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Subject: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: JamieMcBain on 12/06/05 at 9:05 am
I might go see it eventually.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: karen on 12/06/05 at 10:12 am
I'm going this Saturday. I'm a responsible adult helping at a friends sons 7th birthday party. We're taking 6 kids to see Chronicles of Narnia
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: Mushroom on 12/06/05 at 10:46 am
Like all movies, I am going to wait until it comes out on DVD.
Sadly, there are only 2 theatres in our town, and both of them really suck. So I just wiat for them to come out on DVD. However, you can guarantee that I will buy it the first day it is released for sale.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/05 at 11:56 am
Sure
We saw the trailer to it back when we saw Star Wars this year ages ago, and have been waiting ages for it!
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: barefootrobin on 12/06/05 at 12:03 pm
One of my favorite childhood books.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: Tanya1976 on 12/06/05 at 12:57 pm
not immediately
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: nally on 12/06/05 at 2:06 pm
I might go see it. I have read the books; they were enjoyable.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: SAM-Indonesia on 12/06/05 at 10:35 pm
One of my favorite childhood books.
Books? Wow, how lucky you are! Is it published in series just like 'Lord of The Ring?' In Indonesia we are still waiting. As now showing the futuristic version of Jumanji.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: MidKnightDarkness on 12/06/05 at 10:53 pm
Oh man, I'm so excited for it. I was on the edge of my seat all during previews. I'm not sure if it'll be as good as Rent, though.. those are tough shoes to fill, but needless to say, I'll be seeing it opening night.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: whistledog on 12/06/05 at 10:56 pm
I can wait for the DVD
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: karen on 12/07/05 at 3:51 am
Books? Wow, how lucky you are! Is it published in series just like 'Lord of The Ring?' In Indonesia we are still waiting. As now showing the futuristic version of Jumanji.
It is a series of books. The one most people have read (as far as I know) is The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Some of the other titles in the series are The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair and Prince Caspian. I think there maybe a couple of others
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: Kryllith on 12/07/05 at 8:30 am
Definitely. Actually we're taking a friend of ours out to see it on Friday since that's also his birthday. There's a nice 9-minute Narnia supertrailer out now which looks pretty sweet. You can view it at http://www.narniaweb.com/trailers.asp. It's available in various formats and quality to make it easier for those without highspeed, and at least the Qtime versions are downloadable.
My only disappointment is that they didn't start with the first book... :(
Kryllith
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: Dagwood on 12/07/05 at 8:27 pm
Loved the books. I will probably wait for the DVD to come out, though. We rarely go to movies.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 12/07/05 at 8:40 pm
Loved the books.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: SAM-Indonesia on 12/08/05 at 3:53 am
To Karen & crazymom, I find the books but they are translated into our language. I hate those translations stuff!
Hope I can find someday the original books. It is also happened to HP books! Lord of the Rings! Only the dvd and movie that free from narrated dub/lipsynced dub. :( :(
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: karen on 12/08/05 at 5:39 am
To Karen & crazymom, I find the books but they are translated into our language. I hate those translations stuff!
Hope I can find someday the original books. It is also happened to HP books! Lord of the Rings! Only the dvd and movie that free from narrated dub/lipsynced dub. :(
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 12/08/05 at 7:45 am
I definitely would like to see it.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: witchain on 12/08/05 at 8:25 am
Yeah, I'll go see it. CS Lewis was a brilliant author, and I'm not talking about his "fantasy" writing necessarily either. I read them when I was younger, and liked them at the time...
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: thenewwavechick on 12/08/05 at 11:31 am
I'm planning on going to see it either tomorrow or Saturday. I remember eading and loving the books as a kid. I also remember watching a PBS miniseries they did a number of years ago. This is going to be wonderful.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: ultraviolet52 on 12/08/05 at 2:26 pm
I actually have never read the books in their entirety, but I have seen the BBC miniseries. I also have read a lot of background on the books - so, needless to say, I have been anticipating on this one for months.. I intend to see this at the theatre, but if I don't then I guess DVD will suffice :)
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: SAM-Indonesia on 12/09/05 at 4:24 am
To Karen and crazymom. Thanks a lot for the information you share. Now I'm having www.wondir.com and can communicate about Narnia and others. ;)
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: thenewwavechick on 12/10/05 at 4:30 pm
I was supposed to go see it yesterday but my friend couldn't make it. :( So I might talk my Mom into go seeing it sometime. :P
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: Brian Damaged on 12/10/05 at 4:32 pm
I am looking forward to this. It is the Christ story, so it is approprate for now.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: karen on 12/12/05 at 4:29 am
I've been!!
It's really, really good
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/05 at 6:59 am
I am looking forward to this.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: MidKnightDarkness on 12/12/05 at 11:21 am
I loved the books. I wonder if they're going to make a movie for each one?
