I have just received a short movie review of The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe from one of my spies in England:
"It was completely superb...The BBC version of a few years ago is now officially knocked into a cocked hat. "
The movie isn't scheduled to arrive in UAE cinemas until January 2006 (which isn't particularly clever for a plot that is orientated in part around winter and the arrival of Father Christmas). Yet there isn't a peep out of all those keen moviegoers about this late arrival. They're all screaming and shouting about the latest Harry Potter.
I just hope that the Powers That Be don't suddenly notice that Narnia is an allegory and send great chunks of film to the editing suite bin.
Our copy of "Narnia" as it's called here did not arrive until December (2006). I have to wait ages for DVDs to come down to a reasonable price (under 10 euro). Thankfully, this holiday our DVD library expanded quite a bit and I've managed to get my hands on a few 'cult' movies which the Spanish don't seem to want such as:
ReplyDeleteDr Strangelove
The meaning of life
The African Queen
The Magnificent Seven
Animal Farm, and
The Duellists
By accident I seem to be becoming quite a fan of Ridley Scott movies.