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The Chronicles of Narnia

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nihilist:
Eh.  I went.  I left.  Two point five hours of my life gone.  I'll take the books + my imagination any day.

Also: fuck kids that sit in theatres and scream about what is happening.  What the fuck.  If I'm a parent, my kids will be ball-gagged.

LeeZion:
Read books as child. Read them again as an adult. Loved the movie. They got it right; the only things I disliked were MINOR quibbles — unlike the Harry Potter movies, which I put up with rather than enjoy.

Here are two of my minor quibbles: The White Witch, to me, wasn't white enough. Her skin should have looked dead. Also, in my mind, the professor was supposed to look like a professor, not Jim Broadbent trying to look like Michael Palin pretending to be a professor in some Monty Python TV skit.

I've seen Tilda Swinton in other movies, so I knew in advance that she would make an excellent White Witch. And she was — one scene nearly knocked me out of my seat, when Edmund arrives at her castle. She sweetly questions him, then flies into a rage. Now that was powerful stuff, and it was done without special effects. just people being people.

They seemed to get what the Harry Potter movie crew didn't — that what makes a movie memorable are scenes of people interacting. All the special effects in the world can't save clunky dialogue.

As to the person who complained about the lack of character development, there wasn't much in the books, either. Nor was there any in Lord of the Rings. Just a bunch of generic British heroes being generically heroic.

Something Witty:
Just got back from it. It is fucking awesome. FUCKING AWESOME.

Tenge:
Oooh, mixed ratings. Go opinions ^_^.

Anyway, its been a while since I read the books or saw the tv series. But the movie doesn't look too bad from its ads, as it's yet to come out here. I'd see it just for the eye candy it's looking like.

Go low movie watching standards! Glee!

Rizzo:
I rather enjoyed it. Went to see it with the girl friend. Neither of us could remember much of the books which we both read as kids.
I thought the effects were brilliantly done and it was only noticable once or twice. I would have preferred more British accents and a whiter witch but otherwise I really enjoyed it.
The acting was good for kids but still pretty ham-fisted as far as I'm concerned. It didn't hinder the movie though. Just one more thing on that, Lucy, shut your goddamn mouth for once!
Jesus or not I rather liked Aslan and the Minotaur general, both were excellent uses of CGI.
Tilda Swinton was a suitably evil witch. Her scenes in the battle were very impressive too.
All in all I'd give it an 8 out of 10.

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