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07-21-2008, 11:39 PM | #41 |
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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 | #44 |
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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 | #45 |
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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 | #46 |
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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 | #47 |
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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 | #50 |
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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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08-01-2008, 05:32 AM | #51 |
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Yes Midge is indeed correct... there is a scene between Lucy and Aslan in Prince caspian
as to hollywood, i'm not totally sure that a world-weary response oh "oh that's Hollywood" is helpful However i tend to agree that Lewis's work is far easier to translate to the silver screen close enough to the books than most others.. although, in point of fact (and ironically) the changes actually held some interest for me whilst at the cinema As to the order, i beleive this has been discussed - but essentially the Magicians nephew was written when we, the reader, had presumably at least in the majority of cases... had been already introduced to Narnia et al - the mere fact it details the start of that particular world and acts as a back-story for the wardrobe (made from wood from the seed of the apple of youth brought between the worlds) does in no way extend to American Publishers or Libraries or any others the right to not have the series read in the order and as the Author intended. ............. Lucy is of course the most innocent and faithful, but with the exception of Susan not listening to hers and letting fear get the better of hers..i am not sure this is really applicable to edmund or Peter that: "the others seem to lose thair faith in Narnia and Aslan when they weren't in Narnia " Say rather that Lucy is tested..not for faith but for the conviction to act on it... best BB Last edited by Butterbeer : 08-01-2008 at 05:33 AM. |
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And the scene is there in the movie, only with Aslan saying we don't know 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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I didn't read the book.
After I saw the movie, I thought the plot just didn't make sense, because so many of the decisions that the characters made were incomprehensible. Then I went and read the book plot summary (can't find the book at the moment) and understood why so much of the movie didn't make sense. Of course CS wouldn't leave all those plot holes .
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You know, one thing I never understood about either the BBC production or the new one is: why did they leave out the segment with Aslan riding through Narnia, reawakening all the hiding creatures? I think it's a stupendous scene.
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Works for me, but somehow I doubt either Disney or the good folk over at Walden media would have appreciated it.
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