#76
Posted: 12/11/05 at 11:59pm
Can't wait to see it!
Narnia movie: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — Page 4
#77
Posted: 12/12/05 at 12:13am
It was just ok for me. There were some nice moments, but there were some boring moments. And there were definitely some cheesy/cliched moments.
I definitely think kids will love it, and Tilda Swinton deserves greater glory, and hopefully this film will indeed deliver it for her. I just wish her scenes had been edited a little better--some moments came off badly for me--and I know it's not her acting ability.
I definitely think kids will love it, and Tilda Swinton deserves greater glory, and hopefully this film will indeed deliver it for her. I just wish her scenes had been edited a little better--some moments came off badly for me--and I know it's not her acting ability.
#78
Posted: 12/12/05 at 1:27am
It was very charming at the beginning, but too long and (eventually) too full of itself (just a little too much "Star Wars"-type pop mysticism). Loved Dawn French as Mrs. Beaver, though...
Frankly, I think I will always remember the animated cartoon version more fondly.
Frankly, I think I will always remember the animated cartoon version more fondly.
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."
#79
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:01pm
On the whole I liked it very much. The girl who played Susan needs some acting lessons I don't remember Susan being SUCH a wet blanket. Peter was good and will improve as he grows up, Lucy was pretty much spot on and well Edward. They tried but they really didn't devlelop the character enough to show him going form "a poisonous little beast" to the clever warrior who is willing to sacrifice his safety for a military end. Tilda was remarkable as were her costumes! I was also pleased w Tumnus. It could have been a bit dodgy w a female child going off w a "friendly" faun but the actor made it work. I actually was excited almost to tears when Peter cried "For Narnia And Aslan" Very Henry IV. I also liked the bombing sequence @ the begining & its echo w the gryphons later. It could improve but now that they've established the characters in the Narnia universe, I think Prince Caspian will really develop.
(P.S. The Christian elements were very well intigrated nothing to overt- not unlike the books!)
(P.S. The Christian elements were very well intigrated nothing to overt- not unlike the books!)
#80
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:11pm
One review of Tilda commented on her wearing "a succession of costumes seemingly upholstered rather than tailored".
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#81
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:20pm
I thought she was brilliant. And I wanted to eat the little girl playing Lucy. So adorable.
#82
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:27pm
It's too bad the White Witch doesn't make an appearance in any of the other books.
The girl who played Susan needs some acting lessons I don't remember Susan being SUCH a wet blanket.
Susan always seemed like the party pooper to me. Isn't she the one who doesn't return in THE LAST BATTLE because she doesn't remember anything of Narnia and feels she's too old to indulge in children's play?
The girl who played Susan needs some acting lessons I don't remember Susan being SUCH a wet blanket.
Susan always seemed like the party pooper to me. Isn't she the one who doesn't return in THE LAST BATTLE because she doesn't remember anything of Narnia and feels she's too old to indulge in children's play?
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#83
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:30pm
I did wonder when someone said on here that Swinton was signed for more of the franchise how that was going to work.......
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#84
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:36pm
Ooh, careful, BlueWizard. Because the part I always remembered was that Susan couldn't go back because she got interested in lipstick and pantyhose. We're both right, but even when I was 10 my latent feminist got offended by that. I'm going to get my hands on Neil Gaiman's "The Problem of Susan" once I get back to the States.
#85
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:39pm
I hate Susan, but I had an ultra crush on the girl that played her when I was in the play in High School, so I tend to be nicer about her than I once was.
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
#86
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:58pm
Ooh, careful, BlueWizard. Because the part I always remembered was that Susan couldn't go back because she got interested in lipstick and pantyhose.
Exactly -- she traded imagination for MAC cosmetics. My friend says jokes that Susan represents atheism, and she'll be rejected at the gates of New Narnia for it.
Exactly -- she traded imagination for MAC cosmetics. My friend says jokes that Susan represents atheism, and she'll be rejected at the gates of New Narnia for it.
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HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
#87
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:01pm
I always saw it as a loss of innocence. You grow up, you get interested in sex, and you "fall". I get exactly why Philip Pullman wrote a whole trilogy to rail against that attitude.
#88
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:03pm
It was certainly about the stupid "fall"= "sex" nonsense.
It has always been strange to me that the "Narnia Theology" is actually MORE conservative than Lewis' purely theological work.
It has always been strange to me that the "Narnia Theology" is actually MORE conservative than Lewis' purely theological work.
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
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#89
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:20pm
I really liked this movie. The look of the movie was great, as were the visual effects. Many scenes were exactly as I had imagined them. The kids were all very good, and so was Liam Neeson as Aslan, but Tilda Swinton and James McAvoy stood out.
#90
Posted: 12/12/05 at 4:47pm
It's funny, next spring at college, our musical will be "Narnia" and I can't wait. I would KILL to be the White Witch, but as we have a shortege of men auditioning, I'll more then likely be one of the boys (Peter or Edmund}. I would love to be Edmund, come to think of it. Yes, I would like to play the brat/traiter/then forgiven Edmund.
LOVE THE BOOKS!!!
LOVE THE BOOKS!!!
As someone told me lately: "Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly!"...
He's there, the Phantom of the Opera!...
I dreamed a dream in time gone bye...
This is the moment! My final test!...
