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keyoung:
I'm so excited about this movie!
I actually dressed up as Reepicheep the talking mouse one year for Halloween.  I think I was 7-ish.  I made my own costume.  It had a little sword and everything.
I know I'll end up being unhappy with parts of the movie since I have such a set way things should look in my head.  The chronicles were the first picture-less books I read to myself and the first books I ever remember my mom reading to me. Even though I'm old enough now to understand the Christian allegory it does not really "detract" from the story for me like it does for some people I know.  I am not Christian, and from a completely non-religious point of view I would argue that the Bible does have some neat stories in it. As do the Mahabharata, the Buddhist Scriptures, the Tao Te Ching (OK, so that one does not really have stories so much as really confusing poems) etc.
I don't think this movie is going to convert anybody.

Switchblade:
Never read the books, but I went to see it last night.

Let's just say that I was sufficiently impressed to go read the books now. I have no way of judging how the two media compare. It would seem that they left some stuff out - I didn't see a talking mouse, for example - but the movie on it's own was pretty quality.

I'm looking to going home so I can read the Chronicles myself over Christmas.

StupidityKills:
I want to see it because I read it and also because I loooooved the tv version that was on when I was younger. I can still remember it so well. Its out tonight actually but alas I have no money/time to go. Still, very excited indeed.

Mnementh:

--- Quote from: Inlander ---Marketed towards Christians is not the same thing as made for Christians.  I get really sick and tired of all this post-childhood loathing that gets directed towards the Narnia series as soon as people find out it's a Christian allegory.  I read the books as a kid and loved them, so did my brother, so did my mum, so did all my friends, and not a single one of us has converted to Christianity as a result.  Now that I'm older and realise that there's a Christian message in there, but I'm smart enough to be able to view the film on the level of pure fantasy that I enjoyed so much as a kid.
--- End quote ---


You know, he may have had some allegory to christianity in there, but they were kids books first and formost.  Hell, his wife was a jewish woman from NYC, one of his sons is a pastor, the other is a rabbi.

Oh to be prince caspian
afloat upon the sea...

Ozymandias:
The Christian allegory is pretty thick, but the books are still incredibly awesome as kids' fantasy novels. I've been wanting to see this movies for months. Looks bloody great.

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