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Friday, May 23, 2008

The voices in my head read books to me

Dominic suggested, nay, insisted that in order to get the most out of the Narnia movies, I need to read the book. Which I don't doubt. The man has good taste and I totally trust his opinion. Plus, I know he's really wanting to see the new Narnia movie but he is being ever so patient with me while I read the book so that I'll enjoy the movie more. That incredible patience relays the importance of reading the book, don't you think? And especially with the kind of story that Narnia is- which is a series of chronicles that make up an entire book. Lots of little happenings get lost when they try to condense and manufacture epic tales into a tailored two-hour presentation.
The other day Dominic and I were looking at books on tape and Narnia happened to be one of them. Among the voice talents listed were Patrick Stewart and Michael York. I could listen to either one of those voices read anything to me- all day, everyday, "fo' ten day" ;) (sorry-little insidey humor. i'll explain later.) Patrick Stewart especially. He could read the ingredients off a box of Hamburger Helper and I would be completely enchanted. So for as much as I enjoy reading and can make up character voices and accents and all that other dialogue-y, imagination-y stuff that goes with reading to yourself, I prefer to have Patrick Stewart interpret a story and read it to me. I have a very good memory of what his voice sounds like in my head and so, as I read Narnia today, I'm going to use that voice of Patrick Stewart in my head to narrate the stories for me. And just for fun, right before I open the book, I'll have to make the Patrick Sterwart in my head say, in his deepest, most powerful Jean-Luc Picard tone say, "Narnia-Engage."

1 Comments:

Blogger Jay Def said...

Hahaha. :) It has been a very long time since I've read the Narnia books.

May 23, 2008 at 8:20 PM

 

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