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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2008 21:11:52 GMT
It's amazing. It's the perfect Disney film, well, although it's much darker in parts than the first film, Prince Caspian and King Peter- so would.
I actually think the film is somuch better than the book, and the ending trumps any ending of any film that I have ever seen. "The Call" fits in perfectly and it made me all sad and teary.
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Jun 14, 2008 13:16:12 GMT
Was it better than the first one which was shite. Also it's taken a while for this one to come, it's been almost three years hasn't it?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2008 19:12:21 GMT
Yeah, it was much better. But I liked the first one too. The first one came out just before Christmas in 2005, and the next one wont be out until 2010. Also for any prying eyes, obviously I flew to America to watch this given that it's not out until the 26th of June. There's an hilarious scene where Lucy puls out her little dagger and faces an entire army alone which made me smile, and for the first time ever I'm glad that they haven't followed the character that misogynist prick CS Lewis wrote with Susan. Although I'm a bit sad that she's not in any future films along with William Moseley who I'm sure will be able to find a rich man to look after him.
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Post by gravedigger on Jun 14, 2008 20:25:36 GMT
My brother went to school with Ben Barnes, and apparently he's very dull, and an excellent singer.
I get so riled up about Susan in The Last Battle. I was about eight when I read it, and I didn't understand where she'd gone. The aforementioned brother then explained that she'd been sent to Hell for being too interested in nylons and invitations. How I cried. How I cried.
Is the CG shit?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2008 21:22:04 GMT
It's not, it's good.
As for the Susan stuff, have you read "The Problem of Susan"? It's written by Neil Gaiman who was so annoyed at Susans ending that he wrote it to explain what happened to her. It's really haunting. It's just a shame that CS Lewis didn't live long enough to realise the error of his ways and correct it.
Also fun fact! Tilda Swinton plays two parts in the film.
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Post by jamie on Jun 15, 2008 13:22:09 GMT
I am really looking forward to this. Hopefully I'll go and see this in the cinema but I'm worried that here in China it'll be dubbed as it's a children's film.
I already have 3 more than appropriate Prince Caspian tshirts as they are ace and sparkly(and they are actually genuine surprising with all the fakes about as a chinese company has done a joint deal with disney to produce them). But Gold and silver and a bit sparkly you can never go wrong. It doesn't feel like long since the last film at all.
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Post by gravedigger on Jun 15, 2008 21:32:50 GMT
As for the Susan stuff, have you read "The Problem of Susan"? It's written by Neil Gaiman who was so annoyed at Susans ending that he wrote it to explain what happened to her. It's really haunting. It's just a shame that CS Lewis didn't live long enough to realise the error of his ways and correct it. Thank you for that, I just googled it and it's great! Still upset, though. The Perrault reference made it even worse- didactic, misogynistic twat. He and CS Lewis would have got along famously.
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Post by Nurse Dunkley on Jun 16, 2008 0:57:10 GMT
No offence CP, but I'll need someone who saw the first one and found it really really really really shit to tell me that this one is amazing before I go and see it. I still get very angry about the first one, and I am never angry about anything.
It does look better already though, because there are two fit men in it now that the Prince has turned up. He does have hair like a women in a Pantene advert though.
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Jun 16, 2008 10:31:06 GMT
No offence CP, but I'll need someone who saw the first one and found it really really really really shit to tell me that this one is amazing before I go and see it. I still get very angry about the first one, and I am never angry about anything. Exactly. I'm gonna find the thread for the first one. I remember people were laughing at parts of it; it was that bad; especially at the little girl. Now she's older she's probably not intentionally funny. Here it is: lowculture.proboards34.com/index.cgi?board=movies&action=display&thread=2575What? It seems I actually enjoyed the first one... that wasn't my memory of it.
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Post by dirtypop on Jun 16, 2008 10:46:04 GMT
Well Prince Caspian looks well fit so I'll definately see it regardless of actual content.
