Narnia movies & Trek fanvids

[wiseheart]

I watched "Prince Caspian" on German TV yesterday. To my surprise - I found the books terrible infantile and boring, though I gave them a hones try and read them in three different languages, hoping to find out where their charm lies - I liked it a lot. So, perhaps I will buy the DVDs - the local supermarket sells them as a boxed edition. I mean, good fantasy films are so rare, I need to build a good stock. *g*

Also, I watched some of the "Star Trek - Phase II" fanvids on YouTube lately. They are really good. In any case every bit as good plot-wise as the original series. Granted, the actors are amateurs, and it shows (although the guy playing Kirk gets the Shatner mannerisms down to the iota), but the special effects are good, and the whole thing clearly is made with love. I wish I didn't have to watch them on the computer screen - my eyes don't appreciate it - but one of them from time to time will do, I guess.

Edit: Went looking for the Narnia movies. They were sold out. Typical.

Edit #2: Found the first three movies as a boxed edition in the Alexandra bookshop. Watched "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" today. Liked it quite a lot.

Comments

[third-charm.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with you that the movies are actually better than the books in this instance. The movies don't hit you over the head with religious claptrap ever other paragraph like the books do.

Third Charm

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

My thoughts exactly. It's probably not surprising that the whole thing was first recommended to me by a nun, eh? Of course, I was a nun back then myself, and still found the books unbearably condescending nonetheless.

Edited cuz I cannot type.