tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post4647367412597943170..comments2023-11-05T02:01:53.847-06:00Comments on Antagony & Ecstasy: JESUS CHRIST, IT'S A LIONTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-11391722579385435582017-01-13T04:03:28.454-06:002017-01-13T04:03:28.454-06:00And seven years later, they are trying again to ge...And seven years later, they are trying again to get The Silver Chair off the ground. And because I'm a dumbass, I'll buy it if they do.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546972990126033036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-88365277659835093912011-10-31T02:24:13.640-05:002011-10-31T02:24:13.640-05:00Racist? Anti-Muslim? Really? I should think that t...Racist? Anti-Muslim? Really? I should think that the series' two very positive Calormen characters would put the racism to rest while the Calormen religion (as described) doesn't look anything like Islam even if it is in a culture that does have middle eastern aesthetics.<br /><br />The Chronicles of Narnia are very fine children's stories and the films have suffered as much from a lack of creative imagination as from their shoehorning of American Evangelical moralization into the plot. The result has been dull and plodding from the beginning.Sextus Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633740809881928986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-86674676790975451752010-12-26T11:22:12.710-06:002010-12-26T11:22:12.710-06:00The Narnia movies are fun, wholesome movies with a...The Narnia movies are fun, wholesome movies with a message. I consider myself to be Agnostic in the religious sense, but was raised with Christian values and beliefs.<br /><br />I don't believe that Asland will create any converts to Christianity though. Impressionable children, who see the movie, will only notice the connection to Christianity if they are already Christians.<br /><br />dt hit the nail on the head. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie with my family. I thought it was the best one yet.<br /><br />"So anyone who disagrees with you "needs to get out more" for the relevation that, holy shit, Voyage of the Dawn Treader is actually a fantastic movie?"<br /><br />So anyone who disagrees with YOU is simply a Christian moron to be dismissed? What a group of lemming, pompous, well...nevermind.VLStileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13925949144374795073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-38515414034828525212010-12-20T11:43:58.603-06:002010-12-20T11:43:58.603-06:00"I paid attention to how the plot unfolded, a..."I paid attention to how the plot unfolded, and the story arc worked quite well. Great special effects."<br /><br />The story arcs were sloppily handled, with precious little characters to care about and even more than were simply grating archetypes to conform to the expectations of the evangelical Christian market, and the special effects hardly quality as anything even remotely special. How utterly lacking in taste you are for daring to suggest otherwise.<br /><br />Have I adequately adapted to your "worldview" now by dismissing outright your opposing viewpoint without even bothering to address any substance that it may have?Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05042352225162731429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-72495127351489664732010-12-20T11:38:13.942-06:002010-12-20T11:38:13.942-06:00Dt, so we are all "jaded" for not all ha...Dt, so we are all "jaded" for not all having the same viewpoint as you do? <br /><br />"The reviewer needs to get out more. He's obviously seen so many movies recently that he let a gem slip by him."<br /><br />So anyone who disagrees with you "needs to get out more" for the relevation that, holy shit, Voyage of the Dawn Treader is actually a fantastic movie?Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05042352225162731429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-25229629990688065752010-12-19T18:35:28.781-06:002010-12-19T18:35:28.781-06:00I find the politics behind these books interesting...I find the politics behind these books interesting; His Dark Materials presenting atheism, Narnia full-fledged christian apologetics, as the reviewer eloquently points out, and last but not least The Lord of the Rings sporting a catholic viewpoint, itself barely there. I was saddened by the failure of The Golden Compass because the books may be the most endearing of the lot, and they even found the perfect Lyra in Dakota B. Richards. Alas, this was a case where the christian boycott did work. All the Narnia films have going for is early hype that's losing steam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-91985684042785616742010-12-19T11:04:59.034-06:002010-12-19T11:04:59.034-06:00You people cannot be serious. How jaded you all so...You people cannot be serious. How jaded you all sound. I saw this movie with my 10 year-old daughter, who was transfixed. I paid attention to how the plot unfolded, and the story arc worked quite well. Great special effects. Not to mention a world view that is largely responsible for any good we have in this nasty old world. The reviewer needs to get out more. He's obviously seen so many movies recently that he let a gem slip by him.dthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05790366738008932461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-66204891111985127412010-12-18T18:32:12.259-06:002010-12-18T18:32:12.259-06:00The fact that I read the reviews rather than watch...The fact that I read the reviews rather than watch the movies for entertainment value says it all.<br /><br />I never particularly thought Narnia was filmable as a big blockbuster movie. BBC adaptation was good, but Narnia has quite a homely style that just looks trite splashed all over a twenty-foot screen. Oh, and the adaptation of His Dark Materials definitely had no excuse for being so meh - the source material had everything anyone with a modicum of movie making talent could need.<br /><br />PS. They must never, NEVER make The Last Battle. Triteness is forgivable, racism so is not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-38784754352008628952010-12-18T16:44:23.654-06:002010-12-18T16:44:23.654-06:00That first paragraph alone is a beaut, I'm alm...That first paragraph alone is a beaut, I'm almost dreading how terrible the final book would be filmed (I still remember being good and pissed by it). I stopped watching at the first one, and can't even remember WHEN the second one came out.<br /><br />I was going to ask, but now Duckers' mentioned it and I must: what do you think of THE GOLDEN COMPASS. I'm not embarrassed to say (okay, a little) that I liked it, much.Andrew K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01104647944747041277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-4011599742073104572010-12-17T10:31:16.636-06:002010-12-17T10:31:16.636-06:00Yeah, Silver Chair is much better than Prince Casp...Yeah, Silver Chair is much better than Prince Caspian in my opinion.<br /><br />I've said this before and I will say it again - just make medium-budgeted (60-80 million) movies of all of them. Christians don't need constant CG eye-candy, they want moral messages for their children. If the movie has a reasonable budget, it will certainly make back its costs in theatres and then sell on DVD and Blu-ray constantly. Just look how many Christian families own those BBC adaptations that have ridiculously horrible special effects.<br /><br />PS. Tim, thought this might interest you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt9F7tKcZcU&feature=player_embeddedfranklinshepardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13858074176921317138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-61488899559001238532010-12-17T05:49:05.533-06:002010-12-17T05:49:05.533-06:00Well, I'm still hoping someone will follow up ...Well, I'm still hoping someone will follow up that appalling "Golden Compass" film so I can get some closure...Jasper L'Estrangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09523365666840980885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-82969519910406736502010-12-17T00:10:51.379-06:002010-12-17T00:10:51.379-06:00"The actual good books?" Granted it'..."The actual good books?" Granted it's been years and years since I read them, but I distinctly recall that The Silver Chair was my favorite--which isn't to say that I'm dying to see it filmed, of course.<br /><br />I didn't know the specific funding details, but I always got the distinct impression that everyone was all enthusiastic about these movies at first, oh boy, we'll be just like LotR! and then they started actually making them to indifferent critical reception and they all realized that they weren't quite so excited about the project as they'd initially thought they would, and now they can just barely bring themselves to slog forward for fear that just flat-out quitting would make them look dumb. Hard to imagine them going the distance, however.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-52260165970513334162010-12-16T23:58:38.608-06:002010-12-16T23:58:38.608-06:00this movie has the ugliest poster ever. i recently...this movie has the ugliest poster ever. i recently stood in a movie theater staring at it in horror for a good five minutes.Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07573022985434913749noreply@blogger.com