Chronicles of Narnia

[Rinnhart]

I did a quick search for some reviews...

Narnia Fan Reviews

Test screening review from Sept 1, 2005...

It seems that even the devoted fans are convinced that the movie is better than Ok.
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I don't doubt that it will be good. I simply take issue with making a movie/video game/book out of every decent movie/video game/book.

If you're going to change a story to make a movie out of it, why not create something original instead? I promise you can find an original script for less than licensing a well known book series.


I watched a 'making of' special on it. One of the producers (or something, I didn't catch his name) made a comment along the lines of "You know, the battle in the book, it's like half a page maybe, but now we've got this huge battle, just like I always imagined it to be, with thousands of animals and monsters fighting!" Cool. Sounds like a really spectacular scene. Hey, maybe C. S. Lewis kept the battle in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe short for a reason? Oh, that's crazy, who doesn't want a massive, violent, gory war? What reason could he have had for not dwelling upon the battle?

How about the philosophical points, did those make it through the coolness filter?

But we have $180,000,000! How can this not be awesome?

Yeah, and that's exactly the point. To be awesome.