The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
 

I saw it about 12 hrs ago and loved it. Probably the thing that stuck out to most was how accurate to the book it was. Sure a few things were changed here and there but that mainly involved the removal of some sections, definitely nothing to get upset about. I am definitely recommending this movie to any fan of the book and to anyone else for that matter.

I tried to go see it but all the showings were sold out:cry: I'll hafta wait till Monday I guess!

You know, I've been looking forward to that movie. But then I got bombarded with ads, merchandise and even more commercials. "Die Chroniken von Narnia: Der König von Narnia"... I can't hear it anymore. So I'm not going to see this movie, unless I'm really, really extremely bored.

... way to ruin a movie for me.

I've been looking forward to seeing this movie, but I'll probably wait until I get back from college or something, or atleast until I get some cash.

I know what you mean about the ads, Anarky... I've been reading the newspapers, and every article about Narnia has been about its Christain themes. Funny, especially when you consider that the author never wrote the books with that intent in mind...

There's christian themes? Weird... German media hasn't gotten that far, but then again, religion isn't that "popular" over here (if you can call religion a popularty thing. There's not so many religious people over here anyways, so I guess nobody's really interested).

What I'm talking about is that wherever I turn, there's something about Narnia. There's poster ads, TV commercials, leaflets, more TV commercial and that's just for the movie, the merchandise is an entirely different story. Narnia-stuff in breakfast cereal, Narnia this and Narnia that. Blah!

I look foward to this movie!My dad & I are goingto go see it :-)

Saw it yesterday.

Having never read any of the books, all I can say is that this movie was fantastic. Great pacing, characters, effects, story...just a wonderful movie. Might even be a better fantasy film than Lord of the Rings, if only by a little bit.

The effects were magnificent. There's a scene where the kids are having tea with a pair of beavers and you COMPLETELY buy it. Just really well done.

Lol.... well America is being run by Christian Funadmentalists right now... so... of course the focus on the movie would be about the Christian themes

Basically... Religious people interpet the movie as the story of Jesus (Aslan = Jesus)...saying too much would ruin the story fo ryou if you haven't read the book or anything... i'll eleborate further if you'd like.

Personally.. I never saw it... but anyways.. there's been stories of how churces are urging their flock to go and see the movie and support the christian movie..

CS Lewis was a christian yes, but his intent was never to retell the story of Jesus. I"ll find a good article and post it tomorrow for all who's interested.

http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/Dumm...e/id-3206.html
Here ya go...:P
Note: The article may contain spoilers for those who haven't seen the movie or read the series.

I loved the music by Henery Gregerson williams, because he does all the MGS music, loved the music...I hated the director! Diseney screwed this movie up, it had alot of things going for it but the way it transitioned from scene to scene felt sloppy, escially during the fight scene...

I give it a 6/10
havent read the book, but I'm guessing its better.

I refuse to watch this until I have read the books.

First off: I SUGGEST YOU WATCH THE MOVIE FIRST, THEN READ THE BOOK. THAT WAY YOU DON'T GO IN WITH EXPECTATIONS. THAT WAY YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY ENJOY THE FILM.

Anarky, are you saying that, even though you had strong interest in seeing Narnia, you turned it down because, and only because, it is being popularized to the nth degree? *blinks* So, you'll go do something JUST BECAUSE no one else does it? That's as silly as doing something JUST BECAUSE everyone else does it. All this rebelling for the sake of rebelling. It's conformity to rebellion. :lol: It's like saying staghorn shavings stew is your favorite food because no one else has heard of it, even if it appeals in no way whatsoever to your tastebuds.:dead: I say go for what's you. Never mind what the world does or doesn't think. If it so turns out coincidentally lots of people like it too, then so be it. If it turns out that everyone thinks your preferences are whacked, then who cares? Don't let fears of either going with or against the flow keep you back from trying new things.

Although I can understand perfectly if you want to avoid the crowds.:D I saw Narnia in a packed theater and people just wouldn't shut up.

Still, I hope you'll see Narnia eventually. You may like it more than I did.

On that note of irony...

SPOILERS BELOW!


I think I may be one of very few people who was somewhat disappointed by the movie. True, they stuck close to the book, and I'm pleased that they didn't ravage what Lewis had... but I found the acting, the shots, the pacing... cliche and somewhat cloying. I counted many instances where lines, and even the action sequences were practically lifted from LOTR. (For example, one orc, I mean minotaur-thing, standing up alone, and then we pull back and see the VAST army of orcs I mean evil ugly things. AND then there was that time when Aslan was about to be killed when all the ugly critters starting doing that Uruk-hai rhythmic stomping of metal boots and staffs)

Much as I hate Harry Potter, I thought his first movie was better done, cinematically, than this one. Here, they went to all that trouble of expensive FX They should have developed the themes more--emphasized the forgiving part a little more. It all seemed too easy and unprovoked. Stuff happened, yeah, good lessons learned, but then there were these high-tension sections like Peter about to kill the wolf.

As far as C.S. Lewis never putting christian themes in... Okay, he intended it first as a children's book. That don't mean he didn't chock-fill it with his intellectualized allegories of Christianity. And C.S. Lewis did, indeed write lots of allegory.

