The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe [Archive]

Mercy Medical

06/28/05, 09:54 AM

http://movies.go.com/moviesdynamic/movies/movie?id=612181

Now that LOTR is over with I guess I can start looking forward to this series of movies. Anyone else interested?

Trainsaw

06/28/05, 09:55 AM

i saw the preview before Star Wars, it looks pretty cool, i'm not sure if i'm going to go see it at the movies but i'll def rent it

Mercy Medical

06/28/05, 09:56 AM

i saw the preview before Star Wars, it looks pretty cool, i'm not sure if i'm going to go see it at the movies but i'll def rent it
You're King Kong trailer has put me on a trailer binge at the moment. Haha, be prepared for more threads from me about movies today. :)

I've read the books, so I'm really interested in the movies. It's just a great story.

-whisp-

06/28/05, 10:07 AM

i cannot wait till this comes out, i used to watch the series as a kid and now the movie is in progress, whoo! its unreal how some of these kids look so similar from the ones in the series.

mat1419

06/28/05, 10:09 AM

i havent read the books since i was a kid...i'm really excited to see this because it'll all be new again to me.

marrost

06/28/05, 10:30 AM

This shit is gonna be huge.

FOBcareemo

06/28/05, 12:34 PM

looks tight i read all the book but dont remember shit form em

quail_50

07/04/05, 09:28 PM

Not looking foward to the movies, the books are always better then the re-make movies, most of the time it ruins the books.

Anton Djamoos

07/04/05, 09:38 PM

I actually just started reading the series. I am not a big fan of Lewis's style but the story itself is really good. I'm excited about the movies.

nobodysmonkey

07/05/05, 07:34 AM

I read those multiple times when I was little. Untill they literally fell apart.
I can't wait to see the movies.

radiofriendly

07/05/05, 09:19 AM

special effects look unreal

...the good kind of unreal...not like they don't look real..because they do...in an unreal kind...of...way...

punkpixie

07/05/05, 10:53 AM

I'm looking forward to these. But I hate LOTR so I don't know what I'm going to think about this.

Spooky

07/05/05, 11:02 AM

i'm not really sure what to think of this either.... i fear it becoming too kids orientated. Of course they are kids books... so i guess i cant really complain....

Chemical Love

07/05/05, 02:36 PM

This looks pretty cool. I will def check them out.

littlehope4us

07/05/05, 04:52 PM

i'm glad they are having richard taylor do the effects on this one, he did a great job on lotr.

The Silencer

07/07/05, 03:38 PM

I can't believe I never saw this thread before, I fucking love the book series and I can't wait for the new movies. :love:

worldstheory

07/07/05, 09:40 PM

This movie will be freaking awesome.

I had never read the books before, so when I saw this trailer, I went and bought the first book. It brought back a lot of memories of the animated film that I saw when I was little. I thought it was a really great story.

I think this will be really amazing. Much of it is being filmed in the picturesque New Zealand AND Weta Workshops (of TLOTR fame) is doing the creatures and make-up and armor and such.

satanisanerd

11/18/05, 01:25 PM

Anyone going to see this? I'm pumped for it.

selftitled85

11/18/05, 02:29 PM

looks bad.

MLLMillenium

11/18/05, 02:57 PM

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Scott Irvine

11/18/05, 03:49 PM

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Oh get over it.

satanisanerd

11/25/05, 11:06 AM

I played the game and beat it. The movie looks killer.

DaveHallow

11/25/05, 10:40 PM

I am excited for it. Its gonna kick ass. Speaking of movies kicking ass, i am off to see harry potter on thursday.

AreTwoKay

11/25/05, 10:41 PM

I might go see it I read the book along time ago and forgot most of it.

Emopunkthrice

11/25/05, 10:44 PM

are they going to make all the movies or just this one?

satanisanerd

11/28/05, 01:35 PM

are they going to make all the movies or just this one?

I believe they are going to continue making sequels. I heard that the next one would actually be from the book "Prince Caspian" because it still has the kids in it.

