The Chronicles of Narnia

[Angelick Witch]

Originally Posted by Moony

Is The Amber Sypglass in that series? I remember really liking that book.

I recently (ok, like two years ago) re-read the Narnia books. They are atrocious. I can't believe I ever liked them.

Yeah, The Amber Spyglass is the third one in the trilogy. How did it make _any_ sense to you if you didn't read the other two? Or did you? They're Nothern Lights and The Subtle Knife.

Yeah, I'll probably think they're awful when I re-read them. I'm going to soon, I think, I love picking movies that are based on books apart after reading the book. That happened to me with Enid Blyton books. When I was about seven I read nothing but, and the one day, I'm like "She's sexist! And racist! And a complete nutter!"

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[mylittledemon]

Ok I've just seen this movie...and I'm a HUGE fan of the books...always have been. I wasn't blown away but I wasn't gravely disappointed either. I'll give it 3 stars (outta 5). The movie seemed...rushed. There was no history given behind the characters. Granted the book is short, but I think for the movie, history needs to be there to have a "grander" feel. It's well worth seeing...but nowhere near the way I felt after seeing Lord of the Rings. I'm anxious to see what they do with the other "Narnia" books.

[Keith]

on Sunday, and I did enjoy it. The faun and Lucy were my favorites. And the white witch was so delightfully wicked and evil. Move over wicked witch of the west.

However, I agree with mylittledemon that it seemed quite rush. I guess they were trying to avoid a 3 hour movie, although it worked for the Lord of the Rings. I liked it, but wanted a little more.

Still worth the $7.50 early bird special admission, but not the $8 for a cherry coke and a small bag of m&ms.

[macmar71]

Something exquisite! The scenery and the soundtrack are A+++

[UnwindedDreams]

I saw it first day and I think Tilda Swinton should receive an oscar for her performance!

[CreepingDeath]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Ok I've just seen this movie...and I'm a HUGE fan of the books...always have been. I wasn't blown away but I wasn't gravely disappointed either. I'll give it 3 stars (outta 5). The movie seemed...rushed. There was no history given behind the characters. Granted the book is short, but I think for the movie, history needs to be there to have a "grander" feel. It's well worth seeing...but nowhere near the way I felt after seeing Lord of the Rings. I'm anxious to see what they do with the other "Narnia" books.

I agree that there should have been more history. I went with my brothers, who haven't read the books, and they said there wasn't enough character detail. I liked it for the most part though and thought it was pretty true to the book. Tilda Swinton was just deliciously evil too.

The next book they're doing is Prince Caspian (the only other one with all four Pevensie's.) Should be interesting.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

I saw it first day and I think Tilda Swinton should receive an oscar for her performance!

By my estimation, Tilda should have won Academy Award's a few times over already. The fact that she's never even been nominated is a crying shame.