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Sorry Auph....but I liked Chronicles MUCH better than Kong....

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It was great fun!!! Never fidgeted once in my seat. My wife had read the book prior to us seeing the film and she felt the stayed true to the book...Visually it was stunning and Tilda Swinton was outstanding as the White Witch....

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Well, you're certainly entitled to your opinion of it, but AFAIC The Chronic Ills of Narnia still sucks pond water. - Audiophilander 20:55:49 12/26/05 (0)
My wife and I both disliked Narnia, me much more intensely than she, but my wife is the author of a successful fantasy series of her own so she's a bit more forgiving of film adaptations. OTOH, she wasn't much of a fan of C.S. Lewis's writing before and the film only reinforced her opinion. She prefers JK Rowling for young adult fantasy and from the standpoint of Lewis's own peers, she and I both agree that Tolkein's fantasy is much richer.
> > > "Never fidgeted once in my seat." < < <
I didn't fidget, but I should have, and then requested my money back.
Sorry that you didn't like Kong as much. It's a real shame, because I found PJ's King Kong quite enjoyable; we liked it enough to go back for a second helping.
AuPh
I agree. - TAFKA Steve 07:52:47 12/26/05 (1)
Kong made me feel like I was getting beaten in the face with a trash can.
Kong also seemed to be the one with more Christian allegory: Kong dies (is crucified on the Empire State Building) for our sins. Most disturbing.
- "Christian allegory: Kong dies (is crucified on the Empire State Building) for our sins." -Nailed by PILOT, right? - Audiophilander 21:14:43 12/26/05 (0)
  ;^D - LOL!
  Seriously, trying to establish christian allegory in Kong is quite a stretch, don't you think? I heard no "sons of adam, daughters of eve" baloney uttered by characters from an alternative fantasy universe in King Kong, although there's an old arabian proverb about beauty killing the beast at the end that was also in the original.
  Still, I'd rather not get into any religious controversy surrounding Narnia, because I thought that this was a BAD film regardless, just based on the wooden acting, fair to mediocre CGI, and the stark contrast between second unit background shots of New Zealand's beautiful landscapes with the poorly lit and dressed studio sets.
  AuPh

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