Narnia, Chronicle of Narnia

Friday, January 20, 2006

[thelionscall] Finally saw it!

Friends of Narnia
 
Finally saw the cinema movie yesterday. Very, very nice. :-)
I think the actors were very good. Esp "LucY2 was charming - but what child isn't at that age?
I am the kind of guy who cries when words touch me. Esp words I have cherished for a long time. Yesterday I cried al lot of times.
 
I found the film quite true to the book, even if they had allowed quite a few changes. (Personally i found the BBC-series even better that way).
 
I don't remember the river with the breaking ice form the book, and not at all any rafting at an ice-block. That seemed odd, and unnecessary, as the story in the book is exciting enough.
That goes for the great emphasis on the battle too - it seemed very LOTR-film-inspired. And the birds bombing emenies with stones - a paralel to the Blitz on London, off course - where did they get that from? Have I forgotten too much of the book? Time to re-read?  
 
Even so, I find the film makers have managed to hold on to the basic story. I believe they tell what C.S.Lewis wanted to tell - to children of all ages.
 
Puddleglum jr alias Stein
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Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 2:46 AM
Subject: Re: [thelionscall] Hi! I'm New :)

I finished reading The Horse and his boy last night. And Edmund and the Queens have parts in it but it is never said how old they are now although it does sound as if they are at least late teens if not early 20s.
 
I wish I had found these books many years ago. I knew of them but always wrote them off as nonsense or as lame Christian books (like so many others back then).
 
44 is much too old to be starting to read these books !
 
Greg (the Aussie!)
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Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: [thelionscall] Hi! I'm New :)

True. But I don't think four years (minimum amount of time they'll be able to finish two seperate movies) passed in our world between SC and LB. Correct me if I'm wrong. 'fraid I'm too lazy to look it up right now.

"llyan8@juno.com" <Llyan8@juno.com> wrote:
    Although, remember that in LB, the children actually ARE older.  The span of time to let them grow a bit would actually make it more true to the books.  In PC and VDT, and for Eustace, Silver Chair, the kids are still close to the same age as in LWW, give or take a year or two.  So theoretically they could go ahead filming in the original published order (an idea I applaud!) and the time for growing children could work in their favor

So hopefully *fingers crossed* they'll do the Horse & His Boy next??? I'm loving this book!!

Michelle xx

Actually, that would make Prince Caspian next...

M.J.

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