The classic children's book series The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S Lewis has been made into a magical film. Four children are sent to a professor's country house during World War II. What's beyond the wardrobe?
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Look familiar? The half man half horse Mr Tummus is played by James McAvoy who was Steve in the Shameless TV series.

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The wardrobe in the professor's house leads to a magical other world. The film was directed by Andrew Adamson who also directed the fairytale inspired Shrek and Shrek 2.


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Peter, Susan, Lucy and Edmund arrive in a winter wonderland called Narnia filled with mystical creatures and even Father Christmas.

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The wardrobe is owned by Professor Digory Kirke who is played by Jim Broadbent who played Del Boy's enemy Inspector Slater in BBC comedy series Only Fools and Horses.

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The lands of Narnia are ruled over by a wicked white witch, who turns those who disagree with her into stone.

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The children must join forces with Aslan the Lion to defeat the witch. The Lion is voiced by Liam Neeson.

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The four child stars are unknowns apart from Anna Popplewell who plays Susan - she was in Girl with a Pearl Earring.

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The English actress Tilda Swinton plays the formidable white witch Jadis. You may recognise her from Constantine or The Beach.


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Wasn't a thread already about Narnia?

Anyways, thanks for the pics. Can't wait for this movie!!

Mr. Tumnus was a faun-- part goat and part human. What you have there is a centaur, and a fighting one at that. Mr. Tumnus was definitely not a soldier. So I don't believe that is James McAvoy, or the source is crediting him incorrectly.

Sweet! It was my favorite series when i was little.

I read the book and seen some of the movies.The only thing I like about it,its some talking lion battling a evil witch.It was a good book when I finish reading it.

This movie looks great. Can't wait to see it.

Did anyone ever see the old one with the cartoon monsters?

Yeah, I started one months ago.
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I'm just in it for Edmund.

Ah, Edmund; what a little punk....

cool pics, can't wait to see the movie

Seriously, those books were good.

yeah the books were amazing, its been so long scince I've read any of them, other than <The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe>.
Only one I can seem to find in the library.

Mmmm... more news about the movie in this link. What do you think of the changes that will be made to the movie?

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/647/647551p1.html

I still have the books 'Voyage of the Dawn Treader' and the 'Silver Chair' up in my attic somewhere. Now I have to go look for them because my interest has been reawakened.

lapi'che ni'tis

Looks interesting. I wonder if it's going to be better than the tv series that was on the tv a few years ago? Those pictures are very familar they remide of of the old show.

Well, looks like it's going to be much more fairytale-like than LOTR. Which is sort of the point. I loved the books, though, can't wait to see the film versions.

Thought I would bump this one up so it could be merged with Kratos'. This one has some really neat pics from the film.

I sure hope that is not really Mr. Tumnus. How did a bumbling homebody faun with a sniffle turn into a centaur warrior???

Looking forward to seeing it.

Yeah, I pointed that out, too. It's an obvious typo. I've seen screen pics of Mr. Tumnus and he is indeed a faun, so no worries.

Got to see it early. YAY! It's not due out for another 2 weeks over here, but a friend had free tickets for a special preview screening. Saw it this morning at 10am. Most enjoyable movie.

I won't critique it too much, to avoid the wrath of those not fortunate enough to see it yet (edit: though it's not like you don't know what's going to happen). Enjoyable, a little clunky in one or two spots, occasionally childish (what do you expect from a children's favourite). A little over-the-top with close-ups of Lucy (who is played by the most adorable little girl btw [play to your strengths I guess ]).

I recommend seeing it
Quality holiday viewing. 8.5/10. Potential for sequals and prequels 10/10.

Regards, PA

Edit: I've edited this a half dozen times changing the ratings I've given. It's a hard movie to really rate in any consistent manner. It depends on what you focus on

Saw the movie last night and all I have to say was the battle seen was spectacular, a little similar to LOTR, but fantastic in it's own right.
CG animating of Aslan amazing, centaurs and fawns were also well done. Only critique was i didn't like the wolves that much or the beavers.

Plot was very slow at some points and rushed in others(but your trying to cram a book into 2 hours and half so nothing is perfect).
The actress who played Jadas was perfect, just how I imagined she would be. But i didn't like the children that much, especially the little actress who played Lucy. She was cute mind you, but she over acted to much in certain scenes and didn't act enough in others. I would of liked to see more emotion on the children's behalf, I mean if I was going to go to war, I would be terrified.
Well I'm not going to spoil anything for anyone, but I give the film about A. Some parts follow the book very well, others do not.

