Anything you didn't like?

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Spare Oomian

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Ok, I know LWW is the best movie in existence at this time, but was there something you didn't like about it? Did they change something you didn't like, take out something you wanted to see, or not emphisize something enough that you thought was really important? Post and let me know.

I think they should have made the Whitch's fear of Aslan more noticeable and funny.
 
The Walden Media film gave the shortest attention to what happened with Aslan and the girls in the moments after his resurrection of any version I've yet seen.

By comparison look at this site: http://royalmagi.org/animation/

Be sure to download and play back the mp3 (reasonably small) so you can hear the music and dialogue.
 
I didn't like the way they changed some of the story. For example, how the Pevensies and the beavers escaped from the wolves. And I didn't like it that they added that waterfall and river scene which is nowhere in the book. :(
 
supermeulen said:
I didn't like the way they changed some of the story. For example, how the Pevensies and the beavers escaped from the wolves. And I didn't like it that they added that waterfall and river scene which is nowhere in the book. :(
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True, but you gotta admit that scene was pretty cool. But I agree, it would be SO much better if they left the whole story alone.
 
Yeah I agree on that. I personally think Aslans is very badly made. He´s way to unrealistic and the animation is not good. They could also have made the girl more heroes like they are in the book, in the movie I hink they only make the boys look heroic and the girls look vain.
 
I wish it had been more like LOTR, in the length and the battle scenes. To me, it seemed as if either sides of the battle had almost an equal number of men (and some women:rolleyes: )
I wish it had been longer! That they extended every scene and left out nothing.
The Lord of the Rings is such a hit, and I didn't even know about the book until after the movie came out. But I've known about Narnia since I was 5-7.
And I know that it was made for a younger audience, but I wished the battle scenes had been a little more grown up. I don't mean blood splattering everywhere. But the sword blows didn't look like they could kill anyone, just knock the air out of them. Espeically since they had armor, I didn't even see the swords pierce the steel!

But yeah, more length, and more adult battle scenes.
 
I agree that they should just stick to the book as much as possible. The scenes didn't look bad, but they would have been better if left the way they were written in the first place by Lewis. I would have loved to have seen more of Aslan. They did a good job with him and it's a shame he's so expensive to the point where the movie suffers to put him in.

The weakest part of the film overall was the script handsdown in my mind. I know also with the White Witch they were trying for a feelingless character who was so much other than human and wanted to avoid the cackling woman type but I wish there would have been more of a happy medium between the 2. The WW in the BBC version is scary and the one in the Disney/Walden one isn't at all. I like Tilda, don't get me wrong...but she's not scary in the least till the battle scene, and even then she just looks mean rather than scary. My little nieces respond to the BBC one as a frighting character and in the D/W one they just call her the mean lady because she hurts Edmund.
 
I didn't care for Aslan's line: "Beaver also told me that you planned on turning him into a hat." it demoted Aslan's omniscience...something that should have been emphasized. (being Aslan, he would have known everything about the children)

and I wanted the scene with Lucy and Susan playing with Aslan after his resurrection in there...but overrall I love the film...mainly because I think they stuck closer than any book-to-film movie that I've seen. (LOTR included.)
 
Mrs. Obi-Wan Kenobi said:
I didn't care for Aslan's line: "Beaver also told me that you planned on turning him into a hat." it demoted Aslan's omniscience...something that should have been emphasized. (being Aslan, he would have known everything about the children)

and I wanted the scene with Lucy and Susan playing with Aslan after his resurrection in there...but overrall I love the film...mainly because I think they stuck closer than any book-to-film movie that I've seen. (LOTR included.)
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Yes!!!!!!!! I totally agree about that line about Beaver!!!!!!!!!

The BBC ones were closer, but not done as well due to lack of technology and the ages of the actors were way wrong. But they stuck way closer to the book than the D/W one.
 
Mrs. Obi-Wan Kenobi said:
I didn't care for Aslan's line: "Beaver also told me that you planned on turning him into a hat." it demoted Aslan's omniscience...something that should have been emphasized. (being Aslan, he would have known everything about the children)

and I wanted the scene with Lucy and Susan playing with Aslan after his resurrection in there...but overrall I love the film...mainly because I think they stuck closer than any book-to-film movie that I've seen. (LOTR included.)
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I never thought of Aslan's line like that befor...I always just saw it as something funny. But you're absolutely right! I love the movie, don't get me wrong, but I wish they did more research about the books. The ages for instance, on the extended version he believes Peter to be 2 years older than he really is...or at least what timelines have told me. That also put the other children off. Hopefully they'll get better and closer to the story line with the upcoming movies.
 
I loved the whole film, and even though they didn't entirely stick to the book, They made it better. For me... the witch wasn't scary enough. But Tilda was still great.
 
I must say the part with father christmas is my least favorite..I mean thats how they get their wepeons but really it's SO random and doesn't quite fit.
 
I don't think the beaver line was all that far off the mark.

God asked Cain where his brother Abel was, KNOWING that Cain had killed him, just to see what he would say. Cain said, "Who am I, my brother's keeper?" Only THEN God sprang it on him. "Your brother's blood cries to me from the ground."

It is not out of character with God to do such things. Nor is it out of character with Lewis to portray God that way. Look at the Deep Magic discussion..... Aslan told the Witch, "Let us say that I have forgotten it. Tell me of this Deep Magic." He knew all about it. The witch practically screamed as much. "Tell YOU what was written on the world ash tree in letters deep as a spear??"

Aslan's point was the effect her words would have on the crowd. He wasn't too out-of-the-loop to know in advance who did what and why. He wanted her to say it out loud and implicate herself. He already knew what she was up to, he wanted everyone else to know he knew and that she knew what she knew.
 
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Yes. That bit did bother me though; simply because it was rather crude humor in the first place, (as was much of the conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Beaver, in my opinion) and to have Aslan join in on that...makes it worse.
 
I think they messed up the Witch's looks. She wasn't supposed to be all ugly like that. Part of the reason why Edmund fell for her magic was because she looked so innocent and beautiful.

I also think they downplayed Aslan's role. The beaver joke was only part of it. You have to pay close attention. Remember when the three children meet Father Christmas? In the book he is there because "Aslan is on the move." In the movie it's because "The hope you have brought into Narnia has begun to weaken the Witch's power." And when Aslan returns: Well, why is it there is no mention of the Deeper Magic from before the dawn of time? Somehow the deep magic, the Law of the written word which brings death according to Romans, has become powerful in raising to life, rather than the Deeper Magic of God's love. Of course I'm sure that the moviemakers had not thought out the theological implications of that, but it kind of took me aback when I first saw the movie...
 
I didn't care for the way that Peter got the sword and suddenly was so brave and powerful. It was ... I don't know I prefer character development.
 
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