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Posted on 12/11/2005 8:37:40 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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One comment back to Narnia.... I hadn't read the books either, or if I did, it was so long ago as to not remember. I liked the story, and it seemed the stuff of a child's dream, particularly if they had been to a rather scary relative's house once and seen such a large ornate wardrobe. That's a fun kind of fantasy. It doesn't have the depth of a world that portrays itself as real, like LoTR does, but it portrays a world as a child would imagine it.
And the following isn't so much a criticism of Disney as it is more praise for the people at Weta (who should have done this film but they were busy on the monkey movie). In all the Narnia scenes, you were conscious of which characters were real (the humans and a few of the horses), and which were digital. While Aslan and the wolves were very very good, as good as we used to expect in film or better... (the wolves looked particularly real) Aslan's eyes were drawn. They were not alive the way Gollum's were. The fox was a drawn fox, the beavers were drawn beavers. They looked like the art in the other recent Disney films.... Good, but still art, still a cartoon. It was actors interacting with drawings.
Which makes it that much more impressive to watch what Weta pulled off in LoTR, because there are only a few moments that make you realize that. I never once looked at the Mumakil or the wargs or the Nazgul or Gollum and considered them a mere drawing. They had a real presence. I don't know if it's budget or a particular talent at Weta. but they took digital to a new level in LOTR that has raised expectations.
He wasn't screeching.
then yer doin' somethin' wrong...
The beasts of the woods respected me.
I may go poke around out there once it's light and see if I see ~anything~
Parents weren't around the whole time... like when I dropped Talon at the airport...
Weekend after next, we're going to Texas to meet his folks.
Well, that'll be another round of excitement! Have you ever been to Texas?
Ok....took the car in. They stripped the cap that goes to.....the oil filter chamber thingie. Problem is, they have to go to Saturn in North KC to pick up a replacement part. Get my car back sometime this afternoon.
Heh...at least I don't have to wait a week to ten days waiting for the part to get in from Atlanta.
It sure cooled off and got gloomy all of a sudden. Think I'll make some chicken and dumplings to go with leftover peas and collards.
Nope! Looking forward to it.
Bear, Rose, really hoping we'll be able to work something out with you guys so we can meet!
OT - How was the oil level this morning?
Got to say, bad as it is, that's good news on thepart, local availability sure beats 'ordering it-we'll see when we get it'.
I'm ~ sure ~ the shop will comp you a year of oil changes for your trouble. :-)
It looked like it was 1/4 qt low. Kept reading at the first mark down from full.
Got it there without the oil light coming on or the engine blowing up.
You should tell 'em, "I've been puttin' up with yer mistake since last year fercryinoutloud..."
Hehehe.....how's yer soup coming?
Excellent Corin - not only that, but she had to drive to another state, she thought the car was safe, but was it?
Well.....had a few misgivings about driving yesterday.
I just tasted it. Not too bad. Fixin' to have some.
Next week: Ham and Navy Beans. Stay tuned.
Other question: Can I freeze this soup now? There's no way we'll eat all of this.
Yes.
I forgot to mention they had a thankfully small interview with Viggo, who was wearing a UN flag shirt. The guy is a real intellectual lightweight, even for a liberal. He was even more embarrassing than Nimoy's "Bilbo Baggins" number.
One of the movie's extra disks mentioned that Tolkien's secretary trashed the weirdest of the American hippie fan letters before he saw them. Of course, those were the same weirdos who saw cosmic significance in the test pattern TV stations broadcast when off the air.
I got Cinderella Man for Christmas....watched it last night.
Definitely worth watching. It surprised me that it had such a strong pro-family, pro-parent/child message. (Also, a bit of a tear-jerker.)
Happy New Year, Corin.
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