Cost of movie tickets: $8.50/adult
Cost of popcorn (and the biggest small popcorn in the world, I might add): $3.75
Number of people in the theatre with me: 4
Number of times I had to go remind the lady in the hallway that our movie wasn't playing: 2
Number of times my right foot went to sleep: 3
Number of times I cared that my right foot went to sleep: 0
The price of complete bliss induced by a fabulous film: priceless
I could really get into this whole going-to-the-movies-by-myself-late-at-night thing. Shout outz to my partner in crime, Miss Sarah Walker (AD fuckin' Theta! shoop shoop!) for being my virtual date and post-movie discussant. Okay, tonight it was The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. So! mother fucking good! (Thanks Heather Anne for the recommendation...hells yes...it was fabulous-O).
We'll start with the previews:
1. Kung Fu with the aminals! Hysterical. Gonna have to see that.
2. Indiana Jones. The camera angles made me a little nauseated but I'm also gonna have to see that.
3. Dave: Have no idea how to feel about this one?
4. Wall-e: Cute, but frightening.
5. Ads: really The Army? Really?
6. It must have been a really long time since I've been to see a Disney movie because the last one I saw showed the Disney castle in 2-D with the blue background screen. Now, it's all high tech and shit. What with the camera angle beginning at the top of the magical castle and the castle being in COLOR and 3-D!! I had better get to Disney World stat (never been in my life, I'm 22, that's a huge problem)!
The Feature Presentation:
I would have wept three times during the film had I not been flying solo.
1. Lucy's dream
2. When Peter gives Caspian the sword and Caspian becomes a humanitarian by not killing his uncle (? it was his uncle, no?).
3. When Lucy finally at long last sees Aslan, and they CUDDLE!
A few things I got really pissed about:
1. Noticing the Christian parallels. Being a pseudo-atheist (meaning, me and God are tight but I'm pissed with the church politics at this point in history), I find a lot of comfort in Aslan's character but hate that his nemesis (the White Witch and therefore, the tempting Satanic character) is a woman. I got really pissed when I made that connection. Of course, I'm a bleeding heart liberal and die-hard Feminist (note the capital 'F'), so any semblance of women being associated with evil gets me all pissed off and needing a cigarette.
2. I'm not really sure that Susan and Caspian actually had feelings for one another in the book. But it was nice to have a slight romance in the film, hence making the departure of the Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve even more dramatical.
3. Who the hell would let a nine year old child (or however old Lucy is supposed to be) alone in the woods. That is neglect, and I do not condone that. I feared for her life and safety. When those horsemen were hot on her trail, I kept thinking if Aslan doesn't show up soon then I'm no longer even a pseudo-Christian.
Alright people, I'm going to sleep. Glorious sleep...afterall, in the morning, I need to be all perky to sell snobbish housewives overpriced groceries while wearing a helluva lot of polyester. That shit makes you sweat...like whoa.
Monday, May 19, 2008
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2 comments:
What I think the movie did brilliantly was take what is good about Lewis's story, and then chuck the rest to make it better. Lewis was a bit of a sexist prick, really. Susan gets the total shaft in the books because: a) Lewis doesn't think women should fight in battle. b) Lewis kicks her out of Narnia when she discovers lipstick. Susan's character is so bad ass in the movie, I love it. Also, in the books, Caspian is a whinger, but in the movie, he's smoldering and misunderstood.
Also, Lucy isn't 9; she's 1,300 in Narnia years.
I'm glad you liked it. :)
i concur with your analysis. additionally, i loved susan's character. she was such a badass...you're right. and all the battle scenes were freakin' sweet!
in conclusion:
a. susan = hott
b. susan = badass
c. my obtusity is showing as it concerns lucy's real age (don't judge me, the last time i read these books was 12 years ago).
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