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Wouldn't a film adaption be exiting? So cool. This is my favorite of the series. Imagine an ape, a confused king, a loyal unicorn, and two bold children, not to mention Aslan's Country itself.

It would be very exciting and also a little sad if it does end up being the last of the Narnia movies (which I personally think it should). Hopefully we'll all be able to see it made into a film. If Silver Chair does well, I'm sure we will.

The only thing that will bother me is putting Aslan's Country on screen. Since it is supposed to be heaven I don't know how it will work. Still, it would be interesting to see how the film makers would interpret it.

(By the way, welcome to TLC. I know I've seen another post of yours on the boards. You can always introduce yourself here if you wish)

Thank it says locked though.

@Crusader: Just go to the link that Elanorelle gave you and then start a new thread to introduce yourself. If that doesn't work, you can talk to one of the staffies about it.

I share Elanor's concern that Aslan's Country (aka Heaven) would be a challenge. Of course, I hope all seven chronicles will be made into films, so if an LB is made, it's pretty much a challenge that must be accepted (since the story's not complete without it).
I wonder where they'd start an LB film, though. Unlike the rest of the chronicles, minus HHB, LB is first and foremost in a Narnian's perspective. So do we start with Tirian and give him a PC-like intro? Or do we stick with the book and start with Shift and Puzzle (the downside of that being that we'd start the story with rather tertiary characters)? Or do we start with the Friends of Narnia and depend on flashbacks to tell the first part of the story?

Always and I are reading the Last Battle right now and I agree that it would be pretty awesome to see on film! (Of course I've read it before, it's just fresh in my mind right now.) Though I'd be afraid what they'd do with it. Tirian is an awesome character and I wouldn't want him (or the story!) ruined.

Great discussion topic, Crusader!

I actually think starting with the friends of Narnia would be a good idea, sort of pulling together all the other books before launching into the conclusion of the series.

Here's something I have never been able to decide on when I have thought about Narnia movie ideas: Would you keep the part about Susan losing faith in Narnia, or would you leave that out and have her be one of the friends of Narnia?

I would keep it. Besides the fact that I like to keep things canon, Lewis wrote in one of his letters that her story goes on and doesn't end where everybody else's does. Not to mention that it may cause some people in the audience to ask some spiritual questions.

Some good thoughts certainly.

I have this mental image of how I would want a film adaption of LB to end:
The Friends of Narnia (and those who are with them) file into the garden; Lucy is the last of the line. The camera perspective is always from outside the garden gate. One can see her lift her face and look all around her in wonder, her awe and happiness growing. Then she turns back to the gate, gives the audience her most excited smile and gently closes the gate. The screen goes dark. A moment, and then the credits roll.

I imagine Lucy closing that gate as being reminiscent of that moment when she halfway closes the wardrobe door in the LWW film. Also, the camera perspective never going inside the garden-- sort of a Pilgrim's Progress-ending, where the audience knows the inside is gorgeous beyond imagining but cannot go in themselves yet.