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Movie NOTHING like the book

posted 8 years ago by queenbead
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They ruined the movie. This was the one Narnia book I could not wait to see done correctly as a movie and they changed virtually everything from the book. There was no green mist, there was no battle at the end. Eustace became a dragon and turned back to a boy on the same island. They weren't trying to look for swords, they were trying to find Caspian's father's friends. There was no little girl that stowed away on board. I could go on and on. Anyone who is a Narnia purist will have to agree with me. They ruined this movie.

[–] ville-5 8 years ago

I am not familiar with the books but the version I just saw on TV:
- had a girl stowaway;
- there was green mist that engulfed the sacrifical people on the skiffs; and
- I think they were equally interested in trying to find the missing swords as well as the lords.

[–] bananabry 8 years ago

This is a typical example of how difficult it is to communicate on the internet. I believe the OP intended to mean that in the book those events and things were not present. Thus the fact that they do exist in the film would corroborate the OP's contention that this is a bad movie, simply because it is not literally the book.

Also, a true no-win situation for any movie adaptation. If it is too close, people will complain, if it strays too far away, people will complain. What could be the commonality between these? ☺

[–] BenignPillows 8 years ago

I disagree, the most important events are there, just moved around a little. Details like Eustace turning back to a boy on a different location, or the sea-serpent being at the end, what does that matter?

The bigger changes I think actually benefitted the movie. The book is good, but it is very episodic, many small stories instead of one unified story. A movie needs recurring themes, set up, it needs to build up to a climax like that end battle.

The movie had to change stuff, and I think they managed well. If the Lords hadn't even been in it, or Eustace had stayed obnoxious, or Lucy and Edmund were never tempted by their weaker sides, then there would be reason to complain.

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[–] ehg974-773-341306 7 years ago

I agree ... this was VERY disappointing. Changes when adapting a book to a movie for the sake of change (and for no other reason) irk me to no end (see HP and the Half Blood Prince for an example) but if the changes are for the sake of condensing or to improve the flow or for some other reason, then I can see the need for it.

This movie felt more like the former than the latter, to me. I hated the addition of the stowaway. Made no sense. I hated a LOT of what they did here, including the whole Jadis thing and the battle at the end.

I really left the theater after seeing this wondering if they'd even bothered reading the book.

[–] marktayloruk (2383) 3 years ago

Should stick as close to the book as possible.

[–] nobodyz 7 years ago

Thank you. I needed to hear someone comment about this. This book was my favorite of the whole series when I was a child, and I too was looking so forward to what they COULD have done....given special effects have come so far. But they didn't. This was so twisted up, left so much out, and the green mist was insane. The closeness that both Eustace and Lucy feel toward Aslan, and a very important talk that Caspian has with Aslan near the end of the book....all left out. There was more left out than left in. And I tired quickly of the film director's need to have fight scenes where there were not any in the book. I think they ruined it too. The good news is, all I have to do is go read the book again to get the bad taste out of my mouth.

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