the holiday blockbuster thread!

I've been rather disappointed by Blockbuster's policy regarding their late fees. I do not use them anymore.

 

Probably need to put the new Harry Potter movie in there. That film's made some serious coin since November..

I really want to see Narnia!!


King Kong... Meh....

 

I saw The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. I've read the series many times since the first in 4th grade and I recently taught it with my class so I read each chapter three times. I noticed every single difference from the book but as far as adaptations go this is about as true as it gets to the book.

You betta check yoself! That battle is indeed in the book except Lewis mostly left the details to the imagination. However, we do see a recount of Edmund smacking the White Witch's wand in the book and we also see Aslan pouncing on her. In the book, just like in the movie, the battle is progressing as Aslan is bringing the stone creatures back to life. However, Lewis doesn't take us there until Aslan and the other creatures arrive at the battle. The movie shows us the battle before Aslan gets there, which is pretty much a necessity of the movie version IMO.

Two major sequences that come to mind that weren't in the book are:

The confrontation with the wolves on the ice (the lead wolf, captain of the witch's secret police, was named Fenris Ulf in the book. His name is inexplicably changed in the movie).

The Beavers' and Pevensies' escape from the beaver house was different in the movie...obviously the purpose was to make it more exciting.

There were a bunch more but those are two big ones.

Anyway...

Although I thoroughly enjoyed the movie I must agree. There were some times that were way too green-screeny and at the beginning there were some awkward moments with Mr. Tumnus's legs. I expected better from Weta. Some of the makeup wasn't that great either. The problem is these are all things that I compare to Lord of the Rings, which was near-flawless in that regard.

Aslan was superb though. Really good CG there IMO.

brad cook

 

+1

 

We saw 1 last weekend. Excellent movie! Some of the CG was less than perfect, but it wasn't overly noticeable.

I think it is the best movie I have seen this year, and maybe the best I have seen since ROTK.

That battle sequence was amazing. Second best I have seen, a bit behind the big one in ROTK.

We will go and see 2 in a couple of weeks, after my 2 weeks of on call is over.

 

Ditto on both points...how articulate! There hasn't been a movie in recent years that you'd be able to pay me to rent, let alone waste at least twice as much bread on in a theater.

 

You should become a professional movie critic.

Seriously though, those are some high standards. It seems that whenever someone says that new movies, games, books etc are no good, they forget that the old ones weren't any better.

 

Entirely true...there were definitely more than a handful of "classic" flicks that I could barely choke my way through. I don't think I have high standards when it comes to movies, I just don't like to waste my time.

 

Narnia was a great film - and not just because I am IN IT!

Yeah I was an extra - 4 18 hour days in Ogre makeup was not a lot of fun, but a great experience.

Tilda Swinton is nice in person, no Diva ego, but sufficiently menacing as Jadis, the White Witch.