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guthmund · 12-16-2005, 05:10 PM

I just got back. I thought it was pretty good. It's certainly no LOTR, but still...pretty decent flick.

Spoiler: My complaints are mostly to do with the writing. There just didn't seem to be a 'flow' to the movie. It just sort of hopscotched from one event to the other...Ed and the Queen---Back to Peter and Santa---back to the wolves----and back to the queen. There were a few instances where the transition from major scene to major scene were spectacular (the wind through the trees back to Peter's camp) and other times when you just didn't know what the hell was going on (Oh, that's Tumnus...he's with the witch, right...?).

I like that they drew a lot of the dialogue straight from the source, much like Bowen, Walsh and co. did for LOTR. The problem, however, is that the dialogue seemed a bit stilted in parts. It didn't seem natural at all. The bits with Tumnus and the little girl were good. The bits with Aslan and the Queen were good, but the rest...not so much. It seemed like the writers just made a list of all the great bits of dialogue from the books and then didn't bother to work with it...just left it as it was all disjointed.

Beautiful movie though. I was really impressed with the effects, especially around the big battle sequence. Although, Xiangsu is right, the giants looked waaaay off.

Edit: Now 100% correct...thanks, mrklixx!

12-16-2005, 05:10 PM	#50 (permalink)
guthmund big damn hero	I just got back. I thought it was pretty good. It's certainly no LOTR, but still...pretty decent flick. Spoiler: My complaints are mostly to do with the writing. There just didn't seem to be a 'flow' to the movie. It just sort of hopscotched from one event to the other...Ed and the Queen---Back to Peter and Santa---back to the wolves----and back to the queen. There were a few instances where the transition from major scene to major scene were spectacular (the wind through the trees back to Peter's camp) and other times when you just didn't know what the hell was going on (Oh, that's Tumnus...he's with the witch, right...?). I like that they drew a lot of the dialogue straight from the source, much like Bowen, Walsh and co. did for LOTR. The problem, however, is that the dialogue seemed a bit stilted in parts. It didn't seem natural at all. The bits with Tumnus and the little girl were good. The bits with Aslan and the Queen were good, but the rest...not so much. It seemed like the writers just made a list of all the great bits of dialogue from the books and then didn't bother to work with it...just left it as it was all disjointed. Beautiful movie though. I was really impressed with the effects, especially around the big battle sequence. Although, Xiangsu is right, the giants looked waaaay off. Edit: Now 100% correct...thanks, mrklixx! __________________ No signature. None. Seriously. Last edited by guthmund; 12-16-2005 at 09:50 PM..