MEAT,Dec 6 2005, 08:41 PM Wrote:Yes, they are making all the novels into movies. The Narnia book collection I have starts with #1 The LW&W, however in a newer collection just released, the series starts at #1 with The Magicians Nephew. It's funny because my cousin and I got in a big argument over which book was #1 in the Narnia series and it turns out we were both right, just different versions I guess.
It seems to me that if the creators of the Narnia cinematic series did any serious research such as the depths of Peter Jackson did, they would surly know of this "edited" works left out of the C.S. Lewis novels and would definitely include what they felt would look good on film. However, since they started with the LW&W and not the more recent variation with The Magicians Nephew at #1, I doubt they dug very deeply, which is rather a shame.
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Reading The Magician's Nephew first is doing yourself a disservice.
Chronologically, yes, it's first. But part of the magic is learning more and more about Narnia a bit at a time through the books. It's this huge, incredible world and you know as little as the characters from our world do about it.
I had reread The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, agh, now I have to reread them all.
Edit:
Recognizing that they're children's books: I think the Magician's Nephew is a bit harder to understand. I remember when my mother first read them to me and my sister- I barely understood TMN. TLtWatW, however, we got no problem.
Classic good vs. evil or philosophical musing for the first book of a series?
"AND THEN THE PALADIN TOOK MY EYES!"
Forever oppressed by the GOLs.
Grom Hellscream: [Orcish] kek
Forever oppressed by the GOLs.
Grom Hellscream: [Orcish] kek