So I saw The Chronicles Of Narnia...

[mickill]

I won't get into what kind of gun the assailant/person I married had to my head at the precise moment that I agreed to do so, but it turned out to be not so bad, anyway. I wouldn't recommend it to just anybody, though. But that whole thing about it being a cross between Harry Potter and LOTR is pretty accurate.

I found Tilda Swinton, who plays an evil witch in the movie, strangely attractive for some reason. Perhaps it was the absence of any real eye candy in the movie that compelled me to see the appeal in an albino witch with a very unpleasant disposition, though.

For some reason, the audience really got into this movie; there was just a lot of clapping and cheering during certain scenes. Actually, people were applauding when the film started, when it ended, when new characters were introduced...it was really strange. I don't know if it's because the theater was filled with children and tweens or what (there were other adults, though). Anyway, yeah, like I said it's okaaay, but I'm not recommending it or anything. Not that I think any of you were planning on seeing it.

[tracky]

since i read and loved the books as a kid i probably will see it eventually. not gonna rush out to see it tho.

[Freebasser]

I watched the TV series as a kid, but I can't remember shit about the plot line.

[boys_beastie]

i've read the first few books, it does look pretty coo, im gonna see it

[ms.peachy]

I'd like to see it; I enjoyed those books as a kid.

I'm finding all of the 'controversy' surrounding it a bit odd, this notion that it's basically a Christian propaganda thing etc etc. Until now, it never occurred to me that there even were any parallels between the stories (Aslan's'/Jesus' sacrifice, et al). I guess because I didn't have all that 'christian' an upbringing, I don't know. I just thought it was a good tale.

A friend and I had been thinking of seeing it on Fri night but we ended up seeing Mrs. Henderson Presents... instead. Which was also very good but definitely a bit of a chick flick. But that's OK because we're chicks.

[ASsman]

Perhaps it added something to the original story instead of the good ole "spit out the book in movie form" the Harry Potter movies have done.

[Loppfessor]

I wouldn't recommend it to just anybody, though. But that whole thing about it being a cross between Harry Potter and LOTR is pretty accurate.

I found Tilda Swinton, who plays an evil witch in the movie, strangely attractive for some reason. Perhaps it was the absence of any real eye candy in the movie that compelled me to see the appeal in an albino witch with a very unpleasant disposition, though.



Yeah I read the books in like 2nd or 3rd grade so I vaguely remembered the plot. But it was a little too much Harry Potter and not enough LOTR for my taste. I'll probably wait for the next one to come out on DVD though. I also found the witch strangely erotic though. On the plus side I saw it in Luxemburg and as usual there was like a bazillion hotties there.

[Kid Presentable]

I hated those books.

I will hate the movie.

I'm just doing my bit in building this power-ballad of a movie-thread into a four page monstrosity.

[Yorkshire~Rose]

I have just come home from seeing this film - i loved the books and i wasn't disappointed with the film. I won't deny that i had a tear or two in my eye during the Aslan sacrifice scenes.

On a side note - i have never once been in a British cinema when the audience applauded. We normally just sit quietly, laugh reservedly at the funny moments and mutter about the price of the pick and mix. Must be an american thing.

Sweeping generalisation over. :D

[CJM]

my teacher read all the books to us in the fourth grade, and from what i remember they were good. i'm probably going to see it with a few friends sometime.

[paulb]

I watched the TV series as a kid, but I can't remember shit about the plot line.


me neither

[jackrock]

who didn't enjoy the books as a kid?! i thought it was coming out much later for sure :eek: but good to know (y)

[kleptomaniac]

i don't wanna see it but i wanna see it



i have mixed feelings (!)

[Bob]

i read all 7 books, and i still don't remember anything about the plot line. something about a lion...some guy named caspian...a little bastard named mr tumnus

i don't remember any battles quite honestly

[Drederick Tatum]

it's retarded enough when people clap at the end of a film, but during?...the characters won't be able to hear the advice I'm shouting at them.

[TurdBerglar]

i haven't seen harry potter or the lord of the rings and i probably wont see this

[adam_f]

It's better than the Chronicles of Riddick.

[WildBaldMonkey]

To me it was just a tad long, but over all it was pretty good.

[Documad]

It's cute when guys pretend that the only reason they saw a movie was to please the wife. :rolleyes:

I also can't remember the books. I think I only read the first two and I never noticed a Christian slant. Did the movie cover all the books? Anyone?

