I was working on some Narnian papercrafts today and I so love to draw from Weta's designs when making crafts, bookmarks and such.
Props: Tumnus' housekey, the design of the gifts and all the thought that went into them (The prophecy on Rhindon, the roaring lion on Susan's horn, the firebird bringing back a berry on the cordial, implying Ramandu's berries are the source of the juice, which makes total sense and I'd never thought of). You can see how much care went into every design. Are they all 100% book accurate? No. The cordial doesn't particularly look like it's made of diamond, I think Tumnus' flute is slightly different than described. Do they work? Absolutely.
Sets: Tumnus' Arts and Craft/Art Nouveau doorway is just stunning. And Aslan's camp, though they deviate from the single pavilion described in the book, has got to be the most beautiful war camp in the history of cinema (Eat your hearts out Elrond and Theoden.)
The Costumes: I adore the pre-raphaelite look that Isis Mussenden captured so masterfully. Narnia looks like a Waterhouse painting has come to life, and I am in love. This was everything the Golden Age needed to be.
Combining all of these, Narnia is vibrant, alive, full of rich jewel tones, exactly what it should be. Middle Earth is an Alan Lee painting. Narnia is a Christian Birmingham. And they captured that beautifully.
Statistics: Posted by kristi — Wed May 04, 2022 6:41 pm
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The animated film of LWW that came out in 1979 also replaced the voice actors for Mr. Beaver, Jadis and a couple of other characters when it was finally released in the UK.
I know some folks don't like the film, yet it's one of my all time favourites due to the extremely reverent way Aslan's resurrection was handled. The music, the prance of Aslan across the meadows where each touch of his paws caused flowers to burst into bloom...no words!
I know some folks don't like the film, yet it's one of my all time favourites due to the extremely reverent way Aslan's resurrection was handled. The music, the prance of Aslan across the meadows where each touch of his paws caused flowers to burst into bloom...no words!
Oh, I remember thinking the flowers springing up where he stepped was canon, this was so ingrained in my brain. It's reminiscent of the character of Olwen of the White footsteps from Norse mythology and falls into one of my rare "better than the book" moments. I suspect Lewis would have approved.
Statistics: Posted by kristi — Wed May 04, 2022 5:58 pm
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The animated film of LWW that came out in 1979 also replaced the voice actors for Mr. Beaver, Jadis and a couple of other characters when it was finally released in the UK.
I know some folks don't like the film, yet it's one of my all time favourites due to the extremely reverent way Aslan's resurrection was handled. The music, the prance of Aslan across the meadows where each touch of his paws caused flowers to burst into bloom...no words!
This was my first visit to Narnia and I still adore it. Does the animation hold up? Not great. Does the script and voice acting? Yes. (In fact the missing "YES, IT IS MORE MAGIC" in the Walden films just about devastated me. It's so powerful in the cartoon. I'm fairly sure the voice of God in my childhood brain was either the actor of Aslan or Superbook XD )I know some folks don't like the film, yet it's one of my all time favourites due to the extremely reverent way Aslan's resurrection was handled. The music, the prance of Aslan across the meadows where each touch of his paws caused flowers to burst into bloom...no words!
Interestingly, Bill Melendez of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" fame also directed this movie. Charlie Brown's classic look has aged a little better.
I did a podcast with Glumpuddle over on NarniaWeb about this film and we came away with a quite positive review in the end.
Statistics: Posted by kristi — Wed May 04, 2022 5:56 pm
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"The World Ash Tree"? What on Earth? (As you can see, I've not read the American edition. I knew about Fenris Ulf and Dark Island, but the World Ash Tree is brand new information to me.)
Ha, glad I could make you guys laugh.
When the new Companion to Narnia came out with its Narnian cosmology illustration showing Narnia, if I recall correctly, in orbit around their sun, I remember going. "Pretty sure it can't look like that. They've got a World Ash Tree." Which raises the question: Is that fact still canon, even though the American versions are out of print? They were Lewis' own words and he wrote them /later/ than the British ones.Ha, glad I could make you guys laugh.
Statistics: Posted by kristi — Wed May 04, 2022 5:51 pm
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LWW-
Transition- Transition from Earth to Narnia is very hard to do in movies. I think they got the through the wardrobe right. It's pretty simple, just stepping into a wardrobe, then at the end, it's Narnia.
