It pisses me off. I love the "first" movie because it's nostalgic and doesn't stray far from the book. Prince Caspian is a travesty, and the ending of Voyage was completely redone. The series should have never been made the way it was and the directors planned it terribly. I will explain: Book 1: The Magician's Nephew never got a movie. It's about a young boy named Diggory with a magical uncle who created rings that can take you to a magic forest with pools of water. The pools take you to a different world and one of the is a planet with a dying sun. There Diggory finds Jadis the ice witch. He accidentally takes her to Narnia while it is being created by Aslan. Jadis runs away and goes into hiding in Narnia. As a punishment, Aslan makes Diggory go find a magical apple tree and bring him an apple and when Diggory comes back with the apple, he gets to take it home back to our world where his mother is dying. He gives his mom the magic apple to eat and heal her and then plants the apple core. The apple grows into a tree and is chopped down and made into a wardrobe many years later. There's other stuff in this but that's not important for this rant. Book 2: The lion the witch and the wardrobe. The first movie smfh. So we get the 4 siblings staying with an old professor (Diggory!!) and you know what happens.... Book 3: The horse and his boy. This book happens IN THE WORLD OF NARNIA DURING THE TIME THE 4 ROYALS ARE ADULTS IN NARNIA!!!!! I will forever be angry that the best book of the series didn't get a movie 👿👿👿! They should have been separate (but similarly looking) casts for the age differences but it was planned so badly. Book 4: Prince Caspian... The way they utterly butchered this movie is horrendous and shameful. Caspian was supposed to be like... 12 and he had NO romance plot. I don't even wanna go into it or else this comment will be 3x longer. Book 5: Voyage of the Dawn Treader. While this was much better than Prince Caspian I'm still very disappointed. Book 6: The silver chair: Okay so no more movies. Eustace, the annoying cousin come to Narnia with a girl and she falls down a cliff? mountain? idk... He goes on an adventure to retrieve her Book 7: The last battle. I'm a little fuzzy on this book but it's probably better than the whole movie franchise.
the fact that the white witch haunts Edmond all three movies shows what an impact she had on him and the turning point in his life. and it's honestly so sad that he still carries the trauma from that
That's kind of the great thing though about Aslan. He reminds Edmond that just because he was traumatized and made mistakes, doesn't mean he has to hold onto them anymore. The devil is a liar, and a great one at that, who steals and destroys. In this case, Aslan (God) reminds us that we are no longer what we once were and can be made whole again. Kind of beautiful if you ask me!
Notes for the first movie: The professor was one of the two original children to go to Narnia and they were there when Narnia was first created by Aslan (In the book 'The Magician's nephew'). The wardrobe works like it does, because it is made from the wood of a tree from Narnia. Notes for the second movie: The humans near the beginning are from an empire that is within Narnia as a whole (these humans are known as Calormenes in later books, I believe, but are known as Telmarines earlier on). Notes for the third movie: Aslan's country is essentially the equivalent to the afterlife. Also, Aslan is one of the forms of God (from the Christian faith, just to clarify).
I think the calormenes and the telmarines are different people - speicifcally since the calromens have their own country while the telmarines only think they had a home country and then turns out they're descendants from pirates. almost feel sorry for them for learning that, thinking that they're from one place when really they're not from any place really.
Here’s a timeline for Narnia: narnia.fandom.com/wiki/Narnian_timeline Warning Spoilers… But, basically all the humans in Narnia are descendants from people who originally were from our world. However, keep in mind, the people from our world includes only the following: 1) Frank a cabby driver from England year 1900 (exactly) and his wife Helen. They became the first King and Queen of Narnia. They accidentally are transported into Narnia as they get caught up in the adventure of Polly and Digory who are the protagonists of The Magician’s Nephew book. Frank and Helen stay in Narnia while Digory and Polly (who are unrelated children) go back home to England. Digory becomes The Professor who Peter, Susan, Lucy, and Edmund meet in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Digory is never a King of Narnia. But, they (the children protagonists Digory and Jill, and the adults who accidentally get pulled into their adventure too, Frank and Helen) all witness the literal creation of Narnia. And basically, King Frank and Queen Helen’s descendants populate the land of Narnia in this fantasy world (and at this time they are the only humans in that world)-mainly their descendants live in Narnia (which is a land in the north of this world) as Kings and Queens but over time they branched out and one group of descendants formed a separate kingdom called Archenland, it’s slightly south of Narnia but still considered part of the north. A subgroup of people from Archenland who are outlaws flee and then establish the kingdom of Calormen which is in the south of this world and is across a desert. So Calormenes are descendants from King Frank and Queen Helen. 2) There is one other group of people who came from our world to Narnia and they were pirates who happened upon a rare cavern that had a magical link to Narnia. This is explained at the end of the Prince Caspian movie by Aslan. All humans in our world are considered by C.S. Lewis to be related to one another and all descendants from Adam and Eve from the Bible. So, C.S. Lewis makes it clear in Prince Caspian that all the people are considered worthy, equal to one another in this other world too. In Aslan’s eyes they are all children of Adam and Eve, and if they choose to be good people, are worthy to rule over Narnia. Caspian is a Telamarine, so he is a descendant from the group of pirates who came to Narnia from our world. The land of Telmar is to the West of Narnia. It’s a separate land from Narnia (which is to the north) and Calormen (which is to the south). None of the protagonists of the 7 books in the Narnia series (the children who go to Narnia from 1900, Polly and Digory, to 1949, Eustace and Jill) stay in Narnia and have descendants-they all go back to our world before they get married to anyone in Narnia. In the last book, The Last Battle, Narnia falls by Calormen and certain Narnian animals making a deal together. Basically a certain evil plan is made between some Narnian animals and some people from the competing kingdom of men (again those who originally were descendants from King Frank and Queen Helen and were the outlaws who fled from Archenland. They’re not the people from Telmar that originally were pirates from our world) from the nation to the south, Calormen, and Narnia falls. I won’t reveal the huge spoiler, but basically you learn about the afterlife in The Last Battle. And yes, Aslan’s country is a metaphor for the afterlife-not meaning the current land of Narnia. You will hear metaphors for Narnia though in other books such as The Horse and His Boy, where they say, To the north! Which means, let’s go to Narnia! Because it’s geographically located northernly in their world. There you go, that’s a brief history of this world. It’s far from complete but gives you a better understanding. Note: And Jadis, who is the White Witch, isn’t a human at all. She is from another world called Carne. Which you learn about also in The Magician’s Nephew. Technically the movies weren’t very clear or maybe accurate with the White Witch because she’s supposed to be very white-basically inhumanely so. Though, it is true that Jadis pretends to be human and (I can’t remember if they say it in the movie, but they do in the books) she tries to establish herself as being a legitimate ruler of Narnia by claiming to be human-although she’s not. It’s hard to explain-a lot of this comes from The Magician’s Nephew-but the original King Frank and Queen Helen who were Narnia’s first rulers and made rulers by Aslan and this was witnessed by all the animals at the creation of Narnia-it’s something that all the Narnian animals respect and basically they see as a qualification to rule Narnia, since it was what Aslan established at the beginning. So, that’s why Jadis says she’s human because to the animals that would give weight to her claim to the throne. But of course they know it’s a lie and so they never accept her as a legitimate Queen of Narnia.
Real talk -- during WW2 in England there was strict rationing. That means no sugar. That means no sweets. I suspect there were many children who would have thought it a fair trade to sell out their siblings for some candy. (bad news for Edmund -- despite his character growth, sugar rationing didn't end for another 13 years).
Absolutely agree with this. Also, to add to this, the sweets appear really to be used symbolically. Edmund feels disconnected and not included or valued in his family before coming to Narnia, of course he would gravitate towards someone who shows him signs of preference or care (sweets). Though I suspect for Lewis it was more biblical reflecting greed, gluttony and valuing of the material as a sin.
I didn’t think about this being a factor. That is so interesting. I thought of it more being the magic influence the white queen had put in the food from the start.
