Could I get some SUB with that TEXT?

[layla]

I finished my Narnia re-read last night. I hadn't read the series in probably over 15 years (since I was pretty young, at any rate). It was interesting to compare my reactions *then* to my reactions *now*. I was completely unaware as a kid of the allegorical elements of the books, which now seem awfully ham-handed -- subtext is supposed to be, you know, a little bit *hidden*, normally. Some of them didn't quite live up to my glowing childhood memories ... I adored the heck out of VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER as a kid, but on the re-read, it just didn't quite live up to my adult expectations, maybe because the kids didn't really solve any of their own problems ... it was one of the worst books for the "deus ex machina" lion showing up every time they're in trouble. On the other hand, THE HORSE AND HIS BOY (my other childhood favorite) was every bit as exciting as I remembered.

Will probably go see the movie next week sometime.

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[dewgeist.livejournal.com]

...and that's why I didn't read them again. I assume I would have a similar reaction. Childhood memories are sometimes best when viewed from a distance.
So. Going in cold for this flick.

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

See, I'm one of those crazy people who prefers to read the book first ... not so that I can compare it to the movie, but just because the book (assuming that the book came first) is really the way the story is *meant* to be told, and I want to experience it first in its original form, with all the revelations intact.

Also, once I've seen the movie, I can't read the book without seeing the actors in my head, which is kind of a pain if the actors were poorly cast (although the Narnia movie doesn't look as if it has that problem).

[dewgeist.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm the one who takes the movie at face value (doesn't mean I'm not crazy:P ). Allie reads the book and sweats the movie doing justice to the story...and takes it personally if they screw it up! (Allie says she's exactly like you...)

...All bets were off for LOTR however...If *that* sucked I'd have gone medieval on Peter Jackson! :)