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Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :

I don't know what Chronicles of Narnia is, but I'm sure somebody here has read the book...well here's the trailer
here it has french subtitles though....but the spoken words are in english

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

It won't work!!!!

Damm you!

Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :

ok...here's another link to it... linky
there are two mirrors on the page...

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

[Party]

Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :

WOW! THAT WAS SO COOL!!!
[The Wave]

I can't wait now!

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

The casting looks brilliant. Lucy looks WONDERFUL.

And Jadis looks simply disturbing, exactly as she should.

I can't wait.

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

You can view a larger, sub-less version of the trailer now!

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :

*ecstatic*

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

My thoughts:

AAAAAH!

AAAAAH!

AAAAAH!

SOCOOLSOCOOLSOCOOL! [Big Grin]

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

Jadis looks like an evil angel. Appropriate for a woman who on her father's side comes from a race of corrupt sorcerers of giantish blood, and had Lilith the mother of demons for her own mother!

The kids look like they can act! Lucy in particular seems perfect.

Aslan looks AMAZING.

Mr. Tumnus!

Mer-People leaping in front of Cair Paravel!

Peter leading a whole ARMY of centaurs in a charge!

I cannot _believe_ there are people over at another site saying they wish this resembled the BBC version. o_o;

[ May 08, 2005, 12:07 AM: Message edited by: Puffy Treat ]

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

Direct link to the hi-res Quicktime mov version here

[ May 07, 2005, 11:45 PM: Message edited by: Taalcon ]

Posted by Avadaru (Member # 3026) on :

Holy. Crap.

Goosebumps.

Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :

That is so awesome.

Posted by Chris Kidd (Member # 2646) on :

theres showing it tonoght during HP: chamber of secrets or after. on ABC.

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

I should warn you, I watched the ABC version of the trailer (EST time zone.)

It's MUCH shorter than the version online.

Still cool!

Kinda wish they included the "Movie Surfer" clips of Tumnus playing his pipes, Edmund meeting the Witch, and the ASTOUNDING animatronic Aslan they made for the "Stone Table" scene.

Posted by Chris Kidd (Member # 2646) on :

Im on the west coast so your earlier than i am.

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

I believe that's what I said. [Smile]

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

I like it. [Smile]

Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :

I AM SO EXCITED, I HAVE TO USE ALL CAPS TO CONVEY MY EMOTIONS!

[The Wave]

Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :

I caught part of it while I was at work.

I had the most horrible shift EVER earlier, and I was ready to just walk off the line (I work at a restaurant in the kitchen) and say screw it, I was so pissed.

But then I glance over at the big screen TV (it's a sports bar/restaurant) and I saw the trailer come on for TLTWATW, and I had a smile plastered on my face for the rest of the night.

It's really looking good.

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

Ooooooooh. Shiny!

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

I
Can't
Wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

One really good thing about the high res version of the trailer is that it solves several concerns I had after watching the unfinished bootleg version.

For instance, I know now that the mysterious "horse riders" are centaurs (dur-hey! It's Narnia!), and that a lot of the foggy, fast-moving blurs are Talking Beasts running lickety-split. [Big Grin]

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

I can't stop watching this thing.

I will say that I love how they're going for a very "Faerie Tale" look, judging by the teaser. Bright, clean colors. Stylized designs.

Those who pre-claimed this would be "Too LotR" looking seem to be off.

And yet, it looks darker, grander, and more meaningful than the norm.

Posted by Beanny (Member # 7109) on :

Yay! It looks good. [Smile]

Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :

Hmm, perhaps I should read the book. I'm sorry to say before this movie I've never heard of this series.

Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :

GASP!

Yes, you *really* need to go read the books. Preferably before you see the movie.

I'm so excited! I've watched the trailer at least ten times, and gone through it slow-mo and everything. *squeal*

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

Read "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" first, definitely.

Harper Collins may feel putting "The Magician's Nephew" first is more correct as it's the back-story to the entire Chronicles, but I feel it spoils some secrets better discovered later.

Beautiful as it is. It's still a great book. [Smile]

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

I disagree. I was introduced to the books in chronological order (back when I was a very little kid) and I have always read them in that order since. I still think it's the best order to read them in.

Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :

I'm close to actually reading the books, the only problem is I'm not really a fan of fantasy novels.

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

Don't think of them as fantasy novels. That is much too limiting to the works of genius that they are.

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

They aren't "Sword and Sorcery" type fantasy is that's what you mean by "fantasy".

The Narnia books are a mix of Beatrix Potter, Hans Christian Anderson, Edith Nesbit, Greco-Roman Nature Myth, the New Testament, and Lewis' own fertile imagination.

Do you like good faerie tales?

If so, there's a good chance you'll like the Chronicles of Narnia.

Each of the books are fairly short, and a relatively quick read.

Posted by Griffin (Member # 7166) on :

J'aime la tralior. Il y a beacoup de le bon Musique.
Je l'aime. [Hat]

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

*bump*

This trailer went online while I was out of the country, so I just now saw it. I can only add my three cheers. It actually made me cry, it just looks like it will be a really powerful movie. That glimpse of the stone table scene was awesome. I cannot wait!!

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

Didn't Jadis look EVIL in that scene?

I saw it before Episode III yesterday. There was a lot of detail I had missed even in the high definition online version.

I could actually make out Mr. and Mrs. Beaver as being more than waddling spots, for one thing. [Wink]

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

[Big Grin]

I know, I'm so excited. This is enough of a reason to go see Episode III.

Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :

I saw episode 3 and didn't get to see the Narnia trailer.... [Frown]

Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :

Same here. I was swindled!

Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :

We saw it before episode 3 on Friday. ElJay was... "agape" is the word for it, I think. This is probably the first book(s) that all three of us siblings read, so kinda nifty. Not counting the books that were read TO us, of course.

--Enigmatic