Took the boy to see it today and was truly, deeply impressed. Hollywood, it seems, is FINALLY recognizing that you don't have to screw around with the source material of beloved stories. The movie was remarkably true to the book.
There were some things left out of course but only very small changes (mostly to condense otherwise lengthy lead up material) and only very minor additions (the only one I noticed was in the first five minutes when they have several scenes in London). The effects were wonderful, as you'd expect from WETA, but more importantly (and somewhat surprising from WETA) rather subtle, even subdued, in many places. All of the animals, for example, looked exactly as they should: no physical anthropomorphizing was done. I was also rather pleased in the direction as it pertained to children. The battles were fierce and there was a strong sense of death, of pain but with no blood or gore. Aslan's sacrifice was moving and deeply disturbing but still appropriate for kids. I really don't see how they could have done a better job of it. Highly recommended (well... if you like the book). Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:187312 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
