Film: Chronicles of Narnia: TLTW&TW

[BloSs0m]

Oooer...
WHy are they starting with the lion the witchand the wardrobe though? The magican's nephew is the first one!!!

Are they sqeezing several books into the one movie a couple of times, or are they doing one movie for every book... 'cause that's a lot of movies.

Either way, i'm tres pumped for this... i'm so going to go and pull all my narnia books out of the back of my cupboard... maybe i can climb through and visit Mr. Tummus.

 

[LapDawg]

I think The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe is by far the most well-known of the series, so in that sense it's logical to start with it.

In regards to competing with Harry Potter, I don't think there will be a real battle between them, as both will churn out winning numbers most likely. With this film being more family-oriented than LOTR, I think it can capitalize on a Potter market that's going into a 4th installment. I'm pretty sure kids (and their parents) will be hyped to see both with Narnia hauling in bigger take, unless the new Potter is out of this world.

 

[michael]

If they're going to do all 7 books, why are they starting with the second one? And Prince Caspian is the fourth book, but they've already started filming?

LWW is the first. don't be fooled by the way they've been repackaged so they read chronologically now. it's a bastardization of the worst kind.

magician's nephew is the 6th book in the series as it was originally published.

I absolutely loved these books growing up...
And although the Chronicles of Narnia are allegories, written purposely as religious literature, LOTR was never meant to be looked at from a religious perspective (Tolkien said so himself in the introduction to The Hobbit).

Some people seem to think that I began by asking myself how I could say something about Christianity to children; then fixed on the fairy tale as an instrument, then collected information about child psychology and decided what age group I'd write for; then drew up a list of basic Christian truths and hammered out "allegories" to embody them. This is all pure moonshine. I couldn't write in that way. It all began with images; a faun carrying an umbrella, a queen on a sledge, a magnificent lion. At first there wasn't anything Christian about them; that element pushed itself in of its own accord.

-c. s. lewis

i might add that in tolkien's introduction he was referring to the popularly held idea that LOTR was an allegory for WW2. in private correspondence he wrote that the books were "a fundamentally religious and Catholic work" he wrote to his friend, the English Jesuit Father Robert Murray, "unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision."(The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien, 142).

 

[physix]

Oooer...
WHy are they starting with the lion the witchand the wardrobe though? The magican's nephew is the first one!!!

my understanding was that you could technically
start with either one.

wasn't L.W.&W published first?


wouldn't that make the second one actually a prequel


(see how ahead of his time he was )

i might add that in tolkien's introduction he was referring to the popularly held idea that LOTR was an allegory for WW2. in private correspondence he wrote that the books were "a fundamentally religious and Catholic work" he wrote to his friend, the English Jesuit Father Robert Murray, "unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision."(The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien, 142).

i thought it was WWI??


i thought it was the ravages of WWI that shaded his writing?

 

[michael]

see my previous reply.

The books of the series, in the order of their publication, are:

1. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950)
2. Prince Caspian (1951)
3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
4. The Silver Chair (1953)
5. The Horse and His Boy (1954)
6. The Magician's Nephew (1955)
7. The Last Battle (1956)

here's an interesting link regarding this: http://www.aslan.demon.co.uk/narnia.htm

 

[physix]

well, the fact remains, tho... of all of them,
LW&W is the most widely known.... and, if
you were sinking 100 mil in to the production,
you'd go with that.

 

[Banquo]

LWW is the first. don't be fooled by the way they've been repackaged so they read chronologically now. it's a bastardization of the worst kind.

Unbelievable. I just confirmed this through Amazon. Sacrilege. I haven't read the books in a while, but the very nature of epic storytelling means picking up the story in the middle of the tale (in medias res). The LWW does exactly this. Reading The Magician's Nephew first would only serve to amplify and, therefore, distort the Christian allegory -- something that was incidental to the books, not essential.

 

[Banquo]

New two-minute Narnia trailer, with talking lions, wolves, and beavers. oh my!

http://movies.aol.com/movie/main.adp?tab=trailers&mid=19417

 

[wanderlust]

Film: The Chronicles of Narnia (NEW TRAILER, see p. 2)

poll

 

[alasdairm]

this looks amazing - i got goosebumps watching the trailer.

more at imdb: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

alasdair

 

[eltoro]

These films look like they're going to be great, the same level of visuals as Lord Of The Rings but hopefully without the over the top cheesiness that Peter Jackson schlacked all over Tolkien's masterpeice. The ads look great and the battle scenes look amazing. After Lord Of The Rings where Gandalf had his magical balls cut off and Troy which totally glossed over how the Greek Gods play a role in the story it finally looks like we have a fantasy action film that will capture the magical qualities of the original tale.
Lord Of The Rings was often seen as an allegory of WWII, even though Tolkien fought in WWI which did over shadow his writing, but of his early notes on the Silmarillion not Lord Of The Rings which he came up with after being asked to write a sequel for the Hobbit. There are strong christian and catholic themes in all his writing, but they're more about redemption and treating life with respect than a specifically religeous focus, i.e. Sauron is the devil.

 

[WacoWas AnAccident]

Can't wait for it. I've got a boner just thinking about it. I get boners when I think about Margret Thatcher though. Is this a problem?

Still, I find it hard to believe this movie will ever beat the endearingly cheap and equally cheesy BBC production, which I think was made some time in the eighties. So awesome. Then again, the last time I saw it I was probably still in grade school.

 

[ChemicalBeauty]

Absolutely unbelieveable. I feel like a kid again.

I've never been more excited for a film to be released in my entire life. And ALL SEVEN BOOKS WILL BE DONE?!?!?

Thanks michael and SG for the info!

 

[physix]

meh




the blond boy is pretty.



the white witch is hot.


liam neeson has a great voice.


james mcavoy is beautiful.



sorry, but it was an ok film


i did have a moment of "awww i'm a kid again"


but that was quickly turned into "jesus... get on with it"


honestly?

i hope they don't do the others.
if they do, i hope they chose a
dif't director.



and i SO wanted to like this.


maybe too much?


the best part of the movie was the trailer
to the new M.Night Shamalan movie.

 

[CHiLD-0F-THE-BEAT]

I am so very ridiculously excited about this. So. Excited.
I read all of the books as a child over and over and over again... this will be like a dream come true to a die-hard fan. :D.








Bring it.

 

[Nexus One]

Part of the reason that this looks so similar to LOTR is that a lot of it was filmed in similar locations. Rohan was less than an hours drive from what I beleive is the main setting for this film. I'm planning on seeing it tomorrow so will comment more later.

In the mean time, keep an eye out for this place in the movie here.

 

[Banquo]

new poll added

 

[continuousbeing2]

it was a little too disneyfied for me. and i feel that it being directed at kids kept the length down which kept them from exploring the mythology of the world/backstories of the characters (besides the 4 m ain kids)

it felt very rushed. but al in all, it was good. not great, but good

 

[keystroke]

just finished watching this, it is a decent enough movie but I feel it would be better on the big screen or a home projector with surround sound instead of my 53cm tv.

 

[ChemicalBeauty]

Saw it. Loved it. Can now die happy.

:D