PS. Couldn't choose just one :-)
#91
Posted: 12/12/05 at 6:25pm
In the Christian allegory part of the book I saw Susan as one who has committed the sin of "gaining the whole world and lose(ing) his soul". trading the material world for the spiritual one.( "She's spent her whole life trying to get to this age and now she'll spend the rest of it trying to stay @ this age!") That being said- The Last Battle was a real mish mosh couldn't tell where he was going Lewis got so muddled w the idolators and such. Good luck adapting that!!
#92
Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:56pm
It's too bad the White Witch doesn't make an appearance in any of the other books.
Actually, the White Witch is a prominent character in The Magician's Nephew, which is chronologically a prequel to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. That book explains how she first got to Narnia from her own world, by way of London. So if a film adaptation of the book is made, we could see Tilda Swinton kick ass once again!
Actually, the White Witch is a prominent character in The Magician's Nephew, which is chronologically a prequel to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. That book explains how she first got to Narnia from her own world, by way of London. So if a film adaptation of the book is made, we could see Tilda Swinton kick ass once again!
#93
Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:58pm
Phew. But that's only one more film, so did the person reporting she was signed up for 3 more films get it wrong?
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#94
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:02pm
Unless she's playing the witch in The Silver Chair, too (and that's a different witch), I don't see how it can be true.
#95
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:08pm
Maybe she is. Had I been Adamson, I would have had fun and had Tilda play Mrs Macready too.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#96
Posted: 12/13/05 at 2:39pm
I got chills when Aslan killed the White Witch and said, "It is finished"--the last words Jesus spoke on the cross before giving up His spirit.
And as far as the "Christians don't embrace magic stuff like Harry Potter", I have to disagree. I actually can't think of a single Christian I know who is 'against' Harry Potter because of the magic.
And as far as the "Christians don't embrace magic stuff like Harry Potter", I have to disagree. I actually can't think of a single Christian I know who is 'against' Harry Potter because of the magic.
#97
Posted: 12/13/05 at 2:45pm
Loved it.
Couple of pacing issues (a few too many wide eyed wonder shots of the kids and a few of the early scenes were a hair too long) but this was pretty much everything I could have hoped for in a movie version of the book. Perfectly cast. Tilda Swinton was mesmerizing. Truly.
Couple of pacing issues (a few too many wide eyed wonder shots of the kids and a few of the early scenes were a hair too long) but this was pretty much everything I could have hoped for in a movie version of the book. Perfectly cast. Tilda Swinton was mesmerizing. Truly.
#98
Posted: 12/18/05 at 1:18am
I saw this tonight.
I didn't care for it at all.
I really enjoyed the first 45 minutes or so, but then it just all went downhill for me.
The visual effects are the worst in recent memory - there were scenes where they should have just left the green screen behind them instead of filling it in - it was still that obvious. There were entire "computer animated" parts that just looked stupid. It looked like NARNIA trying to be LORD OF THE RINGS on a budget.
The Ice Queen (or whatever's) animals looked like slightly better versions of the bad guys from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV show. The kids were all terrible (except for Lucy.) They were all bland and couldn't act their way out of a bag. Where did they find those kids?
Swinton was fine. Nothing like I've been hearing. This material doesn't really lend itself to acting, though.
I was interested enough at some points, but at the end I was bored out of my mind just waiting for it to end.
I truly felt ripped off by the "Special effects" - it was also obvious that this was a Disney movie. This story would have more potential if it were told in a darker, more realistic setting. There were multitudes of cliche'd shots and images - especially during the battle sequence - and the experience wasn't really salvagable for me.
* 1/2 out of ****
I didn't care for it at all.
I really enjoyed the first 45 minutes or so, but then it just all went downhill for me.
The visual effects are the worst in recent memory - there were scenes where they should have just left the green screen behind them instead of filling it in - it was still that obvious. There were entire "computer animated" parts that just looked stupid. It looked like NARNIA trying to be LORD OF THE RINGS on a budget.
The Ice Queen (or whatever's) animals looked like slightly better versions of the bad guys from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV show. The kids were all terrible (except for Lucy.) They were all bland and couldn't act their way out of a bag. Where did they find those kids?
Swinton was fine. Nothing like I've been hearing. This material doesn't really lend itself to acting, though.
I was interested enough at some points, but at the end I was bored out of my mind just waiting for it to end.
I truly felt ripped off by the "Special effects" - it was also obvious that this was a Disney movie. This story would have more potential if it were told in a darker, more realistic setting. There were multitudes of cliche'd shots and images - especially during the battle sequence - and the experience wasn't really salvagable for me.
* 1/2 out of ****
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#99
Posted: 12/18/05 at 1:27am
"I actually can't think of a single Christian I know who is 'against' Harry Potter because of the magic."
Just for a different perspective, we have neighbors that won't let their children play with other neighbor's children specifically because they read 'those Satanic Harry Potter novels'. And it has everything to do with the 'magic' - which they see as a sign of the devil.
Just for a different perspective, we have neighbors that won't let their children play with other neighbor's children specifically because they read 'those Satanic Harry Potter novels'. And it has everything to do with the 'magic' - which they see as a sign of the devil.
#100
Posted: 12/18/05 at 6:39am
I won't argue that the special effects are pretty bland( except the ice floe bit) but they got so many other things right I'll cut them some slack. Tilda was very restrained she coulda really chewed the scenery w some of her scenes but she went for the less is more and it worked. ( I do agree that the menace was turned down a bit for family consumption)
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