9 minute "supertrailer" for Chronicles of Narnia (Now with direct download links)

[reveal]

http://www.narniaweb.com/news.asp?id=642&dl=6859770

Direct QT link here: http://bvi-qref.sitestream.com/Narnia/SneakPeak/Narnia_ST3_UK_1500.mov

Direct WMV link here: http://www.worldofkj.com/Video/NarniaSuperTrailer.wmv

 

[Old One]

Nice...

~ OO

 

[Angel Tarragon]

There is no way I am sitting through a 9 minute trailer over a wireless connection!
That'd take me a half an hour to watch it!

 

[Zappo]

Last week I was seeing Harry Potter with some friends, and they showed the Narnia trailer. While we all like fantasy, none of us has read the Narnia books.

One of my friends said that it didn't look very interesting: between hero-kids, talking animals, and apparently straightforward plot, he got the impression that it's going to be a film for the very young audiences. On the order of, I dunno, Winnie the Poo.

Now - I haven't read the books either, but I know they are supposed to be fantasy and not fairy tale. And the battle scenes look promising. And I suppose there's a good reason for the world being full of talking animals.

But still. Talking animals. Kids with swords. Talking animals. I can't suppress a feeling that this is going to be a lot more of a kiddy flick than the first HP, which is more or less my limit as far as kiddyness in fantasy goes (hint: the D&D cartoon was way beyond the limit). And did I mention the talking animals? The ones having tea with the, what, twelve years old main characters? Who are wearing plate armor and swords in the following scene, as if that'll help a kid against freakin' minotaurs? I just hope that the witch isn't going to be defeated by the power of love or something.

Please correct me.

 

[Storm Raven]

But still. Talking animals. Kids with swords. Talking animals. I can't suppress a feeling that this is going to be a lot more of a kiddy flick than the first HP, which is more or less my limit as far as kiddyness in fantasy goes (hint: the D&D cartoon was way beyond the limit). And did I mention the talking animals? The ones having tea with the, what, twelve years old main characters? Who are wearing plate armor and swords in the following scene, as if that'll help a kid against freakin' minotaurs? I just hope that the witch isn't going to be defeated by the power of love or something.

No, she is not defeated by the power of love. Aslan is a lion. Do the math.

 

[Kahuna Burger]

I just hope that the witch isn't going to be defeated by the power of love or something.

Pretty close. But thats more religious allegory than Care Bear power.

The animals talk because its a magical world where animal talk. Its Narnia, and if you never read the book(s) or saw the old cartoon, it would take too long to explain the overall feel of the place. It is full of more childlike wonder than, say, LotR, but Pooh and the Hundred Acre Woods its not.

 

[Umbran]

Please correct me.

The original story does contain some mighty battle scenes.

Let me ask you this - if you're playing D&D, does the fact that gnomes, dwarves, and halflings are smaller make you think that they cannot be effective in combat? I suggest to you that swords are sharp, and so long as they person can lift it and knows how to wield it, it'll cut you up.

Narnia is a magical place. It is not the real world. The movie is a fantasy. Animals talk. Why should the fact that the main characters are physically young make any difference?

 

[frankthedm]

From what i have seen, Narnia looks like how the first D&D movie should have. To say nothing of my displeasure of the 2nd movie's choice to use clerics of the D&D version of the 'Greenman" as represenative of anti undead divine magic

 

[Zappo]

That's why I qualified my issues as "a feeling". None of these features by itself make it a kiddy story, not even the badgers (or whatever) taking tea in the tree while saying that these kids are destined to save the world. And I know that I'll probably be pleasantly surprised (hey, that could be a plus).

But - well, the trailers feel like they have a fairly robust proportion of elements that are traditionally associated with kid flicks.

 

[EricNoah]

For me the crux of this movie is going to be how they handle Edmund (his performance, essentially). His journey is the key one (for me) and if it falls flat then I will be disappointed. If it works, it should be great.

But yeah, Narnia is aimed at kids (but with a subtext that adults can and do enjoy). LotR is aimed at adults (with plots and characters that kids can and do enjoy). If talking animals aren't your thing, then Narnia is probably not for you.