http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/01/05/the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me – C. S. Lewis Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:06:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/01/05/the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader/#comment-1230 oldenglishrose Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:43:29 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=736#comment-1230 I've only seen the first one so far, which I thought was really well done. Hopefully I'll manage to catch up on the other two sometime soon, although it will be a very long time before my favourite book comes out in film form ('The Magician's Nephew') if it does at all. I agree with you, my favourite part is when the children are transported to Narnia, particularly when someone new visits for the first time. There's always such a sense of wonder. I’ve only seen the first one so far, which I thought was really well done. Hopefully I’ll manage to catch up on the other two sometime soon, although it will be a very long time before my favourite book comes out in film form (‘The Magician’s Nephew’) if it does at all. I agree with you, my favourite part is when the children are transported to Narnia, particularly when someone new visits for the first time. There’s always such a sense of wonder.

]]> http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/01/05/the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader/#comment-1194 PolishOutlander Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:27:31 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=736#comment-1194 I read the Narnia books (and watched the BBC productions) when I was a kid, without ever realizing that there religious overtones. It wasn't until high school that someone explained to me the allegories, especial in LWW. What do you think of the new movies? I manage to separate them from the actual books and thoroughly enjoy them. Everytime the kids venture into Narnia, my heart flutters a little bit. I think it's still the girl in this 28-year-old adult trying to get out. :) I read the Narnia books (and watched the BBC productions) when I was a kid, without ever realizing that there religious overtones. It wasn’t until high school that someone explained to me the allegories, especial in LWW. What do you think of the new movies? I manage to separate them from the actual books and thoroughly enjoy them. Everytime the kids venture into Narnia, my heart flutters a little bit. I think it’s still the girl in this 28-year-old adult trying to get out.

]]> http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/01/05/the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader/#comment-1095 oldenglishrose Sat, 08 Jan 2011 09:50:56 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=736#comment-1095 It never ceases to amaze me how wide ranging opinions on this series are. I had expected more people to be cheering for 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' (my second favourite). It never ceases to amaze me how wide ranging opinions on this series are. I had expected more people to be cheering for ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ (my second favourite).

]]> http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/01/05/the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader/#comment-1094 oldenglishrose Sat, 08 Jan 2011 09:47:46 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=736#comment-1094 Yay! It seems it's not as unpopular as I thought. Yay! It seems it’s not as unpopular as I thought.

]]> http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/01/05/the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader/#comment-1093 oldenglishrose Sat, 08 Jan 2011 09:47:19 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=736#comment-1093 I know exactly what you mean. Increasingly as the series progressed I found myself wishing I had read these when I was younger and wouldn't have noticed that I was being hit round the head with allegory. I wasn't terribly keen on 'The Last Battle' for just this reason. I know exactly what you mean. Increasingly as the series progressed I found myself wishing I had read these when I was younger and wouldn’t have noticed that I was being hit round the head with allegory. I wasn’t terribly keen on ‘The Last Battle’ for just this reason.

]]> http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/01/05/the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader/#comment-1064 Eva Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:21:33 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=736#comment-1064 I love Magician's Nephew too! :) It's one of my very favourites (Dawn Treader is the other one, so we're not in total agreement, lol). I don't understand why it's the least favourite of so many others. I love Magician’s Nephew too! It’s one of my very favourites (Dawn Treader is the other one, so we’re not in total agreement, lol). I don’t understand why it’s the least favourite of so many others.

]]> http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/01/05/the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader/#comment-1061 Laura Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:58:51 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=736#comment-1061 'Magician's Nephew' FTW. My favourite by miles. ‘Magician’s Nephew’ FTW. My favourite by miles.

]]> http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/01/05/the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader/#comment-1060 Annie Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:54:38 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=736#comment-1060 The first time through, when I was in my twenties (I somehow missed these as a child) i enjoyed Narnia, but I have to say that as I've got older I find Lewis's dogmatism rather hard to take. Nevertheless, I still go back to favourite passages now and then. Where the books are concerned I think 'A Horse and his Boy' is probably the one I like best, although 'The Silver Chair' isn't bad either. The first time through, when I was in my twenties (I somehow missed these as a child) i enjoyed Narnia, but I have to say that as I’ve got older I find Lewis’s dogmatism rather hard to take. Nevertheless, I still go back to favourite passages now and then. Where the books are concerned I think ‘A Horse and his Boy’ is probably the one I like best, although ‘The Silver Chair’ isn’t bad either.

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