Edmund in the dungeon- While it's not in the book, I think it was fitting for the plot. It made him realize what he had done. In the book, he knew deep down that he was making a bad choice by going to the White Witch's castle.
Aslan's Death- They didn't show the White Witch driving the stone knife into Aslan, so they got that right. In the book, all it says as it happened, the girls hid their eyes, not wanting to watch. They got the binding, shaving the mane, and stone knife right. They unfortunately had to cut out the muzzle.
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Transition- Once again, one of the most impressive things in all three of the movies. In the book, it was pretty simple. The Pevensies felt something was pulling them, then at an instance, they're in Narnia. In the movie, they elobrated on it. They felt something pulling them, then it went all like the train station was disappearing and the train was going by.
Miraz manipulates Glozelle to lie- It tells you what kind of person Miraz is. Glozelle doesn't have a big role in the book, but the movie kind of gave him a character arc. In both book and movie, Glozelle wasn't all that loyal to Miraz. That scene where Miraz asks Glozelle how many die in the woods, and manipulates him to lie about it.
Caspian confronts Miraz about his father's murder- It may sound a bit like Star Wars, "You killed my father?" The scene also reminded me of where Simba confronts Scar, and Scar says, "I killed Mufasa." I think the scene was really well done in Prince Caspian. We kind of got to see how murderous Miraz is. You feel the shock and horror.
The Duel- It was pretty intense, but I think it was my favorite part of the movie. It was really well done. I even like the masks that the Telmarines wore.
VDT-
Transition- It was creative to have water gushed out of the picture, and the room being flooded.
The Tension between Caspian and Edmund- While it's different than in the book, I thought it was well done. It even almost got physical.
End Credits- It was nice to see the illustrations of Pauline Baynes at the end credits.
Statistics: Posted by jasmine_tarkheena — Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:42 am
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The animated film of LWW that came out in 1979 also replaced the voice actors for Mr. Beaver, Jadis and a couple of other characters when it was finally released in the UK.
I know some folks don't like the film, yet it's one of my all time favourites due to the extremely reverent way Aslan's resurrection was handled. The music, the prance of Aslan across the meadows where each touch of his paws caused flowers to burst into bloom...no words!
I like it too!I know some folks don't like the film, yet it's one of my all time favourites due to the extremely reverent way Aslan's resurrection was handled. The music, the prance of Aslan across the meadows where each touch of his paws caused flowers to burst into bloom...no words!
Statistics: Posted by feral — Thu May 02, 2019 6:38 am
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The animated film of LWW that came out in 1979 also replaced the voice actors for Mr. Beaver, Jadis and a couple of other characters when it was finally released in the UK.
I know some folks don't like the film, yet it's one of my all time favourites due to the extremely reverent way Aslan's resurrection was handled. The music, the prance of Aslan across the meadows where each touch of his paws caused flowers to burst into bloom...no words!
EveningStar, Kristi and I were once discussing how much we liked that version due to Aslan's resurrection and the romp that followed after. It was my first introduction to Narnia and I've loved it ever since.I know some folks don't like the film, yet it's one of my all time favourites due to the extremely reverent way Aslan's resurrection was handled. The music, the prance of Aslan across the meadows where each touch of his paws caused flowers to burst into bloom...no words!
Statistics: Posted by Lil — Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:24 pm
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I know some folks don't like the film, yet it's one of my all time favourites due to the extremely reverent way Aslan's resurrection was handled. The music, the prance of Aslan across the meadows where each touch of his paws caused flowers to burst into bloom...no words!
Statistics: Posted by EveningStar — Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:35 pm
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I also like the name Maugrim much better, it's easier to pronounce than Fenris Ulf.
Statistics: Posted by HermitoftheNorthernMarch — Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:03 pm
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Firestones are in fact flint, though there was an implied supernatural or magical property of these to ignite things. Henry Firestone of US auto tyre fame had that for a last name. The world ash tree is a reference to an Ysdriggl the World Ash Tree from Teutonic mythology.
Statistics: Posted by EveningStar — Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:13 pm
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Ha, glad I could make you guys laugh.
Statistics: Posted by Ariel.of.Narnia — Sun Jan 27, 2019 7:30 am
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