FOBcareemo

11/28/05, 02:45 PM

I believe they are going to continue making sequels. I heard that the next one would actually be from the book "Prince Caspian" because it still has the kids in it.

i do not remember a damn things about these books and i read like all of them

CorporateFish

11/28/05, 02:50 PM

i do not remember a damn things about these books and i read like all of them
Same here. I kind of want to see this though..

Saint Germain

11/28/05, 03:54 PM

looks bad.

I agree.

satanisanerd

12/08/05, 11:35 AM

It looks good to me.

mat1419

12/08/05, 11:44 AM

i'll go see it...but not this weekend....big party this weekend

weezer182

12/08/05, 11:54 AM

it looks really good

YouMadeTheScene

12/08/05, 12:16 PM

anyone ever read magic kingdom for sale? That is the best fucking book and they were going to make a movie on it but haven't heard anything as of late.

As for Narnia I'll see it. The books were great.

Timberwolf

12/08/05, 03:00 PM

I dont really like the casting of the white witch, I always imagined her as having really dark hair and being more kinda...veluptuous haha, I just don't really beleive the image they gave her. I'm sure the movies descent though.

so typical

12/09/05, 10:19 AM

i'm not really a fan of the genre...but i actually do want to watch this epic looking movie.

Emopunkthrice

12/09/05, 04:03 PM

so kids like how was it?

cuetheflames

12/09/05, 04:08 PM

yeahhhh im going to see this tonight.

Kyle Garchar

12/09/05, 04:19 PM

yeahhhh im going to see this tonight.@12?

fluke182

12/09/05, 04:30 PM

Liam Neeson was the voice of Aslan, who I highly doubt was involved with MGS3 at all.

Kyle Garchar

12/09/05, 10:27 PM

this movie was amazing

my favorite movie

Emopunkthrice

12/09/05, 10:29 PM

this movie was amazing

my favorite movie
pros/cons?

MLLMillenium

12/09/05, 10:50 PM

Okay, I just got back many many things to say.

I had super super high hopes for this movie for very many reasons. Narnia is my favorite series of books, this is my favorite out of the series. First book I ever really liked too. I plan on making movies for a living, and I had a year long project in my film class in which we had to adapt a book to a movie screenplay. This was the book I chose, so I went in with so much excitement and aticipation...

I WAS NOT LET DOWN!! First off, the book was on a 3rd/4th grade reading level I believe. So they managed to make the movie has some epic fight scenes but avoid the gore, without hurting the movie. So it's truley a film for everyone. This is Dinesy at it's fucking best people.:wow:

The acting was great, I adored the cast every last bit. The CG was incredable, and the flow of the movie was ever so smooth.

I'm seeing it again tomorrow night :thumbsup:

AshesAshes

12/10/05, 12:32 AM

Adeniz19

12/10/05, 01:20 AM

I don't know why, but I laughed for a super long time when that little troll guy got shot with the arrow as he was about to stab Edmund and he goes "ehhhh!!!!!" I bunch of people in the theater laughed too at the end when they show the close-up of the grown up Peter.ya i laughed too haha

seriously tho this movie was really good and more then i imagined. the parts the did change from the book really added to the story and made it that more exciting. I loved the beavers and thought they were hilarious and the fight scenes were very well done also.

one of the only times where the movie is actually better then the book.

Tiffernilla

12/10/05, 12:55 PM

i work at a theater
and screened it wednesday night
i liked it
so maybe you will too.

:thumbsup:

waggy

12/10/05, 02:37 PM

awesome movie. not quite "lotr good", but at about the same level of the better harry potter movies. definitely the best non-pixar disney movie in at least 10 years. with a $180 million budget, they're gonna have to make a ton of money to get a sequel approved, but it works great as a single movie if that's not in the cards. the cgi's a little iffy at times but aslan was perfect and the final battle looked great too. my favorite part though was tilda swinton's white witch, possibly the best villain i've ever seen in a fantasy movie.

popdisaster00

12/11/05, 08:46 PM

in my opinion the only cool part of this movie was the battle at the very end.