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: ultraviolet52 on 12/12/05 at 12:31 pm
I saw on the news today that it made $67 Million over the weekend :))
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: Tia on 12/12/05 at 12:38 pm
I loved the books. I wonder if they're going to make a movie for each one?
i read that's the idea, if the first one's successful. it's a funny strategy though, because the first book in the series always seemed much more popular than the other ones.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: cs on 12/12/05 at 12:40 pm
My son is dying to see this movie, so we'll go one night this week.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/12/05 at 12:50 pm
I have read The Witch, the Lion, and the Wardobe but none of the others. C.S. Lewis and Tolkin were contemperaries.
My dad sent me a copy of this article.
By RICHARD N. OSTLING
The Associated Press
Thursday, December 1, 2005; 12:01 PM
-- During the 42 years since his death, the prolific C.S. Lewis has never
failed to lure hordes of fans through his writings _ nor has the Oxford and
Cambridge literature scholar ceased to rouse antipathy from religious
skeptics.
Now next week's release of the lavish Disney-Walden Media film "The
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," based on the
first of Lewis' seven children's novels, is creating a new round of Lewis
mania.
Beside parallel marketing blitzes for religious and secular audiences, new
editions of Lewis' works have been published, as have numerous books and
articles about him and the film. There are new study guides, lectures,
Internet chatter, audiotapes, music CDs, games ... and one legal threat.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State has informed Florida
Gov. Jeb Bush that he offended the U.S. Constitution by choosing "Lion" for
his state's annual student reading campaign because it's "filled with
allusions to Christianity."
True enough, the lion of "Lion" is a Christ figure and the other novels are
filled with biblical themes _ though like many young readers, "Harry Potter"
creator J.K. Rowling says she "adored" Lewis' stories and only grasped their
Christian inspiration as an adult.
The Narnia series, published from 1950 to 1956, originated while Lewis was
suffering from physical exhaustion and caring for his alcoholic brother,
Warren, and the ailing mother of a deceased Army buddy.
The books have achieved permanent stature as children's classics, with 85
million copies sold. That far outpaces the still-steady readership for his
more overtly Christian titles including "The Problem of Pain," "The
Screwtape Letters," "The Great Divorce," "Miracles" and "Mere Christianity."
At least modest movie success seems assured, considering the box office for
good-vs.-evil fantasy epics like the Harry Potter movies and the "Lord of
the Rings" series, based on books by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Tolkien and Lewis were close Oxford colleagues whose friendship eventually
cooled. Lewis was a "Rings" enthusiast while Tolkien loathed the Narnia
books. Yet Narnia probably wouldn't exist without Tolkien.
As a young don, Lewis was a thoroughgoing skeptic who dismissed
Christianity, in part, because it resembled ancient pagan myths about
dying-and-rising deities.
In 1931, the devoutly Roman Catholic Tolkien and another Christian scholar
spent a long evening with "Jack" Lewis arguing religion. Lewis wrote a
friend that they had convinced him "the story of Christ is simply a true
myth: a myth working on us in the same way as the others but with the
tremendous difference that it really happened."
Earlier, in 1929, Lewis had come to belief in God, though not Christ. As his
autobiography recounts, "I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt
and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and reluctant convert in
all England."
Conversion unleashed creative powers that made Lewis a celebrated champion
of orthodox Christian belief. Bryan Stone of Boston University's divinity
school thinks Lewis has few rivals as an intelligent and serious exponent of
Christianity with broad popular appeal. He expects Disney's movie will draw
new readers to the explicitly religious books as well as the Narnia tales,
with their Christian undertones.
While Narnia appeals to believers and nonbelievers alike, reactions to Lewis
as a religious thinker often depend on the beholder's attitude: The author's
ecumenical but strongly traditional form of Christianity attracts some and
repels others.
Alan Jacobs of Wheaton College in Illinois observes that "Lewis inspires
really extraordinary levels of devotion. He can also inspire extraordinary
levels of hostility" from the likes of fantasy author Philip Pullman, whose
works are often regarded as anti-Christian.
Meanwhile, Narnia fans are extraordinarily defensive. Jacobs says he's been
greeted with harsh reactions from some fellow evangelicals because his "The
Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis" (HarperSanFrancisco) raises
questions about "Saint Jack."
J. Stanley Mattson of the C.S. Lewis Foundation recalls a liberal British
priest telling him: "You realize, Lewis was the most hated man in
Cambridge." Yet a nonreligious professor remembered Lewis as "one of the
most delightful men here."
Today, Americans are more interested in Lewis than his fellow Britons are.
It's telling that Jacobs' college, not Oxford or Cambridge, sponsors a study
center devoted to Lewis and his friends, while Mattson's California-based
foundation bought Lewis' Oxford home for a shrine and sponsors Oxford and
Cambridge seminars about him.
Why? "The English side has become so secularized. ... They're just not
interested in the subject," says Episcopal priest Clair McPherson, who is
delivering Lewis lectures at New York's Trinity Church.