The whole point of Narnia (in my opinion) is about growing up, it's a coming of age, and the author wrote the series to teach children to value childhood and fairytales before they inevitably go as humans age, Susan and Peter left Narnia after having one great ride, because they're adults now :)
Yay! The first movie especially holds a place in my heart. …And fun fact: when I first saw this movie in the theater, when Aslan roared at the White Witch after she asked if he would keep his promise, and she immediately sat down, a grown man sitting near the front yelled “Ha, she scared!” 😂
Dads in movie theaters are the best at commentary, when I saw it there was two dads who laughed so loud at all the jokes and when I saw frankenweenie there was a dad next to my dad that was full on sobbing
Lucy represents the faith, she's the only one who sees Aslan sometimes because of that. Edmund represents the sinner, that tasted how it is to be on the devil side and only find out suffering in his path, but got back to the familys side and redeemed himself and fought against the devil. Susan is an unbeliever, she tries to be logical all the time and don't believe in things even when she sees them, but still thinks she's the smartest. Peter I guess it would be the idea of a christian, he's loyal, a natural leader and cares about his people. He's brave, has his doubts as a normal believer, and as such, he will always be the first to fight for what he believes. Actually Peter it's kinda hard to unpack tbh. Everyone knows who's the real magnificent here, LUCY THE QUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN.
Peter is actually more like biblical John. Loyal and a leader, but a 'son of thunder' and had to learn to wait on God and not be hot-headed. Susan is more like the rich young ruler and Nathaniel, who liked Jesus but were more interested in worldly things. Edmund is most like the disciple Simon Peter, because he betrayed his own and then was restored stronger than ever. He parallels Judah a little in that sense, but Edmund repents. Lucy is a little like John as well, but mostly she represents the childlike faith we should have. Eustace is definitely Paul, in that he is staunchly against all of it until God himself ails him physically and reproved his unbelief. Idk about Caspian, but he also seems Pauline and maybe a little Davidic, in that he was a traveler and was almost killed for the throne.
I remember I saw a clip from the third movie's ending where Aslan says "in your world, I have another name, you must learn to know me by it" and I was like "wait a minute...." after a quick google search I found this >>> Aslan is an allegorical representation of Jesus Christ in the Christian religion. The novel's depiction of Christ's death and resurrection is a clear allusion to the biblical story of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.
If you pick up the first and last books, 'The Magician's Nephew' and the frankly apocalyptic 'The Last Battle', it becomes even more evident. I don't mind though, as Lewis is pretty honest about it the whole way through. The least hidden agenda ever!
When aslam named them with the respective titles after their names: Lucy, The Valiant; Edmund, The Just; Susan, The Gentle and Peter, The Magnificent. You can see that He didn't give them to the Pevensie's because they had those traits, but because they would learn to develop them. It was what they were determined to become!
wooow all these years and i never realized that. i always wondered why _those_ traits were given to their titles, and this explanation makes so much sense!
@@noodledogs they need to make more narnia movies are the chronicles of narnia 4 the silver chair made by columbia pictures, the chronicles of narnia 5 the horse and his boy made by new line cinema, the chronicles of narnia 6 the magician's nephew made by paramount pictures, and the chronicles of narnia 7 the last battle made by new line cinema.
Yes, there actually is a story about the professor! Chronologically the first Narnia book is The Magician’s Nephew, which features the Professor as a young boy (Diggory Kirke) and a girl named Polly Plummer, and it’s about the creation of Narnia and explains why the lamppost is there etc. Definitely give all seven Narnia books a read if you can!
@@LakiaJaiTV The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is definitely the best out of the seven (and was the one Lewis wrote first, but people kept demanding more so he wrote more) but the rest have some good writing in them and good stories as well (though they do get a little racist in some parts though I suppose that should be somewhat expected in texts written in the 1900s, if we're going to love something we have to admit the bad as well as the good). We even meet the white witch before she was the white witch. don't worry I won't spoil anything, apart from commenting that if someone who may have had the last person in the country to have any actual fairy blood tells you to destroy something then that's a pretty clear sign that you should destroy it. I've heard that Lewis was actually planning an 8th book to finish Susan's story (not saying what it is but some people reckon nowadays it was unfair how her story progressed but lewis did have a plan with that progression, and I think they were planning on doing as many of the 7 books as they could with the movie series because they kind of hint at it in Susans scenes in the second movie and on how they were going to rewrite her story), but he died before he could really get started on it so it's up to the fans to think up their own story for her.
Girl I understand that love for Prince Caspian I was totally in love with him 😂 Ben Barnes is gorgeous 😍 I love these movies, I've read all the books. I wish they would make more movies about Narnia.
I hope they make more movies too. However I think they might run into problems bringing some things to screen that are described at the end of Last Battle.
I just love how Peter was the one who got the sword but Edmund grow to be the best swordman in Narnia, the best with swords in the whole place. It is interesting.
When Lakia was watching the 3rd movie and she keep simping over Prince Caspian. But like lowkey me too 😂🤣 Update: just found all 7 books online for the cheap cheap, I mean it says it’s for children aged 7-9 so I guess I’m 8 years old today. ☺️
The books CAN be read by 7-9 year olds but when I read the books at that age, I only saw the fantasy side of things. I’m fifteen now and just reread/ got back into them and there’s just so much depth and meaning behind everyone of Lewis’s stories that most young kids just won’t understand. I literally cried for like, an hour after I finished each one 🥲
I mean I can’t disagree about Caspian. In my opinion as well, books don’t really have an ‘age limit’, you can experience the magic and imagination at any age
apparently C.S. Lewis only included Father Christmas in LWW because his friend Tolkien specifically asked him not to, and he based the professor's appearance on Tolkien to tease him a bit further.
Answering your question about how the White Witch became Queen of Narnia: when Aslan created the world of Narnia, he made the humans the rightful rulers of it. So when the Witch arrived at Narnia, she claimed that she was a human herself. But that's a lie. She looks human, but she's actually a descendant from both the giants and Lilith (a genie/demon and Adam's first wife before Eve). So there isn't a single drop of human blood in her veins.
Some little facts since I love Narnia and am living for you doing a commentary on these movies! 1) I went to the same university (obviously NOT at the same time!) as Ben Barnes (Caspian); he did drama with English and I did BA Hons drama. 2) The first two films were released under the Disney/Walden Media banner, the third one was released by 20th Century Fox though. Also, the first two films were directed by Andrew Adamson and the third by Michael Apted; Reepicheep has a different voice actor between films; I’m pretty sure there’s also a different composer between PC and VOTDT. 3) In the 15 years later at the end of LWW, the older version of Lucy is played by Rachel Henley, who is Georgie Henley’s (Lucy) real life older sister. 4) Skander Keynes’ voice dropped while filming the first Narnia so they brought his sister in to dub/mix his voice so it didn’t sound like it had broken. 5) Anna Popplewell is afraid of mice so they had to have a double for the scene where the mice chew through Aslan’s bonds. 6) Douglas Gresham, CS Lewis’ stepson, has a cameo in each film as well as being a co-producer. 7) In the first Chronicles of Narnia film, Georgie Henley's reactions when she emerges from the wardrobe into the snowy world are completely genuine. She was blindfolded and carried to the set when they filmed the scene, so both the actor and the character are seeing Narnia for the first time. 8) On the set of the first film, the kids made up a song called “Check the Gate”, to the tune of “Shake Ya Ass”/“Shake it fast” by Mystikal because Andrew Adamson would always say “check the gate” after a scene; the phrase is said in movie making to ensure that the camera and film is free of any impurities or blockages (a hair in the way, for instance) that would render what's been filmed unusable or call for another take. 9) In the last scene of the first movie, when Professor Kirke throws the cricket ball, it actually hit Skandar’s head during a take; you can see it on the blooper reel. 10) CS Lewis (who wrote the Narnia books) and JRR Tolkien (who wrote the Lord of the Rings trilogy/Middle Earth books) were friends in real life and wrote each other into their respective works: Professor Kirke is based on JRR Tolkien and Treebeard is based on CS Lewis. 11) Anna Popplewell was disappointed that Susan didn’t really get to use her now that much in the first film, so in the second one they had her using it a lot more. 12) A fourth film, The Silver Chair, was planned but didn’t happen due to issues regarding copyright and also the third film’s reception/box office I believe. Apparently Netflix is planning to adapt the Narnia books into a series, but there hasn’t been that much news on it yet. 13) At the end of VOTDT, you can hear Eustace’s mum mention that Jill Pole has come to visit; Jill and Eustace are the main protagonists of the book that follows Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair. Caspian also appears in TSC but he’s old and dying, and Jill and Eustace are looking for his son Prince Rillian.
Wow, I didn't heard about most of these! Interesting! Also... netflix doing narnia series? That's a big news for me lol I would die of happiness if this happened for real.
