The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

[Culhwch]

Re: Narnia Prince Caspian Trailer

No blood!
Seriously though, the battle scenes were like watching the "A-Team". I don't thing anyone is actually seen getting hurt in the whole film.

Aslan is killed, Edmund is stabbed. But to be fair, this is a film adaptation aimed squarely at a children of a book that is aimed squarely at children. You weren't seriously expecting Tarantino-esque splatter, were you?

 

[Pyan]

Re: Narnia Prince Caspian Trailer

Aslan is killed, Edmund is stabbed. But to be fair, this is a film adaptation aimed squarely at a children of a book that is aimed squarely at children. You weren't seriously expecting Tarantino-esque splatter, were you?

Oh no, I didn't expect that...but a little more realism in the big set battles would have been better....

In Caspian, there is a decapitation described, and the scene in Aslan's How is pretty graphic, too..I just wonder if they''ll be shown..

 

[F'Lessan Amused]

re: The Golden Compass (2007)

if only it was jean-luc...i woulda been in heaven (in a non-gay way) awesome actor

 

[F'Lessan Amused]

re: The Golden Compass (2007)

theyve cut out stanislaus (??) grumanns head at the start..grr

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

Re: Narnia Prince Caspian Trailer

A little more realism in the big set battles would have been better.

But Pyan, that would have meant no griffins, no centaurs ...

But seriously, I think that Aslan's death provided quite enough material for childhood nightmares (it was painful for me to watch parts of that scene) without adding in bloody battle sequences as well.

 

[Marky Lazer]

re: The Golden Compass (2007)

Saw this one yesterday. It's okay, but not top-of-the-bill I think. Very pretty, though.

 

[Nesacat]

re: The Golden Compass (2007)

Just saw this too. Iorek opened his mouth and Gandalf spoke. Could have knocked me over with a feather. Will teach me to pay more attention to the cast list. I thought it was pretty well done and looked quite natural for the most part. It was a very well cast movie too. Lyra was wonderful.

It's quite faithful to the books despite parts being left out but as has been said before you can see why they did that and why they ended the way they did. I am looking forward to the rest of the movies and I do hope they make them.

 

[F'Lessan Amused]

re: The Golden Compass (2007)

they may have toned down the deaths and religious reference..but the christian faith aint gonna like a member of the magisterium trying to poison asriel...that really shocked me

 

[purple_kathryn]

re: The Golden Compass (2007)

Just saw this too. Iorek opened his mouth and Gandalf spoke. Could have knocked me over with a feather. Will teach me to pay more attention to the cast list. I thought it was pretty well done and looked quite natural for the most part. It was a very well cast movie too. Lyra was wonderful.

It's quite faithful to the books despite parts being left out but as has been said before you can see why they did that and why they ended the way they did. I am looking forward to the rest of the movies and I do hope they make them.

What I really appreciated is that there are not that many films where the girl character (and I mean girl as opposed to a woman) is that strong. Mostly they're foils to the lead boy character - always weaker or more in the background.

 

[Lucien21]

re: The Golden Compass (2007)

Yes it is

I had thought it was christopher Lee but my friend looked it up

Christopher Lee IS in the movie. Blink and you would miss him though.

 

[Lucien21]

re: The Golden Compass (2007)

Dissapointing first weekend figures.

That sequel looking dodgy already.

Budget $180m :-----1st weekend $26m

Even Narnia took $65 opening weekend.

 

[F'Lessan Amused]

re: The Golden Compass (2007)

well tbh the film left nothing to be desired for...it felt like a matrix reloaded ending...a sort of "to be continued" ending

 

[Joel007]

re: The Golden Compass (2007)

I recognised Ian McKellen's voice straight away! And I agree with Nesa that Lyra did a great job.
It seemed a bit slow but there was a lot of exposition to fit in and set the stage, so I can understand that. Naming people's spirit animals "Demons" seems a bit dubious, but overall it was a good kid's film. I note that the anti-religion seems to have become anti-establishment.

Armoured bears are cool The graphics were excellent. I hope that Cristopher Lee gets more than a 5 second part in the sequel (assuming there is one)

 

[F'Lessan Amused]

re: The Golden Compass (2007)

they cant afford not too...there'll be an uprising if they dont...you dont start mucking up a good series, just to finish it with a "what if it was better if they made more?" moment

 

[Dave]

re: The Golden Compass (2007)

I just saw it tonight and thought that it did what it was supposed to - fairly faithful to the book too. I realised that it couldn't have been made a few years ago - the cgi of the Daemons and the Armoured Bears would not have been possible.

Everything was very close to how I imagined it, which is often not the case with films of books. Even the Aleithometer was just as I imagined it to be.

What I really appreciated is that there are not that many films where the girl character (and I mean girl as opposed to a woman) is that strong.

That is that way in the books too, and why it is a popular read for girls. I thought that Dakota Blue Richards did an outstanding job as Lyra. I mean an unknown actress picked from obscurity, what a risk? Even if ten thousand girls turned up for the open auditions!

 

[F'Lessan Amused]

re: The Golden Compass (2007)

cmon dave..someone called dakota not getting picked...hollywood loves obscure names in films to give it more edge...but saying that for a rookie she was pretty good...i just imaged a more cockney sorta gal...someone who was actually english

 

[purple_kathryn]

re: The Golden Compass (2007)

Christopher Lee IS in the movie. Blink and you would miss him though.

Oh yes I know and I was annoyed when I thought he was Ioerk. The whole Glimi/Treebeard thing still irks me

 

[jenna]

Re: Narnia Prince Caspian Trailer

Yes, Aslan's death was just as traumatic in the movie as it always is in the book

 

[Majimaune]

Re: Narnia Prince Caspian Trailer

I think it at least looks good even if it doesn't turn out good.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

re: The Golden Compass (2007)

I went to see it today, and although I'm glad I did because it was such a visual treat, I found the movie, like the book, somewhat dry and uninvolving. Fantastical things happening, children in peril, all sorts of other elements that should have engaged me or worked on my emotions, but up until fairly near the end I didn't much care how it all came out. I did hope that with such a great cast they could draw me in where the book didn't, but there I was disappointed, and the pace dragged a bit. My husband thought the same. The only performance that particularly impressed me was Nicole Kidman.

Two groups of people walked out during the last half hour or so. Considering how empty the theater was, that was about a quarter of the audience. I don't know whether they were bored or confused (it did seem to me that enough things were left out that anyone who wasn't familiar with the book would have been pretty much in the dark at several points) or what the problem was. Anyway, they left. Thursday, our local multiplex was running about a dozen showings a day. With the beginning of the new week today, it was less than half that number. I don't think the movie is getting good word-of-mouth.