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

[Jives]

Re: Narnia: the movie and the book.

I havent read the books but the movie was tight.

Hmmmm...if this means "good" then I agree. It was a light show, and I thought the fawn seemed a little contrived and not important to the plot, but the beavers were adorable.

I've always loved beavers.

Lighter than LOTR, but not in a bad way.

 

[Jives]

Re: Narnia: the movie and the book.

Oh, my wife and I cheered out loud when Aslan (was he too cool, or what?) jumped on the Ice Queen and ate her face.

 

[rune]

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I thought the special effects for this movie were very good. But I didnt think the 4 child actors were very good at all and the film rested on their performance.

 

[Hecate]

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I have to admit that I was very impressed with the movie. There wasn't much that they left out from the books. Though The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is not my favorite of the books the movie made it incredibly enjoyable to watch (besides the beavers, they were a little on the irritating side).
Now that i have said that, I must also contribute my view on the books. They are all very well written and enjoyable to some extent, though some are much much more exciting than others. It took me three months to read the Silver Chair lol

 

[kaneda]

Re: Narnia: the movie and the book.

I have to admit that I was very impressed with the movie. There wasn't much that they left out from the books. Though The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is not my favorite of the books the movie made it incredibly enjoyable to watch (besides the beavers, they were a little on the irritating side).
Now that i have said that, I must also contribute my view on the books. They are all very well written and enjoyable to some extent, though some are much much more exciting than others. It took me three months to read the Silver Chair lol

The silver chair and the last battle are definatly not the best books in the series. I don't think i finished the last battle

 

[Hecate]

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Yes the Last Battle was a bit of a snooze fest as well, but it only took me I think 2 and half months to read that The two i'd say were the best by far are the Voyage of the Dawn Treader and A Horse and His Boy. I absolutely adored those two!

 

[ghoul31]

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Its was a little too kiddyish for me. But I like the battle scene at the end.

 

[Pyan]

Re: Narnia: the movie and the book.

Books - classics, which still stand up today as how to write allegory.

Film - reasonable adaptation, but too saniDisneyfied for me ( has anyone seen any blood in the film?), and the ludicrous waterfall scene doesn't fit either the geography of Narnia, or the timescale of the thaw.

 

[Tea is my copilot]

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I thought the book was rather thouching and as a kid I liked it very much.
I took my neighbour's son to see it (it's always easier to go with a kid).
I especially liked Mr. Tumnus. He was convincing and the scenes with him were amusing. The things I didn't like were those Matrix moves Peter was making (the crossed swords and his chin?), but that's understandable.
All in all, a good movie.

 

[billbunter]

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The new Narnia film is the worst effort at fantasy I have seen in a long time. There was no sense of other worldliness. It was uconvincing. There was a cartoon out way back which was really poor graphically but was still truer to the spirit of the booka d had far better music. I feel utterly let down by the director

 

[billbunter]

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and sorry about the spelling!

 

[orionsixwings]

Re: OMG! The Golden Compass Movie!!!! (2007)

They have casted Lyra Belacqua already!!!!

*JUMPS UP AND DOWN FRANTICALLY*

She is a new face and her name is DAKOTA BLUE RICHARDS. Filming starts September with a release date of December 7, 2007 - a few weeks before Prince Caspian!

 

[orionsixwings]

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But then if they go on to make the other two books, even with all the tricks in the world, she'll look way older than her book age by the third one. Suppose it's unavoidable though.

orionsixwings - what things will she have to do? Are you talking in terms of the plot or the filming of it?

didn't see this one.

Well for both. As far as plot is concerned, Lyra did do an Adam and Eve with Will Parry -- and in the book Lyra was 12 and Will 13, so that is mature. Also, Lyra is a complex character to portray, she needs to be innocent and mischievous brave and clever and stubborn and foolish and playful and ignorant and a professional liar all at once.

 

[Rane Longfox]

Re: OMG! The Golden Compass Movie!!!! (2007)

A side note - if they call this film "The Golden Compass", I'm tempted to not watch it, just on principle...

 

[futurecat]

Re: OMG! The Golden Compass Movie!!!! (2007)

quote: "Lyra did do an Adam and Eve with Will Parry"

??? i missed something when i read the book apparently!

(no offense intended! merely humor!)

 

[orionsixwings]

Re: OMG! The Golden Compass Movie!!!! (2007)

A side note - if they call this film "The Golden Compass", I'm tempted to not watch it, just on principle...

British Snob (Joke!)! If they title it The Northern Lights/Golden Compass, that would be okay?

 

[orionsixwings]

Re: OMG! The Golden Compass Movie!!!! (2007)

IT'S CONFIRMED!

Nicole Kidman is going to star as Marissa Coulter in the upcoming Golden Compass movie!!!

 

[Rane Longfox]

Re: OMG! The Golden Compass Movie!!!! (2007)

British Snob (Joke!)! If they title it The Northern Lights/Golden Compass, that would be okay?

No The author called it Northern Lights - thus that is it's title. Any change they make to make it more easily understadable for American readers is just stupid. But anyway, thats just a personal bugbear.

On a more positive note -

Daniel Craig will be Lord Asriel

A casting process that has gone through Eric Bana and Paul Bettany comes to an end: Variety are reporting that Daniel Craig will take the role of Lord Asriel in The Golden Compass movie. Craig is the current actor to hold the role of James Bond and his first film in the part, Casino Royale, is released this autumn. It also stars Eva Green, who plays Serafina Pekkala in HDM.

 

[orionsixwings]

Re: OMG! The Golden Compass Movie!!!! (2007)

Daniel Craig is a good choice though my first choice would have been Ralph Fiennes, but since he's signed up to be Voldemort in the Harry Potter films I think it's kind of a conflict of interest to sign up for another fantasy film.

Eva Green would be perfect as Serafina Pekkala!

I wonder how Dakota Blue Richards looks like?

 

[Highlander II]

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