Well they picked 4 unknowns for the children, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. I wouldn't say they were forced to act cute at all. In fact, they acted like normal children and siblings would in the situations they were in ( first being the middle of London during the bombings of WWII next being thrust into a new world ). There were a few things that were added dialogue-wise that may seem a little odd but they were put in to explain something that was a page or two of written thoughts or descriptions of the children.
I won't say anything else in fear of giving anything away. Though I am really astonished how many people I am finding that know nothing about this series let alone the story. After you see the film I strongly suggest picking up the unabridged complied books. They are put in chronological order of the story timeline and explain things in the Narnia universe a little deeper. And they are really easy ready. Each book is 125-200 pages at most. I went through the first 3 in one night again before I went to see the movie myself.
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I would never read the Magicians Nephew before the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe. There is something that keeps it so fascinating for the first...4 books?(The horse and his boy was before the magicians nephew I believe)
It's the enigmatic quality of not really knowing about it at first that adds something to the story, at least for me.
I never did like the fact they chronologicalized it in the later bundles of the books.
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I can see what you mean to a point. However, no, A Horse and His Boy takes place after The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.The Magician's Nephew is the book that takes place during the founding of Narnia. Before it there was no White Witch roaming around and there was no Narnia. If you recall also in A Horse and His Boy grown up Edmund, Susan, and Lucy are in the story.
For the most part the rest of the books just tell of times between when the children arrive in Narnia and the end. The Magician's Nephew is the only one that really has a relevance as to when it takes place. I just like that it explains who Jadis is and even more so who Aslan is. My fear is that they will skip it since last I heard there were no plans for all 7 books to make it to film.
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Originally posted by Malachi1975 I can see what you mean to a point. However, no, A Horse and His Boy takes place after The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.The Magician's Nephew is the book that takes place during the founding of Narnia. Before it there was no White Witch roaming around and there was no Narnia. If you recall also in A Horse and His Boy grown up Edmund, Susan, and Lucy are in the story.
No no. I know. What I meant to clarify is the fact that I can't remember, but I'm pretty sure The Magicians Nephew is the 5th one. The 4th one being a horse and his boy. When I said before the Magicians Nephew, I meant in the timeline of when C.S. Lewis wrote them.
Which would show that he was in no real hurry to explain the story.
"Fear not death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal."
The kids didn't always act all cutesy like you might think they would. They acted like normal kids would and that is part of what made it good. For example, Peter saying "I'm no hero, I just want to find my brother and go home" He was reluctant to risk his life for an unknown cause, as any normal human being would be. He didn't blindly rise to be the "knight-in-shiny-armor" that is so cliche' in fantasy movies. The realism of their attitudes is what made it great.
I dont plan on seeing this movie but I wouldn't care if I did, also I watched the old chronicles of narnia when I was younger and I though it was cool. So I dont know about this movie, I guess I would go see it if my friends were.
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Well they picked 4 unknowns for the children, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. I wouldn't say they were forced to act cute at all. In fact, they acted like normal children and siblings would in the situations they were in ( first being the middle of London during the bombings of WWII next being thrust into a new world ). There were a few things that were added dialogue-wise that may seem a little odd but they were put in to explain something that was a page or two of written thoughts or descriptions of the children.
I won't say anything else in fear of giving anything away. Though I am really astonished how many people I am finding that know nothing about this series let alone the story. After you see the film I strongly suggest picking up the unabridged complied books. They are put in chronological order of the story timeline and explain things in the Narnia universe a little deeper. And they are really easy ready. Each book is 125-200 pages at most. I went through the first 3 in one night again before I went to see the movie myself.
"What is it I have against Microsoft, you ask? Well, you know how you feel when you wait for an MMO to come out and when it does you feel like you've paid to play it's beta test for another 6-9 months before anything even thinks of working the way it should? Being a network engineer you feel that way about anything Microsoft puts out."
I would never read the Magicians Nephew before the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe. There is something that keeps it so fascinating for the first...4 books?(The horse and his boy was before the magicians nephew I believe)
It's the enigmatic quality of not really knowing about it at first that adds something to the story, at least for me.
I never did like the fact they chronologicalized it in the later bundles of the books.
"Fear not death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal."
I can see what you mean to a point. However, no, A Horse and His Boy takes place after The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. The Magician's Nephew is the book that takes place during the founding of Narnia. Before it there was no White Witch roaming around and there was no Narnia. If you recall also in A Horse and His Boy grown up Edmund, Susan, and Lucy are in the story.
For the most part the rest of the books just tell of times between when the children arrive in Narnia and the end. The Magician's Nephew is the only one that really has a relevance as to when it takes place. I just like that it explains who Jadis is and even more so who Aslan is. My fear is that they will skip it since last I heard there were no plans for all 7 books to make it to film.
"What is it I have against Microsoft, you ask? Well, you know how you feel when you wait for an MMO to come out and when it does you feel like you've paid to play it's beta test for another 6-9 months before anything even thinks of working the way it should? Being a network engineer you feel that way about anything Microsoft puts out."
"Fear not death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal."
This movie was indeed great.
The kids didn't always act all cutesy like you might think they would. They acted like normal kids would and that is part of what made it good. For example, Peter saying "I'm no hero, I just want to find my brother and go home" He was reluctant to risk his life for an unknown cause, as any normal human being would be. He didn't blindly rise to be the "knight-in-shiny-armor" that is so cliche' in fantasy movies. The realism of their attitudes is what made it great.