The Lion, the Witch, and the Whatever

[the_gneech]

lythandra and I finally got to see Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It was an okay movie, but after Lord of the Rings it seemed altogether flat, perfectly-done CGI furries or no. If the editing had been 15% tighter, it would have been a 150% better movie. I've never read the book, but I certainly hope it was better. I got the distinct impression that the centaur was an important character who mostly got edited out; the film sure could have used a lot more characters interacting, and a lot less panning and zooming around snowswept mountain peaks.

Tempo, people! Tempo!

-The Gneech

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[copperwolf.livejournal.com]

I read and loved all seven Narnia books in grade school. In college, my boyfriend gave me the boxed set, and while I still loved them upon rereading, I found that they were much shorter than I had remembered! :)

In my opinion, the movie had too much snarky banter between the children. Yes, it greatly expanded on the part in England, at the beginning. I thought that was rather nice, but the time spent there comes at the expense of something else, I'm sure.