Chronicles of Narnia: a two hour commercial for the Noble Collection?

[wednes]

Dude, does anybody know why Comedy Central was running so late tonight? And who was that kid they showed at the end who died. He was awfully young. Also, I am again amused at how Howard Stern always fakes nice when he is not surrounded by legions of his ridiculous followers.
Haven't been watching my programs very much lately. I've just been so damn busy. I know...too busy for television? It's absurd. I don't even know if L&O SVU was new or not.

H and I saw Lion, Witch & the Wardrobe on Monday. I was amazed at how much I like it. It was dead on with the book, and done in a manner that is authentic and entertaining, but still family appropriate. The big battle was quite fierce, but didn't have any blood. Good stuff. All of the kids were good, the animals looked much bettr than I expected. Mr Tumnus was really fucking HOT.
The White Witch was totally amazing. I'd love to know what kind of sword fighting style she was using, because she was BAD.ASS. H also loved the movie, and put it in his top 5 films of all time, along with Sin City, Aliens, and geez...I don't know what the rest are. Anyway, England must be the magic and whimsy capitol of the world. I should drop by sometime.

Plus, I love that crazy screen thing they have on the floor at Showcase. It shows various pictures that react differently when you step on them. So there's a ball you can kick, a koi pond where the water movies and the fish get out of your way, popcorn that pops when you touch it, all kinds of stuff. It's quite mesmerizing. We also got to see Scott Brown from the Madstone. He was wearing a vest and a mighty scowl. Poor chap with his terrible job.

Against my better judgement, I have decided to have a NYE party. It's a pot luck (pun intended) and promises to be lots of fun. H has to work though, so he won't be there. Fie.

I hear King Kong is over 3 hours long. But since it's a Peter Jackson movie, I doubt that anyone will notice until they leave the theatre and check their collective watches. I'm certainly not going to complain about 3 hours of Adrien Brody. Although I must say, I saw him on some magazine cover and he looked all weird and muscley. Ick.

Comments

[madush69.livejournal.com]

No, It was sweet. It was a new take on the idea. Other new versions I've enjoyed include "The Thomas Crown Affair," "Amityville Horror," "Psycho," and even "Alfie." It was not as good as the original, bnecause Michael Caine is cool, but not bad.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

No, It was sweet. It was a new take on the idea.

Not really. I assume you haven't read the book.

[madush69.livejournal.com]

It's on the back of the toilet right now. I'm actually reading "Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator" right now. As for "new take" as a concept, if film B follows closer than film A, then it is a fresh take on the concept. Take the "Lord of The Rings" film trilogy and compare it to the Ralph Bakshi version from 1978. It follows the original books far more closely, but is most definately a fresh take.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I guess I can't see it as a "fresh take" if it's aspiring to be like something that's already decades old.

But YMMV, of course.