New Movie Tuesday

For the last few weeks R and I have been unable to honor our Tuesday movie habit. We have a frequent movie-goer card and Tuesdays are free popcorn for us matineers.

Today's installment was Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.

Let me just say that I'm a huge fan of anything C. S. Lewis wrote. He was a brilliant writer and his stories were beautiful. I read this book as a kid and I loved it. I read a couple of the others in the series as well but never finished the whole thing.

As for the movie, I really enjoyed it. I thought the photography was beautifully done, the screenplay did the story justice. I think he would have liked it. For me, to see a movie that is based on a book, is really an opportunity to compare what the director envisioned the writer meant to convey and what I read. I rarely freak out about the movie not following the book. For me it's all about interpretation...

The only time I ever freak out about interpretation is ballet... I hate it when a choreographer takes dramatic, interpretive license with a classic, traditional story in ballet. If I want modern interpretive dance, I'll go to a modern interpretive dance presentation. If I want The Nutcracker, then I want it to be The Nutcracker that I remember. This is really the only thing I'm a stickler about. But I digress.

The new Harry Potter was very well filmed. As was Narnia. Thursday is possible King Kong sighting. This weekend before school starts, possibly Memoirs of a Geisha. I love matinees. :)