The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe

[Zoltack]

Yeah like Miracle, that was a hella good movie and it was PG. You're talking to a guy who likes Bambi here. C'mon!

[MickeyMousePal]

Wow, If this movie doesn't make it to number one in the box office for Disney I don't know what other movie will (besides Chicken Little).

[Escapay]

I've only read 3 of the Narnia books (Lion Witch Wardrobe, Magician's Nephew, and Last Battle). I tried reading the others (Horse and his Boy, Prince Caspian, Dawn Treader, Silver Chair), but they were rather boring for me.

I think that the battle will definitely be the money shot in this film. It's a very climactic scene not just for the movie, but for the story as well, as it's the deciding factor as to which side will win. Since it's a PG film, I'm sure the battle will be a lot of action, but no blood, no beheadings, no gratuitious violence. It's a part of the story, but not the big part.

Escapay

[PatrickvD]

As for the movie, I'm definetely interested in seeing it, but I kinda hoped would get Disney's 2nd PG-13 rating, just so teenagers don't say, "Oh this is PG, I don't want to see it, lets see a PG-13 one instead!":roll:

Any teenager who won't see a movie because it's rated PG deserves to miss out on great things.

couldn't agree more

[Siren]

I've been pegging to see this movie since I saw the first making-of's on Yahoo Movies about 2 years ago!!!

[Zoltack]

I've been pegging to see this movie since I saw the first making-of's on Yahoo Movies about 2 years ago!!!

Yeah, I've been "pegging" too.
I just can't wait until this movie comes out!!! It seems like it would be just as exciting as LOTR except without all the violence.

[I am the Doctor]

TM2-Megatron wrote

I wish they'd considered making The Magician's Nephew a movie first. Although not written first, it does take place before all the other stories and it was one of the more interesting books in the series, as it played with the idea of a Multiverse and parallel universes.

I don't necessarily think this is a problem since Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was written first. I read the books under the old numbering system, with Magician's Nephew being the sixth book, and I thought it worked very well. I'm not necessarily a fan of the new numbering system, with MN being first, followed by LWW, etc.

However, my biggest concern (assuming that LWW is a hit and sequels are green-lit) is that Disney and Walden won't make all 7 books into films. The BBC did this, only making LWW, Prince Caspian, Voyage of the Dawn Treader and Silver Chair. I was rather disappointed that the other three Narnia books weren't made, especially my favorite of the series: The Last Battle.

[TM2-Megatron]

I don't necessarily think this is a problem since Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was written first. I read the books under the old numbering system, with Magician's Nephew being the sixth book, and I thought it worked very well. I'm not necessarily a fan of the new numbering system, with MN being first, followed by LWW, etc.

No, the issue of casual viewes being able to follow the story's continuity wasn't really the reason I posted that. It's just I found "The Magician's Nephew" a more enjoyable book.

However, my biggest concern (assuming that LWW is a hit and sequels are green-lit) is that Disney and Walden won't make all 7 books into films. The BBC did this, only making LWW, Prince Caspian, Voyage of the Dawn Treader and Silver Chair. I was rather disappointed that the other three Narnia books weren't made, especially my favorite of the series: The Last Battle.

I can see why the BBC decided not to do "The Horse & His Boy", as it really doesn't have anything to do with the main story, or even the usual characters (outside of a few appearences by the 4 kids from the upcoming movie as adults, during thier rule of Narnia). Leaving out "The Final Battle", though, didn't make any sense to me, as it was one of the better books; kind of crucial to the story as well.

[Loomis]

Ministry is offering free 'Narnia' tickets

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635164048,00.html

"A local evangelical Christian ministry is joining scores of other like-minded Christian groups who are looking to get moviegoers talking about faith during the Christmas season."

[2099net]

I can see why the BBC decided not to do "The Horse & His Boy", as it really doesn't have anything to do with the main story, or even the usual characters (outside of a few appearences by the 4 kids from the upcoming movie as adults, during thier rule of Narnia). Leaving out "The Final Battle", though, didn't make any sense to me, as it was one of the better books; kind of crucial to the story as well.

Well, you don't know the BBC. I'll give you a clue. Epic battles vs BBC budget. Which wins?

[Wonderlicious]

Well, you don't know the BBC. I'll give you a clue. Epic battles vs BBC budget. Which wins?

Well, what about Hanna Barbera looking animated battles pasted over live action settings? With people dressed in giant squirrel costumes if needed.

