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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (2005) |
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C |
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A+ |
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C- |
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C- |
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A |
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Doesn't match the book or BBC version
by kevin (movies profile)
May 2, 2006
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20 people found this review helpful
I was not expecting much when I heard of Disney's recreation of C.S. Lewis' spiritually powerful tale. Hollywood dwells too much on violence and technology today to draw audiences. Not to mention blatant or subtle (as in this case) sexual content. Nevertheless the movie had it's strong points. Aslan's sacrifice at the stone table for instance. But even here it seems to fall short. The script seemed to imply that rather than a Christ-like atonement and resurrection-he merely "came back to life" the same as we was before. Maybe that is why he couldnt fly with Susan and Lucy to the witches castle and final battle. It followed the book fairly closely, to it's credit, but lacked character development and hence greater understanding of the dynamics of the differing roles and their meaning. For instance where did the fox come from? Are we to just know why he was considered a traitor (to both sides)? Come to think of it, I don't remember him being in the original story anyway. In the big battle, Edmund was mortally wounded, why did they leave out conveying a powerful principle? As Lucy labored excessively over him, she abrubtly answers Aslan as he mentions other wounded needing her care (this from the book of course) Aslan's response: must others (suffer or) die because of Edmund? Again such a segment is not only a powerful principle, but also added insight into the characters. The tongue in cheek humor and implied teasing of the story would be my other complaints.Inasmuch as it will spark interest in the books by Lewis I commend it. If you want a better version to watch try BBC's late '80s version the story. Even the cartoon version is good (though it is hard to find). |
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