SLADE775

12/12/05, 07:42 AM

Great movie.

TJ.Wells

12/12/05, 07:49 AM

Great movie.
I read your review; no big stars?? How about Liam Neeson and Cate Blanchett?

SLADE775

12/12/05, 07:53 AM

I read your review; no big stars?? How about Liam Neeson and Cate Blanchett?

Those are hardly "big" stars.

And they were just voices.

TJ.Wells

12/12/05, 08:07 AM

Those are hardly "big" stars.

And they were just voices.
A. I'm an idiot, it was Tilda Swinton, not Cate Blanchett.
B. Last time I checked Liam Neeson was a HUGE star.

fluke182

12/12/05, 02:02 PM

It was good, but man I found myself ridiculing a lot of it. Two of my friends and myself were just ripping into it every 5 minutes. Maybe it was because we saw Syriana directly before hand and the utter seriousness of that movie made Narnia seem silly. It was fun to watch it though, definite recommend. Now I can't wait for King Kong!

GreenDayIdiot

12/12/05, 07:04 PM

i think movie compainies these days are just trying to cash in on making a popular book series into movies, and i'm not buying this one

this movie looks too long and boring for me, just go rent the 40 year old virgin, itll be more entertaining

xearlynovemberx

09/04/06, 02:37 AM

such a great fucking movie i just watched it and i loved it

gilatron5000

09/04/06, 02:44 AM

I do love the movie, but it kind of pisses me off they're re-releasing it this Christmas with more stuff

http://dvd.ign.com/articles/720/720494p1.html

xearlynovemberx

09/04/06, 02:46 AM

I do love the movie, but it kind of pisses me off they're re-releasing it this Christmas with more stuff

http://dvd.ign.com/articles/720/720494p1.html

sweet im defintley going to buy it

wyverna

09/04/06, 02:51 AM

I prefer the book to the movie.

boldt_action

09/04/06, 03:07 AM

mm, what a great film.

seconds

09/04/06, 07:00 AM

It was pretty good. Are they doing the next one in the series?

Brandon Allin

09/04/06, 07:42 AM

I went to see this movie in theatres the day I came out, and beforehand, I wasn't excited or anxious to see the movie at all. This was due to the fact that I had never been given the opportunity to read the novel, and I wasn't all that aware of what the plot was about. But, I absolutely loved it, and my brother bought it on DVD the day it came out, as well. I've watched it quite a few times since it's release, and I have to say, it gets better and better each time.

TheTrooth

09/04/06, 08:39 AM

to me its more of a one time watch thing

xvszero

09/04/06, 10:18 AM

I bought it and watched it like 5 times already, then again I'm a huge CS Lewis fan.

They are already in preproduction for Prince Caspian, and have options on films for all the books though I wonder if they will ever get around to them all.

Now if they would just make an Out of the Silent Planet movie...

normalgene

09/04/06, 10:22 AM

I would've liked it more if there weren't so many religious undertones.

vandalsandquinn

09/04/06, 10:46 AM

i liked this a lot. "the chronic-what!-cles of narnia!"

Adeniz19

09/04/06, 10:48 AM

they did this movie so perfectly. really captures the greatness of the book and adapts it to to even translate better as a movie.

catscradle

09/04/06, 11:29 AM

I would've liked it more if there weren't so many religious undertones.

the entire series is based upon christianity. They completely mirror each other. and besides it's presented in a fashion where if you don't want to take in the christian aspects it looks like a fantasy movie.

Vicky82

09/04/06, 12:13 PM

it was a pretty cool movie. everyone read the book in school and they are already filming the next book which is pretty sweet

xearlynovemberx

09/04/06, 12:41 PM

it sucks the next one dosent drop till 08

Mercy Medical

09/04/06, 12:44 PM

The only beef I have about the movie is that it just seems to move so much quicker then the book ever did. The book itself was a quick read, but I don't know, towards the end of the movie everything just seemed to happen a bit too fast. Otherwise, I absolutely love the book and the movie. I need to watch it again.

