Saw Narnia and Kong in a single 6 hr stretch; Narnia to see how it compares with Rings (and Lewis with Tolkien), and Kong because it's by thesame guy who did Rings.
Verdict: As for Narnia, give me Rings anytime, and as for Kong, P.J. couldsurely do better with The Hobbit.
Narnia was a bit flat; elements of thefantasy fail to cohere, so you're not drawn in, or maybe I'm too grown up.The Never-ending Story part I was far more interesting and has a far moresuspenseful, emotionally captivating openning: The boy reads an ancient book, gets really engrossed, reaches a pivotal twist in the plot, a flash of lightning through the attic window, thunderstorm with lashing rains, he gives a start, he has to embody the child-hero prophesized in the book, he has to be part of the story, literally, he has to imagine, he must savethis world from the gathering darkness, there's not a moment to lose, the decision is now, thunder, lightning, and lo he is IN "the never-endingstory".....Another thing, the evil in Narnia was too frozen, too localized in the person of the witch-queen, thus without a sense of pervasive foreboding,where as the evil in Never-ending Story was a like a gathering of storm-clouds from a distance, dark, foreboding, threatening, growing, nearing, spreading, engulfing, ever-ready to burst forth in an unstoppable, torrential downpour of life-poisoning/snuffing flooding downpour of the vilest venom, an evil of over-powering drowning despair.....and all hope lies in the pure pristine imagination of a little boy, and it must be a HUMAN boy, and he must get INTO the story....
Verdict: As for Narnia, give me Rings anytime, and as for Kong, P.J. couldsurely do better with The Hobbit.
Narnia was a bit flat; elements of thefantasy fail to cohere, so you're not drawn in, or maybe I'm too grown up.The Never-ending Story part I was far more interesting and has a far moresuspenseful, emotionally captivating openning: The boy reads an ancient book, gets really engrossed, reaches a pivotal twist in the plot, a flash of lightning through the attic window, thunderstorm with lashing rains, he gives a start, he has to embody the child-hero prophesized in the book, he has to be part of the story, literally, he has to imagine, he must savethis world from the gathering darkness, there's not a moment to lose, the decision is now, thunder, lightning, and lo he is IN "the never-endingstory".....Another thing, the evil in Narnia was too frozen, too localized in the person of the witch-queen, thus without a sense of pervasive foreboding,where as the evil in Never-ending Story was a like a gathering of storm-clouds from a distance, dark, foreboding, threatening, growing, nearing, spreading, engulfing, ever-ready to burst forth in an unstoppable, torrential downpour of life-poisoning/snuffing flooding downpour of the vilest venom, an evil of over-powering drowning despair.....and all hope lies in the pure pristine imagination of a little boy, and it must be a HUMAN boy, and he must get INTO the story....
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Salam Dear Brother Setia, Its Usman in Nigeria, its been time since we last corresponded, The Never Ending Story is one of my all time favorites, it really sparkles with the potential of the human imagination.
May Allah (swt) decree our meeting. Amin.
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