Music & Movies

I liked the air raid scene at the beginning...in the book, Lewis was able to just say that they were being sent to the country for that reason, but a modern American audience wouldn't understand so easily. Plus, in a movie you don't tell, you show.

I didn't think the movie felt rushed. It *did* feel as if it were trying too hard to be a LOTR-type epic. My biggest nitpick was with the dramatic music when Lucy is walking up to the wardrobe for the first time, and with the fact that she walks slowly and cautiously as if she can *hear* said music. Come on; she was playing hide-and-seek. The object is to hide quickly. And she had no idea there was anything special about the wardrobe until she stepped into the snow.

I loved the Narnia movie, actually. It was the only movie-made-from-a-book that I've ever seen that was totally loyal to the book, didn't leave out anything, and looked just as I had imagined it.

Then again, to me, there is no such thing as cramming in too much information. Generally movies from books infuriate me because they leave out too much of the "good part" (aka anything that would confuse and bore stupid people)...

I still haven't seen Narnia *sighs* but a book-to-movie that I thought was well-done was L.A. Confidential. Bear in mind that what was in the movie was about an eighth or less of the book, but it managed to stay true to the spirit of the book nonetheless. (It would probably take a 10-hour miniseries to do everything in that book, and they would almost certainly be sued by Disney unless they were very careful... one character NOT in the movie is a thinly veiled satire on Walt Disney)

The Narnia movie was *not* exactly like the book. From the point where they leave the beavers' house to the point where they meet Aslan, the story is almost completely different. However, I think the changes made for a better movie.

Hi, I am sooooooo bored!

Ya don't sew boards! You hammer them in place with a nail! *flicks tongue*

Speaking of Narnia, that reminds me what I still wanted to get around to, watching Narnia. Yep, yep, maybe next time.

Well, I'll admit the movie was a lot better than watching Sonora try to hammer nails into boards.

YOU try lifting a hammer that's bigger than you are!

I like to watch Sonora, I think the hammering would be fun.

Narnia was entertaining, but it lacked originality. It was a mix of many already existing fairy tales and even if I hadn't read the book before watching the movie, I could guess easily what would happen next... which becomes boring.

Though, costumes were amazing. Especially those of the queen and of Mr. Tumble (the animation of his legs, and his little ears... were very convincing!!!

Hejix, what existing fairy tales do you think it was a composite of?