Just a little sad fact, in the ending books, tragically, most of the Pevensie family passed away (even Eustace) due to a train wreck and Susan not being on the train survived, and basically everyone who passed went to Narnia. Its kind of a controversial thing fueled further by a few lines in the book that basically implied that Susan was too superficial and too much of a non- believer to reunite with them in Narnia. C. S. Lewis left it super ambiguous as to if she could find faith in Narnia again and return, hence Susan getting the absolute worst fate out of all her family and hence the controversy. He did plan to write about her life after the incident but he himself passed away before anything could be set in stone. It's super unfortunate most of us would have loved to have seen if there was more hope for her return to Narnia
In my head, Susan grew older, still in the real world but as her beauty began to fade, she began losing her charm and finally she starts believing again. When she passed, she reunited with her siblings in Narnia. Idk her being the only one left alone broke my heart so I reunited them in my headcannon😭
Here are some Narnia details the movies left out :) - The Professor, when he was a kid, came to Narnia when Aslan sang its creation. He influenced a lot of things. you can read it in the Magician's Nephew. - The White Witch was from another universe, Charn, and came from the bloodline of Lilith, and a race of half-genie half giant people. She hates humans and pretends to be human because only humans can rule Narnia by right. - The four siblings titles of Magnificient, Gentle, Just and Valiant were earned in the books during their reign. - The 4 Siblings ruled for 15 years - its been 1300 years between 1 and 2 in Narnia, but only 1 year on Earth - Caspian does became king and lived till 66. He married the star. - Aslan physically scratches off Eustace's Dragon form and throws him in a pond. Timeline (Narnian Years) 1 - Creation. Digory (The Professor) witness Aslan sing Narnia to life. Aslan crowns a cab driver from Earth and his housewife as the first King and Queen. Diggory also brings with him the White Witch after accidentally bringing her into Earth and into Narnia. 898 - The White Witch returns to Narnia after her self-imposed exile, wipes the first humans out through exile or genocide. 900 - The long winter begins 1000 - the events of LWW, beginning of the Golden Age 1015 - the four kings and queens return to Earth, end of the Golden Age. Narnia soon falls under stewardship under its sister country, Archenland, or falls to disorder. 1998 - The Telmarines invade and conquer Narnia. Caspian I becomes King of Narnia. 2303 - Events of PC, Prince Caspian becomes King Caspian X of Narnia. 2306-7 - Events of VDT, Caspian brings home Lilliandil, Ramandu's Daughter. Caspian's descendants would be kings of Narnia till the end of time. Christian Parallels Hundred Year Winter - Years of Biblical Silence (between Malachi and the Gospels) or a life without hope and full of suffering Aslan's Sacrifice and Resurrection - The Gospels Caspian's War of Deliverance - Rise of the true faith over the corrupt religion/ David's road to kingship The Great Voyage - Spiritual Life and Sanctification Eustace's Undragoning - Repentance and Baptism Thank you for reacting to this series!! The Netflix's reboot series couldn't come sooner!!
Honestly I was shocked when I saw the glow up that Prince Caspian had but if you thought him in the third movie was fine you should see him and the show Shadow and Bone 😍
Peter was the only one speaking facts for survival atm tbh. With how QUICKLY they needed to move and Susan tried to leave them defenseless on a VERY QUICKLY melting bridge, trying to deter them. I get that Peter can seem to be on them, I do think that somewhat has to do with his mom asking him to look out for them. As a kid, I understood his motivations was on his side, as a young adult, he did alot of unnecessary but realistic.
Also can we blame him? He himself was a kid. He knows there’s a war going on and there’s a chance they wouldn’t see their parents again. He tried to do everything he can to supervise his siblings, of course he can’t always be right. As a kid back then I think most of his actions were valid and wise for a kid.
The most messed up thing about Narnia, something that bothered me when i first watched it as an adult, was the fact that they lived in Narnia for like 20-25 years? All of them lived out there lives, as fully grown adults and then they go back through the wardrobe and they're suddenly back in their child/teenager bodies again. Especially Lucy, like she's 8 years old, lives in Narnia until she’s in her late 20s, close to 30, and then goes back into her 8 year old body again with the matured mind of a 25 year old!
My grandpa had an old wardrobe that actually looked nothing like this one but I remember being like 5 years old and opening it every fricking day hoping Narnia would somehow show up 🤣🥰
Loved your reaction! Caspian is still my crush after all this time. Fun fact about the accent. The director insisted that Ben Barnes go back to his normal accent for the last movie. Ben fought against the decision but was overruled. His accent was originally going to be based off Spanish but when the Telmarines were cast, many of the actors were italian so he shifted the accent to be a hybrid of Spanish and Italian and fit in better with them.
The reason why people shake hands in greeting dates back to when people used to carry swords around. They would shake hands with their sword-wielding hand to show "i am not going to draw my sword"
It's also why we drive on the left in England, because it would be easier to draw your sword against an enemy if they were on the right side of you (if you're right-handed), but then some guy (i forget who, maybe Napoleon?) was left-handed, so he changed the side of the road and England is one of few countries that either refused or went back to the left after he died.
I also for years believed they had replaced caspians actor in the 3rd movie. He looks so different. I think originally it’s cause he was supposed to look a lot more Spanish in the 2nd movie. And they just kind of let him look like himself for the 3rd movie
So I just wanted to explain some things for you! the professor AKA “Digory Kirke” is the magicians nephew he accidentally traveled to Narnia when he was a child that’s why when the kids come back through the wardrobe and Peter tells the professor “you wouldn’t believe us if we told you” & he replies “try me” it’s because he is literally the one person who would believe them. Another fun fact he is actually the reason the white witch was able to take over Narnia. The professor was the one who accidentally woke up the white Witch in the first place. The witch is from a different realm and she literally used and ancient spell called the deplorable word and when she spoke the deplorable word she basically Thanos snapped all living organisms on her planet out of existence including her own family and sister who she was fighting with for the crown to rule her planet but when there were no people to rule she used a spell to preserve herself until someone came and freed her which happened to be digory (the professor) also love the channel! ✌🏻
Underrated trilogy to be honest, and most people missed how powerful the movies are. There's so much to tell about Narnia, thank you for reacting to this, God bless you. Narnia was one of the movies that kept me going in 2020. Thank God for these films.
Her discovering the wardrobe in that empty room gave me major conjuring vibes idk whyyy. Also James Mcavoy and Ben Barnes got hotter with age dang. Also dang when James’ character said he’s kidnapping her 💀😀✋🏽 I forgot about that
One of my favourite books in the series was The Horse and His Boy. Wherein there is a line (that I love) from Edmund who is advocating for mercy for their captured enemy that goes something like "even a traitor can mend. I have known one who did.". I think his Kindly name was The Just not because he was also just and fair in his past actions, but because he learned that mercy is a part of justice, an important part, and that justice is not always what we think it would it be. Because he learned from his past actions, he was more just, fair, and merciful than others might have been inclined to be. And I think that the interplay of past mistakes, learning from them, and justice and mercy working together is such an important lesson to learn. I know, 10 months late to the conversation. Just something that I was thinking about while watching.
Also, yes, Ben Barnes had a bad wig in Prince Caspian. And was actually why I finally admitted that some guys looked better with beards in Voyage. And the third movie.... they didn't think the episodic nature of the book was good for a movie, so added the mist. But I thought it just made it messy. In the book, Caspian totally marries the star's daughter, which is fun. I was always sad they didn't do any of the other books with these actors. Even if the next one (The Silver Chair) wasn't my favourite of the books (I think it was my sister's?). And I forgot how much I had enjoyed the sound track in Prince Caspian, as well as giving the girls a bigger part! (Yeah, I still think you can tell when Lewis met his wife. He suddenly has the girls actually doing something in the books like Horse and His Boy, as compared to all the early books. haha)
1:55 Because he had no other choice, really. After the London Blitz, which was shown at the start of the movie, any person with spare rooms in the countryside was required by law to house any underaged children. So if he refused, then he could be fined or worse by the government.
I absolutely love this trilogy. I was obsessed with them as a kid and they still slap now. They give me so much nostalgia. The cgi and soundtracks hit different. They were ahead of their time. The way i cry every time at the end of the second and third movies.
Yay so glad and happy your finally reacting to these films They hold a special place in my heart and although it’s underrated, I will never stop loving this franchise *also I noticed my comment of movie recommendations in the video, I was shooketh when I saw that*
The way i instantly pushed the like button before watching it knowing that it'll be good but checked if i pushed it because i started laughing 5 minutes in screaming Lakiaa at 4:45
Ben Barnes (Caspian) is my biggest crush eeeveerrr... 😍 I recently learned that he's 41 years old! 😱 He's like fine wine.... I don't care that he's 15 years older than me 😂
I read The Lion,the Witch, and the Wardrobe with my class aloud for a project it was super fun! Then I watched it with my Sisters,Mother, and brother it was also super fun, and my mom made popcorn to from our popcorn maker! (Edit): It was one of my favorite books, and I’m definitely NOT a reader so take it from me.
