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07-23-2008, 04:28 PM | #1 | |
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I remember I was crushed when I saw LWW. When Tumnus meets Lucy for the first time, he never said, "Goodness gracious me!" I was so waiting for it, and waiting for it... and I was so terribly let down. I am afraid it will be that way throughout the entirety of the movie-series. But I will continue to see them. It's like self-inflicted torture. I just can't help it.
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07-27-2008, 04:32 AM | #3 |
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Me likesed it. I haven't read Prince Caspian in a long time and it isn't my favourite book, so I don't know what they changed exactly. I was just glad to see that arrogant Peter got taught a lesson, which unfortunately involved the deaths of many good Narnians.
And that Edmund had wised up. *shrugs* To me the book and the film is entirely separate and I appreciate both. I really wish to see the ending of the last book and I'm looking forward to the next one in the series. I wonder where they are going to put the Magician's Nephew seen as that I thought that was the first one.
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07-27-2008, 06:31 AM | #4 |
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Me likesed it too, even with the changes.
That whole night raid where arrogant Peter was taught a lesson, was an addition, not from the book - but then, in the book Peter wasn't as arrogant. Edmund was closer to his book version than Peter was. I liked him very much! He has such a lovely dry humour in places. The Magician's Nephew was the first book chronologically - but LWW was published first, and I think it was a very good idea to start the movies with it as well. Then The Magician's Nephew can be done whenever they like - there will be new children in it, so actors' ages are not a problem. It was the 6th book to be published, maybe 6th movie could be fine as well.
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07-27-2008, 08:46 AM | #5 |
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Hehe, I just couldn't get into the character of Susan though. She annoys me. And Lucy didn't look helpless and cute enough
I'm just whining now
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07-27-2008, 05:40 PM | #6 |
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She shouldn't be all that helpless any more, should she? I've always assumed she had matured some when they went back to Narnia.
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Lucy is the one with all the faith while the others seem to lose thair faith in Narnia and Aslan when they weren't in Narnia
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07-31-2008, 05:37 PM | #9 |
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No, it's in Prince Caspian too. Lucy asks him if everything would have been alright if she'd left the others in the fir wood to follow Aslan and he says that no one is told what happens.
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Which sucks. I think we've been over this, but that just takes away whatever deity he has and just makes him some sort of superhero who doesn't know for sure that everything will be okay, but his powers give the good guys the upper hand.
The whole point of Aslan is that he is the God-figure in Narnia. There are traces of God (all-knowing, all-powerful, loving), traces of Jesus (LWW.. He died...) and even traces of the Holy Spirit (the feelings the children get when they hear his name the first time, the peace Lucy feels after hearing the albatross in the Dark Island in VDT). I love the books, and I'd LOVE movies to watch that are not simply based on the books, but ARE the books... just visually. The thing about Hollywood is that they care most about making money. However, I'm sure that Prince Caspian would have made a lot of money if they'd called it something else. It just probably made more because it was hiding behind a name that C.S. Lewis made wonderful. Andrew Adamson made it crap.... well, the movie. Not the name.
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The second objection I have against the movie - although I like it generally in spite of some serious distortions - is that it's making Peter so arrogant. It makes for more tension in the movie, of course, but unnecessarily so. In the book he isn't arrogant at all - perhaps that's not realistic, but then again these are fairytales, not psychological novels. With the medieval air there is to the Narnian world, Peter could have been left some more chivalry. "We haven't come to take your place, you know, but to put you into it." Perhaps the single line I missed most from the book. Not just because it's a great line, but because it shows the purpose of their quest. And Peter misses that purpose in the movie. Btw, what did you think of the Jadis scene? I think that was one of the better additions to the plot.
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For instance, in the movie, when Prince Caspian says he doesn't feel ready, is anyone surprised at all? He's had this stupid past King telling him how sucky of a leader he is! In the book, Peter had been only supportive of Caspian (enter your quote from the book mentioned above), so when Caspian says how unprepared he feels, it's really him struggling with self-doubt, not bad self-esteem encouraged by arrogant Peter who really should have known better. Quote:
They were just telling the movie-watcher what was going to happen and how it would be dangerous... instead of just having them fight the bad creatures and say, "They were going to call the White Witch back!" the director showed you how dire the situation could be if it actually happened. After thinking about it, that is the extra part of the movie to which I object the least. Mostly it's the arrogance of Peter, the romance of Caspian and Susan, the stripping of Aslan's deity... Actually, I object to a LOT in this movie. Hm.. I would like to call that director guy and say, Hey! You should hire some die-hard Narnia fans to look over your script and tell you what you could change to make it more like the movies. You need some people who want the movies to be exactly like the books. And you need some people who understand why it can't. But you need both! Not just one.
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And as an addition, it was very appropriate as well - Edmund knows that you don't stop and let Jadis argue with you, she's far to similar to Saruman for that - you just go straight for her. Just like he went straight for her wand in their previous encounter. He's the one who knows best not to trust her. Quote:
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I loved the movie Prince Caspian,i thought they did really good on the Telmarines.it did take a turn from the book at the part where Lucy wakes up from the dream and they added the night raid and other things but i thought it was still an awesome movie! i like it alot.
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Yep, HB. See the Letters. Aslan is is the Incarnation in Narnia. Cf. The MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW.
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Finally got around to seeing Prince Caspian on TV. Okayish movie, but not particularly impressive or successful as adaptation.
As it was my favourite book, it had something to live up to. I had heard of the bad reviews and Disney dropping the franchise, so I was prepared. But overall, it was still disappointing. The kid playing Caspian did his best. Loved his outfit. (Costumes all around were pretty good.) The exotic accent was surprising and I could almost hear countless teenage girls swooning on the first word he spoke. One of the two scenes I was looking forward to, the kids working out that the ruins were Cair Paraval, was well-done. (Man, the brilliant blue water was enchanting, that had to be filmed somewhere tropical.) The second favourite scene, the 're-awakening' of Narnia was pretty much cut alltogether, which was a big bummer. The River-god came in too aggressively for my taste as well. But at least he was in it. And the whole storm-the-castle-scene, what the hell was that good for?! Totally unnecessary. So utterly pointless, waste of film. Probably the movie's worst change. The extended scene with the White Witch wasn't that much of a successful addition either, but was pretty much saved by Edmund's brilliant quip.
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Lol! They did fine with The Little Mermaid
Well, I meant more Aslan running through etc. They could pass over that particularly bacchanalian part .
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NO, No, no, HectorB! That part should have been included because it pictures the pleasures in their proper order under Aslan and the Emperor-over-the-
Sea! People tend to forget that the pleasures are good creations and properly taken to be enjoyed by all - even the Pevensies (who are not mere children in Narnia, recall). Lewis is constantly making the point that being in the love of God one may, as St Augustine said famously, "Love God and do as you please." Screwtape bemoans that the pleasures all have to be twisted to be of any use to temptors because "He made them...and out in his presence are oceans of pleasure to be enjoyed eternally." Surely, then, to have the Lewisian picture of proper pleasures properly taken and thoroughly enjoyed should NEVER be left out! Frankly, I'm looking forward to them. And there's no point in missing a little practice here below, either: "Love God and do as you please."
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