War can't be balance since the very foundation of war is about overthrowing the other side. Although sometimes, and we tend to forget this, war has to be waged to restore balance. What would Europe be like if WW2 had been lost, etc.
I think regardless of how the movie really is, it's never going to be quite as good as the television series since it doesn't have the gift of time. The movie is going to have to wrap the plot up in three hours or less, while the television series goes on for a lot longer than that. I'm curious to see the movie, but at this point I want to finish the first season at least. I might have seen the first Harry Potter movie before diving into the books, but it seems wrong to scratch the surface of the cartoon, only to plunge headlong into its movie version.
Question though: Have you read the Narnia series? It may all seem to be generalized in the movies, but given they've only showcased two cultures (Narnia itself is a country within a world), it seems a bit unfair to classify it as just "magical country". I don't know if the movies will ever go so far, but the world Narnia inhabits has quite a few different countries with vastly different cultures. But given how one is very heavily influenced by Middle Eastern/Islamic culture, we might never see that culture on the big screen...
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Date: 2010-06-30 04:56 pm (UTC)I think regardless of how the movie really is, it's never going to be quite as good as the television series since it doesn't have the gift of time. The movie is going to have to wrap the plot up in three hours or less, while the television series goes on for a lot longer than that. I'm curious to see the movie, but at this point I want to finish the first season at least. I might have seen the first Harry Potter movie before diving into the books, but it seems wrong to scratch the surface of the cartoon, only to plunge headlong into its movie version.
Question though: Have you read the Narnia series? It may all seem to be generalized in the movies, but given they've only showcased two cultures (Narnia itself is a country within a world), it seems a bit unfair to classify it as just "magical country". I don't know if the movies will ever go so far, but the world Narnia inhabits has quite a few different countries with vastly different cultures. But given how one is very heavily influenced by Middle Eastern/Islamic culture, we might never see that culture on the big screen...