Posted on 11/15/2005 3:11:25 PM PST by churchillbuff
Narnia director Andrew Adamson is confident that fans will not be disappointed with his depiction of the fantasy land in Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.
Although filmmakers are often pressed to make sacrifices in terms of abandoning authors' original visions and plot elements for adaptations of their novels, Adamson stated in response to fans during a Q&A session for a fansite that such sacrifices have been kept to a minimum.
He explained: "I don’t feel that we’ve had to make any significant compromises in making this film. I think it ultimately lives up to what people imagine Narnia to be."
Adamson also stated that he had to find ways to depict elements of the book not specifically described by the author. "C.S. Lewis could write something like 'I can’t tell you how bad it was or your parents wouldn’t let you read this part.' In the movie we had to deal with visualizing those moments," he said.
"There are dark moments, there are scary moments, emotional moments, tragic moments. I wanted to bring these to life in a way that dealt with the reality of life and death situations but in a way that wouldn’t prohibit younger children from enjoying the film. Kids like being scared as long as there is relief at some point, there is no need to be traumatizing or graphic to get the emotional effect that the book reached for."
Hmmm, cares for his friends, has to choose between what is right and what is easy, intensely loyal to those around him... Yeah, awful role model.
Perhaps if parents who look at Potter as being the Spawn of Satan spent half as much time convincing their kids that it is fiction, and not something they should attempt (spells and potions and that crap), as they spent criticizing, we might actually get somewhere.
It gets kids to read, and provides a moral lesson in the end. I see no problem with it, provided parents teach their kids the difference between reality and fiction.
I have them! They are a great series. They were written before Tolkien published Lord of the Rings and I always imagined that Lewis' Merlin foreshadowed Tolkien's LOTR incarnation of Gandalf.
I noticed that parts of the Stone Table scene are used in the latest trailer. Stills from it are also being used in some of the promotional materials displayed at theaters. (Specifically, one of those large, dimensional, cardboard displays that are so popular with the studios now.)
The edition of That Hideous Strength I have has a footnote refering to "Lord of The Rings". It suggests that those wishing to learn more about Númenor read Tolkein's "upcoming" books. The two were obviously exchanging ideas on mythological histories.
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