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Posted by: dannywalker17 at May 24, 2008, 4:42 pm

Topic: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Forum: JoBlo

Quote: Originally Posted by Homyrrh If they skip any book, it will be the Silver Chair, hands down the least enjoyable (well, relatively speaking) and least transferable (IMHO), Why least transferable? I think The Last Battle has a lot more imagery that will be difficult to translate to film, if that's what you mean. Quote: Originally Posted by Homyrrh internal struggle, pride, temptation. And if/when they attempt to confront these elements, it becomes oversimplified and annoying. I don't agree that they were oversimplified. I thought the themes of pride, lack of faith, and temptation all came together very well. They all are trusting in something other than Aslan. Peter trusts in himself, having the mind of 30 year old king. The dwarf (and Caspian for a brief moment) wants to put his trust in a power that will ultimately lead to destruction. Only Lucy sees Aslan as the only hope from the beginning, and even she is too weak in her faith to understand the intricacies of how Aslan works in the world of Narnia. Quote: Originally Posted by Homyrrh Guess I should've have utilized quotations. I think the film was trying to blatantly emphasize the fact that the Telmarines were foreigners. I agree. The end of the film (and the book) makes it abundantly clear that these people are foreign to the Narnian world. They don't belong there. The use of a Spanish culture emphasizes that, but it also makes sense in that the pirates who passed into Narnia though a cave on an island very well could have been Spanish, so they would have brought that medieval Spanish culture with them. It's very similar to the way Rohan is modeled after Norse cultures in LOTR. I liked how they had a lot of star imagery because pirates would have relied heavily on stars to navigate. Very good work by WETA. Quote: Originally Posted by Ender I wonder if this has to do with CASPIAN's opening, which, though large, was significantly smaller than the first film. When was the last time a sequel to such a big movie opened at less than its predecessor? A lot of people are calling it public burnout on fantasy, but I think it's more due to the fact that (and I really never tire of saying this), the first Narnia movie was just plain bad. It's interesting because I had noticed that they were not doing nearly as much direct marketing to Christians. The first one was screened in churches and mini-posters were handed out after worship services. Leading up to the release I thought to myself, well they must just think that that demo is just going to hear about it like everybody else this time. I think that may have had some effect. I know a lot of very conservative Christians (not one myself) and none of them have problems with Narnia. Many do with Harry Potter, but not Narnia or LOTR.

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