I was a sucker for animation of any kind. That said, the movie looks entirely meh.
first movie that critic doesn t like...that I loved
I simply loved this movie as a kid. And I still do. I find it so emotional. Brings a tear to my eye every time I think about it.
OMG the "nice ass" quote gets me every time, I can't stop playing it. XD
I loved the librarian in the movie. I dont know about you guys XD
Um... to be honest, this film inspired me to read the books it referenced. It did just the thing that the NC mocked... so I am not sure if I should enjoy his satire or tell him that he's an asshole...
I totally know what you mean. This movie also inspired me to write stories and dream big.
It could have inspired me to read the books had i been at an age where i could comprehend and remember. Besides, leaving little for the literary characters leaves it open to the audience to discover the books and find out for themselves what the characters are like
That is so true. I read most of the books that were referenced in the movie. I won't deny that I was taken aback about how *cough cough* mature some of the works were. However, I'm glad I read the classics nonetheless
+foxman105 This movie inspired me to do cocain, go running in circles and see futures in balls.
a crappy 90's song? this movie's soundtrack is great with two great songs
Dream Away by Lisa Stansfield and Babyface is a good song
I don't know what about u, but as a little kid whose entire world was books, it was pretty damn cool watching a movie about a kid who shares the same passion towards books. Books are cool people!
Agreed.
I saw this movie at least a dozen times when I was a kid starting at a toddler! : )
pretty sure the dead knight and the dragon were from the legend of st george, only here st george looses i guess
Zak Malins-Bush
I think the fact that he died probably means it was another story with a knight and a dragon.
This movie made me imagine Whoopi Goldberg making out with Patrick Stewart.
The movie would have been great if they had gotten digested by the dragon at the end.
I loved this movie as a kid. Used to watch it on repeat when I was sick. Been trying to remember what it was called for years.
This movie scared the crap out of me when my school library decided to play it for the kiddies. I am scarred to this day, I even remember crying a little especially when ever the horror book popped up.
04:38
I AM AN ADULT.
I think he actually says "I NEED AN ADULT" :)
I'm hoping that's a Dragonball Z Abridged reference :P
*****
You don't get the reference :P
S/He really didn't get the reference.
Luiz Antonio
"But maybe I can help you...." >:)
"I....need an adult" :(
"I am an adult!" >:)
*Knees him in the stomach*
"I only did that because I have pent up rage against your father....... bye"
4:39 I AM AN ADULT!!!!!
lol super kami guru XD
Crimson Wolf Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week. ^___^
zuul mothafuka zuul
I enjoyed this as a child
Loved this movie back in the day still got it somewhere still on VHS
I vaguely remember this from my childhood I had almost completely forgotten it
This movie has been huddled away in the smallest, darkest recesses of my mind, occaisionally flashing scenes I remember watching but having no freaking idea what movie they ever belonged to. For ages I kept wondering, what was that from? Why can't I remember it? This movie review has finally answered that question for me. Now I will no longer be in such mild torment at never knowing, for now, I know. Thank you Nostalgia Critic. Thank you.
One of those movies I remember watching many times as a young child but remembered very little about.
ok, I have to admit the Critic's lack of explanation of a couple of events is pretty funny. The bizarre oozing of the library ceiling occurred AFTER Culkin slipped and fell on the floor, hitting his heading from slipping on a puddle of water that came from droplets falling from his jacket and that Fantasy and Horror survived because apparently they discovered Horror's body is mostly hollow and floats easily.
Yeah, and I have not seen this film in almost 20 years.
This was like the greatest movie ever when I was little.