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Thrica wrote:

I just got back from watching it maybe 10 minutes ago. I haven't read the books since I was a young child, so the storyline was still somewhat new in the minutiae at least.

The ice queen was definitely perfect for her role. My goodness, she had huge eyes though.

All the better to see you with.

I think fido liked the phoenix...

iBubba wrote:

:refuses to read thread for fear of spoilers:

meh, the phoenix doesn't really add anything to the movie other than a few seconds of eye candy.

iopossum wrote:

freecat wrote:

oatmeal wrote:

Recent publications of the series put Magician's Nephew first because chronologically it fits in the story first.  It's not supposed to be first in the series, though.  It's next-to-last.

Whoa whoa whoa. You can't buy the series anymore in the proper order? I just have crappy old paperbacks from the 70s, and haven't bothered to upgrade to nicer editions yet.

Hopefully the movie will inspire someone to put them back in order. Hey let's re-edit Pulp Fiction so the scenes are in chronological order!!!

Hey believe it or not, when you buy the books, you can rearrange them yourself and read them in any order!

But then the numbers are wrong!

iopossum wrote:

Hey believe it or not, when you buy the books, you can rearrange them yourself and read them in any order!

Wait. Explain how. </homer>

gshrout wrote:

Great movie. Hope they do the rest of the series.

Me too... but oddly I can't find anything about them making another. 

Marc wrote:

they already started Prince Caspian

They did?  Oooh, please tell me you have a link. I couldn't find one.

Hey, thanks. 

so, what order should the series be read in?

That's kind of odd, having horse and his boy between damn treader and silver chair. i thought it should either come after silver chair, or before prince caspian

Marc wrote:

lion, witch, wardrobe
prince caspian
voyage of dawn treader
horse and his boy
silver chair
magicians nephew
last battle

unless I screwed up horse and chair

Yes, but only a little.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Horse and His Boy
The Magician's Nephew
The Last Battle

I heart this movie.  Just saw it on Thursday.  Wow.  The visual effects were absolutely amazing.  I must say I was very afraid that the CG was going to look crappy a lá Star Wars episodes 1&2 (don't give me too much flack for this, you know it was pretty...umm...smurfy for lack of better words).  Fortunately, however, the CG was very very well done.  A CG Aslan was my biggest fear, but they pulled it off extremely well.  Thank God that the same art company that did LOTR did this one.  I don't think anyone else would be able to meet par on the effects. 

I love the story.  I love the characters.  Peter being my favorite.  I'm not going to lie, I got a little teary eyed when Peter was knighted, when the children were crowned, when Aslan died, and when Aslan rose.  These scenes are just full of spiritual and biblical allegory, and it is done so well in a visual reference instead of just text. 

-judomeerkat