I loved the Dawn Treader. it had a kid who turned into a dragon! (albeit not as a happy thing) it's a sea & island adventure story! there's enchanted princess types and gold in caves and legends... ^_^
I guess the one of the key components lies with the writers and directors. the Narnia people seem to have hit a lucky balance of ingredients.
tangent: also, though I won't see the DIR travesty, I fear part of the issue was the idiots wanting to make it an epic action-adventure story of the kind the industry has been serving up over the last 10 years, and it ISN'T. did you read the Horn Book's review of the film (http://www.hbook.com/resources/films/darkisrising.asp)? my friend Claire wrote it, and Susan Cooper was so pleased she wrote her a letter! and a freaking Christmas card! I was green with envy *g*
I'm debating whether to try to resist seeing Indiana Jones and giving my money to Narnia again a week from now.
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Date: 2008-05-18 11:16 pm (UTC)I guess the one of the key components lies with the writers and directors. the Narnia people seem to have hit a lucky balance of ingredients.
tangent: also, though I won't see the DIR travesty, I fear part of the issue was the idiots wanting to make it an epic action-adventure story of the kind the industry has been serving up over the last 10 years, and it ISN'T. did you read the Horn Book's review of the film (http://www.hbook.com/resources/films/darkisrising.asp)? my friend Claire wrote it, and Susan Cooper was so pleased she wrote her a letter! and a freaking Christmas card! I was green with envy *g*
I'm debating whether to try to resist seeing Indiana Jones and giving my money to Narnia again a week from now.
oh, Narnia all the way. :D