The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
POSTED BY: dante144
UPDATED: Monday, December 19, 2005 04:23
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Yes it was sooo awesome, saw it this morning....
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I got all teary eyed too. and Peter and Edmunds armor was sweet, esp. Peters helmet face was down.
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Mal:"Jayne try not to steal to much of there sh*t!"
Death is like sex in high school... If you knew how many times you missed having it you'd be paralyzed- Georgia Lass (Dead Like Me)
*Andersen AFB, Guam*
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I'm gonna go see it when the crowds die down. Saw the cartoon once per year growing up (and ya I got all weepy everytime aslan got the knife). Read the books and saw how primitive the cartoon was by comparison.
I'm hoping the movie does the book proud. I expect it'll be different (sadly), but I'll give it a once-over.
LOTR was proclaimed as loyal to the book, and was "mostly" so. Should have made "Hobbit" first, but what came first? The chicken dinner or the egg?
Who am I to speak? I've never read a "Harry Potter" book but I've seen all the movies on cable (minus the most recent one). I did, however, play AD&D as a kid so it's technically not new.
XG
No such thing as gravity. The "Earth-that-was" just sucks.
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The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe fascinates me. A Christian allegory that’s steeped in pagan imagery. You got to love dissecting it. But there is one question that weighs on me more than any right now does Liam Neeson play Aslan with an Irish accent?
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Who do you suppose is in there?
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It was amazing, I saw it last night with my youth group last night and we all enjoyed it.
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Oh, Haze, please don't say Allegory in a thread about a work by C.S. Lewis... like Tolkien, he abhored allegory... And seeing as how Liam Neeson is Irish... Probably.
Anyways, I loved the movie, I thought the casting was spot on, and Hearing Aslan's voice was grand, that one bit of casting that hasn't been touted and it's good it wasn't lol. I almost cried at the stone table scene. The only effects I was dissapointed by were the Witches Reindeer... everything else was great, and I loooooved the battle. WETA did a great job with the Creatures, Costumes, and Weapons... though I never expected them to do otherwise.
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"And I’ll dream you up in this vast, dark bed/Believe I loved you for each hair upon the back of your neck/And I
Want to kiss you but I can’t/Down on the river by the sugar plant"
"...Sugar Plant" by Mike Doughty
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Liam Neeson doing Aslan's voice is (1) news to me, and (2) a bad act of miscasting.
That roll so belonged to 1 of 2 voices. Thulsa Doom/Vader or the only real "James Bond".
Needs no explanation.
XG
No such thing as gravity. The "Earth-that-was" just sucks.
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You misunderstand me. Im from Dublin, I just wanted to know if Liam was flying the flag.
I know C.S. Lewis didn’t like Allegory, but reading the book you have to admit…
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Who do you suppose is in there?
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I was excited to find out Qui-Gon was Azlan. That guy was one of the few good things about Episode 1. The movie was really good and exciting and reminded me of Lord of the Rings. Did anyone go to the Woodfield theater to see it? Because as soon as I walked in this guy handed my little brother and me wristbands that said "I love firefly" Well the love was a heart but you can imagine my surprise. Apparently they are for some firefly phone they are trying to sell but I tried to ignore that part. I like the idea of people handing out I heart firefly bands for the show. But anyway Chronicles of Narnia was great and if you go see it at Woodfield you might get an I love firefly wrist bands.
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Originally posted by XeroGravity:
Liam Neeson doing Aslan's voice is (1) news to me, and (2) a bad act of miscasting.
That roll so belonged to 1 of 2 voices. Thulsa Doom/Vader or the only real "James Bond".
Needs no explanation.
XG
No such thing as gravity. The "Earth-that-was" just sucks.
You mean James Earl Jones...and Sean Connery? The answer is No, and No. While both of them have very distinct voices, if you put the voice of Vader into someone as gentle as Aslan, too much reference to the dark side...and not to mention that he's already voiced a lion before; Mufasa. And I'm sorry, listening to James Bond talking throughout the movie would have sucked, been too distracting (think "Dragonheart," knowing it was Sean Connery talking was very distracting and took away from the dragon IMHO). Liam Neeson has a very gentle, kind, warm voice...the very nature of the Lion himself. It was perfectly cast.
Psolaris
"Ten percent of nuthin' is...let me do the math here...nuthin' into nuthin'...carry the nuthin'"
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Well, yea, it will seem a bit slow if you are expecting high-impact action like you get with most big movies these days. This is a PG movie geared for the younger audience, like the book is. But it still is great for adults. A movie does not need blood, a break-neck pace and all that to be great.
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Aslan's death did not need to be graphic to be effective. The emotion and power of it was very much there w/out the blood.
(Don't know if that is really a spoiler, but some people haven't read the books.)
Dito to all that said the special effects were great and the creatures were awesome. And I am sooooo glad that they stayed true to the book.
I loved the how they showed the air-raids on London and the children being shipped out by train. Children today needed that; it was a wonderful little history lesson that fit in so well.
Wonderful movie!!
No, it's shiny! I like to meet new people; they've all got stories.
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