Description
Seeking refuge from a storm, timid Richard Tyler enters an empty library only to be swept away into the magical animated world of the Pagemaster. It’s a timeless place of wonder and discovery where legendary characters from literary classics come alive. Richard meets the infamous “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide” and comes face to face with the mighty “Moby Dick,” the treacherous pirates on “Treasure Island” an a giant fire – breathing dragon, Guided by a trio of talking books – A… More >>
#1 by Dr. van der Linden on April 4, 2010 - 9:45 am
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…in terms of the actors and energy devoted to a potentially exciting idea, spoiled by lack of true imagination on the part of the writers, producers, and directors of this movie. When anticipating theatrical release, the kids in the family were excited by the trailers, but they were excruciatingly bored by the film itself, which proved to be unimaginative, uninspired, and without the sort of spark to be expected of the collection of voice and acting talents participating therein.
And I could determine in ‘94 why the movie was bound to suck. Note that the three genres of fiction instantiated in *The Pagemaster* were:
(1) Fantasy
(2) Adventure
(3) Horror
Not a whiff of Science Fiction, kiddies. Of course. Proverbs 29:18 all over the place (“Without a vision, the people perish”). The mark of the mundanes is all over this movie. Ostensible credits notwithstanding, if there was a genuine science fiction fan involved in the production of *The Pagemaster*, he was kept drugged and trussed up in a trunk somewhere on the set so he couldn’t interfere with the process of turning perfectly good ingredients like these into a flat, uninteresting, drooling dollop of witlessness.
Beware the mark of the mundanes, my people! In this as in everything else in life, they are walking Black Holes of vapidness, guaranteeing in every spoiled celluloid square of *The Pagemaster* an overwhelming dose of major suckage.
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Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by Margaret A. matthews on April 4, 2010 - 10:05 am
yes i got the dvd BUT IT WILL NOT WORK ON MY DVD PLAYER AS IT IS IN THE CODE 1 AND WE CAN NOT GET IT TO WORK SO WHEN YOU SEAND THESE THING DONT YOU THINK YOU SHUD PUT THEM IN THE PLACE IT IS GOING TO SO AS YOU SEE I DONT NO WHAT IT IS LIKE AS IN AUSTRALIA IT IS REAGEN 4
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by Shadowfire on April 4, 2010 - 11:58 am
Perhaps young children watch with happiness, but this animated feature is pure blandness. Storyline: a psychotic child who has no hobbies and is obscessed with statistics of every sort of accident (he rides a bicycle with blinkers, a protective shield, and a loud beeper). He always wears several helmets and is afraid of heights. He is so completely pathetic that no one can possibly sympathize with him. Next, he gets into a giant mystic library in the middle of the storm, totally dark and forgotten, where a mystic librarian (Frank Lloyd) hands him a library card, a ticket to adventure. Soon the paint collapses and he is swept into the cartoon version of the library and the books in it, assisted by three book pals – Fantasy (Whoopi Goldberg), a pirate Adventure (I’m quite sure his voice is provided by Patrick Stewart), and Horror (I can’t quite tell who that is). Their entire adventure to the exit sign is so lifeless and dull, perhaps due to the poorly-done script and some pathetic book interpretations, that even the spooky glowing-green smoke in the visuals does not save it.
I found the Pagemaster to be a spectacular drag. Don’t watch it, please.
Rating: 2 / 5
#4 by Anonymous on April 4, 2010 - 1:02 pm
I am a big fan of Macaulay Culkin but this was one of his worst films. I remember seeing this movie during Thanksgiving break in 1994 and I hated it. The acting was great but I thought the movie was boring. If you want to rent a good Culkin film go rent Home Alone. This movie was pointless. Don’t even think about renting this movie unless if you have a boring weekend.
Rating: 1 / 5
#5 by Anonymous on April 4, 2010 - 3:20 pm
I still enjoy this flick. They used to air it on Cartoon Network. But it will be cooler if they re-made it! It will be directed by the dymamic duo that worked on “Indiana Jones: Raders of the Lost Ark”, Steven Spelliberg and George Lucas! The effects are gonna be intense with today’s advanced technology, and extended! Would you love that!
Rating: 3 / 5