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I am also enthralled!
Jun. 7th, 2008 10:17 amI borrowed the Chronicles of Narnia from my boyfriend's brother last year, and read about 3 of the books before admitting I was bored by them. It's true, my interest in the books arose from watching the 2005 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The movie exceeded my expectations. Where my friends saw plot devices, I saw a contemplation on the themes and constructs of fantasy, and of storytelling in general. How everything came together neatly in the end (sort of!, which I will address under the cut). It was almost meta in its tidiness. The movie's more enjoyable if you think of archetypes rather than stereotypes.
But, I gave up reading about two-thirds of the way through Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which is ironic now because that's the book I'm thirsting to read, what with it being in pre-production. I watched Prince Caspian a couple days ago and the thought I had most often was, "There's probably going to be shit-tons of Caspian/Peter fanfic."
( spoiler spoiler bo bpoiler )
It's difficult reconciling the children's ages between movieverse and bookverse. I reckon I prefer movieverse with the older Pevensies in their late teens, 'cos I haven't read the books and don't have a complete idea of what that can offer. But of course the good fic around is bookverse fic. It's little surprise that fic for books are generally of better quality than fic for movies or TV. And lots of bandfic reads like a description for a music video.
So yeah, I'm totally swiping boyf's bro's Chronicles of Narnia again as soon as I'm back in the country, and until then I'm going to content myself with discreetly tearing the cellophane off books and reading them in the bookstore.
But, I gave up reading about two-thirds of the way through Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which is ironic now because that's the book I'm thirsting to read, what with it being in pre-production. I watched Prince Caspian a couple days ago and the thought I had most often was, "There's probably going to be shit-tons of Caspian/Peter fanfic."
( spoiler spoiler bo bpoiler )
It's difficult reconciling the children's ages between movieverse and bookverse. I reckon I prefer movieverse with the older Pevensies in their late teens, 'cos I haven't read the books and don't have a complete idea of what that can offer. But of course the good fic around is bookverse fic. It's little surprise that fic for books are generally of better quality than fic for movies or TV. And lots of bandfic reads like a description for a music video.
So yeah, I'm totally swiping boyf's bro's Chronicles of Narnia again as soon as I'm back in the country, and until then I'm going to content myself with discreetly tearing the cellophane off books and reading them in the bookstore.