Much as I've heard and read what others have to say about Narnia NOT being allegory, I have to strongly disagree, just because the themes are just kinda jump-out-and-bite-you-in-the-butt-HUGE. Edmund "sinning" and because of the way the laws are, since the very beginning, "wages of sin is death". Since Aslan was innocent, as was Jesus, the result of him being unjustly killed was that the law would be broken, and all people bound by that law would be freed. Interesting possibility (though I think it's kinda risky when we try to get inside the mind of God). C.S. Lewis really did write a lot of interesting stuff:) . Read the Last Battle. It's about the Anti-Christ, and the Armageddon--only set in Narnia, so it's definitely tweaked.

Now, despite the fact that Lewis was an all-around better writer than Tolkien, that is, he was good at focus, making his point, and keeping his sentences from getting fluffy (like mine tend to get:embarass: ), his stories usually didn't have much heart. Lewis himself was a very intellectual writer. Most of his work was allegory, analytical essays, critiques, etc. I mean, it's very intersting, insightful stuff, but his natural approach seems to be one of distancing himself from the story in order to keep it in parable-like format. (the format meant to be inserted into essays). I think Tolkien was just that much more obsessed with the actually history of Middle Earth: when he wrote, he wrote as though it were truly history, as if it actually happened. Middle Earth, being so real to Tolkien, showed through in his writing: because he cared so much about what was happening, we cared while we were reading. Lewis, from the beginning, doesn't seem to take the stories seriously. He labeled them "children stories". In the writing, he distances himself and the reader from the story by constantly making these leisurely, "oh, it's all pretend" comments.

I had to give a report on C.S. Lewis' life. Didn't seem like a very pleasant fellow. Had some kinda bitter disdain towards women. (Jadis=Woman=Satan??) Dunno if that's because he was brought up in a practically all-male household his whole life. Even though he may have been homosexual, he still married. As intellectually stimulating as his work is... It always seemed a bit... I don't know. (My art impulses are translating with great difficulty.)

I think the director tried very hard, but I had doubts as to whether he could pull it off when I saw his other line of work. He didn't seem very sensitive to what needs to be...

Okay, maybe I'm being too harsh on this film. If this movie was truly aimed towards kids and family, then it is very very good. Though I don't see it anywhere near the ranks of LOTR. But that's just my opinion, as is most of what I've posted here. I'm sorry if I didn't give the clearest argument, but I'm trying not to spend too many hours on writing this.

I'm not rebelling for the sake of rebelling, at least not when it comes to movies since that is plain ridiculous. I'm not going to see this movie because it'd feel like those songs at the radio which get played at least 5 times a day. You're sick and tired of hearing them yet you can't ignore them, because they're everywhere. I don't want to see more of that Narnia. I have seen too much of it.

Since the books are Children's Books that is that attitude i took to the film. A children's book = a children's movie and that's why I loved it. Same book I feel in love with in the fifth grade translated to film.

I watched it last night and liked it very much, it was a very loyal adaption of the book. (In fact, I liked it better than the book. I rarely say that about any movie adaptions!)

However, I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted too. All that Christian Controversy all over the news for the movie kinda ruined the feel of it for me. The entire movie I was wondering what was based on Christian mythology and what wasn't.

Plus, around the halfway point the movie began to feel really rushed.

I can say this, I did like this more than the book.

Edmund is much more likeable, you can understand his behavior and feel sorry for him. I always hated him in the book. The portrayal of Jadis (the White Witch) was well done too, she was seductively evil.

Now I wonder, will there be other movies that adapt the other books? (also, I think they changed the Professor's name...)

Indeed, precisly why I hate the LOR movies beyond "Fellowship", and when you try and say "I dont' want to see this allegedly GREAT movie", its' "Revenge of the Nerds"

The last time I saw this particular Narnia was in LOR in all seriousness. New Zealand is great for filming fiction, but it starts to looks samey when they do location shooting.

That said, I enjoyed Narnia, but the BBC adaptation owns it.

The movie is crap. It is ridiculus, soppy and stupid. The story is unidimensional (well, it bidimensional if you let pseudo-religious count) and chlichéd. A completely waste of time and money if you aren't a kindergarden child or retarded.

...Charming generalisation.:roll:

Oh, I forgot *smirks slightly as a sign of a bit irony*.

I just came in from seeing this movie with friends...

First, I have to say that the CGI was just amazing... Narnia looked great, and I loved the furry creatures. :o

Susan--Its a beaver...It shouldn't talk. :lol:

And the battle was really awesome. Short, but it was awesome.

I liked most of the human characters... especially Peter and Edmund.. you could feel Peter's struggle and fear at being the oldest and having to confront his fears in order to look after his silbilngs, and Edmund, you could see his inner anger and fustrations about his life.

However, I had afew issues with this film.. Do not read unless you want spoilers

First of all... Why The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe? The way they titled it Chironlces of Narnia in big letters implied to me that the focus was on Narnia, and that the rest of the series might be made into movies...

Yet, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was not the first book in the series. It was actually the second book in the series. If the producers' eventual goal was to recreate the entire series into a movie, they could have started wtih the Magician's Nephew. This is more of an moot point anyways... and has nothing to do with the movie. Below deals with the movie specifically.

*SPOILERS*


Now for the nonspoilered beef.... It was just cheesy. Whenever Lucy cried, I just couldn't help laughing. And some scenes, especially the way the kids interacted with Aslan, just felt cheesy to me....I think my friend actually counted 9 times that the kids cried out.. "ASLAN!!!".

Overall, it was a decent flick...worth a rental.

Final question though... the faun.. was that Shea Lebeauf or whatever? You know.. from uhh.. Constantine, he was the driver...