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Narnia
Apr 5, 2006 23:45:21 GMT -5
Post by twilight on Apr 5, 2006 23:45:21 GMT -5
Has anyone read the Chronicles of Narnia or seen the new movie? I have done both and I think they are both amazing. I have had mini-debates with my boyfriend over whether Narnia is better than Lord of the Rings (the books.) They both had a really profound impact on me, and so I love them both (though since Lord of the Rings came first that will always have a special place for me. ) C.S Lewis is an amazing story teller, and I find his books to be happier than LotR and many of the other books I like. It makes for a nice change. It also seems to encompas every single childhood fantasy - becoming a king or queen, sword-battles and adventures, talking animals, and magic. I may have mentioned this before, but when I love a book, I usually try to take something from it - not necessarily a lesson or moral per se, but an understanding of a kind. In Narnia, I really loved the portrayal of Aslan as the divine character. I know it was written from a strongly Christian perspective (and it's author would probably dissaprove of my own practices and faith), but if there is a God, and it was like that (which I can see it being), I would be the first one to follow him. I'd love to know what you all thought of it/ I would definitely recomend this book to you if you have not read it. It is so amazing, and the movie adaptation was excellent.
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Narnia
Apr 6, 2006 0:49:55 GMT -5
Post by Brandybuck on Apr 6, 2006 0:49:55 GMT -5
I have not seen the movie as of yet (I really want to). However, I read the whole series when I was in school, and I fell in love with them then. I used to always open my closet, hoping that there was a secret world waiting in there for me. I even went so far as to tap the back of the closet wall to double check! So yes, they definitly had a impact on me. Not nearly the impact that the LOTR series had on me (for obvious reasons)..but a very good series nonetheless.
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Narnia
Apr 8, 2006 2:07:19 GMT -5
Post by boogieman on Apr 8, 2006 2:07:19 GMT -5
i read em and ive seen the origanal movie!
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Narnia
Apr 26, 2006 7:42:26 GMT -5
Post by Lomelindo on Apr 26, 2006 7:42:26 GMT -5
Ive seen the movie, and I think it captures the book(s) very well, which very good CGI stuff. As for LOTR and Narnia : they were written very differently, CS Lewis relying heavily on allegory while Tolkien absolutely hated allegory. narnia is indeed an allegory of the Christian story, while Tolkien's work is based on memories of the people who lived in the ancient past.
Though both have a similar over-emphasis on good vs. evil, this is mainly because they both shared the same ideas, as it is Tolkien who inspired CS Lewis to become Catholic.
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Narnia
Apr 26, 2006 23:37:32 GMT -5
Post by boogieman on Apr 26, 2006 23:37:32 GMT -5
Interesting view.
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Narnia
Apr 27, 2006 13:16:28 GMT -5
Post by twilight on Apr 27, 2006 13:16:28 GMT -5
Actually, Lewis was Protestant, but that's really a minor point.
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Laiwing
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The longing heart does not choose.
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Narnia
Oct 27, 2006 11:47:58 GMT -5
Post by Laiwing on Oct 27, 2006 11:47:58 GMT -5
I saw the movie, loved it.
Read the book, HATED it. It is definently a children's book. And the attitude some of the males had towards women... I don't think I even finished Lion, Witch, and Wardorbe. I'm shocked I bothered with the first one! (I stupidly bought the paperback with all seven books in one.)
Stick with the movie. For once, the movie is better than the book.
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Rowan
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Narnia
Nov 2, 2006 20:55:19 GMT -5
Post by Rowan on Nov 2, 2006 20:55:19 GMT -5
I loved all the narnia books as a child . I still have battered dogearred copies til this day of almost all of them. when i was younger i much preferred books about other worlds and spent half my days living in these lands rather than my real residence. Sometimes i would be so absorbed that i would be thinking about the characters long after i put the book down . The moral codes inherent in these books are valuable assests still even now. I think my love affair with turkish delight began sometime during reading The Lion , the witch and the wardrobe . Over the last couple of months i have begun reading the Magicians nephew to my son as a bedtime story . He adores the cabby who owns the horse Strawberry , i try read his lines with a british accent that he finds hysterical . Im glad to find a thread here about Narnia and see others who share my love of this home away from home.
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Narnia
Nov 3, 2006 14:19:44 GMT -5
Post by Brandybuck on Nov 3, 2006 14:19:44 GMT -5
It is definitly a good series to read to a child. That is exactly what makes great books classics...reading them to the next generation so that they too can enjoy it.
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Rowan
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Narnia
Nov 3, 2006 21:06:16 GMT -5
Post by Rowan on Nov 3, 2006 21:06:16 GMT -5
Yeah Its great that he hasnt been brainwashed yet into disbelieving in magic by his peers , so everything in the books is absolutely acceptable and possible to him.
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