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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: Valbrandr on January 07, 2006, 04:21:42 pm

Title: Anyone seen The Chronicles of Narnia ?
Post by: Valbrandr on January 07, 2006, 04:21:42 pm: Im not sure how many had high hopes for this one.. but I can in with very little expectations... and I have to say that I really enjoyed it. I had not read the The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe in quite some time.. but as the movie went on I kept remembering parts here and there. Either way I thought it was a well made movie.. and I would buy it :)

Did I forget to mention it has Liam Neeson in it ? :P
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Post by: Suno_Regin on January 07, 2006, 05:00:58 pm: I wanted to see that movie. The talking lion I can do without, but the battles looked exciting.
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Post by: yayoo on January 07, 2006, 05:14:40 pm: I remember reading half of the book wasn\'t my kind of thing but the loin in the movie looks amazing.
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Post by: Drey on January 07, 2006, 06:15:24 pm: Well... Its a pretty good film, but you get all those people thinking they know loads about it because they read the book but have no idea that there is another 5 or something, read the first >.>

I can\'t remember how true it was to the book though i think they glorified it a bit to be more lord of the ringsish.

My little sister enjoyed it, my dad has been reading her the books or has read them to her. I spent quite a bit of time relating it to WoW... the leader of the ice ladies army is a tauren O.o

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Post by: WiseKran on January 07, 2006, 06:59:59 pm: I saw it and i loved it.

Its worth seeing even if your not a kid.
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Post by: Karyuu on January 07, 2006, 07:07:12 pm: I still have to see it :) There is a really awesome 9-minute trailer somewhere... hm. Ah, here (http://www.narniaweb.com/news.asp?id=642&dl=6859770), which looks quite beautiful.
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Post by: Xordan on January 07, 2006, 07:15:20 pm: I\'m disappointed that they didn\'t make the magician\'s nephew first. If you\'re going to make the Narnia films, then make them in order. I\'ve read all the books in order recently and as usual, the film is never as good. :)
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Post by: Valbrandr on January 07, 2006, 07:16:01 pm: It would be a good movie to see.. better then you would think :).. and it just goes by the first book. I really liked it and I normally dont like any movie like that unless its rated R :P.. nearly anyone could enjoy it though
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Post by: Waylander on January 07, 2006, 07:17:57 pm: I haven\'t seen it but have been thinking about it...

I read the books a good 7 years ago.

Can anybody tell me how the movie stacks up to the books?

Edit: Evidently, Xordan could...posting when I am posting...grrr...anyways, other opinions are welcome
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Post by: Cha0s on January 07, 2006, 07:20:02 pm: Yes, very good movie. I applaud the people who made it; it\'s one of the few recent movies-based-on-books that does a decent job of actually following the novel (note I said \"decent,\" no one\'s perfect ;) ) and actually turns out to be fun to watch as well!
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Post by: Drey on January 07, 2006, 08:11:39 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Xordan
I\'m disappointed that they didn\'t make the magician\'s nephew first. If you\'re going to make the Narnia films, then make them in order. I\'ve read all the books in order recently and as usual, the film is never as good. :)

What this \'guy\' said. though id like to see the silver chair more >.>
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Post by: JellyWerker on January 07, 2006, 08:12:02 pm: I agree with valbrandr, I had read the books, but I have also seen the earlier movies, so I didn\'t have great hopes, but I saww it and was pleasantly suprised at the quality of work they put into it. Although they did take a few smaller parts out, it didn\'t seem like it when you were watching the movie, the story rolled along well, and the actors were pretty good for child actors. The little girl especially. I don\'t think it had quite as much of a message as the books, but I suspect that would have put a lot of people off, so they toned it down a bit.

Edit: Xordan, I agree with you on not making the first book first, but I hear they are making 3 altogether, with just selected books. Darn, I was ready to see charn in all it\'s ancient glory! I guess TLTWATW is best known, so they made that first.

Edit2: I want them to make the silver chair, the dawn treader, and hopefully extend to 4 movies with the sucess they have had and make the magicians nephew.
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Post by: hambobo on January 07, 2006, 09:37:59 pm: I read the book and saw the movie and the 2002 version.The 2002 version is kinda bad because Aslan is kind of like it\'s a custume.And the monsters(birds)were fake.
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Post by: Nikech on January 07, 2006, 09:40:17 pm: Quote
Originally posted by JellyWerker
I agree with valbrandr, I had read the books, but I have also seen the earlier movies

So there are some older Narnia movies? I don\'t think I\'ve read the books and still the story was very familiar when I watched the movie, which I liked very much btw. Narnia and all the creatures (well, most of them) looked awesome.

