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From: James Elliott <libraryjim>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:21:11 -0400 (EDT)
I rather liked "Caspian", and I think they are doing a splendid job of filming the books. I just wish that, since the books are so small compared to "Lord of the Rings", that they would stop leaving things out or rearranging them.
With Caspian, the age of the Prince was a major issue, but he had to be able to kiss Susan at the end! Oh My! Have to have a love story! Plus, Aslan and Lucy never had 'the talk' where he said "even if they did not believe you, you should have followed me anyway!" That was a major omission.
With "Lion", the line "He's not a TAME lion, you know" was not spoken by Tumnis at the end, but by Beaver near the beginning, and set up Aslan as more than just another 'talking beast', and set the tone for the entire conflict at the end.
I'm anxious as to how they will do "Dawn Treader" since Disney has pulled out -- was that the reason for the changes? To placate the Mouse? (And I don't mean Reepicheep!)
Jim Elliott N. Georgia
----- Original Message ----- From: Tiffany Dismuke <td.ssch at gmail.com> To: ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu Sent: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:55:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CCBC-Net] Books to Movies
I was just having a conversation about this on Tuesday and I'm wondering if anyone else was as disappointed by "Prince Caspian" as I was. I saw "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" in the theater and thought it was done spectacularly. My complaints were all minor, and had more to do with me imagining things differently than the film makers.
However, I was so glad that I did not waste my money to see "Prince Caspian" in the theater. They changed so much, particularly when the trees started moving. In Narnia, the trees send out their spirits. In Middle Earth, they move. These type of differences, the ones that seem to be a blatant disregard of the original text, are the ones that often destroy a movie for me.
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:21:11 -0400 (EDT)
I rather liked "Caspian", and I think they are doing a splendid job of filming the books. I just wish that, since the books are so small compared to "Lord of the Rings", that they would stop leaving things out or rearranging them.
With Caspian, the age of the Prince was a major issue, but he had to be able to kiss Susan at the end! Oh My! Have to have a love story! Plus, Aslan and Lucy never had 'the talk' where he said "even if they did not believe you, you should have followed me anyway!" That was a major omission.
With "Lion", the line "He's not a TAME lion, you know" was not spoken by Tumnis at the end, but by Beaver near the beginning, and set up Aslan as more than just another 'talking beast', and set the tone for the entire conflict at the end.
I'm anxious as to how they will do "Dawn Treader" since Disney has pulled out -- was that the reason for the changes? To placate the Mouse? (And I don't mean Reepicheep!)
Jim Elliott N. Georgia
----- Original Message ----- From: Tiffany Dismuke <td.ssch at gmail.com> To: ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu Sent: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:55:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CCBC-Net] Books to Movies
I was just having a conversation about this on Tuesday and I'm wondering if anyone else was as disappointed by "Prince Caspian" as I was. I saw "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" in the theater and thought it was done spectacularly. My complaints were all minor, and had more to do with me imagining things differently than the film makers.
However, I was so glad that I did not waste my money to see "Prince Caspian" in the theater. They changed so much, particularly when the trees started moving. In Narnia, the trees send out their spirits. In Middle Earth, they move. These type of differences, the ones that seem to be a blatant disregard of the original text, are the ones that often destroy a movie for me.
-- Tiffany Dismuke Public Information Associate Steger-South Chicago Heights Library td.ssch at gmail.com _______________________________________________ CCBC-Net mailing list CCBC-Net at lists.education.wisc.edu Visit this link to read archives or to unsubscribe... http://lists.education.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccbc-netReceived on Thu 13 Aug 2009 01:21:11 PM CDT
