A Few Thoughts on the Winter Three

So about a month ago I wrote about the three movies that I was looking forward to in the winter movie season. I have now seen them all so I'm going to give you a few thoughts on them. I tried to keep the spoilers down, but if you have not see any of the three and do not like to know to much about a movie before you see it.... just be warned.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1: 

Many people that I have talked to said that this was their favorite of all the HP movies. I do not know if its my favorite, but its close. The casting remains good. I think they got most of the main points of the books in. They may have changed a few little things, but you have to in a movie. The one thing that was weird is how they explain that death eater were able to find Harry in the coffee house. Another thing that was different, but good was the little cartoon to explain the story of the deathly hallows. This was a great film and a must for an Harry fan.

8/10

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: Dec 10th 

Of the three this was my least favorite. It was better than PC, but not as good as TLWAW. They had to do a lot of change to the story, this was due to the way Lewis wrote the story. They took things that maybe a page or two in the book and made it a major plot point. That also put some of the islands together. As well they made temptation a large part of the story that Lewis did. That being said it kept most of Lewis ideas and themes. Simon Pegg was good as Reepicheep and I thought I saw him a one of the deck hands while they were fighting the sea monster. Also Eustace Scrubb was played pretty well, even if they did keep him in his different state for longer that the book did. Over all still worth seeing

5/10

TRON: Legacy:

I saw this with our "End of Line" friend and his review will give you a lot of more information (yes we did watch the 1st Tron before). I will say that this movie lived up to its look. From the CGI characters which looked good most of the time (no bad Prof. X) to the world inside the computer it all looked good. I also liked how they used 3D for the computer world and 2D for ours. They used the 3D as a part of the movie not as an extra to make it look cool, it maybe the best use of 3D I have seen. It did keep to the feel of Tron and the acting was fine, but not Michael Sheen and Jeff Bridges best performance. The story it self was good. Olivia Wilde was surprisingly good in it and her short black hair made her look even more attractive that she already was. This movie is also a good movie and like HP a must see. 

7/10 

So Say We All

CS Lewis's Space Trilogy

I have been reading CS Lewis's Space Trilogy for the past two months or so and I have just finished them. I want to start off by saying that if the only Lewis you have read is the Narnia books then be warned that these are a much heavier read. The Narnia books are made for children and this are for adults. If you have read other stuff by Lewis then you know how heavy and good he can be.


These books take place in the in the early 20th century, in which a which the main character Dr Ransom ( a character much like Lewis) is involved in space travel as well as spiritual powers and battles.


These books are packed full of theology, philosophy and moral ideas. Some of these ideas that Lewis discuses in his other books are seen here in a fiction form, for example man relationship to nature and the universe is common in all the books. These works also mix biblical and classical and medieval ideas and imagery. It comes as no surprise since these were Lewis greatest interests. The first book in particular deals with language another passion of Lewis's. It's also interesting to note that Lewis pushed J. R. R. Tolkien to write Lord of the Rings, while Tolkien pushed Lewis to write these books and you can see the impact of each other on their works. For example, the language of space is similar to a elvish tongue. You can also see many of Lewis's writing styles in these book, just like Narnia in which main characters get phased out. Dr Ransom does not appear in the final book until a more than half way. 


I loved reading these books. I took a few medieval lit classes in school and it created an interest in that topic for me, so a mixing of sci-fi and medieval ideas make it very enjoyable. It was also great reading these because they make me thing about things and I normally like reading non-fiction because it make me think. These books mix that thinking and fiction use right. Lewis also does a great job building the main characters and drawing in to them so you want to know what will happen to them. Lewis is one of my favorite author and these books do not disappoint. 


So Say We All