December 9, 2005

The Chronicles of Narnia -- the Lion, Witch and Wardrobe

Jen and I saw this film today. Awesome! Incredible casting, the CG was gorgeous. There were a couple of shots that were obviously blue-screened but these were not critical to the plot or action. Aslan the Lion was drop-dead perfect -- great facial expressions, body language, stage presence. There was only one minor change from the book -- the film opens with London being bombed and an air-raid alert. This sets the scene for the four children being evacuated to the Professor's house for those that might not be up on their WW-2 history. It is nice to see that Hollywood is finally not meddling with existing storylines in their attempt to add more sizzle. Doing this to a well-crafted story generally results in a botched kludge. Posted by DaveH at December 9, 2005 8:22 PM | TrackBack
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