CHRONICLES OF NARNIA (retitled thread) (1 Viewer)

[Ricardo C]

Now that's what I'm talking about! Beautiful theater, David. Wow

 

[Holadem]

Still waiting for Mr. Chuck Mayer to see this movie....

WTF? How come no one cares whether _I_ see this movie or not? .

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[JonZ]

I care

This film just didnt work for me. I felt like Id seen it before and there was no explaination of why or how the wardrobe worked besides it being in a inventors home. I actually found myself waiting for it to end.

 

[Ricardo C]

How does the One Ring work? How does Excalibur work? It's fantasy, not sci fi

Although there is an explanation for the wardrobe's uniqueness later on in the series...

The wardrobe was made from the wood of a an apple tree grown from a Narnian apple.

 

[Malcolm R]

Finally caught up with this in DVD and had similar reactions to many here. Found it to be moderately entertaining, but it didn't blow my doors off...no "wow" moments for me, either.

They really should consider getting a new production team for the next film. The direction was very pedestrian and many edits seemed quite jarring or just plain odd. They also need to spend more on the FX. There was a lot of borderline CGI in this film, IMO. I'm generally pretty forgiving WRT visual effects, but a lot of these just looked substandard.

But, then again, that seems to be the standard for a Walden Media film...earnest wholesomeness on the cheap. Most of their films seem to have a "made for TV" vibe to me, and that was present in "Narnia" as well. It reminded me of one of those fantasy mini-series like "Merlin" or "Gulliver's Travels".

I also have to agree that none of the kids are going to win any beauty contests anytime soon, and I didn't really buy into Georgie Hensley's performance, either. Her facial expressions seemed wrong in several scenes. Especially when she's supposed to be sad, on the verge of tears, yet looks like she's smiling (such as when she discovers the frozen Mr. Tumnus in the castle).

I'd probably give it a B-. Still, I will probably try and see "Prince Caspian" in the theater when it is released.