[Medellia]

it's retarded enough when people clap at the end of a film, but during?...the characters won't be able to hear the advice I'm shouting at them.
It' a movie based on a book with a huuuuuuge cult following. Of course people are gonna clap. At least for the first week or two.

[Medellia]

I also can't remember the books. I think I only read the first two and I never noticed a Christian slant. Did the movie cover all the books? Anyone?
I think it's just the first one. Although The Two Towers covered events from both Fellowship of the Ring and Return of the King, so it's not unlikely that there would be a few elements of the other books.

[Documad]

I think it's just the first one. Although The Two Towers covered events from both Fellowship of the Ring and Return of the King, so it's not unlikely that there would be a few elements of the other books.
I am definitely going to have to see Return of the King to see how that turns out. I read Two Towers so I know about the spider. ;)

[insertnamehere]

i thought it was good. battles could have been a little more epic, but it is a kid movie so i guess they can show a lion rip someones throat out. and yes, i almost cried at the whole aslan stone table thing, even though i knew hed turn out ok in the end.

[mickill]

It's cute when guys pretend that the only reason they saw a movie was to please the wife. :rolleyes:

I also can't remember the books. I think I only read the first two and I never noticed a Christian slant. Did the movie cover all the books? Anyone?
I really did see this against my will. I mean, I went along with it to be a nice guy, but if it were really up to me, I'd have probably gone with Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire or Chicken Little.

Also, there were definite Christian themes involved, but I wouldn't go so far as to refer to any of it as religious propoganda.

[ericg]

Glad you liked enough to make the thread..
I made one in the past but can't find it.
I'm gonna see it this week :) !!!

I think this was like one of the first films I ever remember watching that gave me a deep, emotional sense of what character... and good really is. C.S. is by far one of the best writers of all time! Too good for this world perhaps. The books are just enthralling, if that's a word. I can't even pick one up without feeling the ultimate respect for it! I really can't say enough good about it.

So glad they did it! The Last Unicorn is being remade too :D

[Drederick Tatum]

It' a movie based on a book with a huuuuuuge cult following. Of course people are gonna clap. At least for the first week or two.


that doesn't make sense. you clap when there are people there to recieve your applause. who's there in the cinema? are you applauding the ushers?

[Kid Presentable]

that doesn't make sense. you clap when there are people there to recieve your applause. who's there in the cinema? are you applauding the ushers?

They're applauding each other for spending the money to be there.

[voltanapricot]

I promised a friend I'd see it even though the books and now the film have never appealed to me one little bit.

By the way Medellia by some freaky deaky coincidence my current msn name is 'I'm a Lumberjack and I'm okay.'

[abcdefz]

I found Tilda Swinton, who plays an evil witch in the movie, strangely attractive for some reason.




...I think she's oddly sexy.

I'm also hot for the lady who was one of the precogs in Minority Report, and in that really great movie, Code 46.... what's her name....?

I have no interest in Chronicles of Narnia. Thank your wife for not marrying me, please. :D

[abcdefz]

who didn't enjoy the books as a kid?!





*raises hand*



I've tried reading them about various points in life, beginning around age nine or so. Can't get into 'em.

There are many CS Lewis books that I think are superb, but not those. :(

[ms.peachy]

I'm also hot for the lady who was one of the precogs in Minority Report, and in that really great movie, Code 46.... what's her name....?
Samantha Morton. She's really good. Have you seen Sweet and Lowdown? She's in that. She plays a mute and even without words, her performance is just amazing. It's a really good film. I don't normally like Woody Allen films, but this isn't like his usual neurosis-schtick.

[mickill]

Oh, I'm sure he's seen it all right.

I think both her and Sean Penn were awesome in it. And Woody was great up until about 15 years ago. But I think he still has his moments.

Minority Report on the other hand was among Speilberg's worst cinematic atrocities. And there's a lot of those to choose from.

[Qdrop]

yeah, my girl went and saw this on saturday...without me.
i respectfully declined.

i have no regrets.



and if you think that unic-looking, transgender, albino chick is attractive....might i suggest viewing Constantine again.....

[abcdefz]

Samantha Morton. She's really good. Have you seen Sweet and Lowdown? She's in that. She plays a mute and even without words, her performance is just amazing. It's a really good film. I don't normally like Woody Allen films, but this isn't like his usual neurosis-schtick.


Yes yes yes -- that's her.

I walked out on Sweet and Lowdown, but not because she (or Penn, for that matter) wasn't doing good stuff. I just couldn't take it.

[abcdefz]

Oh, I'm sure he's seen it all right.