Likewise, many mainline Protestants have moved beyond Lewis' robustly
conservative brand of belief, Jacobs says, so excitement about Lewis'
Christian books "is largely a function of the evangelical and conservative
Catholic worlds. But those are big worlds."
Admirers appreciate Lewis' skill with rational arguments on behalf of the
faith, but Jacobs thinks his greater achievement is in "making holiness and
the Christian life attractive, beautiful and radiant" for both adults and
the delighted youngsters who explore Narnia.
As with every other movie, I will wait until it comes on the movie channels or on DVD.
Cat
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: kairi747 on 12/19/05 at 4:01 pm
we saw it the day after it opened. my daughter is reading the books so, of course, we had to go! it followed the book very closely and we enjoyed it.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: IanWinn on 12/19/05 at 10:14 pm
Cat - It's worth the time and trouble to go see it in the theatre. IT'S WORTH IT!!!
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 12/28/05 at 11:47 pm
This was one of the best movies I have seen all year....I truly enjoyed it!
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/29/05 at 11:21 am
Cat - It's worth the time and trouble to go see it in the theatre. IT'S WORTH IT!!!
Haven't seen a movie at the theatre since 1995. I will wait until it comes on the many movie channels we have.
Cat
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: JamieMcBain on 12/30/05 at 11:30 am
Saw it recently it was good.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: aznbabiie1432 on 01/01/06 at 11:19 pm
ii thouqht it was a qreat movie :) !! ...buh ii hated the 2o movie previews that played b4 the movie started! it took 4ever >:(
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: JamieMcBain on 01/02/06 at 1:33 am
Yeah, if I wanted to see an ad for a car.... I would be watching TV. ::)
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: YWN on 01/02/06 at 3:20 pm
I loved the book series when I was in fourth and fifth grade, although I don't plan to see the movie myself...
...I don't want another one of my beloved books to be tarnished with a crappy movie.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 01/02/06 at 4:49 pm
I loved the book series when I was in fourth and fifth grade, although I don't plan to see the movie myself...
...I don't want another one of my beloved books to be tarnished with a crappy movie.
it's definitely not crappy...it was just as nice as the book, IMO.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: Dagwood on 01/02/06 at 8:12 pm
I will be watching out for the similarities.
There are some similarities in the actions. I see alot of it in Aslan.
We went yesterday with my mom for my daughter's birthday. It was a great show. It made me want to go pick up the books again.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: karen on 01/20/06 at 5:55 am
Filming is expected to start this Autumn on the next Chronicles of Narnia film. It will be Prince Caspian. If memory serves this features the Penvensie children about a year after their wardrobe adventures
more here
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: JamieMcBain on 01/20/06 at 9:05 am
Looking forward.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: MidKnightDarkness on 01/20/06 at 10:24 am
Filming is expected to start this Autumn on the next Chronicles of Narnia film. It will be Prince Caspian. If memory serves this features the Penvensie children about a year after their wardrobe adventures
more here
...Yay!
I wonder why they didn't do it in order, though. Isn't the Magician's Nephew the first book in the series..?
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: Dominic L. on 01/20/06 at 4:03 pm
Most people disregard The Magician's Nephew.
Maybe because it's not really part of the story, it's just a prologue to it.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: Dominic L. on 01/20/06 at 4:03 pm
Although it's my favorite one ^
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: Donnie Darko on 01/25/06 at 2:05 pm
Do we really need another remake of a book? How about an original movie for once?
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 01/25/06 at 4:19 pm
Do we really need another remake of a book? How about an original movie for once?
but a movie brings it alive, alot of times. Some people can't get into reading the books, but they have no problem going to see it at the theater....they are visual kinds of people.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: Satish on 01/25/06 at 4:29 pm
I wonder why they didn't do it in order, though. Isn't the Magician's Nephew the first book in the series..?
Actually, The Magician's Nephew isn't the first book in the series. It takes place before the rest of the books, but it wasn't the first to be released.
Sort of like with the Star Wars saga. The 3 movies that have been released in the past few years take place before the 3 movies that were released in the late 70s and early 80s, even though they were released later.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: barefootrobin on 02/22/06 at 12:24 pm
I loved the book series when I was in fourth and fifth grade, although I don't plan to see the movie myself...
...I don't want another one of my beloved books to be tarnished with a crappy movie.
The book series was my all time favorite in grade 5. I was not disappointed in the movie at all! And was pleasantly surprised! Everyone/Everything was exactly how I envisioned them/it.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: nally on 05/14/07 at 11:04 pm
Most people disregard The Magician's Nephew.
Maybe because it's not really part of the story, it's just a prologue to it.
I got that book about a decade ago but I never got around to finishing it. There are seven altogether; I've only read the first three of the series.
Subject: Re: Chronicles of Narnia
Written By: Badfinger-fan on 05/15/07 at 3:41 am
I read the Chroncles of Narnia in 1979/1980 and don't remember much from way back then, but found the movie very entertaining. I enjoyed it enough to purchase the DVD. I really loved the White Witch, she exuded evil :o