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Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 1:07 pm
by GORDON
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 2:32 pm
by WSGrundy
Looks like it could be cool.
I kept getting a Harry Potter vibe during the trailer. Don't know if it was the just the kids in a magical world thing or what.
Also the music sounded Harry Potterish too.
Still cool though.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:12 pm
by GORDON
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:30 pm
by Leisher
I'm looking forward to these.
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:45 pm
by Paul
The wife has the book series, so I read "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe."
It was incredibly simple. You're half way through the book before anything happens. Yet, I enjoyed it. I liked how the author didn't try to explain too much.
Then I read the second book, the one about Prince Caspian. It wasn't nearly as good. I decided to stop reading after that one... until I read the description of book 4, and wanted to read it. So I started book 3 last night.
Like I said, it's a fairly simple book. They should be able to do it pretty accurately in the movie. I mean, LotR was *dense* and they did a pretty good job.
**SPOILER**
**SPOILER**
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A goes to Narnia and back.
B goes to Narnia, meets X, and returns.
A, B, C, & D go to Narnia and meet E.
B goes to X.
A, C, D, & E go to meet Z.
X takes B to get A, C, & D.
Santa makes a cameo.
A, C, D meet Z.
Z sacrifices himself to save B.
A & Z go to X's place and get reinforcements.
Climactic battle where the good guys win.
A, B, C, & D live long happy royal lives.
A, B, C, & D go home and are kids again.
Hmmm... maybe that's more complex that I thought.
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:03 pm
by GORDON
I thought book 4 had kind of a bummer ending... no matter how much "redemption" there is.
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:43 pm
by Selby
How many books are there in the series? My mom said she felt it was a little simple and she could never get into them growing up, so she didn't recommend them to me like she did LoTR.
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:02 pm
by GORDON
Technically there are 2 Narnia book that preceed, (One with the origins of Narnia, and one called A Horse and His Boy) TLTWatW, and there are 3 that follow it.
I read all of them a couple summers ago.
The bad guys, in the books, are usually thinly disguised muslims. Wonder how THAT will play out on screen.
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:37 pm
by TheCatt
7, right?
But I seem to remember a whole lot of boring. It's been about 17 years since I read em.
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:40 pm
by TheCatt
Apparently there's a "written in order" and a "chronological order"
Written in order:
1) The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, 2) Prince Caspian, 3)The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, 4) The Silver Chair, 5) The Horse and His Boy, 6) The Magician's Nephew, and 7) The Last Battle
Chronological order:
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.
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:40 pm
by GORDON
I found the last story to be a might boring, especially when it got heavily into the religious christian imagery.
And to me it was kind of a "drag," like I said, so that didn't help my impression.
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:41 pm
by GORDON
Apparently there's a "written in order" and a "chronological order"
Written in order:
1) The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, 2) Prince Caspian, 3)The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, 4) The Silver Chair, 5) The Horse and His Boy, 6) The Magician's Nephew, and 7) The Last Battle
Chronological order:
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.
Hmm. I read them chronologically, and I thought that was also the order in which they were written.
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:47 pm
by thibodeaux
The bad guys, in the books, are usually thinly disguised muslims. Wonder how THAT will play out on screen.
Yeah, I'm not expecting them to make The Last Battle. The one where we find out Allah really IS a giant man-eating buzzard-headed monster.
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:49 pm
by GORDON
The bad guys, in the books, are usually thinly disguised muslims. Wonder how THAT will play out on screen.
Yeah, I'm not expecting them to make
The Last Battle. The one where we find out Allah really IS a giant man-eating buzzard-headed monster.
They'll turn them into white supremacists.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:02 pm
by GORDON
Saw the movie.
I have a sneaking suspicion that maybe... just maybe... it has a bit of Jesus Christ allegory in it.
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 4:33 pm
by Zetleft
The hell you say.
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 4:57 pm
by GORDON
No... I'm serious.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:40 pm
by TPRJones
Here's a spoiler: Edmond is a right bastard.
This whole movie would be a lot shorter and less annoying if British children during the war just followed the simple advice: Don't talk to strangers. And especially don't eat the candy they give you.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:46 pm
by GORDON
Yeah, Edmond sold out his family for some candy. Good stuff.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:44 pm
by WSGrundy
Apparently there's a "written in order" and a "chronological order"
Written in order:
1) The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, 2) Prince Caspian, 3)The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, 4) The Silver Chair, 5) The Horse and His Boy, 6) The Magician's Nephew, and 7) The Last Battle
Chronological order:
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.
Hmm. I read them chronologically, and I thought that was also the order in which they were written.
I liked reading them in written order better.
You didn't hear about people and things before you needed too and I seem to remember that you would know how some stuff turned out if you read them in the order they took place.