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Ende slammed the movie, but I quite like it. It's beautifully filmed, and it's a really engaging fantasy story. There's plenty in there to make a big impact on kids. I didn't grow up with it, but I'll always remember the Sphinx Gate. Those sphinxes looked great and the scale of the movie would have been stunning on a big screen.
The movie only starts to look like a job half-done when compared to the book. I really hope you get the chance to read it. I get a special thrill from books that are so alive. It's also hard to beat the illustrations that go with every chapter. I didn't discuss the artwork, but I used some favorites to illustrate the article and I hope that gives you a flavor of what it's like. They put a lot of care and ingenuity into that novel that you don't often see nowadays.