The Lion, the Witch, and the Whatever
Jun. 12th, 2006 07:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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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!
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Date: 2006-06-19 08:50 am (UTC)The book itself is flat. The dialogue is clumsy. The kids take there being a secret universe a little too well. The characters are flat (there's the greedy pig, the little sister, and the mature, resourceful older siblings.) It doesn't even work allegorically - Aslan comes back through old magic, the same sort of magic the snow queen uses (would have worked better had he not explained.) And the characters are SO STINKIN' FLAT! It's no wonder the pacing is off - they would have to change SO much to make it a half decent movie.