57:30 IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE! Narnia 1 was the first movie i ever watched and when i got older and rewatched Narnia over and over again Edmund was my EVERYTHING! 4 year old me was in love (16 y/o me still is tbh)
@@LakiaJaiTV There's seven in all and the first and last of the series were the last to be written, to provide a definite beginning and end to the series and to define the world and build on the Christian allegory. They're all worth a read, but I think the best for pure adventure is Silver Chair. A Horse & His Boy is a little dated but is pure Arabian Nights fantasia and I kind of love it. Prince Caspian is one of the best written. Lion is imaginative but he's finding his feet as a writer. Magician's Nephew creates the world and codifies the witch as probably the best and most evil baddy of all time. Last Battle is INSANE.
Hey, girl! I noticed you had a LOT of questions while watching these movies. Don't worry, I did too 😅 my sister read all of the "Narnia" books, so she was able to explain to me everything that was going on. Trust me, it all does make sense in the books 📚❤️
Even more than his children's books, CS Lewis is known as an atheist that was saved and became a Christian apologist. Theological themes are very prevalent in his Children's books also.
STOP I JIST BINGED THIS WHOLE. THING. NARNIA IS LITERALLY MY CHILDHOOD AND I LOVED THE MOVIES SM. GRATFUL FOT MY MOTHER CAUSE SHE INTRODUCED ME TO THEM WHEN I WAS LIKE 4 😻😻😻 OKSY SORRY GOODBYE BUT YEAH I LOVE NARNIA W MY HEART
So the movies never explain it. But the Professor was actually on Narnia when Aslan brought the world to life. Him and Macready were childhood friends. Find a box of 6 colored, paired rings. And they end up in Narnia during it's creation. When they finally got back home, they buried the rings at the foot of a tree. And then that tree was later cut down and made into the Wardrobe, which is why it's connected to Narnia.
Girl I had a crush on Edmund I was around Lucy’s age when the first one came out and I remember thinking he is so cute, especially after he stopped being a snitch😭 He’s the most underrated male of the entire franchise😭
Fun fact: the professor of the first movie actually does have a backstory. The first movie was based off the second book in the series, and the first book actually tells his story as a child, and how he’s connected with Narnia and the White Witch (also goes by the name Jadis in the books). He’s also the reason there’s a portal to Narnia in his home, it’s not by accident or happenstance. It was made from wood of a Narnian tree
the author wrote this series this after he found his faith again he had lost his faith for while but he met the legendery jr tokien and tokien helped him become religous again
When you think about it, they're growing up and what they have done for Narnia comes to a close. You can tell by the Professor from the first one who wants to go back but by his age, you can automatically assume his journey to Narnia has come to a close. He's old and still waiting to go back but it just doesn't work that way.
I was watching another clip and randomly scrolling along the bottom and said did I just see someone reviewing Narnia!!! I was so excited when these movies came out because I’d read all the books as a kid. Even had all seven books in one big compilation. I also liked the old PBS mini series too.
The fact that Susan and Peter truly never return to Narnia makes me sad, I know they had to go back, but did they have to do it straight away? Like come on they knew it'd be the last time they'd be there, they should have enjoyed a few years like they did in the first one🙃
I remember questioning how the heck did edmund became just, susan as gentle and peter a magnificent? They are from from it. Then it hit me like how God called me joy at a time I'm in a dark place. He calls us by our destiny. (destiny is not the term but it's close) It's hope we can hold on to as we continue our journey with Him.
The narnia movies are my favorite. I’d recommend reading the books again as an adult. I forgot how much I loved them from my childhood. They have such a strong bond between generations of my family. Also the Professor’s name is Diggory, from the magician’s nephew. If you love all things narnia there’s an awesome YT channel called Into The Wardrobe. So good!
This trilogy only covers 3 of the 7 books in CS Lewis’s Narnia series, and my favorite book of them all is the first one that’s a direct prequel to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It sets up Narnia, Aslan, the White Witch, the lamppost, and the Wardrobe itself
I loved this film so much as a child and I don’t know why but now since becoming a Christian i love it for the reason it literally does tell the story of the gospel so vividly..there’s so many links with the Bible when i realised Edmund represents humans falling into temptation and Aslan as Jesus dying for our sins and coming back its amazing love this video!! 🥰
the lion in the fire, was aslan, telling tumnus to leave Lucy alone as Aslan being an allegory for Jesus christ. who protects the children and the innocent CS Lewis was a great friend of Tolkien. and even thou Tolkien was a devout catholic, he helped C S Lewis to find his evangelican lutheran faith. and that made his inspire to write the whole Narnia series, you can see both biblical allegories as well as the history of christianity from the antiquity to the age of conquest and exploration. There is even a fan theory that the pevensies are the founders of hogwarts, with Peter being gryffindor, Susan being ravenclaw, Lucy being hufflepuff and Edmund being Slytherin.
Thoughts on the trilogy as a whole??🤔🤔
Thanks for watching 🥰
Love it
Lucy is the best character and a great female role model for young girls. She made me stronger as a child!
I love the trilogy, this video was so nostolgic!
It pisses me off. I love the "first" movie because it's nostalgic and doesn't stray far from the book. Prince Caspian is a travesty, and the ending of Voyage was completely redone. The series should have never been made the way it was and the directors planned it terribly. I will explain:
Book 1: The Magician's Nephew never got a movie. It's about a young boy named Diggory with a magical uncle who created rings that can take you to a magic forest with pools of water. The pools take you to a different world and one of the is a planet with a dying sun. There Diggory finds Jadis the ice witch. He accidentally takes her to Narnia while it is being created by Aslan. Jadis runs away and goes into hiding in Narnia. As a punishment, Aslan makes Diggory go find a magical apple tree and bring him an apple and when Diggory comes back with the apple, he gets to take it home back to our world where his mother is dying. He gives his mom the magic apple to eat and heal her and then plants the apple core. The apple grows into a tree and is chopped down and made into a wardrobe many years later. There's other stuff in this but that's not important for this rant.
Book 2: The lion the witch and the wardrobe. The first movie smfh. So we get the 4 siblings staying with an old professor (Diggory!!) and you know what happens....
Book 3: The horse and his boy. This book happens IN THE WORLD OF NARNIA DURING THE TIME THE 4 ROYALS ARE ADULTS IN NARNIA!!!!! I will forever be angry that the best book of the series didn't get a movie 👿👿👿! They should have been separate (but similarly looking) casts for the age differences but it was planned so badly.
Book 4: Prince Caspian... The way they utterly butchered this movie is horrendous and shameful. Caspian was supposed to be like... 12 and he had NO romance plot. I don't even wanna go into it or else this comment will be 3x longer.
Book 5: Voyage of the Dawn Treader. While this was much better than Prince Caspian I'm still very disappointed.
Book 6: The silver chair: Okay so no more movies. Eustace, the annoying cousin come to Narnia with a girl and she falls down a cliff? mountain? idk... He goes on an adventure to retrieve her
Book 7: The last battle. I'm a little fuzzy on this book but it's probably better than the whole movie franchise.
Oh damn, that was a long comment 😂
Honestly I miss the Fantasy era in the 2000's with Harry Potter, The Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings etc.
Right what an Era 👌🏾
Best Era of fantasy movies 🥰💕
Such elite fantasy franchises, even pirates of the Caribbean on some level
@ed marks Aslan’s character is the depiction of Jesus.
I am so glad I was a child during that time, I got to have so many amazing movies be part of my childhood. Man, good times.
the fact that the white witch haunts Edmond all three movies shows what an impact she had on him and the turning point in his life. and it's honestly so sad that he still carries the trauma from that
That's kind of the great thing though about Aslan. He reminds Edmond that just because he was traumatized and made mistakes, doesn't mean he has to hold onto them anymore. The devil is a liar, and a great one at that, who steals and destroys. In this case, Aslan (God) reminds us that we are no longer what we once were and can be made whole again. Kind of beautiful if you ask me!
Notes for the first movie: The professor was one of the two original children to go to Narnia and they were there when Narnia was first created by Aslan (In the book 'The Magician's nephew'). The wardrobe works like it does, because it is made from the wood of a tree from Narnia.
Notes for the second movie: The humans near the beginning are from an empire that is within Narnia as a whole (these humans are known as Calormenes in later books, I believe, but are known as Telmarines earlier on).
Notes for the third movie: Aslan's country is essentially the equivalent to the afterlife. Also, Aslan is one of the forms of God (from the Christian faith, just to clarify).
