Film: Chronicles of Narnia: TLTW&TW

[physix]

Saw it. Loved it. Can now die happy.

:D

but there's 6 more!!

 

[faris]

i would just like to ask a general question of those that have posted so far....

are most of you european, or otherwise non-american? sorry, i know some of you aren't, but there's some newer names that i'm not familiar with.

reason i ask is because i have seen a play before (was very young, maybe 8 or 9) that was LWW, but i swear i've never heard of "the chronicles of narnia" until i saw the previews for the movie on TV. then when they announced at the end that the subtitle was "LWW", i was like, "ooookay...yeah, i really would like to see this". (i had wanted to see it anyways, but it all came rushing back to me at that moment)

i read a lot as a kid, but maybe this was just something that never interested me when i read....fantasy things were never my bag. couldn't get through the hobbit and stopped there with all fantasy stories.

regardless, this looks great and maybe i'll catch it in the theatre for the special effects my house can't duplicate.

 

[physix]

^ i'll admit that the HOBBITT was boring to me as a child.

 

[s l h(one)y w]

tolkein isn't a childrens writer... I guess lots of kids read the hobbit though? My parents tried reading it to me as a child and i thought it was okay but slow.

I saw this movie the other day, I liked it. It could have been twice as long I'm sure. I would have loved more time with mr tumnus. He felt like such a major character yet was only in like 5 minutes of the movie. The young actor playing him was spectacular. Disney sucks.

 

[physix]

tolkein isn't a childrens writer... I guess lots of kids read the hobbit though? My parents tried reading it to me as a child and i thought it was okay but slow.

Tolkien claims it was a children's book.

I think children back then were, dare i say, alittle more
capable of handling literature than they are now.

But the whole point of the HOBBITT was that Tolkien
wanted to write a children's book.

I would have loved more time with mr tumnus. The young actor playing him was spectacular.

he's so undeniably sexy!

For those who saw it, he was the main character in CHILDREN OF DUNE

-le sigh

but even as a faun he's dreamy...

 

[s l h(one)y w]

Okay fair enough the hobbit is definitely more of a childrens story than lotr. I would never have gotten through lotr as a child, the hobbit was bearable and pretty good. I was more fascinated with watership down.

 

[vegan]

it was a little too disneyfied for me. and i feel that it being directed at kids

but does disney assume kids are stupid or does it try to brainwash them so?

i really disliked the movie
kid movies doesn't have to mean dumb movies, and although i haven't read the book, i'm guessing where disney put its touch

 

[captainballs]

This movie was a laugh riot. I'm not saying it wasn't great, but the perverted overtones in a lot of the stuff the fawn did had me and my friends floored. So did the last part when the lion is standing in front of the four thrones (just looked hilarious). I was spraying tears, and so were the people in front of us it was so funny. I mean, it was a great movie (4 stars), but man... lol.

One complaint: There's no transition between the kids just being kids and becoming heroes. It's like all of a suddent they accept their responsibility to Narnia. Good movie, but I guess it could never ever ever even hope to be more than a shadow of the book. Hope they do the magicians' nephew next.

 

[Blowmonkey]

This movie was a laugh riot.

I didn't think there were that many funny parts, in fact, I can't even remember one. I think it sucked. Just because you're a kid doesn't mean your acting has to suck.. Goddamn.

 

[captainballs]

^^It wasn't funny on purpose but it had me and my friends falling out of our chairs.

 

[Sexy.Sadie]

Tolkien claims it was a children's book.

-le sigh

but even as a faun he's dreamy...

That's hilarious that you think so too, I even posted him (as the faun) in "Celebrities I'd like to bang" in the lounge! haha

 

[Banquo]

SNL - The Chronic of Narnia Rap

http://www.nbc.com/nbc/Video/?c=Saturday_Night_Live/snl_1432_narnia&n=saturday_night_live
OR
http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=zLElfJ9YCh0

[edit - added other link]

 

[CHiLD-0F-THE-BEAT]

i would just like to ask a general question of those that have posted so far....

are most of you european, or otherwise non-american? sorry, i know some of you aren't, but there's some newer names that i'm not familiar with.

^I'm Australian - as are a few others who've posted.
I found TLTW&TW all by my little self, from memory, at a white elephant stall. Took it home, read it, and demanded someone buy me the full set for my birthday. :D.

Can't wait... wait, I already said that. .
Trying to book tickets for boxing day. Wish me luck!

 

[physix]

SNL - The Chronic of Narnia Rap

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=zLElfJ9YCh0

that was the ONLY funny thing about the SNL episode

 

[ChemicalBeauty]

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=zLElfJ9YCh0

That was the unfunniest 2 minutes of my life.

 

[allan51]

eh, it was ok. Didn't read the books, but it was all very predictable for me. No big surprises, no suspence.

I was a bit biased going in though as I was ready to compare it to LOTR which I shouldn't have done, but LOTR just grabbed me from the first second all the way through to the final moments of ROTK. I was hoping for the same fantasy/magical element to do the same, but this one was just eh, neat.

The animation of some of the animal characters wasn't all that great in some scenes, even the freaking color keying (green screening) was rediculously noticable in some spots. with the seemless integration of green screen work these days, its unexuseable to make it so obvious.

also, the acting was pretty flat.

2 stars I suppose.

 

[Pander Bear]

i wasnt too impressed. It is pretty paper thin as far as characterization. and the whole affair move to quickly. I guess its pretty accurate to the book, but it isnt satisfying like it was when i read it as a kid.

 

[physix]

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

not to dredge this up....


but the correct order to READ the books (regardless of
publication date) is:


1. The Magician's Nephew
2. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
3. The Horse and His Boy
4. Prince Caspian
5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6. The Silver Chair
7. The Last Battle

 

[michael]

no, that is the chronological order, not the correct order. the fact that it's been bastardized by morons since has little relevance.

 

[Finder]

not to dredge this up....


but the correct order to READ the books (regardless of
publication date) is:


1. The Magician's Nephew
2. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
3. The Horse and His Boy
4. Prince Caspian
5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6. The Silver Chair
7. The Last Battle

How can that possibly be the order to read the books when they were not released in that order? 8(