The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

[dimsum411]

A few friends and I attended a premiere screening of the movie last night, and I have to say, it's one of the best movies I've seen all year. Not to mention an incredible score by Harry Gregson-Williams. This is definately a must-see film, even if you haven't read the book.

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[Downfall]

i have read all of the books and will definetly go see this movie. hell who knows i might even not make any smartassed coments to my friends during it

[Digital Pimp]

Yea I'm probably gonna go see it this weekend.

[LynX]

Is it as good as LoTR?

[Hitman]

LoTR > 1 slutty orgasm.
Narnia > Beastiality + child porn orgasm.


I'm going to see it, gotta take a chick though.. it just doesn't sit right asking the guys to go see this shit. My only beef is that chicks don't like when I drive drunk.. :(

[PHAT_ASS]

some asian girl of mine wants to go to see it, so ill prolly jump on the occasion...

ill post in this thread again after i see it to tell my impressions.... either this one or bxx's first asian thread :D

[karny]

Saw this last night at a midnight showing, i really enjoyed it.

Anyone else know that this is a story about the bible? The lion is jesus, the witch is satan theres a whole other bunch of similarity's too.

[Downfall]

i kinda thought it was common knowledge that the books has a lot of christian symbolisim in it.

[dimsum411]

Let's just say C.S. Lewis, who was a devout christian, wasn't quite as subtle about his faith showing up in his work, as Tolkien was. Commonalities between biblical and modern writing aren't necessarily surprising, seeing as the oldest perceptions of good and evil were essentially founded by religious works. Parallels between religious scripture and modern tales have been around for centuries, not excluding the hero reborn concept, sacrifice and stories of that nature.

[burnart]

I was always rooting for the Ice queen, guess I'm screwed huh...

[Ahriman]

Never read the books, and the movie doesn't look interesting to me.

[Digital Limit]

The books were simply magical. Whimsical, even.

[dimsum411]

Yep, they're classics.

[SuperDavidGT]

I was always rooting for the Ice queen, guess I'm screwed huh...

hehe, take the "for" out of that quote

[Roq]

I've read all but the last book, I'm definitly seeing this whopper.

[burnart]

hehe, take the "for" out of that quote

still laughing...

thats awsome

[Ahriman]

Meh, nothing'll beat Tolien to me. I never really heard of these books before now, but they just seem like the works of a hack. Plus they're children's books, so they instantly suck.

[Killer Klown]

Uhm. You do know that the Hobbit was written as a children's book, too? Plus, Tolkien and CS Lewis were not only friends, but war buddies. <A la World War 1>

[Ahriman]

And as such I never liked the Hobbit. Silmarillion was always my favorite. And them being friends doesn't make him a good writer.

[dimsum411]

Never read the books...

[burnart]

And as such I never liked the Hobbit. Silmarillion was always my favorite. And them being friends doesn't make him a good writer.

lamer....

would you have loved Silmarillion without having read the hobbit and lotr..I think not...since silmarillion is only back story on the world and shit....

Its like me saying that Harry Potta Suck...but I have never read a book.
He does suck though, the difference is that I'm always right...

Narnia is a fantastic story, the english made a series that runs every easter here in norway, its has become a fam. tradition so watch...

[SuperDavidGT]

Meh, nothing'll beat Tolien to me. I never really heard of these books before now, but they just seem like the works of a hack. Plus they're children's books, so they instantly suck.

lotr is one of my favourite books, but I can think of quite a few others that i enjoyed more than the continuous droll of description after description. staying awake while reading that book is like trying to stay awake during an economics lecture.

i liked the silmarillion, but as burnart said, its nothing more than the backstory and wouldnt be any good without the other two. you know, if someone were to get the rights to the silmarillion and write novels (or make movies) based on the stories, then that would be interesting

i'll recommend to y'all the His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman. It's a bit like the whimsy of Narnia - written for younger kids, religious connotations, etc, but i think it takes it to another level which i can't quite put my finger on

[burnart]

"On the internet, nobody knows your a dog" - Steiner

whos steiner?

[SuperDavidGT]

"On the internet, nobody knows your a dog" - Steiner

whos steiner?

i honestly have no idea. i have this list of quotes that i find on the internet for uni and work and whatever, and i was looking through it the other day and found that. pretty trippy huh?

it was either that or the lyrics to Violent Pornography by SOAD

[Yian]

"On the internet, nobody knows your a dog" - Steiner

whos steiner?
http://www.unc.edu/depts/jomc/academics/dri/idog.jpg

It is originally from a cartoon by Peter Steiner, in page 61 of July 5, 1993 issue of The New Yorker, (Vol.69 (LXIX) no. 20).

[Ahriman]

You guys know that the Silmarillion was the first work he was working on and the last, and was meant to be the main part of his work, but the success of the hobbit made him make the LotR, and then he decided to make them be one long tale of Middle-Earth meant to go hand in hand but died before he could finish the Silmarillion?

[Digital Pimp]

Yea the Silmarillon was a massive work. Its given me alot of inspiration with my writing over the years. In one of his letters, I have the book of them, he atlked about the sequel to LOTR he was writing but could never get it really going. The story was a few hundred years after LOTR ended and was supposed to be evil returning to the world of Men.

[PHAT_ASS]

it was either that or the lyrics to Violent Pornography by SOAD

i know a girl that fucks to that song...

[burnart]

he atlked about the sequel to LOTR

That would have been so damn cool...too bad he wrote so slow hehe

If we had cloning technology, I vould have voted for cloning tolkien.

[wangstramedeous]

Narnia was superb. I'm so glad they stuck to the books and didn't alter much. I read some of the books as a kid and I fell in love with them. I'm reading the whole series now and although it feels very much like a child's story, they are great books and something to be reckoned with even by older readers who have a mind for fantasy. I hope disney keeps it up and doesn't fuck up the rest of it.