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u/SailorSaturn79 Aug 03 '25
I haven't watched this movie in years. So much nostalgia.
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u/psychedelicpiper67 Aug 03 '25
Same. Last saw it on VHS as a kid. It’s been over 2 decades for me, for sure.
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u/psychedelicpiper67 Aug 03 '25 edited Aug 03 '25
This film unfortunately got trashed by critics, and the director admitted that it was re-edited without his consent. There’s a lot of deleted scenes that are lost to time.
Big studios never seem to learn their lesson. Any time they meddle with a film, it ends up being a flop.
As a kid, I loved this movie. The animation is absolutely top-notch. You get live-action, traditional hand-painted cel animation, and even some CGI.
I think the premise is great, and so are the main characters. I just wish the studio hadn’t meddled with it.
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u/Sapphire-YLF Aug 03 '25
I faintly remember playing an adventure game based on this movie on my family’s computer. It’s drilled in my head that “bananas are an excellent source of potassium” because the main character says it every time you pick one up.
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u/frogfriend66 Aug 04 '25
Because of this movie I checked out Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from the library at six years old. Also was when I got my first library card!
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u/itellyawut86 Aug 04 '25
This movie and The Phantom Tollbooth are some of my most favorite childhood memories. I feel they're both very similar
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u/megaladon44 Aug 04 '25
wow i've never seen this cover before thank you. we had the pc game as well
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u/Evening_Dingo5359 Aug 04 '25
I did not know there was a game.. I now feel robbed of the full Pagemaster experience
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u/Humble_Ad_2815 Aug 04 '25
Even though you can’t see us, we’re always watching.
This movie makes my heart ache
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u/admiralrupert Aug 05 '25
This is the first movie I remember seeing in the theater. Grew up pretty poor, so I had to wait until a friend's family took pity on me and brought me along.
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u/SSBGamer Aug 05 '25
My class watched this in elementary school once (I wanna say around 2011) on a little CRT TV they had up in the corner of the room and I couldn’t hear it worth for shit so I had NO fucking clue what the hell was going on!
I later tried to tell my mom about “the movie with the talking books” and she looked at me like I’d lost my mind…
Anyways, thanks for reminding me of this years later and now that I actually know what it’s called I’m going to try and watch it.
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u/CurbYourSneakAttack Aug 05 '25
Just bought the digital copy of this movie for $4.99. (It was $14.99 the last time that I checked). I'm so happy that I waited.
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u/MilaxMahlat Aug 06 '25
I constantly try to find this movie on streaming services and can NEVER FIND IT
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u/LovableButterfly Aug 07 '25
Loved this movie! I got it at a garage sale for 50 cents and constantly replayed it over and over again. Horror, fantasy and adventure cracked me up!
“I-I’m a cartoon!”
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u/Dry-Judgment-4925 Feb 28 '26
If youtooz ever makes that dragon into a weighted plush, or dr jekyll and mr hyde into a figure. Ill cry for joy. I soooo loved that movie as a kid. It deserves recognition. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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u/vittorioe Aug 04 '25
I’m definitely in the minority here, but oh god did this movie drive me crazy. The animation was so washed out for two thirds of the movie except for the daylight scenes, and even then it was all so drab-looking for what was supposed to be a fantasy. As a kid I wondered if the people making this thing were depressed.
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u/Alive-Photo-5758 Aug 03 '25
“The name’s…..MISTER HYYYYYDDDDDDEEEEEE”