Just watched Narnia (Possible spoilers)

[Damon Griffin]

and Qui Gon Jin as Aslan...

OTOH, the thought of Ras al Ghul as Aslan was vaguely disturbing. But the incredible makeup job on Liam Neeson quickly made me forget.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

It kind of amused me that he went from playing Dr. Kinsey to playing a Christ-figure.

 

[Digital M@]

Much much better than the book. The movie adds a ton of detail and action and suspense, all of which are missing in the book. The book might have been a great children's book in its day, but children's literature has grown in leaps and bounds. THere were a few cheesy scenes that did not fit into the mood of the story, but over all this is an excelllent movie. I was impressed with the death of Aslan, I figured that Disney would minimize the scene, but it is brutal without being graphic and IMO, very well done.

 

[WayneLigon]

I went to see it again last night, and was so impressed I changed my avatar

I will also be looking into the legality in my state of carrying a stun gun. There was a guy that sat behind me and over about three seat that talked the entire time the movie was running, providing his own DVD commentary to his (I guess) wife and daughter. I looked at them pointedly as they left. He did not appear in any way to not have full control of his faculties, but you never can tell.

Anytime anything remotely funny happened, he was right in there as if it were the absolute funniest thing he'd ever seen in his entire life, A really loud braying laugh that went on and on and on. We're not talking 'Oh he did this once or twice and Wayne is just generalizing it to make a point or exaggerating for effect.' I literally mean every single funny thing. The word game. "Gatroinestinal." "AHAHAHAHA!" "Is it Latin?" "AHAHAHAHAHA!" The ball through the window. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Now you're in for it!" "It's the McReady!" "'The McReady'?! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Despite two glares and two pointed 'Shut Up's from me, he was not persuaded to stop this. By the end of the movie, the image of him twitching on the floor and losing control of his bodily functions as sparks went off between his teeth was a very compelling one. I'm sure I could make a case to the cops that he went nuts and attacked me. I don't see anyone sitting around us telling them different.

Failing the sun gun, I'll start carrying a small plant sprayer. If I ever run into someone like that again, I'll squirt them and say 'No! No! Bad!'.

 

[Plane Sailing]

If I had seen this thread one page ago it would have been closed for the persistant religious talk - going far beyond the essential allegorical content of the film.

Since that has died down, it can be left open... but no more religious digressions.

Regards,