12-09-2005, 04:55 PM
kandrathe,Dec 7 2005, 05:19 AM Wrote:I too hate to see good stories butchered by film, but I do like to see a faithful interpretation transformed to different media. [snip] Anyway, there are no sacred cows when it comes to Disney or Hollywood profits. Just be happy it is not another Pocahontas-ized animated Disney "classic", but rather a dignified re-telling which is faithful to the story C.S. Lewis penned.I tend to not have any desire to see a great book made into a movie of any stripe. Why would I - I already have the book! No matter how great the movie, something is always lost in the translation to film. Even the best translations, like the 6-hour BBC version of Pride and Prejudice lose a little something along the way.
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I especially don't want to overwrite my childhood memories with Hollywood snapshots. That's why I have never seen the LotR movies (and hopefully never will), and why I'll be similarly avoiding this movie as well. Once you allow a picture into your head, you can never get it out. I prefer the pictures that my mind has painted to any that Hollywood can devise.