Just Saw "Narnia"...it Sucked

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

[Blzbba]

"Don't forget that part in the 80s were they were armed to the teeth by the Reagan/Bush Administration during the Russian War in Afghanistan


I can see where you're coming from."



Take off those blinders, young man! It wasn't Jiminy "Appease Prize" Carter who sold them those weapons!! And the Soviets had left AfCrapistan by the time Willy Clintax took office.

Your refusal to accept the truth does NOT change the truth.

[RobbyS]

You are entitled to your opinion, but the original readers were chidren to whom the evacuation was a recent and powerful memory. The first ten minutes or so were added to instruct audiences who have almost no knowledge of the war. As for boys in armor, the fact is that medieval armies contained knights who were fas young as ifteen and sixteen years of age. To be sure, they were physically much more fit than thesesoft young actors, which may be what bothers you.

[It's me]

Read the books.

[RobbyS]

No. He was an Anglo-Catholic in the Church of England.

[Palladin]

Thank you. I wasn't sure.

[montag813]

Take off those blinders, young man! It wasn't Jiminy "Appease Prize" Carter who sold them those weapons!!

James Earl Carter is the Godfather of Islamofacist terror. And Bill Clinton did not retaliate a single time during the endless Al Queda strikes in the 1990's. Why don't YOU take off your rose-colored glasses.

[Bob J]

I plan on it.

[Bob J]

Well, the suits of armour looked ridiculous along with the unicorn Peter was riding (where did that come from?).

[Bob J]

I got understand the point, unfortunately, by the time they executed the redemption I had lost all interest in the character.

[RobbyS]

The same place that the griffins did.

[Bob J]

The Unicorn stable?

[RobbyS]

BTW, BBC did Narnia abour 15 years ago, and the ARMOUR was better. The special effects were, of course, less than spectactuar.

[streetpreacher]

Thanks for the vanity.

[unlearner]

I agree that it could have been longer in some places. But I am glad they did not try to ratchet it up to three hours like Peter Jackson likes to do so much. (Of course I'm glad he did with LOTR.)

However, I think the first act should have transitioned into act two with Lucy entering Narnia around twenty-five minutes into the story.

I do not know the timing, but I would put sending the kids to their uncle as the inciting incident around twelve pages / minutes into the story.

One thing to keep in mind is that the setup here is a setup for the whole series, not just the first installment. I personally liked that it built slowly. I liked that the film took the time to establish the characters well before they ever got to the Narnia world. The essential sequence of events would have fallen apart otherwise: Edmond picking on Lucy, siding with the White Witch, then separating from the group making it essential for them to stay and rescue him.

Of course I saw it differently because I already knew the story, so the details were more of a plot advance for me, whereas most people who do not know the story will see the details as trivial or inconsequential.

Be sure to post your thoughts about the book after you read it. I think you will like them, especially if you read the whole series.

Thanks for the feedback. I have been wondering what people would think who haven't read the stories first.

[luckystarmom]

That was the area that I felt the least impact. It was not as dramatic as I recall reading it. I haven't reread the books since I saw the movie. I've been wondering if the impact is different because I didn't know what was going to happen when I read the books. I knew what was going to happen during the movie.

[RainMan]

Regarding the occult question.

One movie deals with it as good/evil, with limited abilities by humans to invoke. The other deals with it as good and evil coming from the same place, with no recognition of the difference. The choice as to whether magic is good or evil depends on the intentions of the sorcerer at the moment the magic is invoked.

Potter invokes magic with no observance of a God. "Magic" - to call what happens in both movies the same while comparing the differences, in Potter is invoking the powers of the unseen which can be, and are regularly, dark forces. Tho Potter has a pretense that he is a good guy, his magic stems from the same place as the dark magic. This is then a defacto admission that his magic is also dark, and he is therefore inherently evil.

In Narnia, only two beings are actually capable of Magic. Others may have some gift, but the gifts do what Aslan perscribes, such as Lucy's potion. Lucy is incapable of any Magic that does not involve the potion. Narnia invokes "magic" based on the word of Aslan (God) and the Ice Queen. The Ice Queen knows the "deep magic" because she was a witch before Narnia was created, but she does not know the deepest secrets of God, and therefore thinks she can kill God and in doing so become God. In Narnia, the magic is performed by characters that are clearly supernatural, not the humans, nor even the animals.

In later books, you will be introduced to Tash, who is the God of Calorman. Tash is another evil god, but short of appearing, I dont recall him performing magic. The last book has characters pretending to speak for God and perform magic, and then having to face the Gods they pretended to speak for.

[Arizona Carolyn]

I enjoyed it as did my husband; though he found the lead up to the wardrobe a little tedious, enjoyed it nonetheless... sometimes you have to let your inner child come out and just go into fantasy land.

[Arizona Carolyn]

I liked Kong; and will watch it on DVD release, but overall I enjoyed Narnia more.

[luckystarmom]

According to this (and everything I've ever heard).

He was never a Catholic.

http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/exposes/lewis/cs-lewis.htm

He was a member of the Church of England.

[bray]

I saw it and it was the best movie I watched this year. As good as LOTR as far as a good fantasy goes. The message of forgiveness and Salvation was powerful. Best Disney I have ever seen.

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