Wasn\'t Magician\'s Nephew written after the rest of the Narnia books? I just read it and I think it isn\'t as closely related to the other books as they are to each other.
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Post by: Xordan on January 07, 2006, 10:44:10 pm: It was written after, but it explains quite important things, like how narnia came to be, and was meant to be read first.
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Post by: Drey on January 07, 2006, 10:52:38 pm: Quote
Originally posted by JellyWerker
I agree with valbrandr, I had read the books, but I have also seen the earlier movies, so I didn\'t have great hopes, but I saww it and was pleasantly suprised at the quality of work they put into it.

This one is alot better than the earlier films

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Originally posted by JellyWerker
Edit2: I want them to make the silver chair, the dawn treader, and hopefully extend to 4 movies with the sucess they have had and make the magicians nephew.

I thought they were making just the one? hence the name \"\'Chronicles\' of Narnia\"

I would like to see them all.... just The Silver Chair more than the others, though the first would be good and all the rest.

Also, Nikech, like Xordan said... it explains things, and is very good... id say read it if you still havent since making that post.
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Post by: zanzibar on January 07, 2006, 11:21:35 pm: There was also a movie series made in the 80\'s or early 90\'s....
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Post by: Efflixi Aduro on January 07, 2006, 11:30:53 pm: Once you get over how cheezy the talking lion etc. Are its a great movie. The battle scene was insane.
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Post by: JellyWerker on January 08, 2006, 12:51:59 am: Nikech: The magicians nephew has all the backstory (like where the wardrobe came from, who the professor is, etc...) and therefore is usually considered the first book, even if not chronologically.
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Post by: ylikone on January 08, 2006, 01:34:21 am: I saw this movie and thought it was fairly boring.... I mean, it\'s obviously made for little kids. The PG rating causes you not to see even one drop of blood or lost limb in their huge battle.
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Post by: Drey on January 08, 2006, 05:36:09 am: Quote
Originally posted by ylikone
The PG rating causes you not to see even one drop of blood or lost limb in their huge battle.

And thats how you rate movies...?
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Post by: Karyuu on January 08, 2006, 06:55:53 am: Well, I saw the film today \\o/ You people inspired me. Or reminded.

Am I the only one who felt that it was a little fast-paced? Like there was a lot of plot development skipped between the \"Hey, we\'re in a magical world inside a wardrobe\" and \"We\'ve now finished participating in a war as mere kids and everything is dandy.\" I\'ve read the book years ago and thus cannot remember specific details from it, but I\'m... pretty sure there were some vital things in the middle somewhere that seemed rather glossed over in the film.

I was also tempted to yell at Peter with \"You don\'t know how to use that thing! Put it down.\"

It was a pretty film, though, which is really the only reason I decided to watch it ;) As I mentioned on IRC before leaving, I\'m so graphically oriented that I could watch mindless movies for hours if they\'ve great CG. Centaurs and Gryphons, huzzah.

Beyond that, well, it\'s not a movie I would buy on DVD later.
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Post by: JellyWerker on January 08, 2006, 08:48:12 am: Karyuu, it was fast paced, but I think they kept enough story in for it to be understandable, and I am right there with on the cg thing, I would do the same.
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Post by: Mindari on January 08, 2006, 08:49:16 am: i aint watching it, would ruin the books. used to love them
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Post by: Nikech on January 08, 2006, 10:04:38 am: I\'ve read Magician\'s Nephew, and I liked it. The point was that it just explains how Narnia was created etc., the other books work well without reading it first I think. So if something has to be left out of the movies that\'s a pretty good one to dump.
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Post by: Xordan on January 08, 2006, 02:02:38 pm: The books are fast paced anyway :) I can easily read them all in a day. They were designed to come without the detail that more adult books come with, so things just happen without too much explanation as to why, and people sometimes just jump from place to place without any description of their journey etc. So I guess the film included just about everything the book did.

Nikech: Yes, but now they can\'t make a film of the last book either, as it\'s pretty critical to read the first book before it. So if they make any other movies they\'ll miss out the creation and destruction of narnia.... and just leave in the middle bits :)
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Post by: Karyuu on January 08, 2006, 06:34:47 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Xordan
The books are fast paced anyway :) I can easily read them all in a day. They were designed to come without the detail that more adult books come with, so things just happen without too much explanation as to why, and people sometimes just jump from place to place without any description of their journey etc. So I guess the film included just about everything the book did.

