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Legion
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Pfft, the correct order is the order in which they were published.
If you had a son, you wouldn't let him watch Star Wars episodes 1-3 first would you? That would ruin the surprises in 4-6.
Vader: "I am your father."
Kid: "Uh...big deal. We knew that already."
or...
Vader: "I am your father."
Kid: "Holy fucks!"
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Super Sion
Posts: 2197/2472 |
Now I dont know a single thing about Narnia and I never even heard of it until yesterday when I saw War of the Worlds.
The movie seems to me like an rpg come to life. Some kids get sent to a magical world where they become warriors and heros, at least thats what i figured from the trailer.
Im not sure if this move will be great, since I dont think 10 year old british kids make good heroes anywhere. However, I gotta say that I will watch it as soon as I can. The trailer just made it look amazingly cool. |
Grey the Stampede
Posts: 2527/3770 |
PRINCE CASPIAN DID NOT COME SECOND.
(Voyage of the Dawn Treader ftw) |
alte Hexe
Posts: 4335/5458 |
Originally posted by Kario
I read all the books about 6 years ago. I read them in the correct order, and I thought they kicked ass. This movie better be great.
CS Lewis Chronology or Narnian Chronology? Because there is a big debate over which one is "right". |
Kario
Posts: 1846/2082 |
I read all the books about 6 years ago. I read them in the correct order, and I thought they kicked ass. This movie better be great. |
Thayer
Posts: 18/988 |
I read the books a long time ago (multiple times), so I was pretty excited when I saw the trailer. I don't know how it will turn out, hopefully, they'll stick to it and not going off in some other direction and ruin it. =p |
Grey the Stampede
Posts: 2512/3770 |
Argh, I appreciated TLTWATW a lot, but honestly, aside from The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, and the sixth book (the one with the rings, you know, introduced the weird Narnia Physicist for the first time?), I wasn't really enthralled by the series. I hope the movies do them justice, though. The Last Battle left me slightly disappointed. |
SSJichigo
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Ahh, Chronicles of Naria. When I saw this trailer, i was like..I've heard of this before. haha Yea, i remember reading all the books in elementary school. Quite good books. I was always a fan of those fantasy type books. I look forward for this movie. |
Gnafu the Great
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A movie you might want to watch if you're a C.S. Lewis fan is Shadowlands. It only chronicles a short part of his life, but it's really a beautiful story. Not entirely non-fiction, but it's still a nice insight into C.S. Lewis and also his all too brief relashionship with his wife, Joy. |
Legion
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Be prepared for massive comparison of this movie and LotR shorty before it comes out and forever after. 
They're both fantasy movie but the similarities pretty much ends there. It's no secret that C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were good friends and exchanged many ideas between each other. They were part of this one writers guild but the name escapes me right now...
Narnia is more geared towards kids but that doesn't mean that adults can't enjoy it, far from it actually. That, and LotR is one centralized plot. CoN takes place around a few different stories.
And now that it was mentioned, it wasn't a movie I saw it was the tv series. I didn't care much for it because tv can only do so much when it comes to bringing this world to life. |
Xeolord
Posts: 1931/3418 |
I finally saw a trailer for this, and it does look good. I think I may have seen one of the old movies or part of the series or something, it just seems too familar. 
Ziffski put it best though, it really is like the Lion King had sex with LoTR. |
Legion
Posts: 3936/5657 |
Lewis didn't, it was the publishers who started printing them in that order.
It's like watching the Star Wars trilogy, for the first time, in order. By the time you get to the part where Vader tells Luke he's his father the surprise is already ruined. |
Gnafu the Great
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Originally posted by Kasumi Skywalker
I never read it, but I watched the Chronicals of Narnia on BBC when they made the TV series. I loved it, I thought it was amazing to think such destinies were meant for little children. I was about the same age as Lucy when I was watching it, and I really took to the character.
C.S.Lewis has an incredible imagination, one that easily rivals his good friend J.R.R. Tolkien. I've always felt the Lewis's Naria stories were more accessible than Tolkien's The Hobbit, so I'm looking forward to seeing the film. I feel that Naria really plays to the inner-child's feeling of curiosity and adventure, and I think I'll love it this time around just as much as I loved watching it on TV during the ninties 
You really should read the book  . The BBC series was very accurate, but the books take the story so much further. They're pretty easy to read (I was able to read one a day and finish up in a week). Just make sure to read The Magician's Nephew as the 6th book, not as the 1st. It reads better that way. I don't care what anyone says, I truly don't believe Lewis wanted it to be read first. |
Toxic
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I loooooooooved the animated movie as a kid, and wow, this version looks pretty kickass too. |
Kasumi-Astra
Posts: 1510/1867 |
I never read it, but I watched the Chronicals of Narnia on BBC when they made the TV series. I loved it, I thought it was amazing to think such destinies were meant for little children. I was about the same age as Lucy when I was watching it, and I really took to the character.
C.S.Lewis has an incredible imagination, one that easily rivals his good friend J.R.R. Tolkien. I've always felt the Lewis's Naria stories were more accessible than Tolkien's The Hobbit, so I'm looking forward to seeing the film. I feel that Naria really plays to the inner-child's feeling of curiosity and adventure, and I think I'll love it this time around just as much as I loved watching it on TV during the ninties |
Xeolord
Posts: 1925/3418 |
Strange, I've seen RoTS twice now and still haven't seen a trailer for this.
I think I've seen The Lion though, it sounds very familar .. |
Gnafu the Great
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Man, I saw the trailer for it when I went to Episode III opening night. I've been anxiously awaiting this movie for a couple years (ever since IMDB listed it as announced way back when). I found myself tearing up and crying through most of Episode III, but CON: TLTWATW started my tear ducts off for the night  . I'm gonna go see it probably 10 times. One of my all-time favorite book series (one of the very few I actually enjoy reading). Looks like they're gonna do it right. Best part about the books: the dialogue and such is so natural that it should be very easy to put it right on the screen without changing much at all. Look at the BBC series and how well they did it. This'll be a million times better :drool:. |
alte Hexe
Posts: 3847/5458 |
I am pitching a huge tent over this.
It's like Lion King fucked LOTR. |
Legion
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Originally posted by Fettster
I remember watching the Narnia episodes when I was little. The Loin's name is Aslan, right?
Then I think there
Ran-chan
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I remember watching the Narnia episodes when I was little. The Loin's name is Aslan, right?
Then I think there |
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