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[puddingcat]

I liked it mroe than I was expecting. It's less overtly Christian than the books, and really felt magical at times. The opening scenes of the Blitz and evacuation were horrible in a good way, and all the actors were spot on.

I felt painfully, painfully sorry for Edmund & Susan. Edmund is an arse at times, but he was also getting picked on by the others & it's not surprising that he runs off with the first offer of something better. Susan spends her life being Mum, and being sensible, and practical, and yet is rubbished for her realism and sense of responsibility.

Most of the effects were amazing. Mr Tumnus was wonderful (in acting and appearance), the gryphons and phoenix in the battle were beautiful (and actually manoevured properly), and Jadis's army was incredible.

I don't know why some wolves were trained & others animaterd. They proved with Philip (A horse who's name means "lover of horses"? Handy...) that they can animate an animal's mouth to allow it to speak, so why did Maugrim have to be so wrong? Other grumps - cheetahs are not the same size as tigers (or even leopards), and (heresy warning) lions Should. Not. Speak. Yes, I know. Cartoon animals are one thing, but real / pseudo-real ones should get their message across through body language.

Anyway, the things I've come away with are:
- Aslan's the only lion I've seen with no testicles.
- Peter's a virgin.
- There was only one oompa-loompa in the whole of Narnia. Willy Wonka's been overfishing.
- Rupert Everett was born to play a fox.
- Tilda Swinton is a goddess, right up there with Dame Ellen MacArthur on the list of Women I Worship.

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4. h. Planck's constant and oneof the hinges of quantum physics.
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Comments

[lark-ascending.livejournal.com]

yet is rubbished for her realism and sense of responsibility

The Narnia books are Christian allegory. One wouldn't want to encourage in readers of such literature the kind of pragmatism that is in fact exactly what leads people like me to reject religion out of hand, on the grounds that it's daft idealism that gets you into psychological trouble ;-)

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

The Christian stuff seems to be less of a Susan-issue until the later books. What grated in the film was how she was expected to drop the behaviour she's been forced into and encouraged in as soon as she was told about the prophecy. Most of her reluctance to join in was due to wanting to keep Lucy safe - as Peter did - but Susan's reluctance had a negative, boring & unimaginative cast given to it, while it was made to appear adult & kingly in Peter. It's the disparity I didn't like, and I don't remember it being so obvious in the book.