Did You Think the Film Stunk?

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TheJeep1

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Lighting was so bad you could barly see most of the night and indoor scenes.

Creature, 35+ creatures, I want to see them all in the final battle. I want to see a giant pick up and throw a cenitaur, not just bump into each other while staggering to the action. The battle was too jumpy from scene to scene and didnt show a lot of the various creatures in action. Few good parts were present, but not enough to make it a epic battle of all time that will be remembered. Almost like they cut huge portions out.

Is this movie G rated? Ok we dont need to see fawn guts or dwarf heads rolling around, but come on, their big goal was to attract families with 6 year olds? It seemed to lack any sense of seriousness like the LoTRs had and yet didnt come across as violent as Harry Potter. If I didnt know I would say the director was 10 years old.

Santa Clause??????????? You got to be kidding.

However

Not to be a total flamer, the animations and the level of detail in the computer generated beasts was amasing, too bad they could not of shown more of their hard work other than quick pans.
 
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The movie was brilliant!!!!!!!!!
I dnt think they had to put in blood and guts, because the books were aimed at younger kids, like 7+ and i think bolld and guts everywhere would scare the hell out of them!!!!!!!
And Santa just added a bit of kids imagination to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And the scenery was awesome, New Zealand rocks!!
Dnt diss Adams as a director, he did both Sherk movies and this is another brilliant movie to add to his collection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
well.. the film was directed toward kids of all ages. The movie stayed true to the book and its up to each person on how they interpreted the movie. I knew that as a teenager I saw a deeper meaning in the movie than what a 8 yr old might see.

Santa Claus was in the book and it was neccessary for him to be in the film because that was how Peter, Lucy, and Susan got their weapons and other important things.
 
also i want to add on that the battle scene was my favorite scene..i wasnt too drawn out like in some movies... i think the battle made its point across without being too gory, or too boring..
 
Father Christmas is in the book. it would have been tragic if they'd left him out. end of story.

and the battle scene was much better done than any of the large battles in lotr. it's got to be my all-time favourtie cinema battle.
 
Queen Lucy the Valiant said:
i also agree with everyone else, that hav posted about the battle scene, it was my favourite also!!!
I was alot better without the blood and guts etc. ;)
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I think the battle could have been a little longer..
and a little bit more graphic.


but........
I LOVE how it's silent, and all you can hear is heartbeat until the two cats collide. That's such a BRILLIANT part.
 
I agree, the first few min's of the battle where the two sides collide were nicely done. I was referring more to after that, the camera jumped around so much it was hard to focus on any of the dramatic scenes of legendary creatures fighting one another.

And please, don't compare that battle with any of the LoTR battles, they make this movies' battle look like what it truly is, a battle for 6-8 year old viewing audience.


The phoenix attack was a nice touch, so was the centaur general and rhino going into berserker mode.
 
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haha yep the phoenix part was pretty awesome!
one of the things that i just had to laugh at was when susan finally gets to use her bow and arrow, its so close range...she's been practicing and all she got to do was shoot 'i forgets his name' after the battle was over...
 
benjamin_narnialover said:
Father Christmas is in the book. it would have been tragic if they'd left him out. end of story.

and the battle scene was much better done than any of the large battles in lotr. it's got to be my all-time favourtie cinema battle.
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Thank you for pointing this out! It wasn't Santa Claus, it was Father CHRISTmas.

I can see why someone not familiar with Narnia would think this is lame, but they had to get their presents somehow. They come into play in other books/movies.

Also, I think they did a smart thing, they never referred to the man as "Santa Claus" or "Father CHRISTmas." This generation can't really identify with Father CHRISTmas. But they didn't go against the book by calling him Santa. Nice call. :-)
 
And please, don't compare that battle with any of the LoTR battles, they make this movies' battle look like what it truly is, a battle for 6-8 year old viewing audience.
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The blood and guts level of the battle really should be no indicator of what age level the audience was thought to be. Blood and guts is not needed to get the point across. Did you see the Minotaur with both of Oreius's swords stuck in his back? Sure, somebody died, but blood isn't NEEDED and I don't think it should determine how old the audience should be.

I wouldn't have minded either way. But when I watch a battle, I'm not looking for blood, I'm looking for good choriography (or however you spell that,lol). I liked Peter and the WW's sword fight. I also liked how the gryphons were dropping rocks on the WW's army (no blood was shown, but you certainly saw many people get crushed). And one smaller thing that sticks out in my mind is when a cheeta jumped at the WW from a rock that was above her, and she turned him to stone in mid air.

Please don't get me wrong, everyone has a right to their oppinion. I respect yours and I'm not trying to put it down. This is simply my point of view :)
 
you can`t be serious...
making family film where creatures (ugly ones, imaginative ones) fight with each other in a battle of good vs. evil but at the same time, trying to make it seem realistic and reach childrens of all ages? (I don`t know if that made sense but you should know what I mean :x)

LOTR are not childrens book. It`s directed more to higher age level compared with LWW. And also, Harry Potter has a secular theme written/made just for entertainment purposes as opposed to LWW which uses allogories to show love, forgiveness, and bravery.

BTW- Harry Potter didn`t start out with a PG-13 movie. It started with PG but as things got more violent and not so kid- friendly imaged, the rating went up to PG-13.

It`s not Santa Claus. It`s Father Christmas :)
 
TheJeep1 said:
Susan using her bow. Yea it was almost like the director was like "oh shit we forgot to have her use her bow, ok use the dwarf".
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Or because in the book Father Christmas tells her she shouldn't join in any battles unless at the greatest need. And if you think that is why Susan using her bow was put in then how come Lucy never uses her dagger?

I wouldn't rip on the battle scene like that either. First of all, it is a movie for the whole family. Parents don't want to bring their kids to movies filled with blood. And about the battle jumping around too quickly, as I recall the Battle of Pellenor Fields in Return of the King had a fair share of jumping around too.
Secondly, I'd like to see you put the time into making a movie. It takes a lot of work to make a movie and sure sometimes things don't always make sense, but that doesn't always bring down the quality.

And finally, as many have said before, it's not Santa Claus, it's Father Christmas. And not only does he deliver the gifts to the children, but he is also around to show the Witch's magic is failing.
 
Christine~Pevensie said:
also i want to add on that the battle scene was my favorite scene..i wasnt too drawn out like in some movies... i think the battle made its point across without being too gory, or too boring..
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ditto... a lot of battle sequences get a little bit too gory, and some of them just seem to drag on... I think it was a good length.
 
thank you aslanjudah for bringing up the point about Father Christmas. Read the book again people and get the right idea behind who Father Christmas is, Santa Claus is the commercial version of a much more noble man. They are not the same thing. Father Christmas demands a great deal more respect.
 
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