Moglor

This was a great movie and deffinately worth the time and money to see it in the theatre. The whole movie is so bright and light hearted that it is just a great movie that you can relax and watch without having to think much into it. Pls take your kids to this movie so that this story can reach other generations, hell barely anyone in my generation knows what Narnia is .


The scenery is breathtaking and so is the fight scenes and I actually got chills during the final battle. If your a fan of Narnia or a fan of literature in general pls go ahead and see this movie inthe theatre, I would love to see some of the other books made. GOD knows we need to get some more watch worthy movies out there.

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flashcube

Glad to hear it. I am a big C.S.Lewis fan, so it is good that the movie is getting positive feedback. I want to go, but will probably have to wait and see it on video... too much going on and it's a rare treat to see a movie in a theater.

Thormir

Good points: Kids well cast, and I thought they did well within their roles. Liam Neeson, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy and Jim Broadbent also performed well. Special effects and talking animals were very well done, as expected. The pacing was quite good and the film engaging overall; despite being packed into a theatre full of children, I hardly heard a peep out of them. Some points may startle children, but there's enough humor to keep it light-hearted and pleasant all the way through.

Bad points: The direction was uneven, especially in regard to the White Queen. While Tilda played the part well, changes to camera angles and timing (and maybe an extra dash of special effects) could have made her appear more fearsome. I thought she looked much better during the battle scenes; the change in costume was interesting and suited her.

Some of the editing was rough, especially switching between scenes of Edmund and the others. This might be due to paring down a movie largely geared toward children; even in final form it clocks in over 2 hours. Maybe a director's cut will ease the jarring effect of some scenes, especially Susan's one shot with her bow. I had hoped for an Artemis striding across the field, but instead got, "Crap, we forgot to have Susan shoot an arrow! Film this!"

Don't jet from the theatre when the credits start.

Overall, a good movie. Can't wait for Prince Caspian, and especially The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

Moglor

I'll agree that the fact that Susan got to shoot her bow once was bad, I wonder if she ever peeped up during filming asking to be able to shoot more.

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Bylimet Spiritwalker

I loved the books, and bought the set for my kids when they were starting to read. I am glad to hear that they stayed fairly true to the story, and am looking forward to seeing this on upcoming vacation.

Now, if they can just make the entire set before the kids grow up too fast, heh. Of course, haste makes waste......

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Elemak the Enchanter

Having read the books growing up, this movie was definitely worth the wait. I'd encourage anyone to go see it, one of the big things i liked about it was the fact that even though it's a very entertaining movie for me as an adult, it's a great on for the kids too. Need to have more movies like this one out there.

Kelraz Bladesinger

The old PBS (or were they BBC) movies were great and I loved them, Prince Caspian being my favorite book in the series I'm stoked to think they'll be making that one next!

They played on the Professor's interest in Narnia and hinted all the backstory for book 6 (methinks?) very nicely in this film, something the old series kinda sucked at. Also it was nice seeing animal sized animals instead of people in giant costumes Yay for CGI!

I am gonna go re-read the series.

Nydia Ywalmoriel

I'm looking forward to trying to fit this in sometime over the holidays; glad to hear that they did the books some sort of justice. Voyage of the Dawn Treader was my favorite book in the series as well, and I can't wait to see Reepicheep ...

Regards,
Nydia

Kelraz Bladesinger

I was actually thinking about him while watching the movie, the mice they had that freed Aslan were mighty small. Was Reepicheep a different kind of mouse or something, else I can't imagine something that size brandishing a sword.

Kanyli

I dunno, the movie was okay. There were a lot of parts that bothered me, until I put them back in the context of being a children's movie - in which case it's a great show. Then you get to the long, violent battle scenes that look like they're trying to imitate something like Lord of the Rings, and we slip away from it being a children's story anymore. It's hard to tell which audience they're going for, and I don't think the movie works well split like that. Just some really odd directing choices. It's been years since I read the books, but best as I can recall isn't that last battle very short and hardly mentioned? It seemed to drag on forever in the movie, too many glory shots in it.

Harry Potter did the same thing in the last movie. Goes from silly and good adventure to suddenly very, very dark. Good flick, but I'd be hesitant to show it to young children.