Ok thank you for these 😊
I think the calormenes and the telmarines are different people - speicifcally since the calromens have their own country while the telmarines only think they had a home country and then turns out they're descendants from pirates. almost feel sorry for them for learning that, thinking that they're from one place when really they're not from any place really.
I never understood the professer till i read the books, im glad to know Jadis backstory too
@@jebVlogs556 thats his character flaw in 1 which he proved he grew uop from in the second film
Here’s a timeline for Narnia: narnia.fandom.com/wiki/Narnian_timeline
Warning Spoilers…
But, basically all the humans in Narnia are descendants from people who originally were from our world. However, keep in mind, the people from our world includes only the following:
1) Frank a cabby driver from England year 1900 (exactly) and his wife Helen. They became the first King and Queen of Narnia. They accidentally are transported into Narnia as they get caught up in the adventure of Polly and Digory who are the protagonists of The Magician’s Nephew book. Frank and Helen stay in Narnia while Digory and Polly (who are unrelated children) go back home to England. Digory becomes The Professor who Peter, Susan, Lucy, and Edmund meet in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Digory is never a King of Narnia. But, they (the children protagonists Digory and Jill, and the adults who accidentally get pulled into their adventure too, Frank and Helen) all witness the literal creation of Narnia. And basically, King Frank and Queen Helen’s descendants populate the land of Narnia in this fantasy world (and at this time they are the only humans in that world)-mainly their descendants live in Narnia (which is a land in the north of this world) as Kings and Queens but over time they branched out and one group of descendants formed a separate kingdom called Archenland, it’s slightly south of Narnia but still considered part of the north. A subgroup of people from Archenland who are outlaws flee and then establish the kingdom of Calormen which is in the south of this world and is across a desert. So Calormenes are descendants from King Frank and Queen Helen.
2) There is one other group of people who came from our world to Narnia and they were pirates who happened upon a rare cavern that had a magical link to Narnia. This is explained at the end of the Prince Caspian movie by Aslan. All humans in our world are considered by C.S. Lewis to be related to one another and all descendants from Adam and Eve from the Bible. So, C.S. Lewis makes it clear in Prince Caspian that all the people are considered worthy, equal to one another in this other world too. In Aslan’s eyes they are all children of Adam and Eve, and if they choose to be good people, are worthy to rule over Narnia. Caspian is a Telamarine, so he is a descendant from the group of pirates who came to Narnia from our world. The land of Telmar is to the West of Narnia. It’s a separate land from Narnia (which is to the north) and Calormen (which is to the south).
None of the protagonists of the 7 books in the Narnia series (the children who go to Narnia from 1900, Polly and Digory, to 1949, Eustace and Jill) stay in Narnia and have descendants-they all go back to our world before they get married to anyone in Narnia.
In the last book, The Last Battle, Narnia falls by Calormen and certain Narnian animals making a deal together. Basically a certain evil plan is made between some Narnian animals and some people from the competing kingdom of men (again those who originally were descendants from King Frank and Queen Helen and were the outlaws who fled from Archenland. They’re not the people from Telmar that originally were pirates from our world) from the nation to the south, Calormen, and Narnia falls.
I won’t reveal the huge spoiler, but basically you learn about the afterlife in The Last Battle.
And yes, Aslan’s country is a metaphor for the afterlife-not meaning the current land of Narnia. You will hear metaphors for Narnia though in other books such as The Horse and His Boy, where they say, To the north! Which means, let’s go to Narnia! Because it’s geographically located northernly in their world.
There you go, that’s a brief history of this world. It’s far from complete but gives you a better understanding.
Note: And Jadis, who is the White Witch, isn’t a human at all. She is from another world called Carne. Which you learn about also in The Magician’s Nephew. Technically the movies weren’t very clear or maybe accurate with the White Witch because she’s supposed to be very white-basically inhumanely so. Though, it is true that Jadis pretends to be human and (I can’t remember if they say it in the movie, but they do in the books) she tries to establish herself as being a legitimate ruler of Narnia by claiming to be human-although she’s not.
It’s hard to explain-a lot of this comes from The Magician’s Nephew-but the original King Frank and Queen Helen who were Narnia’s first rulers and made rulers by Aslan and this was witnessed by all the animals at the creation of Narnia-it’s something that all the Narnian animals respect and basically they see as a qualification to rule Narnia, since it was what Aslan established at the beginning. So, that’s why Jadis says she’s human because to the animals that would give weight to her claim to the throne. But of course they know it’s a lie and so they never accept her as a legitimate Queen of Narnia.
Real talk -- during WW2 in England there was strict rationing. That means no sugar. That means no sweets.
I suspect there were many children who would have thought it a fair trade to sell out their siblings for some candy.
(bad news for Edmund -- despite his character growth, sugar rationing didn't end for another 13 years).
Absolutely agree with this. Also, to add to this, the sweets appear really to be used symbolically. Edmund feels disconnected and not included or valued in his family before coming to Narnia, of course he would gravitate towards someone who shows him signs of preference or care (sweets). Though I suspect for Lewis it was more biblical reflecting greed, gluttony and valuing of the material as a sin.
Also the drinks and food the witch makes are enchanted to make people follow her
@@zooms5624 yea he really didn’t have much choice
I didn’t think about this being a factor. That is so interesting. I thought of it more being the magic influence the white queen had put in the food from the start.
The whole point of Narnia (in my opinion) is about growing up, it's a coming of age, and the author wrote the series to teach children to value childhood and fairytales before they inevitably go as humans age, Susan and Peter left Narnia after having one great ride, because they're adults now :)
its like saying you must leave your childhood behind but you will always have the memories
This movie came out 12 or more years ago
@@dontaskwhy615 Exactly 🙌
@@allison3852 Your point 💀💀
@@stuffwithsoph8264 huh
Yay! The first movie especially holds a place in my heart.
…And fun fact: when I first saw this movie in the theater, when Aslan roared at the White Witch after she asked if he would keep his promise, and she immediately sat down, a grown man sitting near the front yelled “Ha, she scared!” 😂
Yea the first one been with me since childhood lol
What was it like? I wish I watched it in theaters but I was currently about to be born
@@dontaskwhy615 It was epic; truly one of those movies that is an experience to watch on the big screen :)
Dads in movie theaters are the best at commentary, when I saw it there was two dads who laughed so loud at all the jokes and when I saw frankenweenie there was a dad next to my dad that was full on sobbing
Lucy represents the faith, she's the only one who sees Aslan sometimes because of that. Edmund represents the sinner, that tasted how it is to be on the devil side and only find out suffering in his path, but got back to the familys side and redeemed himself and fought against the devil. Susan is an unbeliever, she tries to be logical all the time and don't believe in things even when she sees them, but still thinks she's the smartest. Peter I guess it would be the idea of a christian, he's loyal, a natural leader and cares about his people. He's brave, has his doubts as a normal believer, and as such, he will always be the first to fight for what he believes. Actually Peter it's kinda hard to unpack tbh. Everyone knows who's the real magnificent here, LUCY THE QUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN.
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Preach Lucy is a queen and the truest leader, her and aslan’s bond was so beautiful
Peter is actually more like biblical John. Loyal and a leader, but a 'son of thunder' and had to learn to wait on God and not be hot-headed. Susan is more like the rich young ruler and Nathaniel, who liked Jesus but were more interested in worldly things. Edmund is most like the disciple Simon Peter, because he betrayed his own and then was restored stronger than ever. He parallels Judah a little in that sense, but Edmund repents. Lucy is a little like John as well, but mostly she represents the childlike faith we should have. Eustace is definitely Paul, in that he is staunchly against all of it until God himself ails him physically and reproved his unbelief. Idk about Caspian, but he also seems Pauline and maybe a little Davidic, in that he was a traveler and was almost killed for the throne.
@@Adronitis I kinda pictured Caspian being the Gentile representation.
I like Lucy the best as well.
I remember I saw a clip from the third movie's ending where Aslan says "in your world, I have another name, you must learn to know me by it" and I was like "wait a minute...." after a quick google search I found this >>> Aslan is an allegorical representation of Jesus Christ in the Christian religion. The novel's depiction of Christ's death and resurrection is a clear allusion to the biblical story of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.
If you pick up the first and last books, 'The Magician's Nephew' and the frankly apocalyptic 'The Last Battle', it becomes even more evident. I don't mind though, as Lewis is pretty honest about it the whole way through. The least hidden agenda ever!
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When aslam named them with the respective titles after their names: Lucy, The Valiant; Edmund, The Just; Susan, The Gentle and Peter, The Magnificent.
