"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" opens Friday. It's the second film installment of the C.S. Lewis series "The Chronicles of Narnia," but it doesn't follow the order of Lewis' seven books. "Prince Caspian" is actually the fourth book.
Each of the books is based on real time and Narnia time.
So here's this week's question: In Narnia, Prince Caspian has summoned Susan, Peter, Edmund and Lucy to help him overthrow his evil uncle King Miraz. In London, where the four siblings live, the year is 1941 - one year after their trip through the wardrobe. But in Narnia, 1,300 years have passed. What year is it by Narnia's calendar?
Those who answer correctly will be entered into a drawing for an audiobook.
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Phil Villarreal has worked for the Daily Star since birth, but he's been the movie critic since February 2001. You could say he's a fan of the cinema. Each day he wakes up to a plate of steaming scrambled movies, which he washes down with a glass of movie juice, all while watching a movie. In his free time he plays video games and watches movies. He has written a novel, "Stormin' Mormon."
Giving it away (spoiler alert)
04/18/2008 11:51 AM Phil Villarreal
Director Vadim Perelman wants you to know the ending of his film “The Life Before Her Eyes” before you see it. He says you’ll understand and appreciate the movie better if you’re aware of the late-film twist.
The story follows the plight of a woman in her 30s played by Uma Thurman, traumatized by a high school shooting she survived. In the flashback scenes her character is played by Evan Rachel Wood, who, along with her friend, is confronted by the killer in the school bathroom.
Perelman says most of the film takes place in the mind of the Wood character as she lay dying in the bathroom.
“What’s strange about this film is unless they know the twist, I don’t think they enjoy the movie,” Perelman said.
“The reviews that are trickling in say the metaphors are too heavy-handed. But by the time you know what the twist is, you’re kind of past it. Every single one of the visual metaphors and echoes only exist to support the main concept that she imagines her future life in front of her eyes. … I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s better to know and kind of follow along. I can’t expect people to see it twice.”
My full interview with Perelman will run May 1, when the movie opens in Tucson. It opens in larger markets today.
so Diana survived the shooting?
— jannice 05/01/2008 07:18 AM #