I think both her and Sean Penn were awesome in it. And Woody was great up until about 15 years ago. But I think he still has his moments.





*crosses fingers for this here Match Point mobie*





Minority Report on the other hand was among Speilberg's worst cinematic atrocities. And there's a lot of those to choose from.




BOY was that movie bad except the set and sound design which were pretty good. I saw it a second time via rental to confirm the awful truth.

HOW does that movie have such a good rep? It's more full of holes than Pepperland.

[ms.peachy]

I walked out on Sweet and Lowdown, but not because she (or Penn, for that matter) wasn't doing good stuff. I just couldn't take it.
:confused: Whaddya mean?

That scene when he comes down on the moon - oh my god, that was one of the funniest things ever. One hardly thinks about Sean Penn as one of the world's great physical comedians but HOLY crap, that was so funny. So, so funny.

[mickill]

HOW does that movie have such a good rep? It's more full of holes than Pepperland.
And what's funny is I'm always giving Spielberg another chance. I go into every one of his movies thinking, ok, maybe this won't suck, but it always inevitably does. He's the king of blown opportunities. He'll just take an idea with so much potential, chew it up and crap out the most idiotic, overblown cornball movie you can imagine and then move on to his next victim.

[abcdefz]

:confused: Whaddya mean?

That scene when he comes down on the moon - oh my god, that was one of the funniest things ever. One hardly thinks about Sean Penn as one of the world's great physical comedians but HOLY crap, that was so funny. So, so funny.



...where he was so drunk and all? Yeah.

He has agift for comedy (see also: Fast Times at Ridgemont High) -- pretty amazing for someone who seems to have no sense of humor.


Yeah... I went to see that at the theater and ... just hated the story, hated his character, didn't much like Morton's waif character, and the theater was packed. All in all, it just was a crappy experience, so I bailed out not too far into it.

[abcdefz]

And what's funny is I'm always giving Spielberg another chance. I go into every one of his movies thinking, ok, maybe this won't suck, but it always inevitably does. He's the king of blown opportunities. He'll just take an idea with so much potential, chew it up and crap out the most idiotic, overblown cornball movie you can imagine and then move on to his next victim.


The ideas are so good, and on the rare occasions when he totally nails it, there's almost no one better (Raiders particularly comes to mind).

HOW could he make war of the Worlds with that... well, there are two main scenes which come to mind (one outside a café, one with Tim Robbins' character) and then so TOTALLY bail out at the end with that... that... ending. My God.

Makes me feel much cozier about alien invasions, though, that's for sure. Everything will be alllllllll riiiiiiiiiiight.

[Documad]

The ideas are so good, and on the rare occasions when he totally nails it, there's almost no one better (Raiders particularly comes to mind).
Yeah, and in the movies that don't work, there are some parts that really do (like the scenes at the beginning of the movie where the boy is a robot and meets Jude Law). He's incredibly frustrating.

I think he needs someone like me working for him. I don't think he hears the cold hard truth very often.

[Documad]

Also, I liked Tilda Swinton in The Deep End (an okay movie).

I get her mixed up with Kerry Fox (who I will always remember seeing for the first time in Angel at my Table). I always think it was Tilda in the Ewan McGregor movie where the roommate dies and leaves the money. My brain is working on tangents today. :(

[abcdefz]

Yeah, and in the movies that don't work, there are some parts that really do (like the scenes at the beginning of the movie where the boy is a robot and meets Jude Law). He's incredibly frustrating.




Man. I really, really love about 80% of that movie.

Too bad he doesn't suck at beginnings; at least then, we wouldn't keep leaving the theater after Spielberg movies so pissed off.

I'm surprised he didn't have a Mrs. Jaws show up, rehabilitate Bruce, and they would swim off happily ever after while the town of Amity looks on into the sunset.

[abcdefz]

Also, I liked Tilda Swinton in The Deep End (an okay movie).




Oh yeah! I've seen her in more stuff than I thought.

That movie... I really didn't like that movie, though.

[Drederick Tatum]

there are some parts that really do (like the scenes at the beginning of the movie where the boy is a robot and meets Jude Law).

AI is probably the best example of Spielberg's blown opportunities. a wonderful premise to begin with, one that has loads of potential if Spielberg could just bring himself to do something on a level anywhere near intimate.

[Medellia]

that doesn't make sense. you clap when there are people there to recieve your applause. who's there in the cinema? are you applauding the ushers?
We're talking about nerds. "Sense" doesn't come into it.

PS-Clo, <3