To Narnia, or not to Narnia?

[bunn]

I have a bit of a thing about Disney films. I don't normally take random grudges against multinational corporations, but just from time to time there seems to be a need, and Disney is #1 on my 'world would be better without' list.

I am being tempted to go and see Narnia. The clips look entertaining, the reviews are mostly good (apart from the Guardian one, which seemed to have a rather politicised beef with the book, rather than the film).

My memory is that the allegory is less in-your-face in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" than in the later Narnia books, so my childhood disappointment when I realised Lewis was trying to sneakily Do Me Good should not be too much revived.

But it's *Disney*... Hmmm.

Comments

[king-pellinor.livejournal.com]

Presumably in the way that you'd feel reluctance to eat woodlice even if they were actually made of chocolate, but just came in a box labelled "chocolate woodlice"?

I hope I'm not giving MailMaiden ideas here, by the way... :-|

But weren't Toy Story and so on worth watching?

Try telling yourself it's NOT a Disney film, it's a Narnia film with Disney sneakily trying to take the credit because that's what they do, the icky sneaks ;-D

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I haven't actually seen many Disney productions at all - because they make me go 'Ick'.

Toy story I have actually seen, I think - and was not soooooo bad, but it was still a bit Twee Flavoured, and it would have been much worse if I'd had to see it in a cinema where the Twee can get all around you and you can't easily bugger off and do something else if it all becomes Too Much.

[king-pellinor.livejournal.com]

Philistine :-D

[chainmailmaiden]

Hmm, Chocolate woodlice, now there's an idea ;-)

Actually I think woodlice might be a bit earthy tasting like beetroot so I'm not sure how well they would go with chocolate. A dark chocolate with a high percentage of cocoa solids might work, but I think they'd be better made into a savoury snack. Dry roasted with chili and garlic would probably be nice...

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I read somewhere that they are very like prawns. That's why they were a good example: I love prawns, but I think I'd have to concentrate hard to eat 'things that are like prawns but I know they are really woodlice'.

It's something about the word 'lice' I think. If they were woodprawns, they'd sound much more appetising!

[chainmailmaiden]

I agree the word 'lice' is somewhat off-putting, but it wouldn't stop me trying them. I don't think I'd like to eat them straight out of the garden though. I'l prefer to rear them myself and then I could control what they ate. Unfortunately I haven't managed to find a supplier in the UK for edible insects/invertebrates yet.