Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <My brother has read the books, and he told me that this first one is the only one that really was any good. > Wow Blackie...I don't like your brother (no offense, LOL); nah, I'd give him a chance, but I think that's a sad statement that he can't truly enjoy the other 6. I also find that boggling. I actually enjoy the stories of "The Silver Chair" and "The Horse and His Boy" the most, but LWW has a special place in my heart since it's the gateway to Narnia, the true first book of the series. They're all very good. I could tell you the universal least favorite of the series and why Lewis thought that was (and my reasons too), but I don't wanna spoil anything.
Originally Posted By u k fan I'd love to know if your least favorite is the same as mine, perhaps you could mark it spoiler!!!
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy I'll e-mail ya, u k fan. I wanna keep everything as spoiler-free here as possible since LWW is out in less than 2 weeks and some "newbies" may start reading the books (and there could be resulting posts and non-spoiler-marked messages as a result). My e-mail is in my profile, anyone else interested feel free to write.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Ebert and Roeper this weekend are reviewing LWW this weekend. Usually nine times out of ten when they give an early review for a film it get a thumbs up.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 It got two thumbs up to be exact. And both sounded as if they really liked it.
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo Does anyone worry about the critics liking this film. I very very rarely agree with the critics and the majority of the time when they say they really like a film I think it's awful. So it worries me when I hear about how much the critics say they like it. Anyone else worried?
Originally Posted By LindsayC There was a review tonight on one of the UK’s few film programmes - Film 2005 with Jonathan Ross. He was not impressed.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Here's an audio link to the program: <a href="http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandroeper/today.html" target="_blank">http://tvplex.go.com/buenavist a/ebertandroeper/today.html</a>
Originally Posted By basil fan That won't stop me from seeing it with high hopes. Donald Duck's Family Tree <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/donald.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/donald.html</a>
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 There is a nine minute supertrailer out there. Warning if you have not read the book I recommend staying away. <a href="http://www.narniaweb.com/" target="_blank">http://www.narniaweb.com/</a> This actually brought me to tears at one point.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka ^^LOL I'm laughing because I got all teary-eyed when I saw the longer trailer a couple of weeks ago.
Originally Posted By irishfan >>There was a review tonight on one of the UK’s few film programmes - Film 2005 with Jonathan Ross. He was not impressed. << I saw that too....he really was disappointed.
Originally Posted By u k fan Total Film gave it 3 out of 5, Saying that it was OK and a solid start, but lacking in areas. Their line graph never went below entertained!!!
Originally Posted By kmsandrbs So at the beginning of the super trailer, when they showed the train, I had to think "It's the Hogwarts Express!" Very excited to see the film!
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <I saw that too....he really was disappointed.> Well I'm VERY glad to hear he is in the small minority. IMDB is reporting *EXTREMELY* raving, glowing reviews on it in Great Britain, and pretty-much-overall-good reviews here in the US. C'moooon Narnia, bowl us over!
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ and rightly so. Having seen it last night at the Royal Albert Hall I was blown away by it. It doesn't let up for the 140 minutes you are sitting there. The acting is first-rate (especially the four kids who transition from being only interested in Edmund to wanting to save Narnia are excellent), the dialogue is very British and lacks the clumsiness you often see with American interpretations and the scenery is stunning. Tilda's acting as the White Witch is perfectly pitched between trying to woo Edmund to down-right evil. I went in not expecting much but loved every minute. They have crafted a wonderful feature out of the book. Lee
