The Chronicles of Narnia

[m0ds]

To see, or not to see?

I tend to listen to personal views & haven't heard any yet, so I wondered if anyones seen this "epic" yet? Is it punchy? Is it 3-cg-filled hours? I hope not.

[Pet Terry]

Some of my friends have seen it and said it was quite LotR-ish. I have yet to see it, but I'm planning to go out to see it during the next few days. I haven't even read the book.

[Ali]

The film is very strong for an hour after Lucy enters the wardrobe. It loses pace as the "epic" battle approaches and I find it's representation of war ultimately quite distasteful.

As a Disney film it shies away from showing the blood in the well known clean-your-sword bit, but is happy to demonstrate the gleaming golden glory of an army before battle. That just ain't right to my mind. C.S. Lewis grasped the subtleties of good and evil, this film is crude in comparison.

As for the CG, it's not bad. The beavers and Aslan in particular look terrific.

[Squinky]

I saw it the day after it came out over here. There was a friggin line around the block and they wouldn't let you into the theatre until 5 minutes before it was starting....Sure hyped it up for me, but I wasn't impressed by it.

If you are going to the theatre to see and feel a movie like LOTR then yeah, seeing it in the theatre will be worth it. Otherwise wait and see it on video.

I can't put my finger on it, but I just didn't like it, at least not enough to ever watch it again.

[LGM]

It has it's moments, and is rather faithful to the book... But I don't think this is QUITE what C.S. Lewis had in mind. Everything that led up to the battle was done very well, but the last 45 minutes seemed to fall flat on its face.

[SSH]

I never liked the BBC miniseries from '88 much but just saw the film today and it rocked for me! It does a good job of establishing Edmund's motivation and Lucy isn't too wet. Mrs Beaver's voice was a bit distracting for me ... why would the vicar of dibley marry a beaver....

However, Peter looks like Matt Lucas... and the grown-up versions of the kids looked nothing like them. In fact, that bit doesnt really add anything to the story at all, and they should have just chopped it.

[Squinky]

If I was one of those kids, and grew up like them and then fell back through the wardrobe to become a kid again, I would be pissed about going through puberty for nothing....

And what was with that satyr guys nose?

And was I the only that noticed that the bad kid (Edmund?) had some bruises on his face, and a split lip for the last part of the movie. They made it fade a little over time, but when he got gut stabbed by the witch, and was given the healing potion thingy, it didn't heal his lip! They even had a close up of his face and the lip stayed split! They can make a crazy cgi battle scene but apparently they can't animating his lip healing....

And really, I thought the kid "going over to the dark side" made no sense. Sure he was picked on a little, but damn, he sold out his family pretty easy....

[CaptainPancake]

It was a passable film, but not something I would call home about.  It was fantasy in the purest sense, which is really what ruined it for me.  I never read the book, but the whole story definately needed that certain touch of gritty realism. 

[Ali]

I never read the book, but the whole story definately needed that certain touch of gritty realism.Ã, 

Perhaps the White Witch should have been a single mum on the dole.

[Bluke4x4]

And really, I thought the kid "going over to the dark side" made no sense. Sure he was picked on a little, but damn, he sold out his family pretty easy....

Actually, the witch mesmerised him with the magic candies. Haven't seen the movie yet, so I'm not sure if that is still in the movie. Can anyone tell me if the Christian side of it is represented properly?

[CaptainPancake]

Perhaps the White Witch should have been a single mum on the dole.

Dole?

(Checking the dictionary of British words for the ignorant American.)

Oh, DOLE.  Harr.  Yes.

Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of leaving the lion dead.  I'm not actually talking about the movie persay, but the Chronicles of Narnia story itself.  The story is just a bit too sugary for my tastes.

[Bluke4x4]

Oh God, Disney ruined it, didn't they? :'(

[IM NOT TEH SPAM]

Oh God, Disney ruined it, didn't they? :'(

Sugary is the word.  Like most of the other disney movies...

Imagine a good movie is like a cup of black coffee.  The black coffee is the simple, solid plot.  The quality of the plotline is largely based off of the quality of the bean, and is generally pretty simple.  Now: you can add milk and sugar to it, milk being CGI graphics and fancy special features, and sugar being comic relief, jokes, and basically things to ease the strength of the heavy black coffee.  Black coffee, being strong and unfiltered, will usually end up being overly serious, possibly overpowering to the veiwer, but once lightened with the milk and sugar it can end up being a good, fun to watch movie.  Put too much milk in, it overpowers the coffee and completely destroys the purpose of having coffee.  Too much sugar, you end up with a fruit-drink reject that ends up once again overpowering the coffee and numbing the sense of taste towards it.  Too much of both, and you have something not worth it.

Now, this has absolutely nothing to do with my coffee preferences, but you get my idea.  Many disney movies have good characters, plotlines, ect. but end up losing you with the stupid sidekick and constant slapstick humor; thus your taste for the plot is numb. 

EDIT:  If you can't relate to coffee, then just replace the word 'coffee' with 'tea' or something.

[Squinky]

Perhaps the White Witch should have been a single mum on the dole.

Dole?

(Checking the dictionary of British words for the ignorant American.)

Oh, DOLE.  Harr.  Yes.

Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of leaving the lion dead.  I'm not actually talking about the movie persay, but the Chronicles of Narnia story itself.  The story is just a bit too sugary for my tastes.

Not that kind of Dole, Bob Dole......he takes the viagra you know...

[IM NOT TEH SPAM]

Holy god... that's the first time i've seen him outside of the simpsons!

[MillsJROSS]

I thought the movie was OK. Nothing great, nothing bad. It was a little long for a kids movie. And Squinky, I noticed the lip thing, too. The CGI was pretty much spot on, and done well. I don't think that there can be too much CGI, as long as it's done right. The kid actors did a good job...usually kid actors throw me off because they overact. My main complaint would only really be it's length. I found it was good otherwise. It had it's disney moments, but there weren't so many of them to detract from the movie.

-MillsJROSS

[Corey]

I haven't seen it but I don't think it's the movie for me. And I can't say if it's the movie for because I don't really know you so I thought figure it out yourself... you have an opinion right  well good luck

[Andail]

I think you have to take it for what it is; a children's story in a fantasy setting.
The plot itself is rather thin, and the whole deal with twelve year old kids acting like sword-weilding heroes is just a little hard to accept, in my opinion.
Then again, the smallest girl's splended acting and just heart-breaking cuteness made up for the other kids' being just annoying and obnoxious.

[lo_res_man]

I personely liked the BBC show. it caught a lot of the feeling from the books, and as well, you must consider what they had to work with, compared to disney they had NO budget, yet the costumes were amaizing, and besidfes its britiish, i thought it was nice having the brits do what is after all a book by a brit

[LimpingFish]

It's a nice movie, but I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. 
It's perfectly enjoyable. Nothing more, nothing less.