You can see that He didn't give them to the Pevensie's because they had those traits, but because they would learn to develop them. It was what they were determined to become!
wooow all these years and i never realized that. i always wondered why _those_ traits were given to their titles, and this explanation makes so much sense!
@@noodledogs they need to make more narnia movies are the chronicles of narnia 4 the silver chair made by columbia pictures, the chronicles of narnia 5 the horse and his boy made by new line cinema, the chronicles of narnia 6 the magician's nephew made by paramount pictures, and the chronicles of narnia 7 the last battle made by new line cinema.
Yes, there actually is a story about the professor! Chronologically the first Narnia book is The Magician’s Nephew, which features the Professor as a young boy (Diggory Kirke) and a girl named Polly Plummer, and it’s about the creation of Narnia and explains why the lamppost is there etc. Definitely give all seven Narnia books a read if you can!
I’ve heard of that book before interesting 🧐 I’ll have to check it out
@@LakiaJaiTV The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is definitely the best out of the seven (and was the one Lewis wrote first, but people kept demanding more so he wrote more) but the rest have some good writing in them and good stories as well (though they do get a little racist in some parts though I suppose that should be somewhat expected in texts written in the 1900s, if we're going to love something we have to admit the bad as well as the good). We even meet the white witch before she was the white witch. don't worry I won't spoil anything, apart from commenting that if someone who may have had the last person in the country to have any actual fairy blood tells you to destroy something then that's a pretty clear sign that you should destroy it.
I've heard that Lewis was actually planning an 8th book to finish Susan's story (not saying what it is but some people reckon nowadays it was unfair how her story progressed but lewis did have a plan with that progression, and I think they were planning on doing as many of the 7 books as they could with the movie series because they kind of hint at it in Susans scenes in the second movie and on how they were going to rewrite her story), but he died before he could really get started on it so it's up to the fans to think up their own story for her.
What? I never heard of this!
@@LakiaJaiTV me too! I haven read any of the books
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Girl I understand that love for Prince Caspian I was totally in love with him 😂 Ben Barnes is gorgeous 😍 I love these movies, I've read all the books. I wish they would make more movies about Narnia.
I hope they make more movies too. However I think they might run into problems bringing some things to screen that are described at the end of Last Battle.
I just love how Peter was the one who got the sword but Edmund grow to be the best swordman in Narnia, the best with swords in the whole place. It is interesting.
Yes, I am here for the Caspian appreciation! Literally me watching those movies 🤣🤣
When Lakia was watching the 3rd movie and she keep simping over Prince Caspian. But like lowkey me too 😂🤣
Update: just found all 7 books online for the cheap cheap, I mean it says it’s for children aged 7-9 so I guess I’m 8 years old today. ☺️
When I was a kid I was too focused on the plot and the magical world but now as an adult prince Caspian is ... 😳
My teacher kept calling caspian hot while watching the movie XD
The books CAN be read by 7-9 year olds but when I read the books at that age, I only saw the fantasy side of things. I’m fifteen now and just reread/ got back into them and there’s just so much depth and meaning behind everyone of Lewis’s stories that most young kids just won’t understand. I literally cried for like, an hour after I finished each one 🥲
@@derekakabane5662 as she should, ben barnes is heavenly
I mean I can’t disagree about Caspian.
In my opinion as well, books don’t really have an ‘age limit’, you can experience the magic and imagination at any age
Eustace's monologue at the end of the third movie was actually kind of sad and great charater development for him in this movie....
apparently C.S. Lewis only included Father Christmas in LWW because his friend Tolkien specifically asked him not to, and he based the professor's appearance on Tolkien to tease him a bit further.
Answering your question about how the White Witch became Queen of Narnia: when Aslan created the world of Narnia, he made the humans the rightful rulers of it. So when the Witch arrived at Narnia, she claimed that she was a human herself. But that's a lie. She looks human, but she's actually a descendant from both the giants and Lilith (a genie/demon and Adam's first wife before Eve). So there isn't a single drop of human blood in her veins.
The random line that is always on repeat in my mind is Lucy saying " I'm alvight! I'm alvight" when she comes out of the wardrobe for the first time 😂
I died lol 💀
Ben Barnes as Prince/King Caspian is just *chefs kiss*
The random lines I always remember is when Mrs. Beaver said “It’s the world, dear. Did you expect it to be small?” and Susan replies “SMALLER” 🤣
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Some little facts since I love Narnia and am living for you doing a commentary on these movies!
1) I went to the same university (obviously NOT at the same time!) as Ben Barnes (Caspian); he did drama with English and I did BA Hons drama.
2) The first two films were released under the Disney/Walden Media banner, the third one was released by 20th Century Fox though. Also, the first two films were directed by Andrew Adamson and the third by Michael Apted; Reepicheep has a different voice actor between films; I’m pretty sure there’s also a different composer between PC and VOTDT.
3) In the 15 years later at the end of LWW, the older version of Lucy is played by Rachel Henley, who is Georgie Henley’s (Lucy) real life older sister.
4) Skander Keynes’ voice dropped while filming the first Narnia so they brought his sister in to dub/mix his voice so it didn’t sound like it had broken.
5) Anna Popplewell is afraid of mice so they had to have a double for the scene where the mice chew through Aslan’s bonds.
6) Douglas Gresham, CS Lewis’ stepson, has a cameo in each film as well as being a co-producer.
7) In the first Chronicles of Narnia film,
Georgie Henley's reactions when she
emerges from the wardrobe into the
snowy world are completely genuine.
She was blindfolded and carried to the
set when they filmed the scene, so both
the actor and the character are seeing
Narnia for the first time.
8) On the set of the first film, the kids made up a song called “Check the Gate”, to the tune of “Shake Ya Ass”/“Shake it fast” by Mystikal because Andrew Adamson would always say “check the gate” after a scene; the phrase is said in movie making to ensure that the camera and film is free of any impurities or blockages (a hair in the way, for instance) that would render what's been filmed unusable or call for another take.
9) In the last scene of the first movie, when Professor Kirke throws the cricket ball, it actually hit Skandar’s head during a take; you can see it on the blooper reel.
10) CS Lewis (who wrote the Narnia books) and JRR Tolkien (who wrote the Lord of the Rings trilogy/Middle Earth books) were friends in real life and wrote each other into their respective works: Professor Kirke is based on JRR Tolkien and Treebeard is based on CS Lewis.
11) Anna Popplewell was disappointed that Susan didn’t really get to use her now that much in the first film, so in the second one they had her using it a lot more.
12) A fourth film, The Silver Chair, was planned but didn’t happen due to issues regarding copyright and also the third film’s reception/box office I believe. Apparently Netflix is planning to adapt the Narnia books into a series, but there hasn’t been that much news on it yet.
13) At the end of VOTDT, you can hear Eustace’s mum mention that Jill Pole has come to visit; Jill and Eustace are the main protagonists of the book that follows Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair. Caspian also appears in TSC but he’s old and dying, and Jill and Eustace are looking for his son Prince Rillian.
Wow, I didn't heard about most of these! Interesting! Also... netflix doing narnia series? That's a big news for me lol I would die of happiness if this happened for real.
damn i wish ben barnes was gonna be my future alumni 😭😭
Just a little sad fact, in the ending books, tragically, most of the Pevensie family passed away (even Eustace) due to a train wreck and Susan not being on the train survived, and basically everyone who passed went to Narnia. Its kind of a controversial thing fueled further by a few lines in the book that basically implied that Susan was too superficial and too much of a non- believer to reunite with them in Narnia.
C. S. Lewis left it super ambiguous as to if she could find faith in Narnia again and return, hence Susan getting the absolute worst fate out of all her family and hence the controversy. He did plan to write about her life after the incident but he himself passed away before anything could be set in stone. It's super unfortunate most of us would have loved to have seen if there was more hope for her return to Narnia
In my head, Susan grew older, still in the real world but as her beauty began to fade, she began losing her charm and finally she starts believing again. When she passed, she reunited with her siblings in Narnia. Idk her being the only one left alone broke my heart so I reunited them in my headcannon😭
Eustace lived
@@shinzouwosasageyo2785 Sounds about right.
@@isaacbyrne2554 No, he doesn't. All of them die except Susan.
No, he didn't... he also died in the train accident along with Diggory, Jill, Edmund, Lucy, Polly, and Peter.@@isaacbyrne2554
Here are some Narnia details the movies left out :)
- The Professor, when he was a kid, came to Narnia when Aslan sang its creation. He influenced a lot of things. you can read it in the Magician's Nephew.
- The White Witch was from another universe, Charn, and came from the bloodline of Lilith, and a race of half-genie half giant people. She hates humans and pretends to be human because only humans can rule Narnia by right.