Mercy Medical

09/04/06, 12:45 PM

They need to pull some LOTR filming and just do a bunch of the movies at the same time or else these could be strung over quite a few years, but I guess it's kind of the same situation with Harry Potter.

xearlynovemberx

09/04/06, 12:48 PM

xvszero

09/07/06, 09:23 PM

I would've liked it more if there weren't so many religious undertones.

You mean if it had a completely different story and characters such that it didn't resemble the movie you saw?

thecurerocks182

09/07/06, 09:34 PM

any harry potter > the chronicles of narnia

ConsciousEntity

09/08/06, 05:30 PM

buysoap

09/08/06, 05:33 PM

i liked this a lot. "the chronic-what!-cles of narnia!"

i wish i was the one who got to say that :-/

xvszero

09/08/06, 06:11 PM

I saw this on DVD, with no expectations, and I absolutely hated it. Forget the fact that it was just a poor attempt at giving Disney a LOTR/Harry Potter franchise, and you still have an awful movie. Sorry if you like it, I won't try to belittle you, but I honestly just flat out hated it.

Poor attempt?

It got high scores in most critical reviews, was one of the best selling movies of the year (I think it was THE biggest in Europe) and comes from a series of 7 books so Disney can easily milk this into the next decade and beyond.

I'd say that is a bit more than a poor "attempt" since it did everything it needed to and then some.

ConsciousEntity

09/08/06, 06:49 PM

Sure, if you look at purely everything but the film itself.

TJ Wells

03/19/08, 09:31 AM

I will flip SHIT if this happens.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chronicles_of_narnia_prince_caspian /news/1684432/

Jessooker

03/19/08, 09:32 AM

I think that is a stupid idea.

gloriousmuse

03/19/08, 09:33 AM

WHAT?! I've never heard of this series!!

I don't think they will do it. They just can't!

Rawrr

03/19/08, 09:34 AM

Surprising seeing as how the first film almost made 750 Million.

SkyHeldUpByStar

03/19/08, 09:50 AM

I don't know that I trust Jim Hill. He's all doom and gloom over everything and most of it is rumor based. I can however kind of see the reasoning behind a decision like this. It took them a good chunk of time between Prince Caspian and The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe and thinking of continuing that spaced out trend for several more movies would be tough unless they move quicker with the next film installments or just recast...

Mercy Medical

03/19/08, 09:59 AM

Oh fuck that. I'm going to be pissed if that happens.

TJ Wells

03/19/08, 10:43 AM

I just need to see Dawn Treader in a big-budget production. Done the right way, that movie could be absolutely incredible.

OveriseFan

03/19/08, 10:52 AM

They haven't seen how the second one has done yet, relax. I think it's plausible, if it completely bombs, but I think the "huge" numbers are being blown out of proportion.

chronomic

03/19/08, 10:56 AM

what is this retard from mars shit? bad game disney, bad game.

Adeniz19

03/19/08, 11:24 AM

well looks like rumors are false. i'm still kind of pissed they pushed back the release date of dawn treader tho

gloriousmuse

03/19/08, 11:29 AM

Seriously, Dawn Treader is my favorite of the series, with the Last Battle being the second and that's a loooong wait too.

White Noise

03/19/08, 11:59 AM

Wow that would be crazy if that would happen.

positive hearts

03/19/08, 01:37 PM

Colorblind!

03/19/08, 02:09 PM

They should stop releasing the movies at such a slow pace. I dont want to be waiting til 2020 for them to finish the freaking series.

RichoTB

03/19/08, 08:15 PM

The whole Chronicles of Narnia thing is just so-so in my opinion, Lord of the Rings with lots of Jesus stuff and a tad bit on the boring side. The first movie was a lot of build up for a lame battle at the end. Prince Caspian looks a lot better and more interesting than the first one though and it's rated PG-13 so maybe the battles won't be as weak.

The fact it has strong biblical undertones and inspiring messages from the brilliant CS Lewis is more than enough to trump Tolkien. Repent and be baptised please, there's always room for more in heaven.