[2099net]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds26784.html

Lewis disapproved of 'Narnia' films

A letter by C.S. Lewis has come to light in which in he stated that attempts to adapt his Narnia books for the screen would result in "buffoonery".

The correspondence, which has now been published on literary website Nthposition, was sent by Lewis to Lance Sieveking, who had produced a BBC radio version of Lewis' The Magician's Nephew.

Although the author approved of the radio adaptation, he declared that he was '"absolutely opposed" to live-action screen version. He wrote: "Anthropomorphic animals, when taken out of narrative into actual visibility, always turn into buffoonery or nightmare.

"Cartoons (if only Disney did not combine so much vulgarity with his genius!) would be another matter."

Despite its creator's misgivings, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe enjoyed a BBC screen adaptation in 1988. The upcoming movie version will be released on December 9.

Oh dear. I'm glad he never saw the BBC version. And what's with the Disney hatin' ?

[Luke]

What does that Lewis guy know anyway? He wrote books, not movies. Leave the movie-making and book-adapting to people who make their livings that way, C.S.!



Actually, that's an interesting find. Though I think if he were alive to see the advances made in anthropomorphic animal imagery, he wouldn't label it buffoonery. And the vulgarity resides at DreamWorks, C.S. Get with the program, dude.

[marlan]

The producers of Narnia wanted to use kantele music in the movie and asked for it from a Finnish musician (who happens to be a friend of mine). So, the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat published his interview yesterday. The Finnish contribution to the movie was the main point there.

Here's Timo's Web page: http://www.timo.vaananen.net/.

The newspaper headlines are here: http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/uutiset/ ... 1981796728 (Finnish only).

I have gone to cinema quite a few times recently and have seen the trailers for Narnia several times. Did they use some music from Treasure Planet in one of the trailers? One sequence sounded very familiar. I think James Newton Howard's scores for the three Disney movies Dinosaur, Atlantis and Treasure Planet are among the best animated film scores ever.

(The score for Narnia is written by Harry Gregson-Williams.)

[yankees]

I have never read a C.S. Lewis book before but i hear he is a great writtter

Narnia looks fantastic and ill try and see it opening day

I started the first Narnia book its really good sofar

do u think the movie will kindof of do what lord of the rings 1 did and give background on the first book before the movie starts??

and are pirates of the carribbena 2 and Car Trailer gonna be in it??
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[PatrickvD]

What does that Lewis guy know anyway? He wrote books, not movies. Leave the movie-making and book-adapting to people who make their livings that way, C.S.!



Actually, that's an interesting find. Though I think if he were alive to see the advances made in anthropomorphic animal imagery, he wouldn't label it buffoonery. And the vulgarity resides at DreamWorks, C.S. Get with the program, dude.

yeah, Dreamworks and Nickelodeon were obviously not around when he was alive. If he find Disney vulgar, the new age of fart jokes would drive him to insanity

[PixarFan]

I have never read a C.S. Lewis book before but i hear he is a great writtter

Narnia looks fantastic and ill try and see it opening day

I started the first Narnia book its really good sofar

do u think the movie will kindof of do what lord of the rings 1 did and give background on the first book before the movie starts??

and are pirates of the carribbena 2 and Car Trailer gonna be in it??

I kinda doubt there will be a "prologue" opening for Narnia. But I'm sure that a lot of "history of Narnia" stuff will be explained throughout the movie, especially in the beaver dam scene.

I hope there's a Pirates 2 and Cars preview before this movie, but who knows?

I am so excited for this! Eight more days!

[2099net]

Well, the first UK review I've seen printed (although all the papers will have reviews today, which I haven't seen) is in Total Film, who give it a rather tepid 3 out of 5 stars (so 6 out of 10).

This is the same as they give Valiant in the month's DVD review, and also the same as they gave Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. So what do they know? Still, it will be interesting to see how it pans out over the coming week.

[Paka]

Hmm... yeah, I saw that article a couple days ago via IMDb. The "vulgarity" comment is rather ambiguous, as vulgar doesn't necessarily mean "offensive" or "distasteful." It can also be used to signify "common" or "banal" - which Disney's sugary retellings of darker classic children's literature could certainly be seen as.

[PatrickvD]

Its Rotten Tomatoes score currently stands at a very early 67%. Personally I'm not gonna be surprised if this film does poorly with critics. It's Disney... critics hate Disney.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chronic ... _wardrobe/