My name is Phillip...
...is all I will say about Narnia for now. Once I have digested and pondered I may add a bit more to that.
posted by Martin at 22:53
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Pulman?
um... no. The post title is a quote from the narnia film.
I have never read his dark materials or anything else by Pulman, and have no idea what they're about, or if they're any good - just heard the name.
Aaaaah, he made some scathing comments about Narnia before it was out - wondered whether you were sharing his thoughts.
Who's Philip? (It's been a while since I read the book!)
:)
It is a one liner joke, that might not (although you never know) even be in the book.
One of the kids is riding a horse and say something like giddy-up horsey, to which the horse replies annoyedly "My Name is Philip!".
To me the allegory was a bit too obvious and simplified/kludged, but that is inevitable if you try to write an allegory, and it is a fault that must be inherrant in the book rather than the film (I understand now why tolkien prefers applicability to allegory!). The kids were quite posh, but very charming. They've pick "kids without flaws" or as I call them "disneyfied kids" (the film is made by disney) to play the parts (different to the BBC one which had more normal kid acotrs).
However, all this was easy enough to overlook, and the film was still very enjoyable. The storytelling flowed well, it was charming and magical, the ice queen was good, aslan actually looked like a lion, and kids will love it just as much as me, in fact more, as they won't even think about allegory. Don't know what allegory is.
Don't know what pullman said, but I expect it was needlesly harsh, as my critisisms are really small relative to the good bits.
Anyway, before I go off on a final tanget, I shall note that this comment forms the adding a bit more after pondering and digesting.
My final tanget is, that all this thinking of allegory and applicability and childrens films that may be enjoyed by adults has made me think of the labyrinth. A fantsatic film that wasn't written as allegory (I don't think so anyway), but which if you watch you can discover so much applicability to describing christian ideas. Plus, it really is a fantasticly enjoyable film! That must be watched by you if you've not seen it!
Ciao,
M
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