Astrotoy7 Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 If I were straight.... Id go for Christopher Lee over Peter Cushing anyday. XP drats ! youre not straight *puts away diamond ring* Lee and Cushing were teh sex back in the 50s-60s Hammer Studios says In the latter part of their careers, I can imagine them wearing depends pads, which are NOT sexy mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDJOHNNYMIKE Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 @Astro, you haven't read many of Ashley's posts, have you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Char Ell Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 I think I was 11 or 12 when I read "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" but I haven't read it since. I saw the movie last night and although I remembered the general story there were a few things in the movie that didn't seem in line with my vague recollections of the book. Thanks to spinkle though for the exhaustive comparison of differences the movie had from the book! Going in I thought the movie had the potential to be a real winner. I thought the child actors were well cast and quite good. The CGI was excellent as well and seemed to me to be well integrated with the live actors. But at the end of the movie I felt the story had too many gaps, too many hazy points that made the plot rather clunky and detracted from my movie experience. And the way "Peter" kept drawing his sword and holding it but not doing anything with it. I was experiencing serious cheese effect during those sequences. So I would rank the movie about an 8 out of 10. Oh yeah, and I did like the song Alanis Morrisette was singing during the closing credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinkle Posted December 18, 2005 Author Share Posted December 18, 2005 @RJM, I have a very visual memory, and seeing the movie twice helped a lot. @hai wan, my pleasure compiling the list, I was very curious about it myself since it had been so long sind I'd read the books either. the peter-draws-his-sword-but-does-nothing thing kind of bothered me, but his salute to aslan at the camp at the stone table is specifically mentioned in the book, so i'm glad they included it. @astro...that depends line made me rofl =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastila Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I got a question, about the ending, if they went back to Narnia would they be kids again or adults?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I liked the film, but how can something that has such fantastic amimated characters have some scenes that are so obviously blue screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinkle Posted December 22, 2005 Author Share Posted December 22, 2005 I got a question, about the ending, if they went back to Narnia would they be kids again or adults?? In Prince Caspian (the second book of the series), the four Pevensies return to Narnia and are their normal ages, not the age they were when they were last in Narnia. @Prime, isn't that the case with almost all movies that utilize the technology? =\ Can't imagine bluescreen acting is as easy as it appears. It was enough for suspension of disbelief for me, and that's enough =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 @Prime, isn't that the case with almost all movies that utilize the technology? =\ Can't imagine bluescreen acting is as easy as it appears. It was enough for suspension of disbelief for me, and that's enough =)No, no. I'm not talking about the acting. The acting was fine. I just mean that there were several scenes where the lighting or whatever just didn't look right and the actors were obviously standing in front of a blue sceen. And yet, things like the animated animals were so convincing. Nothing serious, it just strikes me as odd that there would be such inconsistency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastila Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 No, no. I'm not talking about the acting. The acting was fine. I just mean that there were several scenes where the lighting or whatever just didn't look right and the actors were obviously standing in front of a blue sceen. And yet, things like the animated animals were so convincing. Nothing serious, it just strikes me as odd that there would be such inconsistency. The bit when there on the mountain and look at the stone tabel from there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Smaug Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 I finally got to see it tonight. I think it was great! I'm interesting in reading the books about it now. But are all the books mixed together in one movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinkle Posted December 29, 2005 Author Share Posted December 29, 2005 I finally got to see it tonight. I think it was great! I'm interesting in reading the books about it now. But are all the books mixed together in one movie? Nope, this movie covers just the first book of the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Smaug Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Think there gonna be movies of all the books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinkle Posted December 29, 2005 Author Share Posted December 29, 2005 Think there gonna be movies of all the books? I think Prince Caspian (the second book) is very likely to come out. From what I understand it's already in the planning stages and its fate is only dependent upon the performance of LWW. I'd love to see the whole series done, but there's a long way to go and LWW was the most popular and well-known book