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insanenekoSaw the movie.
First off, I basically went in with very little knowledge of the story. I watched parts of a series that ran on PBS many years ago. I'm pretty sure I tried reading the first book, and failed. It just didn't catch me. Having watched the movie, I finally figured out why.
I don't care about the characters. I made no connection with any of them, with the possible exception of Lucy. Definitely felt nothing for Aslan (besides "cool SFX!") or the Witch (she was totally cool when she fought, though). I watched the pretty movie adaptation (which, I'm told by those who remember the story, is quite faithful) with a hollowness in me. It was kind of depressing how much I felt like I was on the outside looking in, instead of caught up in the action.
As a movie? It was decent. Simplistic plot, yes, but it's a children's story after all. Some of the action was way over-dramatized for me.
I made the mistake of trying to find out the plot of the other books in the series at Amazon. Oh boy. The decent summaries are all in the reviews, where all they can talk about the Christian-ness of the story. I don't care it it's a great allegory or whatever. It totally failed as a story for me! Is that all the reviewers can praise about the series? That it has a great Christian message? GAR.
And for a very superficial end to this review (?), I have to say the actor who plays young Peter is very much the type I like. But older Edmund is totally gorgeous. Peter grows up into the kind of guy that totally turns me off. :P
Oh, and the music was pretty good. Alanis Morrisette sang a very nice song that sounded nothing like anything she's ever done. ^_^
First off, I basically went in with very little knowledge of the story. I watched parts of a series that ran on PBS many years ago. I'm pretty sure I tried reading the first book, and failed. It just didn't catch me. Having watched the movie, I finally figured out why.
I don't care about the characters. I made no connection with any of them, with the possible exception of Lucy. Definitely felt nothing for Aslan (besides "cool SFX!") or the Witch (she was totally cool when she fought, though). I watched the pretty movie adaptation (which, I'm told by those who remember the story, is quite faithful) with a hollowness in me. It was kind of depressing how much I felt like I was on the outside looking in, instead of caught up in the action.
As a movie? It was decent. Simplistic plot, yes, but it's a children's story after all. Some of the action was way over-dramatized for me.
I made the mistake of trying to find out the plot of the other books in the series at Amazon. Oh boy. The decent summaries are all in the reviews, where all they can talk about the Christian-ness of the story. I don't care it it's a great allegory or whatever. It totally failed as a story for me! Is that all the reviewers can praise about the series? That it has a great Christian message? GAR.
And for a very superficial end to this review (?), I have to say the actor who plays young Peter is very much the type I like. But older Edmund is totally gorgeous. Peter grows up into the kind of guy that totally turns me off. :P
Oh, and the music was pretty good. Alanis Morrisette sang a very nice song that sounded nothing like anything she's ever done. ^_^