I'm going to turn you into a big fluffy hat.

[davidn]

Of the many things of which I am terrified, the Narnia film reminded me most of the way that I used to be petrified of the white witch turning things to stone in the old TV series. You spotted the subtle pun? Well done, gold star for you.

I'm driving Whitney to Edinburgh airport tomorrow, which is rapidly becoming today, and have opted not to bother trying to sleep in the generous four hour gap that we've left ourselves. I have already tried to stockpile some sleep by being bone idle most of the day, and will probably just drink a lot of hot chocolate at hourly intervals so that I'm in a fit state to drive in time for the 6:30am flight. Therefore I have to come up with some ingenious ways of wasting time, and Livejournal fits that description perfectly.

As I mentioned, we went out to St Andrews for a last night of the year in town, and saw the new Narnia film. It had me on edge for virtually all of its 140-minute length - not really because of anything in the film, but because I was terrified that they would somehow murder the book flagrantly. I was particuarly worried about the stone table scene, but fortunately everything seemed fine. It was strange to see the scenes that had been done so long ago in the BBC version reworked - both in their similarity and the way that they were different. That sentence made virtually no sense, but what do you expect, it's quarter to midnight.

It might seem a bit of a minor point, but something I noticed about the film was that some scenes seemed a bit stuck together. It's true that I do go looking for mistakes in films, but even I was surprised with the regularity that small things like hand positions and other details changed between shots. That'll probably make you watch for them when you see it, though, so ignore that.

To its credit, even the CGI was fairly convincing. I hope that this is sufficiently successful for them to film The Silver Chair and The Magician's Nephew.

Comments

[tweeasfuck.livejournal.com]

Bad pun, bad...

[davidn]

You could say that that was a bit of a stony reception.

[pookatimes.livejournal.com]

The joke's already on the rocks.

[tweeasfuck.livejournal.com]

Oh, it gets worse.

:(

[e-to-the-ipi.livejournal.com]

Why those two books, specifically?

I mean, Magician's Nephew could come out soon or be a nice prequel later, so it's somewhat immaterial when it comes out (although it was the penultimate novel published, and it doesn't face the issues of aging child actors). And Silver Chair isn't until a good few books later: you need to get Prince Caspian and Voyage of the Dawn Treader fairly soon before the children get too old to reprise their roles. Of course, that necessitates Silver Chair and Last Battle being filmed soon after, because they all feature a young Eustace. How they're going to hammer A Horse and his boy into the film series without taking liberties with the plot and continuity of the novels will be interesting. [I know way too much of this off the top of my head. I think I'll try and dig out the novels.]

[e-to-the-ipi.livejournal.com]

What I'm scared they might do is just skip Horse out completely, which would get around the fact that it's fits into the series oddly (it takes place mid way through the 20-ish-year fast-forward of another book), without starring characters who recur. Which means it's the simplest thing to do.

[davidn]

I don't think I ever read Horse, actually. But to answer your original question: Because I liked them, and no other reason.

[e-to-the-ipi.livejournal.com]

That's a very good reason. Silver Chair is indeed great, but I the nautical/explorer side of me always liked Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

Yes, I do have that side. I've just had it hidden, of late.