- The four siblings titles of Magnificient, Gentle, Just and Valiant were earned in the books during their reign.
- The 4 Siblings ruled for 15 years
- its been 1300 years between 1 and 2 in Narnia, but only 1 year on Earth
- Caspian does became king and lived till 66. He married the star.
- Aslan physically scratches off Eustace's Dragon form and throws him in a pond.
Timeline (Narnian Years)
1 - Creation. Digory (The Professor) witness Aslan sing Narnia to life. Aslan crowns a cab driver from Earth and his housewife as the first King and Queen. Diggory also brings with him the White Witch after accidentally bringing her into Earth and into Narnia.
898 - The White Witch returns to Narnia after her self-imposed exile, wipes the first humans out through exile or genocide.
900 - The long winter begins
1000 - the events of LWW, beginning of the Golden Age
1015 - the four kings and queens return to Earth, end of the Golden Age. Narnia soon falls under stewardship under its sister country, Archenland, or falls to disorder.
1998 - The Telmarines invade and conquer Narnia. Caspian I becomes King of Narnia.
2303 - Events of PC, Prince Caspian becomes King Caspian X of Narnia.
2306-7 - Events of VDT, Caspian brings home Lilliandil, Ramandu's Daughter. Caspian's descendants would be kings of Narnia till the end of time.
Christian Parallels
Hundred Year Winter - Years of Biblical Silence (between Malachi and the Gospels) or a life without hope and full of suffering
Aslan's Sacrifice and Resurrection - The Gospels
Caspian's War of Deliverance - Rise of the true faith over the corrupt religion/ David's road to kingship
The Great Voyage - Spiritual Life and Sanctification
Eustace's Undragoning - Repentance and Baptism
Thank you for reacting to this series!! The Netflix's reboot series couldn't come sooner!!
The thirst for King Caspian is real AND relatable, little 10-y-o me was blushing with Caspian AND Susan
Honestly I was shocked when I saw the glow up that Prince Caspian had but if you thought him in the third movie was fine you should see him and the show Shadow and Bone 😍
I feel like Lucy and Edmund really did belong in Narnia and Susan and Peter in our world
Peter was the only one speaking facts for survival atm tbh. With how QUICKLY they needed to move and Susan tried to leave them defenseless on a VERY QUICKLY melting bridge, trying to deter them. I get that Peter can seem to be on them, I do think that somewhat has to do with his mom asking him to look out for them. As a kid, I understood his motivations was on his side, as a young adult, he did alot of unnecessary but realistic.
Also can we blame him? He himself was a kid. He knows there’s a war going on and there’s a chance they wouldn’t see their parents again. He tried to do everything he can to supervise his siblings, of course he can’t always be right. As a kid back then I think most of his actions were valid and wise for a kid.
The most messed up thing about Narnia, something that bothered me when i first watched it as an adult, was the fact that they lived in Narnia for like 20-25 years? All of them lived out there lives, as fully grown adults and then they go back through the wardrobe and they're suddenly back in their child/teenager bodies again. Especially Lucy, like she's 8 years old, lives in Narnia until she’s in her late 20s, close to 30, and then goes back into her 8 year old body again with the matured mind of a 25 year old!
My grandpa had an old wardrobe that actually looked nothing like this one but I remember being like 5 years old and opening it every fricking day hoping Narnia would somehow show up 🤣🥰
If you love Prince Caspian, perhaps you'll like Shadow and Bones 😍
Loved your reaction! Caspian is still my crush after all this time. Fun fact about the accent. The director insisted that Ben Barnes go back to his normal accent for the last movie. Ben fought against the decision but was overruled. His accent was originally going to be based off Spanish but when the Telmarines were cast, many of the actors were italian so he shifted the accent to be a hybrid of Spanish and Italian and fit in better with them.
Girl I loved this whole reaction! But your reaction to The Prince in the third movie has me DYING😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Now that you mention the roar being therapeutic, I absolutely adoreeee Eren’s titan screams🧍🏻♀️
Yep Eren’s Titan scream 👌🏾👌🏾
The reason why people shake hands in greeting dates back to when people used to carry swords around.
They would shake hands with their sword-wielding hand to show "i am not going to draw my sword"
Ooh thanks for that nugget of info! I did not know that
It's also why we drive on the left in England, because it would be easier to draw your sword against an enemy if they were on the right side of you (if you're right-handed), but then some guy (i forget who, maybe Napoleon?) was left-handed, so he changed the side of the road and England is one of few countries that either refused or went back to the left after he died.
Not me TODAY thinking someone should REACT to THESE MOVIES 😭😭💀💀
What are the odds? lol
prince caspian with a beard really had u in shambles😭
I also for years believed they had replaced caspians actor in the 3rd movie. He looks so different. I think originally it’s cause he was supposed to look a lot more Spanish in the 2nd movie. And they just kind of let him look like himself for the 3rd movie
That's so funny🤣. I recognised him right away... Same pretty face. He looks older with the beard but
So I just wanted to explain some things for you! the professor AKA “Digory Kirke” is the magicians nephew he accidentally traveled to Narnia when he was a child that’s why when the kids come back through the wardrobe and Peter tells the professor “you wouldn’t believe us if we told you” & he replies “try me” it’s because he is literally the one person who would believe them. Another fun fact he is actually the reason the white witch was able to take over Narnia. The professor was the one who accidentally woke up the white Witch in the first place. The witch is from a different realm and she literally used and ancient spell called the deplorable word and when she spoke the deplorable word she basically Thanos snapped all living organisms on her planet out of existence including her own family and sister who she was fighting with for the crown to rule her planet but when there were no people to rule she used a spell to preserve herself until someone came and freed her which happened to be digory (the professor) also love the channel! ✌🏻
Girlllll let me tell you, I had the biggest crush on Edmund 😭😭😩
I love your editing your so funny 😂
Thank you
I don't know if anybody realized but the longer the kids stay in Narnia the more the queens ice crown melts. Signifying her growing weaker.
Edmund was my first ever crush at 5 years old and I still have a crush on him to this day😍❤️
Underrated trilogy to be honest, and most people missed how powerful the movies are. There's so much to tell about Narnia, thank you for reacting to this, God bless you. Narnia was one of the movies that kept me going in 2020. Thank God for these films.
her simping over Caspian all during VotDT but then at the end when she realized that Edmond is cute I was like yep there we go cuz like he is adorable
Lakia thirsting over prince caspian in the third movie is a MOODDD
Yesss I’m so happy to at there’s another video from you! This is the best way to spend my break from schoolwork
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Lakia thirsting over Ben Barnes is so relatable. You should watch Shadow and Bone to complete it
OMG YESSS IM SO EXCITED TYY OMG A HOUR LONG, SHE IS SPOILING US 😭❤️
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Her discovering the wardrobe in that empty room gave me major conjuring vibes idk whyyy.
Also James Mcavoy and Ben Barnes got hotter with age dang.
Also dang when James’ character said he’s kidnapping her 💀😀✋🏽 I forgot about that
One of my favourite books in the series was The Horse and His Boy. Wherein there is a line (that I love) from Edmund who is advocating for mercy for their captured enemy that goes something like "even a traitor can mend. I have known one who did.". I think his Kindly name was The Just not because he was also just and fair in his past actions, but because he learned that mercy is a part of justice, an important part, and that justice is not always what we think it would it be. Because he learned from his past actions, he was more just, fair, and merciful than others might have been inclined to be. And I think that the interplay of past mistakes, learning from them, and justice and mercy working together is such an important lesson to learn. I know, 10 months late to the conversation. Just something that I was thinking about while watching.
Also, yes, Ben Barnes had a bad wig in Prince Caspian. And was actually why I finally admitted that some guys looked better with beards in Voyage. And the third movie.... they didn't think the episodic nature of the book was good for a movie, so added the mist. But I thought it just made it messy. In the book, Caspian totally marries the star's daughter, which is fun. I was always sad they didn't do any of the other books with these actors. Even if the next one (The Silver Chair) wasn't my favourite of the books (I think it was my sister's?). And I forgot how much I had enjoyed the sound track in Prince Caspian, as well as giving the girls a bigger part! (Yeah, I still think you can tell when Lewis met his wife. He suddenly has the girls actually doing something in the books like Horse and His Boy, as compared to all the early books. haha)
1:55 Because he had no other choice, really. After the London Blitz, which was shown at the start of the movie, any person with spare rooms in the countryside was required by law to house any underaged children. So if he refused, then he could be fined or worse by the government.