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Post by raspberry on Jun 18, 2008 19:36:00 GMT
I didn't see the first one as out of nostalgia I started to read the books again and realised they were shit. I'm curious about this one though as I have no memory of the story despite probably reading the book and watching on BBC on Sundays. The beeb should really repeat those shows if they can.
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Post by Joel on Jun 19, 2008 10:12:22 GMT
The BBC adaptations were awful. That dumpy gap-toothed troll they got to play Lucy was hideous.
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Post by Rad on Jun 19, 2008 11:39:57 GMT
I had a dream last night that all the reviews of this said it was awesome. Let's hope it was prophetic.
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Post by al on Jun 19, 2008 12:21:40 GMT
The BBC adaptations were awful. That dumpy gap-toothed troll they got to play Lucy was hideous. She had a comedy lisp as well. I remember the scene in The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe where Aslan was sacrificed, she was there on the stone altar all "Oh, Athlan! Athlan, wake up!" - it was meant to be touching, but it was hilarious. I can't wait to see Prince Caspian. Not sure I'd have casted someone as salon-fresh in the title role, but hey.
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Post by raspberry on Jun 19, 2008 20:55:40 GMT
The BBC adaptations were awful. Were they? Perhaps that's why I only have a vague memeory of them: they were shit.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2008 21:06:02 GMT
The BBC adaptations were awful. Were they? Perhaps that's why I only have a vague memeory of them: they were shit. I remember them being on a par with schools dramas, like the one with a dragon that taught us about decimels.
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Post by Joel on Jun 19, 2008 23:55:07 GMT
My thinking they were awful largely comes from my mum hating them so much. Man she hated the girl who played Lucy. But then my mum's in her 60s and like's Destiny's Child and The Rasmus. My mum's a bit odd.
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Post by Becky on Jun 20, 2008 11:53:18 GMT
I have the dvds of the bbc version. They are pretty shit to be honest, but at least you get the whole story, whereas in films they have to leave bits out to fit it into a reasonable time frame.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2008 13:39:02 GMT
I have the dvds of the bbc version. They are pretty shit to be honest, but at least you get the whole story, whereas in films they have to leave bits out to fit it into a reasonable time frame. Didn't they miss out three books?
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Post by jetsetwilly on Jun 20, 2008 13:47:05 GMT
I loved the BBC adaptation of The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, shonky Aslan and all. There was a real magical feeling to them, coupled with their wonderful Sunday night comfiness - I'd watch this, and then because we'd had a big lunch we'd have cakes for tea, then I'd go and have a bath for school next morning. And each week was a bit closer to Christmas. Perhaps if I watched them again now I'd be bored stiff but I thought it was just lovely at the time, and actually my affection for the book is based largely on this show; certainly I never bothered reading any of the others, and the film sent me to sleep.
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Post by pauliepoos on Jun 21, 2008 9:11:38 GMT
I enjoyed the BBC adaptations at the time, and considering they were made 20 years ago they haven't aged too badly, although I have the video and when I tried to watch it a couple of years ago I did get bored, but that was more do with turning 30. They are books for children after all, not graduates or young professionals
I have similar recollections to Sunday nights as JetSetWilly, except that my grandmother would change the time of her weekly phone call to make sure it didn't clash with Narnia. And when I had my bath I'd listen to the top 40 and get disappointed when Bananarama didn't make the top 20 with Love, Truth & Honesty.
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Post by thelovelykate on Jun 21, 2008 11:13:29 GMT
I must have been pretty young when The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was on because I really thought Aslan was a real lion. I was completely distraught when I saw a Blue Peter special where they winched him up and took him apart to reveal that he was in fact a ROBOT!
Watching them as an adult they still have a certain school panto-like charm but it's clear that they spent all their money building Aslan as the CGI/animations and most of the animal costumes are laughably cheap looking.
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Post by mcqueen on Jun 22, 2008 20:50:10 GMT
I loved the BBC adaptation as a kid me but my sister and I used to get endless fun out of mocking Lucy "Oh Athslan!!". Our biggest laughts however were making fun of Aslan "rarring" to wake up all the amdram fauns who were statues- it still makes me chuckle at how shit it was.
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