Just Saw "Narnia"...it Sucked

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

[BigSkyFreeper]

CS never achieved the success of his friend JRR, and I believe it dogged him until the end.

Doubt it. They were good friends and collegues to the end.

[Miss Marple]

I have the set I bought for my son almost 30 years ago. In that set, The Lion , the Witch, and the Wardrobe was labeled as Book One. The Magician's Nephew is labled as Book 6. That is because this is the order in which Lewis wrote the books. It is only in recent American editions of the books that the order is reversed.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I liked it...but then, I read the BOOKS. (it's a trilogy)

Actually there are seven books in the series not three.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I read the series for a Summer reading class in 6th Grade back in 1982, and those books were properly ordered.

It wasn't until I looked to see if that very same set of books was on sale at Amazon a few weeks ago, did I stumble across that tidbit which you mentioned, stating that the most recent editions of the books are sequenced backwards from the original series.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I must also mention that I didn't realize that these books had a Christian theme to them at the age of 12. To me, this was just a series of books about kids in a land of fantasy.

C.S. Lewis was quoted quite extensively in the book Purpose Driven Life, and for me, explains the reasons behind LW&W, as Lewis wrote the series from a theological POV.

[Guenevere]

Bob, We're not ganging up on you....

..I've met you...you're a very nice guy...

..but you must remember you carry strong influence here at FR....you have a position of authority.

Numerous folks I respect tremendously, have seen this movie and give the same account and have the same reactions of Miss Marple and family.

I haven't seen it yet....(out of town family visiting and too much running around)...

..but I plan to.....can't wait, actually!....and think you could have critiqued the thing without using the "S" word...(I know, I'm repeating myself)....

..whatever your point of view, this movie definitely does not S***......

..and it's raking in the dollars into the millions and millions.

All .....or a good portion....of those folks can't be wrong....

[Bob J]

I didn't say I hated them movie, I was disappointed probably because it was hyped up so much.

[oust the louse]

We did the family night last evening and went to see Narnia...I have to say I was thoroughly entertained and really was impressed. Was it Phenomenal...no,but it certainly was finally worth the money I spent to get in vs other crap I've had to take the kids to lately.....

I also found the young actors fresh and actually very good. I recommend it for 2 hours of enjoyment.

[Bob J]

I might have been a little provocative in the title.

[Guenevere]

I suspect you were.....

sigh...I'm such an easy mark :^

[2nd Amendment]

Oh well, go see Brokeback Mountain. . .

[linn37]

Some people just refuse to be entertained. I took the kids yesterday and they were enthralled the entire time. The only problem I had with it was the scene where the Lion sacrifices himself.

[SuziQ]

Hmmm. My guess is you've never read the books.

We enjoyed the move immensely, and can't wait for the rest of the books to be made into movies!

[The Coopster]

Anyone who starts reading the entire series of books from book number two will have problems following the story, or understanding the characters.

I respectfully disagree.

When I read the series, it was in the original order - the order written.

I had no problem following characters, etc. In fact, when I read them, books that may be considered "out of order" by today's ADD standards actually were interesting in that order, as it gave you several "eureka!" moments when you figured out who was what, or why a certain thing was a certain way (the lamp post, for example).

The original order works just fine, IMO.

[brwnsuga]

My son is only 10 and he has already finished the Chronicles, step to it man.

[The Coopster]

Agreed. There are several comments made throughout the diatribe that lead one to believe that he has never read the books.

I thought the movie was very good. 10 of us saw it together yesterday, ages ranging rom 7 to 57. We were all impressed with how true to the book the movie was. There were only two real deviations:

1. The portion of the story between the Beaver's house and the Stone Table. We all felt like it was a liberty taken in the name of saving time. We also felt like the story didn't suffer.

2. This is the one that confused us all. When the children discover Mr. Tumnus' ransacked house in the books, the letter announcing his arrest was signed by Fenrus Ulf, sheriuff to the White Witch. There was a different name on the letter altogether in the movie, and the part of Fenrus seems to have been replaced - at least in part - by a Minotaur. We couldn't figure out why this was. Maybe a second viewing will answer the question. :-)

[SuziQ]

It has been years since our last reading of the series, when the younger two of our kids were about 7 and 9. I'll have to read at least LW&W before we watch the movie again.

When our daughter and I were in Japan this past summer, visiting friends, I found the series in Japanese at a bookstore. I got LW&W for her, and gave it to her for Christmas. I hope we are able to get back over for another visit, and I'll get some more for her. I didn't get the rest this last time because I got the first 3 Harry Potter books in Japanese for her, also. I'm giving those to her in Feb., for her birthday.

[Scarchin]

It's a kids movie that I saw and enjoyed with my son.

Also - your use of the word "sucked" belies a lack of education IMHO.

[BigSkyFreeper]

When I read the series, it was in the original order - the order written.

Right. So did I.

I had no problem following characters, etc.

Of course, because you read them in the correct order. As I said before, LW&W is book number 2 in the series.

In fact, when I read them, books that may be considered "out of order" by today's ADD standards actually were interesting in that order, as it gave you several "eureka!" moments when you figured out who was what, or why a certain thing was a certain way (the lamp post, for example).

In fact, you've stated you read them in order, why would you want to read them by "today's ADD standards"?

The original order works just fine, IMO.

So, why did you disagree with me?

[BigSkyFreeper]

My sister loved it, and commented on how much trouble they had gone to to make the scenery and the characters resemble the book, and how well done the battle scene was.

I saw "The Making Of Narnia" on TBN a couple weeks ago, and I was pretty impressed by the battle scene. The battle scene has something like 400,000 computer generated characters in it, each with their own distinctive intelligence and fighting style.