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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Aban Rune: [QB] I quote the whole title, because I long, in my heart of hearts, for movies of all the books. I saw it this weekend in a packed theater (even at the 3:20 show). There were good points and bad points to the movie, but I believe most of the bad points come from the inevitable comparison to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. I kept reminding myself of two things through out the movie: 1) It's not Lord of the Rings. It's a kid's story. 2) I've read these books like 10 times... I know what's going to happen already. That said... THE GOOD 1) It follws the book very well, from what I remember, and appears very faithful to the feel of the original story. The children find themselves ina world where they can, in fact, make a difference, and Peter's struggle to find the king inside himself is brought out very nicely. 2) Casting was perfect. The children look exactly like I always pictured them in my head. Susan could have been a little prettier, but other than that.. spot on. 3) The griffins... wow. Definitely the best CGI part of the movie. And the tie-in back to the bombing of London being used as part of Peter's battle strategy was great. 4) The Beavers were funny. 5) "Do you know why you're here, faun? You're here because *he* turned you in. For sweeties." 6) Liam Neeson's voice. Always good. THE BAD 1) It felt sort of pieced together, without alot of high dramatic elements. But again... I knew everything that was going to happen. And it's NOT Lord of the Rings. But the return of Aslan could've been much more dramatic. It was the key turning point in the movie. It pales in comparison, though, to Gandalf's return in Fangorn. 2) I don't understand what happened after Aslan killed the Witch. Everyone just sort of blurred and vanished. Was that just to emphasize Peter's emotion at that moment or what? I heard it suggested that it was all of Jadis' servants vanishing when she was killed. But it appeared to be the Narnian soldiers blurring. 3) Some of the animals were not as convincingly real as I would have liked. Particularly Aslan, though he did have his moments. His roar was good though. 4) Jadis' robot-like fighting style. While certainly logical for an Ice Queen, it just didn't do alot for me. And given how skilled she apparently was, I find it a little odd that Peter lasted so long against her with *no* training. 5) Professor Kirk's connection to Narnia and the Wardrobe was barely touched on and done so in a very confusing way, particularly if "The Magician's Nephew" never gets made. I had hoped that a little combining of stories would take place and we'd get a touch of back-story from "TMN" in this movie. But alas... So... did anyone else see it? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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