Bob Payne

03/19/08, 09:49 PM

gloriousmuse

03/19/08, 09:55 PM

Haha too true. But I'm an atheist and I am in love with series. I didn't even catch the religious messages when I first read the series.

positive hearts

03/20/08, 01:58 AM

The fact it has strong biblical undertones and inspiring messages from the brilliant CS Lewis is more than enough to trump Tolkien. Repent and be baptised please, there's always room for more in heaven.

Thank you for showing me the light, I think I'm going to go do that right now actually.

You know, you can infer Christian inspired takes on LOTR as well, i.e. Gandalf returning after sacrificing himself against the Balrog. However, that's much more likely to have been inspired by Norse mythology than anything else, as there are loads of Norse stuff in Tolkien's works.

So your logic is that if something is made that appeals to kids that has Christian undertones that tries to subvertly get young minds to alter their beliefs before they are even old enough to understand what's really going on it is superior to other works?

inCinerate.1028

03/20/08, 06:19 AM

gay.

Mercy Medical

03/20/08, 06:19 AM

I hope you people realize that Tolkien and Lewis were friends and were in the same book club together...

gloriousmuse

03/20/08, 06:24 AM

Didn't Tolkein base his character Treebeard off Lewis as well? Yes.

Mercy Medical

03/20/08, 06:35 AM

Didn't Tolkein base his character Treebeard off Lewis as well? Yes.
I don't know specifics how they influenced one another, but it's obvious that they have a big influence on each other.

I mean, it's obvious that LOTR has Christian undertones to it and you can find the references, but it's just less obvious then Lewis. I think my dad told me once that they didn't necessary agree with one another religious views or something, I dunno. I should find a book about that and read it sometime.

Here's more info on their relationship for anyone who is interested

http://atheism.about.com/od/cslewisnarnia/a/jrrtolkein.htm

..HeyJanie

03/20/08, 07:08 AM

Seriously, Dawn Treader is my favorite of the series, with the Last Battle being the second and that's a loooong wait too.

Those are my first and second favorite too! I've never met someone who's favorite is Dawn Treader.

TJ Wells

03/20/08, 09:35 AM

I hope you people realize that Tolkien and Lewis were friends and were in the same book club together...
They were great friends, although I think I remember reading somewhere that while Lewis loved the LOTR series, Tolkien wasn't a big fan of Narnia. Or maybe it was the other way around?

Mercy Medical

03/20/08, 09:43 AM

They were great friends, although I think I remember reading somewhere that while Lewis loved the LOTR series, Tolkien wasn't a big fan of Narnia. Or maybe it was the other way around?
Tolkien was not a fan of the Narnia series. The reasoning is stated in that link I posted above. I think he thought there were too many elements to it.

notoaststereo

03/20/08, 09:46 AM

i dont like Narnia. but i think dropping a series in the middle is a bad idea.

positive hearts

03/20/08, 10:07 AM

Just for the record, I knew about Tolkien and Lewis' friendship and writer's club or what have you.

MADSTA

03/20/08, 10:54 AM

Baaad idea.
:nono:

reductiondesign

03/20/08, 01:12 PM

Whether or not their authors were friends, LOTR is the better series. That's a fact.

Tolkien was a master of words.

radiofriendly

03/20/08, 01:51 PM

i doubt that will happen. what i do know is that the 1st installment was a little dissapointing. I'm hoping Prince Caspian will be much better. I guess I can see where disney is coming from in some regard.

Kid B

03/21/08, 01:46 PM

this shouldn't be dropped.

if prince caspian does even okay in the box offices, there'll surely be more narnia movies.

PaulsRightNut

05/03/08, 08:15 PM

so this was on tv tonight and I really enjoyed it. But I honestly felt a little disappointed with like, the character development. I know its a movie and they only have so much actual time to get the story in, but I felt like the older brother (peter I think) became like a serious warrior prince overnight. I don't know - I felt like I needed a little more convincing that he sort of matured/grew up a tad bit more once he fought in battle. Meh - maybe I'm being silly but other than that I thought it was great.