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{{quote| ''The writing was okay, I guess. But I couldn't take it anymore after [[Harry Potter|Harry returned from his first run-in with the Dementors]] to find the [[The Lord of the Rings|Ring Wraiths]] had burned the [[Star Wars|Lars Homestead]].''}}

{{quote|''I had already taken in a Deanna Durbin musical and had just settled down miserably to a 1938 Warner Brothers gangster movie called [[Angels Withwith Dirty Faces]]. Then it happened. Midway through the first reel, one of the supporting players snarled, "Them rotten coppers will never get Rocky Sullivan--he's too smart for them," and at that instant I knew, as if by magic, everything that was going to take place during the rest of the movie, right down to that final scene where Rocky Sullivan would be dragged screaming to the electric chair... Thinking about [[Angels Withwith Dirty Faces]], and about the vast, tawdry repertory of thirties films that I knew so well, it suddenly dawned on me that the early scenes of virtually every Hollywood movie of that era contained a similar moment of précis--a brief exchange of dialogue, or, in some instances, merely one line, that gave away the entire film... Once the experienced viewer extracted this essence he could switch off his set and go to bed, where simply by adding a generous amount of mental hot water he could turn it into a full-length feature, creating what I've lately come to think of as the Instant Movie, a potion that can be consumed in two or three fast gulps just before sleep.''|'''Thomas Meehan''', "Add Hot Water; Serves Fourteen Million"}}

{{quote|''[[Armageddon (Film)|Armageddon]] reportedly used the services of nine writers. Why did it need any? The dialogue is either shouted one-liners or romantic drivel. "It's gonna blow!" is used so many times, I wonder if every single writer used it once, and then sat back from his word processor with a contented smile on his face, another day's work done... Characters in this movie actually say: "I wanted to say--that I'm sorry," "We're not leaving them behind!" "Guys--the clock is ticking!" and "This has turned into a surrealistic nightmare!"''|'''[[Roger Ebert]]'''}}

{{quote|"''[[Discredited Trope|The gimmicks are all old.]] [[Man Behind the Man|The enemy who turns out to be a front of the real enemy.]] [[Evil Mentor|The mentor who turns out to be your enemy.]] [[Face Heel Turn|The companions who turn on you forcing a showdown.]] [[Sadistic Choice|The companions who make you choose which of them is going to die.]] [[Dark and Troubled Past|The dark secrets of your companions.]] It was innovative in its time, but it's all [[ClicheCliché|been done over and over again]].''"|[http://spaceramblings.com/bioware-sucks/ Spaceramblings'] criticism of [[Bio WareBioWare]].}}

{{quote|"Why does there always have to be a [[The Chosen One|"chosen one"]]? Why is there always some insanely powerful trinket [[I Wish It WereWas Real|that can do pretty much anything the wearer wants]]? Why are fantasy lands always ruled by a single person? And why is that person always either [[Evil Overlord|a tyrant]] — with [[Faceless Goons|an army of]] [[Dark Is Evil|dark-colored]] creatures that can't talk — or [[Princess Classic|completely benevolent]], [[Tastes Like Diabetes|causing rainbows and unicorns to appear by his or her mere presence]]? If you're looking for answers to these questions, or at least a fresh take on the old fantasy clichés, this is not the movie for you.|'''[[The Agony Booth (Website)|The Agony Booth]]''' [http://www.agonybooth.com/agonizer/The_NeverEnding_Story_1984.aspx on] ''[[The Neverending Story (Filmfilm)|The Neverending Story]]''}}

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