of the series, which weighs against the likelihood that all of them will be released. Can always hope, tho =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Smaug Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 I think Prince Caspian (the second book) is very likely to come out. From what I understand it's already in the planning stages and its fate is only dependent upon the performance of LWW. I'd love to see the whole series done, but there's a long way to go and LWW was the most popular and well-known book of the series, which weighs against the likelihood that all of them will be released. Can always hope, tho =) I just read on a dutch site that they where planning ONLY to make The Lion,The Witch and The Wardrobe. Let's just hope it's rubbish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 I haven't seen the movie, but I loved the book. It's the only one of the series I've read, unfortunately. I will probably wait until it's released and rent it instead of seeing it in thatres. I'd recommend seeing it on the big screen if you can--watching this one on TV is kind of like watching any of the SW films on TV. Some things are just better on the big screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_H Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Saw the movie this past Friday and it was better than I thought. I too look forward to another movie and to eventually read the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 saw it a couple of days ago. Interesting I really enjoyed it, plus Cate Blanchett is so damn sexy in any role she does Overall pretty faithful to the book.... not sure if they'll ever be able to do all 7 though.... mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Hell yes dead sexy lol.......but hes no Christopher Lee, now that man screams do me now lol. Dead, certainly I thought the film was a good adaptation, though Disney were up to their usual "how schmaltzy can we make it?" deal. The book is quite twee in itself, and then Disney added some extra tweeness, coupled with awful film techniques (slowing parts down, silencing bits of the battle), meant that in parts it descended into self-parody. Generally it was okay, but it was annoying in places. Oh, and the music was crap. Definitely not a patch on the Lord of the Rings trilogy - they are epic, this is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinkle Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 saw it a couple of days ago. Interesting I really enjoyed it, plus Cate Blanchett is so damn sexy in any role she does um...Cate Blanchett isn't in it... (the White Witch is Tilda Swinton) @Insidious, wtf does "twee" mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaelastraz Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Ive seen this film too, and i have to admit that i'am really disappointed! Here's why: -the actors:In Narnia every single child is totally unsympathetic. I dont know if that is because the actors are bad. But for me it is pain to watch such morons (at least for me) for more than 1 hour. Their characters are just so exaggerated. The "evil" little boy, the know-it-all-better girl and the oh-iam-so-mature boy. The little girl is well played but apart from that almost all the actors suck. -The plot: ok, this is based on a novel for children, but i assumed that the story will be very entertaining and thrilling but no.. it takes more than 30 minutes to even GET to Narnia. At once everybody is in, Narnia isnt that impressive. I got the impression that almost noone lives in Narnia. the only real good and impressive feature in this film was the cg stuff, Aslan and those wolves were really nice and extremely realistic. But if there will be a sequel iam sure i wont waste my money again :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 @spinkle Clicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_H Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Dead, certainly I thought the film was a good adaptation, though Disney were up to their usual "how schmaltzy can we make it?" deal. The book is quite twee in itself, and then Disney added some extra tweeness, coupled with awful film techniques (slowing parts down, silencing bits of the battle), meant that in parts it descended into self-parody. Generally it was okay, but it was annoying in places. Oh, and the music was crap. Definitely not a patch on the Lord of the Rings trilogy - they are epic, this is good I thought the music was ok, sure not as good as the LOTR movies but not crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 um...Cate Blanchett isn't in it... (the White Witch is Tilda Swinton) lolz.... Im always getting them two mixed up mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 I thought the music was ok, sure not as good as the LOTR movies but not crap. I felt it tried too hard, personally... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90SK Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 I saw it twice during last week. The second time I was going to see Syriana with my dad, but it went all wrong, so I ended up seeing Narnia again. I liked it. I still prefer the LotR series, though it's really difficult to compare two good similar movies. It's like comparing Star Wars to Serenity, or something. The biblical symbolism was a tad...blatant...but it didn't really bother me. My only gripes were with the kids: they did the whole "zero to hero" bit a tad to swiftly for it to be believable. I mean, they made leading an army to war look like a total walk in the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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