How disappointing :<

Oh! But I did like the music in the film. Particularly that theme first playing when they\'re on the train, that\'s repeated throughout the film in various forms. I need to find it...
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Post by: WiseKran on January 08, 2006, 09:51:16 pm: If you find it, tell us where :)

I liked it too.
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Post by: Karyuu on January 08, 2006, 09:53:15 pm: Ahahah... um. Torrentssss ... :D
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Post by: Xordan on January 08, 2006, 10:10:09 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Karyuu
Ahahah... um. Torrentssss ... :D

zomg, illegal 8o

Bad kitty X(

:P
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Post by: Karyuu on January 08, 2006, 10:14:01 pm: I end up buying everything I download anyway :P It works out.
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Post by: Xordan on January 08, 2006, 10:44:31 pm: lol, so you do a \"try before you buy\" on everything :P
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Post by: Watcher on January 08, 2006, 10:51:52 pm: Time to add the mandatory

Planeshift in no way supports or condones Piracy.
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Post by: Karyuu on January 08, 2006, 10:53:30 pm: Of course not, we\'re in Hydlaa Plaza :D
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Post by: ylikone on January 09, 2006, 01:03:30 am: Quote
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The PG rating causes you not to see even one drop of blood or lost limb in their huge battle.

And thats how you rate movies...?

No, definitely not. I don\'t care about blood and gore... but when the movie has a supposed focus on a \"great battle\", then I come to expect it. Besides that point, I found this movie very childish and think it was made primarily for kids. I am far from a child (in my early 30\'s), so I guess maybe I shouldn\'t even be reviewing it. Actually, maybe I\'m too old to even be playing PS! ha ha, oh well... maybe there are some other \"old\" people here to? Didn\'t I read somewhere that the average PS player age was 16 or something? Don\'t want to diss you younglings or sound superior... just saying that the movie was not for me.
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Post by: Nikech on January 09, 2006, 07:38:32 am: Quote
Originally posted by Xordan
Nikech: Yes, but now they can\'t make a film of the last book either, as it\'s pretty critical to read the first book before it. So if they make any other movies they\'ll miss out the creation and destruction of narnia.... and just leave in the middle bits :)

I think I really need to read all the books. Too bad my sister has them in Finnish. I\'m so used to reading books in English it feels strange to read them in Finnish. :D And the original is always better than the translation, of course.

I still think though that the middle bits probably work pretty well as movies. A series of 5 or so movies might be a bit too much.
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Post by: Kr1tya on January 16, 2006, 04:05:51 pm: Er.. looks like you guys all liked it. So I\'m going to quietly add my wiews on why that movie sucked in my opinion (I haven\'t read the book, so please keep that in mind while reading):

1) I think it was one big hell of a Lord of the Rings clone (sorry, if it was written before LOTR, in that case please discard this one). The whole story of the weak and innocent rising to power and glory, while defeating the evil has been a commonplace for centuries. Adding this to a fantasy atmosphere, and a detailed world was the primary reason of success for LOTR in my opinion. What has Narnia added to it?
Nothing. The world is nowhere as detailed, living and believable as Tolkien\'s. But it tries to be. While watching the movie, I never felt myself sucked in by it.

2) The heroes were just so fake to me. The big brother was the only character IMHO who looked credible. (Oh, and the part that really made me throw my brains away was the one, when Santa showed up, and brought weapons to all of them. Don\'t you think that one was ridiculous?)

3) The movie was a Hollywood superproduction, and thus too much action oriented (as pointed out by others). I would have liked to know more about Narnia, its secrets, its magic, and its people. That might just have saved the movie for me.
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Post by: Drey on January 16, 2006, 04:51:08 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Kr1tya
(I haven\'t read the book, so please keep that in mind while reading):

simple as.

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Originally posted by Kr1tya
1) I think it was one big hell of a Lord of the Rings clone (sorry, if it was written before LOTR, in that case please discard this one). The whole story of the weak and innocent rising to power and glory, while defeating the evil has been a commonplace for centuries. Adding this to a fantasy atmosphere, and a detailed world was the primary reason of success for LOTR in my opinion. What has Narnia added to it?
Nothing. The world is nowhere as detailed, living and believable as Tolkien\'s. But it tries to be. While watching the movie, I never felt myself sucked in by it.

meh

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2) The heroes were just so fake to me. The big brother was the only character IMHO who looked credible. (Oh, and the part that really made me throw my brains away was the one, when Santa showed up, and brought weapons to all of them. Don\'t you think that one was ridiculous?)

Its a kids story....

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3) The movie was a Hollywood superproduction, and thus too much action oriented (as pointed out by others). I would have liked to know more about Narnia, its secrets, its magic, and its people. That might just have saved the movie for me.

Thats why you are meant to read the books.
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Post by: Monketh on January 16, 2006, 06:29:33 pm: I really didn\'t like it much, it felt entirely like a \"Hey, the LOTR made a lot of box-office money! I bet if we make movies out of some other books we might be able to get in on this before it fades away.\"
Graphically: 5/5, though. CG is good!
Otherwise, I just didn\'t enjoy it. My relatives got a kick out of it though.
Then again, I don\'t take life too seriously but I can only enjoy serious entertainment, and I guess this didn\'t feel serious enough.

If you\'re a kid, go see it, you\'ll like it.