Monday, December 12, 2005
Narnia!!!
Ah Narnia!
Marlena and I went to see Narnia on the day that it opened and were treated to almost 3 hours of fantasy goodness. It was a neat movie that we both really enjoyed, but it just didn't sweep me away like I was hoping it would.
I have never read a C. S. Lewis book so all I had going into the movie was traces of the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe cartoon I watched as a child... and I couldn't remember much. I could recall the wardrobe lead to another world, the Ice Queen was scary and... well... that's about it.
After seeing the movie, I still think those are the story's strongest points. The idea of an area of a big, spooky house that holds a doorway to another world is very childlike and appealing to me and the evil of the Ice Queen is very real, her motivations are understandable and she was portrayed beautifully by Tilda Swinton who I had only seen previously in the gender-bending movie Orlando. She is a great actress.
It was directed by Andrew Adamson, the same guy who brought us the hilarious fantasy movies Shrek and Shrek 2. The story was well written, the cinematography was fantastic , the production design was amazing and the effects were top notch. I just couldn't get involved with several of the main characters. The only people who had any substance to me were Edmund, Mr. Tumnus, the Ice Queen, the Beavers, the Fox and Ginarrbrik. Everyone else seemed pretty one dimensional.
The movie was pretty dark too. The kids are pretty much constantly under fire and then they take up arms and being killing people as well. Yikes! Interesting, but not really fun.
Again, I really enjoyed the movie, and maybe the problems I had with it will be addressed in the planned sequels. It just didn't leave me wanting more.
Marlena and I went to see Narnia on the day that it opened and were treated to almost 3 hours of fantasy goodness. It was a neat movie that we both really enjoyed, but it just didn't sweep me away like I was hoping it would.
I have never read a C. S. Lewis book so all I had going into the movie was traces of the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe cartoon I watched as a child... and I couldn't remember much. I could recall the wardrobe lead to another world, the Ice Queen was scary and... well... that's about it.
After seeing the movie, I still think those are the story's strongest points. The idea of an area of a big, spooky house that holds a doorway to another world is very childlike and appealing to me and the evil of the Ice Queen is very real, her motivations are understandable and she was portrayed beautifully by Tilda Swinton who I had only seen previously in the gender-bending movie Orlando. She is a great actress.
It was directed by Andrew Adamson, the same guy who brought us the hilarious fantasy movies Shrek and Shrek 2. The story was well written, the cinematography was fantastic , the production design was amazing and the effects were top notch. I just couldn't get involved with several of the main characters. The only people who had any substance to me were Edmund, Mr. Tumnus, the Ice Queen, the Beavers, the Fox and Ginarrbrik. Everyone else seemed pretty one dimensional.
The movie was pretty dark too. The kids are pretty much constantly under fire and then they take up arms and being killing people as well. Yikes! Interesting, but not really fun.
Again, I really enjoyed the movie, and maybe the problems I had with it will be addressed in the planned sequels. It just didn't leave me wanting more.
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