Just Saw "Narnia"...it Sucked

n/a | 12-27-05 | Bob J

[mylife]

Happy Birthday!

[Paved Paradise]

I wasn't a big fan either. I am not that into fantasy and never read Tolkien. I did enjoy the movies mostly for their cinematic and artistic efforts - which were excellent. I guess it's one thing to read a series of books vs. having to wait 2-3 years to watch a series of movies. I felt that way about Star Wars as well though I loved the last one, Revenge of the Sith.

[Little Ray]

No offense, but you're full of it.
The movie was great. I was less than sympathetic to Edmund (thought he needed his ears boxed, not sympathy) but the movie was great.

[theFIRMbss]

>Correction... 1st Peter 5:8...Revelation 6:16...2nd Timothy 4:1-4 ... Hebrews 1:1-9

Everywhere is
Freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies
Tell me where is sanity

Tax the rich
Feed the poor
Till there are no
rich no more

I’d love to change the world
But I don’t know what to do
So I’ll leave it up to you

Population
Keeps on breeding
Nation bleeding
Still more feeding
E-con-o-my
Life is funny
Skies are sunny
Bees make honey
Who needs money
Mon-o-po-ly

I’d love to change the world
But I don’t know what to do
So I’ll leave it up to you

World pollution
There’s no solution
Institution
Electrocution
Just black and white
Rich or poor
Them and us
Stop the war

I’d love to change the world
But I don’t know what to do
So I’ll leave it up to you

[Rebelbase]

"one would expect fantasy characters in a fantasy movie"

Dorothy and Alice would disagree with you, but on a more serious note, did you sleep through the Elves, Santa Claus, Mr. Thomas the goatman, talking lion, winter witch, talking beavers, talking fox, talking wolves, and assorted demon creatures of greek mythology appearance, not to mention that it had been winter for over 100 years?

[far sider]

You must be projecting how you feel about Lewis and Tolkein. Lewis was more successful than Tolkein in his day. Lewis was even on the cover of Time magazine. I don't believe Tolkein was.

[Paved Paradise]

You know what? There is a lot of truth in what you're saying. Many of the bigwigs in Hollywood (writers, and so on) are gay so there's a very distinct bias. It's disgusting. Oh, I wish we could bring back Frank Capra and the others like him.

[devane617]

"Projecting"? No. Just stating what I have gleaned from reading about CS's life. He seemed to look up to JRR from what I read.

[Bob J]

Huh? I have no idea what you're talking about.

The movie spent too much time on scenes and characters that although might have been important in the books added nothing to the movie (the first 30 minutes) and not enough on character development and the relationships between them.

[theFIRMbss]

>That the technical advances finally made the movie possible

The only image
of that AWFUL trilogy
that's still in my mind

is the stupid scene
where Orlando Bloom crowd surfs
during some battle . . .

[Huck]

What about the beavers? are they in the movie a lot or a little?

[Bob J]

A lot in the middle not much in the end. They are quite effective and endearing.

[Wicket]

I love the Narnia books and was slightly disappointed at the movie, but for different reasons than yours.

First of all, you have to watch it with a child-like suspension of disbelief - beavers don't talk, you can't walk through a wardrobe into a new land, etc.

It is helpful to look at it with the eyes of a Christian as well. There is a lot of Christian theology contained within it, as others have pointed out. The most basic include that we live in what can be a very difficult and dangerous world, which is not the only world; that there is such a thing as good and evil/truth and lie, and we must choose; that evil can sometimes be seductive; that our choices can have ugly and sometimes unintentional consequences; that there are battles to be fought and we are not particularly well qualified to do so; and that there is an overarching intentionality or plan to what happens in our lives and in the world that is not always clear.

Some aspects of those concepts were visible in Narnia - some done better than others.

Best stuff, IMHO, include the computer generated Aslan - loved when he roared at the witch and how he looked and moved - the voicing was pretty good too, the innocence and wonder of Lucy, the beauty of Narnia even in the snow, Mr. Tumnus and the beavers as characters and as computerized image, Edward's changes in personality as the movie progressed. Less well done - the music, the battle scene, Peter's sidekick in the battle (who was completely empty of characterization in my view).

On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give it a 7.5 - particularly in its relative faithfulness to the book, mixed but better than average computer imagery, and the underlying Christian worldview.

[ElkGroveDan]

Thanks. King Kong was AWESOME!!! I thought it was excellent... Anyone see The Producers?

I liked One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, and the Hitcher was really scary.

[maestro]

1st Timothy 2:5-15

Maranatha.....narnia's Lion is the British Lion.....1st Peter 5:8....

Hey,...Brits.....take the picture of Charles Darwin off your-666-money!

1st Peter 5:8

[Diddle E. Squat]

Take heart, there's a great story in the Bible about a bunch of kids teasing a prophet. He warns them to stop and when they don't he orders a she bear out of the woods who kills and eats them. Great story. Warms my heart every time I read it.

That reminds me of one of the funnier threads on FR:

Scared of Santa photo gallery

[B-Chan]

You have the right to your opinion, of course. I disagree strenuously with your opinion of the Narnia film (I thought it the best movie I'd seen in years), but I'm not going to ry to argue you into agreeing with me.

There's no accounting for taste. If you don't like a film with heroic characters, visual spectacle, and a matchless moral, then all the words in the world aren't going to make you like them. Some people don't like lobster, either.

I do feel sorry for you, though.

[cake_crumb]

Interesting rant. Of course, not many people KNOW it closely follows the book, which has been out for decades, but...well, to each his own. I liked it...but then, I read the BOOKS. (it's a trilogy)

[Restorer]

a genre defined by the hero being the most unlikely of characters drawn by destiny into a conflict that he did not start, but is destined to end.

Who was ever a less likely hero than the carpenter of Nazareth? And he really did save the world.

[Xenalyte]

Thank you! Only 2½ hours until paella time!