So you saw Star Wars which means you saw the Narnia trailer - well?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

What thinkest thou?

[RandomKoolzip]

1. I prefer the Suncruiser:

[chickenscratching]

2. I loved the chronicles of narnia

i think i could go either way in regards to the trailer, though. they really played up the music (way too overbearing for me), and the editing reminded me too much of lord of the rings. which isn't a bad thing, i loved lord of the rings, but taking that path is soooo last century. :P

i'm planning on seeing it i think. what sayest thou?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

12. I'm optimistic

[chickenscratching]

14. only time will tell

happy friday chavez! tell cassandrauprising aloha for me!

[Parche]

15. Narnia

What Narnia trailer, those are one of my favorite books that I read
as a kid, and still like, are they going to make a movie?


May Aslan be with you

[chickenscratching]

28. yep

disney is in production as we speak. :hi:

[bridgit]

27. i loved the books too waiting for the film...

should be cool :thumbsup:

[Beware the Beast Man]

3. I just never got into the Narnia thing.

Looks interesting enough. Maybe I'll find it as crucifyingly boring as I found the Lord of the Rings films to be!

[Celeborn Skywalker]

10. LOTR, boring? Blasphemy!

:P

[tigereye]

18. infidel!

Narnia is very cool. Hope they don't f... it up. ( more blasphemy for you.)

[BigMcLargehuge]

21. I'm with you...

LOTR was a snore. I made it through the first Narnia book before I gave up on the series.

[elshiva]

4. I did not see either but I really want to see both.

Will probably see Narnia no matter what form it is. I was raised on Narnia.

[Withywindle]

6. I grew up with it too. I'm scared.

I haven't had a great track record of books I love being turned into decent movies. (LOTR was a shining exception, but I'll still always love the book more).

[elshiva]

8. The book can never be compared to the movie,

two different media and yield different results.

[Withywindle]

11. Oh, I know...

I just get annoyed with the rush of new fanboys/girls who think that's how it's SUPPOSED to be.


The worst is movies that completely miss the point/spirit of the book and go off on some tangent of their own that's hardly worth the celluloid it's printed on. (The Demi Moore Scarlet Letter and Neil LaBute's godawful Possession are examples of this.) I don't expect Narnia to be that bad.

[elshiva]

33. I've read about that awful Scarlet Letter junk!

Hopefully Narnia will be better...

[SheepyMcSheepster]

5. it looked a little cheesey

but i will have to watch it of course.
and as a previous poster said, it seems a bit LOTRish, i bet the got the green light for this movie in the wake of the first LOTR movie's success.

[LSdemocrat]

7. My theater didn't show the Narnia trailer

[Kool Kitty]

16. Neither did mine.

[DIKB]

9. I remember feeling

this huge grin plastered to my face. It's been years since I read the books, but I really can't wait to see the movie. It'll take me back to my childhood hopefully.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

13. that was my experience

[nytemare]

17. Weren't there 5 books in the Chronicles?

Preview looked pretty good. I remembered that cartoon they showed on TV as a kid.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

20. 9

[xmas74]

19. I will probably see it.

One of my favorite childhood book series. I will watch it first and decide if my daughter can handle it (btw-decision on if my daughter can see Sith is no!).

[MrScorpio]

22. They didn't show it here

But we did get a Fantastic Four and a Batman Begins

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

23. So - how did you feel about episode 3?

[MrScorpio]

25. I loved it

It's now my favorite of them all

[Zhade]

24. Settle a bet for me?

Never read the books - aren't they kinda suffused with Christianity? Or am I wrong?

[tjwmason]

29. They are fuLL of Christian aLLegory

C.S. Lewis was a fervent convert to Christianity, and was very cLear about the bLatent subtext. Many fiLms now tend to remove/down-pLay (e.g., the removaL of the gods from Troy), if Narnia has this removed it rather removes the whoLe point i.m.o.

The most famous (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) contains a totaLLy unmissabLe Easter paraLLeL, with AsLan (the Lion) aLLowing himseLf to be kiLLed coming back to Life and thereby restoring/saving Narnia.

[grannylib]

30. It is kind of a religious allegory, with the Lion, Aslan, as the Christ

figure, but it's really not rammed down one's throat.
I loved them.

[PassingFair]

26. Personally, I'm waiting to see how badly they will butcher

...the Dark Materials Trilogy, by Philip Pullman.
Best fantasy stuff I've read in a long time. Although the last book was a little bit of a snore.

[PittPoliSci]

31. i heard narnia was directed by a fundy.

still looks interesting, though. CS Lewis was a bit of a fundamentalist as well. I'll probably see it regardless.

[Rabrrrrrr]

32. No Narnia at the theater I was at, but they had BATMAN!!

Also showed a new Fantastic Four trailer.