Who here loves the movie
" The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion , The Witch, and the Wardrobe " ?
I think it’s the best
live action Disney film of this era . My favorite characters are Aslan ( points proudly to avatar 
) ,
Lucy, Mr. Fox, Mr. Tumbus , and General Otmin the Minotaur.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a
little bit of a crush on General Otmin . 
Ooh I like The Chronicles of Narnia. I only
watched it a few months ago… long after it came out on dvd because it just never really interested me. I was
very pleasantly surprised when I watched it though!
It’s rather dark for a Disney movie, dont you think?
I remember I watched it while I was reading Lord of the Flies in School and all I could think about was how each
one of them was fighting man’s internal evil. Lol. Not the best circumstances to watch the movie!
I
really liked it though. 
But you truly believe it’s the best live action during the era of Pirates of
the Caribbean? heheheh… It’s all good. Both are very very good.
I enjoyed
it . . . and I particularly liked Lucy.
I also like the fact that they are going to do
Prince Caspian in a few years. I can’t wait!
I used to enjoy the
BBC’s adaptation of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe as a kid but only until
Santa Claus appeared, at which point I’d normally turn off the TV. I think the idea behind the story is good, I
love the concept of Narnia and the character of the witch, but it’s all higgeldy-piggeldy thrown together; in my
opinion, it could be much better than it is. What really bothered me, even as a child, is the Christian
references and morality – they’re really deliberately obvious and they seem to be forced down your throat,
especially with the Judas and the resurrection.
Other novels and films manage to maintain Christian morality
without making allusions to the Bible in every other scene (like the Harry Potter series).
Well, that’s
just me!
I did see the film, and, like when I was a kid, I loved it right up until Santa Claus
appeared. It’s not even a Deux es Machina, it’s just… silly to me. But the graphics certainly looked good,
and the actors did a great job. (Plus Mr. Tumnus was a hottie! That makes a nice change to the grisly old man I
grew up with in the role! )
I love the
books, but not the film. It always annoyed me how everyone focuses on The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, when
it’s not even the best story in the series. The film wasn’t bad- it had some good actors and special effects-
but the fact that the girl who played Lucy really annoyed me from the get-go spolt it for me.
One of the other reasons I was slow to watch it was
because I heard there were a lot of Christian references. When I watched it though they weren’t so blatent to
me. It only has to be Christian references when you want to look at it that way. I think the movie has a good
story and acting… so all is good. 
I really don’t find it so
overwhelming with Christian refferences but then again I know the Bible in enough detail that some of the vaguer
allusions may pass me over as if they don’t exist at all since I overanalyse and don’t make the full
connection. But honestly I see just as many Pagan references as well as allusions to other cultures and
mythology so I see it more as a hodgepodge that Lewis threw together like Tolkein did for Lord of the Rings.
I liked it, but I didn’t buy it yet
becuase I’m holding out for the extended edition. WOO!
That’s
the only part of it that really bugs me, too. The whole use of “Son of Adam” and "Daughter of
Eve" seemed forced to me, and didn’t fit with the scale of the rest of the movie. And Father Christmas.
The whole resurrection thing didn’t bother me that much, but you have to admit that "Son of Adam, Daughter
of Eve" and Father Christmas had to have been a lot harder for the filmmakers to work with than the
resurrection of Aslan was. But then, all that is C.S. Lewis’s fault; I still think that as a movie, Narnia is
incredible. Absolutely loved the battle. 
Personally, I liked the movie a heckuva lot more than I did the
book. With Lewis’s writing style, the movie really makes you realize how epic the story can be if done
right.
Anybody seen
the other versions of this? There’s an animated one, and one that I think was done for British television. I
haven’t seen them in a while but I don’t think I liked them much.
I’ve seen it,
and it’s really not that good. There’s hardly any characterisation and the animation is definitely below
par.
Disney’s version was the best. The
BBC version was downright horrible. I know- I owned the three films at one point until I finally saw fit to
return them after seeing the new one. The LEAST they could’ve done for the first ones was keep Aslan’s mouth
moving in sync with his talking. =P
I bought the DVD last week. I loved watching it. The battle scene is by far my most favorite part. My
favorite characters are Peter and Susan.
Here’s something I saw while surfing my favorite Narnia
sites:
I added the bold part about
current deals staying in place, so there’s no confusion: Fox will now be distributing Walden Media’s future
projects, but the Narnia movies will continue to be distributed by Disney.
I really need to watch
this film again- though they did dramatize it from the book, it made it better, since the book was bad =P I like
the Last Battle better, and a Horse and His Boy, though it has little to do with Lucy and the others.
This movie rawks since it got me into Imogen Heap’s music, which rawks as well. ^___^ I saw a music
video from her on demand. ‘Goodnight and Go’. I’m on the lookout for her CD.
Out of all the Narina books, I’d have to say I like Voyage of the Dawn Treader
& Prince Caspian the most. I liked the other books, but those seem to stick out
the most . . .
I know tere will be a
sequel to this. Anybody know the film title and release date? I think it is Prince Caspian or something.
Prince
Caspian will hit theaters at Christmas time 2007.
Sorry. New reports show that Prince Caspian is now looking at a Summer 2008
release. Yeah, I know. (On the bright side, it looks like 2008 will be a great summer for me: graduation, Narnia,
and the Olympics! Wow, I’m a
nerd…)
[url=http://reporter.blogs.com/risky/2006/08/narnias_prince_.html]Here’s a link you can check
out.[/url]
After that, it’s reported that producer Mark Johnson and writer/director/genius (added that
last part) Andrew Adamson will team up to direct [u]Voyage of the [i]Dawn
Treader[/i][/u], which is slated to be released sometime in 2009… they will eventually
make movies of all seven books. (Yay!) I’m trying to find the filming order - I think it’s basically the
publication order, but I think there was one or two flipped around near the end - and when I do, I’ll share it
here.
Edit: Bingo! Here’s the filming order, according to
“Entertainment Weekly:”
(2008?)
3. Voyage of the Dawn Treader
4. The Silver Chair
5. The Magician?s Nephew
6. The Horse and
His Boy
7. The Last Battle
The filming order is identical to the publication order up until
Silver Chair. They’ve flipped Magician’s Nephew
(which was written sixth) with The Horse and His Boy, which was written fifth. Also,
according to this article, there’s a chance that Prince Caspian may get bumped back to Christmas 2008 (instead
of Summer 2008) because of the effects demands. There are no offical release dates for any of the movies right
now (and Caspian’s is really sort of official-ish).
You can find a scan of the article
here.
Wow . . . I did not know that. I thought they were just
going to skip Horse & his Boy entirely, due to the fact that it’s an Inbetweenquel in Book II - IV. May
have been too confusing for general fans or something.