I absolutely love this trilogy. I was obsessed with them as a kid and they still slap now. They give me so much nostalgia. The cgi and soundtracks hit different. They were ahead of their time. The way i cry every time at the end of the second and third movies.
Yay so glad and happy your finally reacting to these films
They hold a special place in my heart and although it’s underrated, I will never stop loving this franchise
*also I noticed my comment of movie recommendations in the video, I was shooketh when I saw that*
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The way i instantly pushed the like button before watching it knowing that it'll be good but checked if i pushed it because i started laughing 5 minutes in screaming Lakiaa at 4:45
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Ben Barnes (Caspian) is my biggest crush eeeveerrr... 😍 I recently learned that he's 41 years old! 😱 He's like fine wine.... I don't care that he's 15 years older than me 😂
I would love it if they made an adaptation of the professor's backstory - I feel like Magician's Nephew would be a great standalone movie.
Finally someone understands!
I see that your content is getting better than ever...😊🙂👍👍👍
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@@LakiaJaiTV you're welcome...😊
I read The Lion,the Witch, and the Wardrobe with my class aloud for a project it was super fun! Then I watched it with my Sisters,Mother, and brother it was also super fun, and my mom made popcorn to from our popcorn maker! (Edit): It was one of my favorite books, and I’m definitely NOT a reader so take it from me.
57:30 IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE!
Narnia 1 was the first movie i ever watched and when i got older and rewatched Narnia over and over again Edmund was my EVERYTHING! 4 year old me was in love (16 y/o me still is tbh)
The one line that always stuck with me was Lucy's "I wouldn’t LIE about this" lol 5:15
This movie hurts so much more when you know what happens to Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy after this😭 obviously a lot happens but specifically them💔
I love this trilogy! You get more from the professor in the first book of the series
Ahh ok the books 👌🏾
@@LakiaJaiTV After reading the books, the magic closet also makes sense
@@LakiaJaiTV There's seven in all and the first and last of the series were the last to be written, to provide a definite beginning and end to the series and to define the world and build on the Christian allegory. They're all worth a read, but I think the best for pure adventure is Silver Chair. A Horse & His Boy is a little dated but is pure Arabian Nights fantasia and I kind of love it. Prince Caspian is one of the best written. Lion is imaginative but he's finding his feet as a writer. Magician's Nephew creates the world and codifies the witch as probably the best and most evil baddy of all time. Last Battle is INSANE.
Prince Caspian is literally my favorite movie ever made. I love the other Narnia movies too! I love the book series, movies, and audio dramas!
Hey, girl! I noticed you had a LOT of questions while watching these movies. Don't worry, I did too 😅 my sister read all of the "Narnia" books, so she was able to explain to me everything that was going on. Trust me, it all does make sense in the books 📚❤️
13:08 was the perfect opportunity for the “what’s this? Ok, I like it Picasso” meme 😂
nothing compares to the joy i get when you post
Lol thanks 😊
If you liked Prince Caspian…. You should definitely watch Shadow and Bone… just… believe me
Caspian LITERALLY looks like Caspian... Whole moment lol
Bruhhhh Edmund’s line of “you think you are dad…” is something me and my sister quote all the time for no reason 😂😂 we just found it kinda hilarious
Sameee 🤣🤣
My favorite series has finally been seen! Yes! They will never die in my heart and I am so happy that you see them as the underrated films they are!
Even more than his children's books, CS Lewis is known as an atheist that was saved and became a Christian apologist. Theological themes are very prevalent in his Children's books also.
In the narnia books, the professor in the first movie is actually the creator of narnia
STOP I JIST BINGED THIS WHOLE. THING. NARNIA IS LITERALLY MY CHILDHOOD AND I LOVED THE MOVIES SM. GRATFUL FOT MY MOTHER CAUSE SHE INTRODUCED ME TO THEM WHEN I WAS LIKE 4 😻😻😻 OKSY SORRY GOODBYE BUT YEAH I LOVE NARNIA W MY HEART
Thanks for watching lol 🥰
So the movies never explain it. But the Professor was actually on Narnia when Aslan brought the world to life.
Him and Macready were childhood friends. Find a box of 6 colored, paired rings. And they end up in Narnia during it's creation.
When they finally got back home, they buried the rings at the foot of a tree. And then that tree was later cut down and made into the Wardrobe, which is why it's connected to Narnia.
Girl I had a crush on Edmund
I was around Lucy’s age when the first one came out and I remember thinking he is so cute, especially after he stopped being a snitch😭
He’s the most underrated male of the entire franchise😭
Omg I literally love him still love him to this day like he's so cute and his character development ❤
So in their world it was 1 year between the first and second movie but in Narnia it was 1300 years 🤯
Fun fact: the professor of the first movie actually does have a backstory. The first movie was based off the second book in the series, and the first book actually tells his story as a child, and how he’s connected with Narnia and the White Witch (also goes by the name Jadis in the books). He’s also the reason there’s a portal to Narnia in his home, it’s not by accident or happenstance. It was made from wood of a Narnian tree
you dragging my man eddie through the dirt makes me laugh so hard, tho im 90% sure that the turkish delight was enchanted by the witch :>
the author wrote this series this after he found his faith again he had lost his faith for while but he met the legendery jr tokien and tokien helped him become religous again
I love that the 2 authors that created such beautiful fantasy worlds were friends
When you think about it, they're growing up and what they have done for Narnia comes to a close. You can tell by the Professor from the first one who wants to go back but by his age, you can automatically assume his journey to Narnia has come to a close. He's old and still waiting to go back but it just doesn't work that way.
"His face... he looks like he's the spokesperson for anxiety" was too perfect for Eustache
I was watching another clip and randomly scrolling along the bottom and said did I just see someone reviewing Narnia!!! I was so excited when these movies came out because I’d read all the books as a kid. Even had all seven books in one big compilation. I also liked the old PBS mini series too.
The fact that Susan and Peter truly never return to Narnia makes me sad, I know they had to go back, but did they have to do it straight away? Like come on they knew it'd be the last time they'd be there, they should have enjoyed a few years like they did in the first one🙃
Great movie 👍 I’m your biggest fan!!
Thank you lol 😊
I remember questioning how the heck did edmund became just, susan as gentle and peter a magnificent? They are from from it. Then it hit me like how God called me joy at a time I'm in a dark place. He calls us by our destiny. (destiny is not the term but it's close) It's hope we can hold on to as we continue our journey with Him.
The narnia movies are my favorite. I’d recommend reading the books again as an adult. I forgot how much I loved them from my childhood. They have such a strong bond between generations of my family. Also the Professor’s name is Diggory, from the magician’s nephew. If you love all things narnia there’s an awesome YT channel called Into The Wardrobe. So good!
i love how we all relate to the thirst for prince caspian 😂
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"Who's your mama"
They were literally dragged away from their real mum in the first movie because of the war 😆
Thanks for liking
This trilogy only covers 3 of the 7 books in CS Lewis’s Narnia series, and my favorite book of them all is the first one that’s a direct prequel to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It sets up Narnia, Aslan, the White Witch, the lamppost, and the Wardrobe itself
You with Caspian is like me with Edmund in the second movie and the third too.❤❤❤
the way you said katerina petrova literally killeed me, it so accurate too
Dear God the thirst for Caspian in the 3rd movie!
Loved your reactions! narnia is definitely my favorite movie series. So disappointed that they didn't continue this up to 7 books.
I loved this film so much as a child and I don’t know why but now since becoming a Christian i love it for the reason it literally does tell the story of the gospel so vividly..there’s so many links with the Bible when i realised Edmund represents humans falling into temptation and Aslan as Jesus dying for our sins and coming back its amazing love this video!! 🥰
Prince Caspian actor was in Shadow and Bone... I was like he looks familar lol and then I realised
The Narnia books were/are my favorite book series. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe started my love of reading as a kid😊❤📙📘📗
the lion in the fire, was aslan, telling tumnus to leave Lucy alone as Aslan being an allegory for Jesus christ. who protects the children and the innocent CS Lewis was a great friend of Tolkien. and even thou Tolkien was a devout catholic, he helped C S Lewis to find his evangelican lutheran faith. and that made his inspire to write the whole Narnia series, you can see both biblical allegories as well as the history of christianity from the antiquity to the age of conquest and exploration. There is even a fan theory that the pevensies are the founders of hogwarts, with Peter being gryffindor, Susan being ravenclaw, Lucy being hufflepuff and Edmund being Slytherin.
That’s so amazing that they were friends.
Edmund is my favourite by far. I can't explain it, he's just my boy and I love him
My favorite line from TLTWW is “are you with me?… to the death” ahhhh