The Pagemaster (1994) | Macaulay Culkin's Animated '90s Adventure

And it's a really quaint movie, I would say, in the context of today.

I think...

I think it's – but really in a delightful way.

Like, it takes me back from now seeing it – from never seeing it before, right? You're going to have a different perspective because you've seen it a billion times as a kid.

I, having never seen it, was just kind of watching it and thinking, A, what a, like – What a quaint little movie that the message is books take you on this incredible adventure and reading is the most incredible thing you could ever do.

And it's in that time period where...

You know, movie stars would do read campaigns.

And I remember in elementary school, there'd be posters of a celebrity and it would have them.

It would be a poster that just says, like, read.

And, you know, we would do the Pizza Hut book it stuff.

And the it really growing up felt like, you know, this is, of course, for our age, way before Internet access.

you know, dial up even.

And certainly before obviously smartphones and anything like that.

So for us, I felt growing up, it was, you know, if you don't read books, you're going to be a failure in life.

You will amount to fucking nothing.

And yes.

So that was like drilled into our heads as kids.

And I'm glad it was.

I've been a lifelong reader.

I love to read.

And think i would have really loved this movie as a kid but as an adult seeing it for the first time it's very quaint it's a very delightful little g movie you know that's just you know the power and magic of books and it's like boy if they only knew what was coming for them

you know and and actually

and then b my point b which is a year later what was coming for them was You look at the next year, Toy Story comes out and completely revolutionizes animation and it's computer based animation.

And it just felt like that might have that was the next that was like the future is here.

And it felt this movie feels very dated, like this movie should have been out in 1984, not 1994.