The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

[aurora10]

Who's read it? I have! I read it a long time ago and it's one of my favorite books. You guys MUST see this movie. I'm so happy with how it came out. WOW. I thought the whole cast was absolutely brilliant. The kids are all awesome actors and no one else could have played them like they did. Tilda Swinton (White Witch) was so evil! I LOVED it!

*SPOILERS*






There were lots of funny parts. ;D As the movie went on, I started remembering the book a lot more even before an event would happen. I wanted to cry right when Lucy saw the lamppost. Hahaha. It was exactly how I pictured it. Everything was done very well. Aslan was awesome, of course. Liam's voice was PERFECT! The scene were he sacrifices himself for Edmund was quite emotional. I went to an early showing and of course, a bunch of schools came, too. Well, a few classes...not a whole school. lol They were actually well behaved, which was weird. lol They did, however, clap at pretty much EVERYTHING at the end. They clapped when Aslan came back to life, when he killed the White Witch, when Susan shot Ginarrbrik, each time the kids were crowned, and a bunch of other parts. It was okay at first but it started to get to me. Clap after the movie. I was talking to this one girl who was by herself, too. Okay, she was 32 but she looked 22. She was real cool cause she liked a bunch of the same things as I do. She read the books, also. At the end when Tummus is shown, she was like, "Haha, he got a new scarf....and it's velvet." I couldn't stop laughing. Just see it. lol





*End of spoilers*

I went to the bathroom afterwards and of course, a bunch of the little girls were in there. I bet you know what happened next....yep, "PETER WAS SOOO HOT!" "OMG! DIDN'T YOU THINK HE WAS HOT?!" "HE'S MINE! NO, HE'S MINE!" lmfao Aww man, the fan girls in them are coming out. I laughed in my stall. lmfao Don't get me wrong, William's (or do they call him James?) very good looking. I just checked...he's 19. Okay, at first I felt weird thinking it but hey, he's my age. lol I thought he was younger.

[blue]

That kid actually is. I saw a picture of him in a magazine... He definitely is.

I read the book, might go see it tonight! Whee!

[aurora10]

YAY YAY YAY! You're gonna love it. ;D

Doesn't he look younger?

[Deleted]

yeah - read the books a loooooong time ago

[malle]

I'm going to see it for sure, but it doesn't open here untill December 25th, so I know how to spend christmas day. I've read all the Narnia books and I will read all of them again after I've seen the movie.

I used to watch it the cartoon version every christmas, when I was a child and I remember crying over brave Aslan. Some of you will probably know why

[peaches]

i reallllly wanna go see it, i read the book when i was like 9 but i never finished it but hte movie looks so good!

[aurora10]

'Tissssssss........it's better than good. ;D Awww, I wanna see it again. I will. Ugh, the real world is boring. I wanna live in a cool fantasy land. lol

[stormy]

I'm avoiding the spoilers. I'll probably wait till next week to see it, some day after work (early afternoon), when hopefully the theaters won't be too crowded. I read the books several times when I was a kid and loved them, then I read them again in my 20s and was able to appreciate them on a different level. I'm really looking forward to the movie.

[aurora10]

Yeah, I gotta read the books again.

[aurora10]

*whines* I want a British accent!!!! AHHH!!!! I WANT A BRITISH BOY!!!! AHHHH!!!!!!!!! Sorry. You guys have no idea how much I want an accent. I guess I'll just have to move to England. YAY.

[avoca]

LOL I love the brit accent, too blue. and I love your avie and sig bar

I'm going to see the film as soon as it's released, which is on dec. 21st here.

I also recently got the book (complete edition of the chronicles), so once the others have read it, I may give it a try too.

[Deleted]

This movie was amazing! Go see it go see it go see it! The theatre was crowded &, like Aurora said, got into it when the good guys came thru - everyone clapped at the ending (or what we thot was the ending) & then again after the next "ending". (yeah - don't leave when the credits start to roll) . Liam Neeson was the perfect choice for Aslan. This movie was truly wonderful, I loved it. I want to see it again too. Be sure to see it - you will not be disappointed.

PS - they showed a preview to PotC 2! And how weird am I? I cheered for the trailer. But we have to wait til next summer. Argh. (ha ha)

[stormy]

My mom wants to see it, too, but only if we go some afternoon after I get back from work, and before the kids get out of school. So we're going to try for Monday. I was thinking of seeing Walk the Line this weekend, but again, she wants to see it and would rather see it some afternoon. That will give me time to re-read the book this weekend. It's very short; the edition I have is about 180 pgs, so that should be easy enough.

ETA:
I wanted to share this from the edition of the paperback I have, printed in 1977: Under the title on the title page, it says "A STORY FOR CHILDREN". The next page says:

To Lucy Barfield
My dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand a word you say, but I shall still be,
your affectionate Godfather,
C.S. Lewis

Awwww. I love that.

[aurora10]

That's so sweet. I don't think anyone is too old for fairytales.

[stormy]

I've never outgrown fairy tales, but I do know a lot of adults who think that kind of stuff is just for kids.