Narnia
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- biggusdickus
what a wack movie, but the soundtrack is really good! :D
- usrper0
how bad is it
- biggusdickus0
Real bad...kids acting were not that good...probably they are new, basically the storyline is predictable,
CG were nice..and soundtrack is really amazing!
- jevad0
"basically the storyline is predictable"
yeah uh, you know it's a book right?
- QuincyArcher0
it is kind of difficult to say that a book that old has a "predictable" story line...especially since i'm sure more then one fantasy novel has used it as inspiration.
- brundlefly0
name a hollywood movie that isn't predictable.
- ants0
and being fairly allegorical the story isn't a new idea :)
not that I've seen it. I read all the books as a kid. I saw a production of it here in Sydney a few years ago on stage... it was good up until the end, where they got the original meaning and decided that "believing in yourself" was actually the moral of the whole story. Killed the entire thing. I can never get that time back.
- paraselene0
i don't care what all the other kids say.
i'm going.
- DavidFelt0
name a hollywood movie that isn't predictable.
brundlefly
(Dec 8 05, 20:24)er... Citizen Kane?
- digilee0
Ferris Buellers Day Off!
: )
- honest0
name a hollywood movie that isn't predictable.
brundlefly
(Dec 8 05, 20:24)Clue –
The Usual Suspects –
SE7EN –
had me guessing all the way
- Pak-Man0
As i was discussing with the determined moth himself,
these books were so much part of our childhoods, there was the BBC TV series that i watched religiously and taped and watched over and over. The original cartoon of it that i saw like many times. And the books which i read the whole series.
But then this film comes out, and i start reading about it, the whole thing is a fucking allegory of Christianity! I mean it's so obvious now that Aslan represents Christ, and the whole thing is about the fucking resurrection! And the final battle between good and evil.
Lewis wrote it to sell Christianity to kids!! omg, i feel dirty, and like my childhood memories have been tainted, and i refuse to watch it, and nor will i allow my children (if i have any) be indulged with such filth.
that is all.
- mutanthands0
ah fond memories of reading the books & the bbc series when i was a nipper.
the film was pretty much as i expected, the kids acting was alright but a room for quite a bit of improvement.
The special effects were strange, they were really amazing in some scenes, yet in some simple scenes where they replaced the background it was badly done! Am i the only one who though this? Most noticable was around 45mins in where they are on top of some mountain looking across the land. another bit that caught my attention for being badly done was the part where they met santa, it just didnt seem like a part of the world and i was very aware it was done in a studio if that makes sense.
- paraselene0
kuz, before you go making accusations of fundamentalism at c.s. lewis, i recommend you watch shadowlands and read the screwtape letters.
and what isn't a fucking christ allegory or hero's journey? you're gonna have to renounce star wars as well.
and chuck out your t.s. eliot while you're at it!
- normal0
Regardless of the morality tale it was a cack-handed pile of crap that film. I'm sure the kids will love it though. But as far as the concept of these human children coming into narnia and taking over the place (mans dominion over animals) yeah great job animals way to sell yourself down the river. The witch had it right, kill the kids cause she knew that someday they'd fuck up the whole ecosystem. They were causing global warming just by their mere presence.
- Pak-Man0
i 'ave seen shadowlands para, not anti CS Lewis, though he made a big impact on the Christian Apologetics movement (goes down in my estimation, despite being the nice cuddly troubled man that he was).
And yeah i know the heros arc and the whole Manichean good v evil format of story telling is as old as time and tide
BUT, do you know the story? I dont' want to spoil it for you if you don't, so in case you have, i'll point out the next bit so you have to scroll
When the kids arrive in Narnia, all the creatures that dwell there are awaiting the return of Aslan, this mysterious figure who will banish winter in the land. Aslan is the messiah. Then Aslan returns, but, in order to save the world, he has to sacrifice his life on this stone plinth thing. But no, he is then resurrected after he dies in order to complete the final battle. I think that is a bit close to the Christian story than the normal heros journey malarky.
Moreover, throught the story the kids are reffered to as "sons of Adam, daughters of Eve." Constantly and throughout. You can fuck off with that shit for starters!
- Pak-Man0
haha normal!
that's awesome what you just posted!
- fifty500
When I was in grade 7, some kids at my school did a Narnia play on stage one day. We were pulled out of class and sat in the auditorium to watch this crap. One of the loner/nerd/freak kids had to play the lion, and when his time came to hit the stage he stood there with the most obvious erection ever seen on stage. Everybody was laughing at the poor guy, and the lion outfit made it possibly even more embarassing but he took it in stride and played out the scene. Much respect to the poor fellow for actually pulling it off instead of running home to mommy that day. It was still pretty hilarious though.
- soda0
there was this article in the guardian the other day:
http://books.guardian.co.uk/depa…
and in all honesty I think it's a bit overboard.
We all read the books when we were kids, it didn't turn us into raving christian nut nuts did it?
Same goes for Lord of the Rings. At worst it will install kids with a sense of morality, I have no problem with that.
Lets face it, most kids in britain have no idea what easter is about let alone the metaphor for Aslam as Jesus.
The more noise people make about it the more attention will be given to that part of the content.
If the film makers have upped the christian content in it (I don't know as I haven't seen it) then they want the attention and coverage.
- soda0
fifty50, that has to be the greatest childhood story ever.
Aslam, king of the beasts...
- ********0
Much respect to the poor fellow for actually pulling it off...
fifty50
(Dec 9 05, 03:22)That's some play.