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

[Rane Longfox]

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Never read any either (nor was aware of their existence before haunting this board), but saw the trailer before Wallace & Gromit. Seems interesting enough (as well as next HP, but I liked the movies)

You've never read Narnia???!!!???

 

[Leto]

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Nope. Never heard of it. I think outside anglo-saxon world it's not really well-known.

 

[Teir]

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Nope. Never heard of it. I think outside anglo-saxon world it's not really well-known.

hmmmmm,........ i just assumed Narnia was one of those universal things everybody was aware of. I really need to get out of this country for a while one day

 

[Pyan]

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If you google "Narnia" you get 5,930,000 hits. I'm amazed that Teir is unaware of it! But what I'd give to be reading the series for the first time again.

 

[Culhwch]

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All harry potter movies are awful disappointments

This is embarasing but of never read any of the narnia material. I spose ill have to now with this coming out

I thought the first was good, and the third brilliant, but that's just me....

Have read I think the first four or five Narnia books. I liked them, but I wasn't enamoured of them like some seem to be. But this is probably the movie I'm looking forward to this summer.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

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The Narnia books have apparently been published in thirty different countries over the years, which would take them far afield from the Anglo-Saxon world. Of course the article I read didn't say how well-known the books were in any of those countries, or how long they remained in print ...

 

[Leto]

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Frankly, they're old books, I've asked several friends (from 57 to 17) and no, none of us remember them.
Maybe the movie will be a occasion to renew them to the French public. Is it kid fantasy or also accessible to adults (who don't have fond memory to support their entertainment) ?

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

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Well now, there is the question, since all the adults I know who really love the books discovered them in childhood or adolescence, and we do have that fond memory of the original magic. Where other people might read the books and say, I've read this sort of thing before, we filtered our impressions of other books through our experiences of Narnia.

I suppose it would depend on whether or not the adult, through being a parent or a teacher, or simply eternally young at heart, is in the habit of reading children's books. If not, then the movie might be more appealing than the books, simply because if all else fails it promises to be pleasing to look at.

On the other hand, if you have a handy young relative who is about eight or nine years old, you might grab a copy of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (I assume with the movie coming out copies will be available in French any time now), sit the child down, and experience the story together.

 

[mermishshelf]

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I know of a few kids who have seen one of the promotional posters and thought they were quite scary. Nonetheless, I'm excited for the movies and am counting the days. It looks like they put a lot of effort into the effects, you know?

 

[Rane Longfox]

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Yeah, the effects do look good. Though in one of the trailers I saw, Aslan looked a little... polygonal.

I'm still amazed that there are people who don't know about Narnia. Along with LotR, it was one of the founding series of modern fantasy. Ah well

 

[Teir]

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If you google "Narnia" you get 5,930,000 hits. I'm amazed that Teir is unaware of it! But what I'd give to be reading the series for the first time again.

i never said i was unaware of it, i said i hadnt read it

BTW culhwch, the hp movies were good for pure entertainment, but i was comparing them to the books. I just feel they didnt represent the novels well at all.

 

[Leto]

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Yeah, the effects do look good. Though in one of the trailers I saw, Aslan looked a little... polygonal.

I'm still amazed that there are people who don't know about Narnia. Along with LotR, it was one of the founding series of modern fantasy. Ah well

You know I'm not a big fantasy lover, honey. And that I disliked The Hobbit ?

Kelpie, I'll follow your advice : will go and watch the movie and if I liked it will read the books. Thanks

 

[Salazar]

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One of C.S Lewis' masterpieces and now it's on the big screen, now I wish I read the book

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

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An article in the Daily Mail about the Narnia movies contained this blood-curdling revelation about what almost happened:



It was Moore who spent several years pursuing the rights to the collection of seven books.

At one point, when the rights were held by another film company, it was going to be re-located to present-day Los Angeles after an earthquake.

"They thought children wouldn't understand the original, so they changed Turkish Delight (a major plot point in the story) for hot dogs and hamburgers," he added.

Worse was to come. "The most ludicrous statement I heard was that they had Janet Jackson as the White Witch, so I made this very strange vow to rescue this childhood treasure," said Moore, who read the books from age seven and spent as much time as he could exploring the backs of wardrobes.

 

[Rane Longfox]

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Thats a joke... right???!!!???

 

[Pyan]

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i never said i was unaware of it, i said i hadnt read it

Sorry, Teir - must clean my glasses

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

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Nope, Rane. Apparently not a joke. I'd read something about this before (though not the Janet Jackson part).

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

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I ordered tickets today, for the first showing on Dec. 9.

(Trying not to let my expectations rise too high, but it's getting harder and harder.)

 

[GOLLUM]

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I too look forward to seeing how they handle these films having read the books in my childhood....

 

[Kerayi]

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I don't think they'll make "The Horse and his Boy" (may offend Muslims), "The Silver Chair" (too short) or "The Magician's Nephew" (unless as a prequel if they really take off), so that will leave a neat 4 film package with continuity of characters in the Pevensey children.

I was interested to see that you thought the silver chair too short as i felt the same way...weird! Why do you think horse and his boy will offend Muslims?? (Bear in mind i havent read 'THAHB' for a while )