I just got back from Narnia

[Guest]

I am going in 4 hours

And I can't wait..

 

[cward2]

enjoy

 

[Stella_Omega]

I'm really looking forward to it, but I don't picture Tilda Swinton as the White Witch: The orginal pictures (by Pauline Baines, I think) are as ingrained on me as the stories, which I've read and reread literally hundreds of times over the years.

And from her pictures, I see the witch as dark-haired.

C.S. Lewis' stories became more mythical, and the world of Narnia more consistent, as he continued with the series (in much the same way as Tolkein's "Hobbit" contains a lot of anachrnosims and inconsitencies). But of coure, it's still a great book.

Most people who've read all the books like "The Magician's Nephew", best which tells of the genesis of Narnia. I love them all, they're much more profound and imaginative than LOTR.

Although recent boxed sets have tried to reorder the books in the chronology of Narnia, putting "The Magician's Nephew" first, I definitely think that the books should be read (and the movies made) in the order he wrote them. So I'm glad they're doing the adaptation of the first (and most popular) book first.

Voyage of The Dawn Treader for me- the gallant Ripicheep taking his little boat over the edge...

 

[NoJo]

Voyage of The Dawn Treader for me- the gallant Ripicheep taking his little boat over the edge...

For me, it's "The Horse And His Boy". It was orginally my least favorite. It's basicallly the Aladdin story, about a poor peasant boy and (clearly) a Muslim princess who fall in love. It was C.S. Lewis version of a chick flick.

I went through a long period of being fanatically into "Voyage of The Dawn Treader".

The one image that stands out most is of Aslan stripping the dragon-hide from Eustace. Fantastic metaphor for what it really takes to "Know Thyself".

Come to Me naked.
Let Me wrap you
in My purple robe.

In the days before D&D and MUD's, my geek friends and I would make maps of imaginary lands, based on Narnia and Middle-Earth. I'm talking about forty or fifty sheets of large paper, covering a whole wall of a room.

 

[NoJo]

I just saw the movie.

I must be a sub, I wanted the White Witch to win.

 

[BlackShanglan]

For me, it's "The Horse And His Boy". It was orginally my least favorite. It's basicallly the Aladdin story, about a poor peasant boy and (clearly) a Muslim princess who fall in love. It was C.S. Lewis version of a chick flick.

I went through a long period of being fanatically into "Voyage of The Dawn Treader".

The one image that stands out most is of Aslan stripping the dragon-hide from Eustace. Fantastic metaphor for what it really takes to "Know Thyself".

Come to Me naked.
Let Me wrap you
in My purple robe.

In the days before D&D and MUD's, my geek friends and I would make maps of imaginary lands, based on Narnia and Middle-Earth. I'm talking about forty or fifty sheets of large paper, covering a whole wall of a room.

Damn. I think I've already told you that I adore you.

 

[rgraham666]

I just saw the movie.

I must be a sub, I wanted the White Witch to win.

You're an evil man, Joe.

 

[Guest]

I saw it with no idea what it was going to be about. I never read the books (yeah, I'm the lone holdout legend speaks of).

I throughly enjoyed it. And I also am enchanted with Anna Popplewell, playing Susan. It's nice to see an older teen who can act after overdoses here in the states with the likes of Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan.

 

[NoJo]

I saw it with no idea what it was going to be about. I never read the books (yeah, I'm the lone holdout legend speaks of).

I throughly enjoyed it. And I also am enchanted with Anna Popplewell, playing Susan. It's nice to see an older teen who can act after overdoses here in the states with the likes of Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan.

I thought the girl who played Lucy was amazingly good. In fact all the kids were great actors.

 

[Guest]

I thought the girl who played Lucy was amazingly good. In fact all the kids were great actors.

Indeed. IMDB.com reports the actor playing Edmund grew over six inches during shooting. I thought he looked different at one point.

 

[jacintexas]

another scene..

Fo rthose who are goign to se Narnia.. I just gto back and it's awesome.. from start to finish and don't leave when the credits start there is another scene after them.. most peopel jumped up and startd leaving but thee isn one final scene most of the way through the credits.. so stay seated.. Movie was so greta.. I'm gonna see it several times..

 

[scheherazade_79]

I know I'm probably going to be shouted down for this... but I fell asleep in it... quite early on... and didn't wake until Edmund got stabbed by the White Witch. Admittedly I was sick and tired, but my drowsiness came upon me around the same time as I started noticing the Christian allegories.

 

[jacintexas]

I know I'm probably going to be shouted down for this... but I fell asleep in it... quite early on... and didn't wake until Edmund got stabbed by the White Witch. Admittedly I was sick and tired, but my drowsiness came upon me around the same time as I started noticing the Christian allegories.

well that's how C.S.Lewis wrote it... the movie is very faithful to the book.

 

[NoJo]

well that's how C.S.Lewis wrote it... the movie is very faithful to the book.

Yes, it's very different from the brilliant Philippa Boyens' adaptation of Tolkein's LOTR trilogy, where she excised large but non-essential sections of the story and reordered others to create her Oscar-winning screenplays.

This movie follows the book very faithfully, and in fact even improves on it by providing a superb introductory sequence that contextualizes the story and gives depth to the four children's characters, especially the traitor Edmund. It actually made me understand the book better.

 

[moonwolf69]

My wife has read the books and we are all looking forward to going. With 3 kids, we don’t go to the movies much, so going to the movies is a fairly big happening in our house. My son is going to invite one of his friends along as well.

 

[rgraham666]

This movie follows the book very faithfully, and in fact even improves on it by providing a superb introductory sequence that contextualizes the story and gives depth to the four children's characters, especially the traitor Edmund. It actually made me understand the book better.

That was my read on the opening scenes, Joe.

They did a very good job of setting the characters and background.

 

[BlackShanglan]

I agree as well on the opening scene. It really brought home the reality of their background. One knows from the books why they are in the country, but that opening made it much more real. Vey effective.

I will confess that I didn't care for the rather heavy-handedly tacked-on "sometimes breaking the rules is the right thing!" message; too 2006 and too bloody inescapable for my taste. And I didn't see that that scene with them crossing the ice really added much. But these are minor quibbles; the whole was excellent.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

And it fucking rocked!!!

I didn't see a single false note. They even added a little that built the story very nicely.

The F/X were great. The talking animals were completely believable. Aslan was great. Even added personality to him. The centaurs, fauns, griffons, minotaurs etc. worked.

The casting was great. All the main characters were as I remembered. Perhaps it's because it was on screen, but the family dynamics were better than I remembered.

Tilda Swinton was perfect as The White Witch. She does cold, evil bitch so well.

The battle, which wasn't really in the book, was awesome. At least as good as anything in LOTR.

In short, I loved it!!

Thank you, now I know what to do between christmas and New Year's Eve!