The Series is threatened.

I would rather support an average narnia movie than a lot of other junk coming out. But if people are saying they dont want narnia then we will get more Harold and Kumar.
 
^yeah! :eek: supporting narnia, no matter what, shows hollywood that people want "family friendly" films with spirituality, with chilvary, and might make it possible to green-light more fantasy. :D

NO MORE HAROLD AND KUMAR. :eek: :eek:
 
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Tweetsie said:
I think what is most valuable to ask of us is to support the films. We shouldn't spend all our money seeing them, but we should go and see it at least, and maybe we ought to try and convince people we know to go see it. The majority of us have been in situations where people say "Let's go see a movie- but which one?" and suggesting Narnia will help them get sales up. Maybe they won't get Narnia to number 1... but it's like raising awareness about an issue. If disney won't advertise PC, we can...
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LOL I do that and people ask are you fanatic about it ?
 
Tweetsie said:
HOW can you love him?!! He's made the SAME MOVIE like FIVE TIMES nowww..... >.<

This is off topic. UGH. I will not answer, I will not answer, I will not answer...

I have to tell myself that too often, but seriously. :eek:
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haha...that is so true...about Will Farell. All his movies really are the same, with a slightly different spin on each! :D
 
PrinceOfTheWest said:
You can try, but it would be a case of amateurs trying to advise experts within the movie industry. Besides, there are probably all manner of factors in play that we have no idea about. I think it would be more fruitful to advise them to stick to the stories more scrupulously, and not mess with characters. Then they'd have a guaranteed fan base who would be happy to spend more and more on their productions. If they keep going on the path they are, they'll alienate them.
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NO, had PC stuck 100% to the book this topic would be named HOW PC KILLED NARNIA! the book was the 7th best! and not good movie stuff at that
 
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"supporting narnia, no matter what, shows hollywood people want "family friendly" films..."

Lady of the Lion's Mane, I will not support Narnia movies "no matter what." If the filmmakers destroy a story, I most definitely will not support them so they can destroy more of the series. I was unhappy with PC, but am taking solace in the fact that they are changing directors.

MrBob
 
Oh the idea of this makes me so sad. I actually think PC would have done better box office wise if it was released on a different date. I was released after Iron Man, but before Indiana Jones and Sex and the City. That's three highly anticipated films, (I believe there is actually an article about this somwhere.) If it was released maybe in June, it'd be summer kids would be out of school and it could stand alone and may have gotten a better response from audiences.

As a film major I have to disagree with the bad editing. I want to go into video editing, and believe me I have seen some poorly edited movies. PC wasn't badly edited in my opinion, and I think Ben Barnes did a wonderful job as Caspian.

I'll still stick by the series I'm so excited for VoDT! I wish I could go forward in time so I could see it now ^__^
 
QueenofNarnia29 said:
Oh the idea of this makes me so sad. I actually think PC would have done better box office wise if it was released on a different date. I was released after Iron Man, but before Indiana Jones and Sex and the City. That's three highly anticipated films, (I believe there is actually an article about this somwhere.) If it was released maybe in June, it'd be summer kids would be out of school and it could stand alone and may have gotten a better response from audiences.

As a film major I have to disagree with the bad editing. I want to go into video editing, and believe me I have seen some poorly edited movies. PC wasn't badly edited in my opinion, and I think Ben Barnes did a wonderful job as Caspian.

I'll still stick by the series I'm so excited for VoDT! I wish I could go forward in time so I could see it now ^__^
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I completely agree with you on both your points. One, they released the movie at a bad time...and two, I also thought the movie was awesome, and there was no bad editing.
 
PrinceOfTheWest said:
For my part, I've no particular interest in seeing the movies succeed. As I mentioned in some threads discussing Lion, I don't buy into this cultural mythology that the best possible thing that could happen to books is to be made into movies. Some books have been terribly mutilated in the transition (e.g. Jackson's Lord of the Rings, and the production of Little Women a few years back that was nothing more than a feminist screed.) I'll applaud the movies to the degree that they properly reflect and respect the spirit of the books. If they violate them, I will not only not support the movies, I will oppose them. Whether the movie franchise succeeds is no skin off my nose; in fact, if they don't do justice to the books, I hope they fail.
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Well said. if they are going to go ahead and mess up a good story then, no thanks!

inkspot said:
I don't think anyone wants the movies to be "word for word" from the books -- we liked a lot of the additions to both LWW and PC. What we object to is trampling on the spirit of the books and adding things that would have CS Lewis turning in his grave ...
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Exactly, the movies don't have to be word for word. In fact a few changes are good. I did mentioned the change in LWW when they added the scene of the bombing of London. That added to the drama and the point that Lewis was trying to say. It did not detract or oppose the spirit of the book. So some changes are ok. But to make a character opposite of what he is, that's no good.

MrBob said:
"supporting narnia, no matter what, shows hollywood people want "family friendly" films..."

Lady of the Lion's Mane, I will not support Narnia movies "no matter what." If the filmmakers destroy a story, I most definitely will not support them so they can destroy more of the series. I was unhappy with PC, but am taking solace in the fact that they are changing directors.

MrBob
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I will not support them either. If VODT makes the mistake of making substantial changes to a character so as to make it opposite to the intentions of the book, that will be it for me. I will be a very vocal opponent against continuing the series.
 
I have a cultural investment in seeing movies like this succeed 'no matter what'. I'm not a fan of the books over that aspect. There's too much glut for me to oppose Narnia movies unless the Narnia movies resembled the glut.
 
I mean, I'm sure I'll see all the movies they make, but I won't venture out to the theater to see them past The Silver Chair...i'll just rent the rest.
 
Frankly, I was happy or 'ok' with the level of faithfulness to the book found in PC --although it was not as high as LWW.

But, even if I ignored the Narnia aspect of the film, I just generally enjoy watching family-friendly movies and am pleased to support clean films with good messages (i.e. humility and faith). So I agree with those posters who are happy with Narnia films so long as they stay good quality family entertainment.

As a fan, though, I completely sympathize with boycotting an adaptation that butchers your beloved book. *shudders*
 
PrinceOfTheWest said:
For my part, I've no particular interest in seeing the movies succeed. As I mentioned in some threads discussing Lion, I don't buy into this cultural mythology that the best possible thing that could happen to books is to be made into movies. Some books have been terribly mutilated in the transition (e.g. Jackson's Lord of the Rings, and the production of Little Women a few years back that was nothing more than a feminist screed.) I'll applaud the movies to the degree that they properly reflect and respect the spirit of the books. If they violate them, I will not only not support the movies, I will oppose them. Whether the movie franchise succeeds is no skin off my nose; in fact, if they don't do justice to the books, I hope they fail.
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Critics are legless men who teach running and I see you as the movie Critic type, some people want a movie to be 100% to the book IT WILL NEVER be that way with any book
 
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^Gogogoff, there is no need to be disrespectful of other posters when discussing your differences. Please disagree with the idea rather than the man.
 
gogogoff said:
Critics are legless men who teach running and I see you as the Critic type
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PrinceoftheWest is a published author, and you would not consider his comments the teachings of a "legless" man if you had been around longer. Or, I will say, the other reason you might say something like this is not worthy of you, so I must assume it is your short time here which makes you give this judgment. Of the moderators and members here whose good opinion I value and who I would come to for straight talk and a good perspective, PoTW is right at the top of the list. I take extreme exception to this comment of yours. :(
 
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