Just saw Narnia trailer. Blown away. They seem to have it right; they didn't modernise it, set it in America, they have the accents right, they have the kids right, it all looks absolutely perfect. December?
Never read the book (bite me, I'm French) but that looks cool. I'd seen teasers on apple trailers before and sure enough, this confirms my suspictions that it shall be a great movie.
Weta studios, can't get any better than that (they even re-used Gandalf's horse cart ;)
Damn, thanks for showing the link. I've seen a couple of smaller trailers which were also great, but every single sight on it makes me thrilled. I was afraid they would make it "in the usual American way".
Hmmmm. Well, it looks pretty, I'll give it that. I'll probably go and see it.
BUT.
I'm very irritated with the way they handled the Wardrobe's first appearance. It's supposed to be understated and accidental, a last-minute hiding-place in the spare room, a frantic wriggling to the back to hide behind the coats because Peter's coming. Not this slow-mo unveiling, choirs-of-angels, what-light-through-yonder-wardrobe-breaks shite.
Also, isn't it EDMUND who first finds Narnia? If they've changed that, they'd better have a damn good reason.
Lucy finds it first, and meets the Satyr. Edmund is the second to find it, but falls in with the White Witch. Then despite meeting up together before coming back, Edmund denies everything, hurting Lucy, making it seem like a game, and setting himself up for the traitor character.
I'm not sure if you're asking for clarification here or taking issue with my point of view. I'll assume both :-)
schlockn. US colloq. inferior goods; trash. [Yiddish shlak a blow] (Concise Oxford Dictionary)
By "schlockification" I mean what I described above as this slow-mo unveiling, choirs-of-angels, what-light-through-yonder-wardrobe-breaks shite.
For me, part of the wonder of finding Narnia at the back of the wardrobe is how easily and accidentally it happens. As I remember the book (and we've established that my memory isn't necessarily reliable!), Lucy goes into the spare room and jumps into the wardrobe at the very last minute. Burrowing through the coats to hide herself better, she stumbles into Narnia. Wow. Total change of context - utterly thrilling.
In the trailer, by contrast, Lucy seems to approach a looming, dust-sheeted wardrobe in an (almost?) empty room with a reverent air, as if she knows she's going to find something special, when the whole point is that she doesn't. Argh. Not content with this, they then proceed to do a big slow-motion, billowy removal of the dustsheet (she's supposed to be hurrying to hide, for jayzuzsake), shafts of heavenly light beaming through the crack in the door when she opens it, and so on. This is an appalling schlockification of the scene, IM(not very)HO. It's like a parody of all I find tacky about film-making for children.
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Weta studios, can't get any better than that (they even re-used Gandalf's horse cart ;)
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Please may I knick it and put it in my LJ????
And I have to pass the link out to family and friends!
Oh thank you for this link.
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so who will be doing the mass booking of ticket for this one
december 9th woot
:)
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BUT.
I'm very irritated with the way they handled the Wardrobe's first appearance. It's supposed to be understated and accidental, a last-minute hiding-place in the spare room, a frantic wriggling to the back to hide behind the coats because Peter's coming. Not this slow-mo unveiling, choirs-of-angels, what-light-through-yonder-wardrobe-breaks shite.
Also, isn't it EDMUND who first finds Narnia? If they've changed that, they'd better have a damn good reason.
Load of arse.
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schlock n. US colloq. inferior goods; trash. [Yiddish shlak a blow] (Concise Oxford Dictionary)
By "schlockification" I mean what I described above as this slow-mo unveiling, choirs-of-angels, what-light-through-yonder-wardrobe-breaks shite.
For me, part of the wonder of finding Narnia at the back of the wardrobe is how easily and accidentally it happens. As I remember the book (and we've established that my memory isn't necessarily reliable!), Lucy goes into the spare room and jumps into the wardrobe at the very last minute. Burrowing through the coats to hide herself better, she stumbles into Narnia. Wow. Total change of context - utterly thrilling.
In the trailer, by contrast, Lucy seems to approach a looming, dust-sheeted wardrobe in an (almost?) empty room with a reverent air, as if she knows she's going to find something special, when the whole point is that she doesn't. Argh. Not content with this, they then proceed to do a big slow-motion, billowy removal of the dustsheet (she's supposed to be hurrying to hide, for jayzuzsake), shafts of heavenly light beaming through the crack in the door when she opens it, and so on. This is an appalling schlockification of the scene, IM(not very)HO. It's like a parody of all I find tacky about film-making for children.
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I totally agree with you about the finding-the-wardrobe scene. It *was* supposed to be accidental, not phenomenal.
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Oh, well ... thanks for allowing me to rant, in any case!