Isn't it made by Diseny. I had this weird thought that it would cut away right before the huge battle started. The minotaurs look pretty cool. Anyone get a piccy of one?

Took the kids to see it Friday. I have to say it was excellent. I will probably go see it again.

I just got finished watching it... can't say I was thrilled to much. Lack emotion and drawing in... Kind of blah at scenes. Even the big battle was... just kind of there. There was no big set up in why they would follow Peter and them... just... oh you're human, we'll die for you, YEAH! But gave no insight into their suffering of what they were fighting for. I won't be seeing it again.

I thought it was a very charming little flick. Pretty much exactly what I was expecting, a very fairy-tale like setting. Kinda felt bad for Tumnus, tho. After all he went through, when everyone else got fancy new robes, all he got was a different scarf. Could somebody please give that poor faun a shirt?

Is it weird that I kinda think Tumnus is attractive? The human part, I mean. He's a little mincy-prissy for my taste, but somehow hot-ish.



So I like guys with hooves. Sue me.

In your opinion....which we all cherish btw...is this movie too 'scary' for an eight year old girl?

Well, joc, I am completely flattered that you respect my opinion.

I think it's a very good film to take a small child to. There's a pretty freaky bat-human thing that's very shrill, but that's about as creepy as it gets. It's got a few minor frights, but nothing that will give her nightmares, I don't think.

I agree. A couple of little unexpected shocks, but nothing they won't laugh about afterwards. I think it should be ok.

Regards, PA

Thanks Snuffy and PA. What about King Kong?

Hey, you know what they say about big hooves right?



(Ummm...big shoes...)

Anyway...sorry, it was there...I had to take the shot...

I am ashamed to admit that with all of the reading I do, I have never read C.S. Lewis...

This weekend my wife and I are going to go see the movie, and then I will get the book so that we can read it together(We read to each other every night). She really liked it, and knows the story well...It should be fun.

For an 8-year old? It hasn't come out here yet down here, so I haven't seen it, but I'd hazard a guess and say no. It looks pretty violent.

Apart from which, it's a 3-hour film. Pretty long for a child to sit through.

Regards, PA

Well King Kong's death rate is well into the 20s, which 17 people dying on the island and at least another 10 killed in New York. But only one of the deaths I'd call gory with blood, although that doesn't stop several of them being very violent deaths.

It really depends on the child. I first saw Aleins when I was 9 and had no problem with it, but I know other children around that age who couldn't even handle the Doc Ock killing the docters scene in Spider man 2.

If you're child could handle the T-rex eating people in Jurrassic Park I think it can handle the death scenes in this. But be warned the movie is cut into three acts. The ship, the island, and the city. All last an hour, and during the ship act its all character building, a small child might find that boring until they get to the island where thereafter it just doesn't slow down.

The reason I ask is because when she was staying with her other 'relatives' out of town...she was allowed to watch The Boogeyman unsupervised with her 12 year old friend. She wouldn't
evengo in the bathroom to brush her teeth by herself for two months....it wasn't pleasant.

I've never seen the The Boogeyman, so I can't compare them. But I have the feeling Kong's more in common with Jurrassic Park than anything else

I know exactly how you feel. When I was 9 I was at my Aunty's farm (they live 15 minute drive from their nearest neighbour's). My 19-year old cousin showed us these 'fantastic' movies. The Thing (which I actually loved and found to be great). Suspiria. An American Werewolf in London.

Now, where I was sleeping was in a separate studio, a couple of minutes walk from the farmhouse. Walking in pitch-black (no streetlights in the middle of nowhere), I'd be crapping myself everytime I had to go to bed. And I'm not even going to tell you how it was when the full-moon came.

My cousin found it funny to remind me of it every night before I went to bed. "If you run quickly enough, they might not catch you".

They were mean

Regards, PA

Okay, just back from Narnia and it was... disappointing. Very disappointing. It was ok, but I'm sorry, after Lord of the Rings it didn't even appear on radar.

I didn't well up once, yet LOTR had me in tears throughout.

The battle scene was a blatent Pelenor Field's rip-off, but lacked all the motion.

And the dwarfs death at the end was so poorly acted that it had the audience giggling throughout the last 10 minutes.

It was very much a children's LOTR and while I think adults might be entertained by it, I'd recomend anyone over the age of 14 to stick to Jackson's version of JRR Tolkien's novel.

Well, if you're going to the flick expecting something on the level of LOTR, you're bound to be disappointed. And everyone was glad to see that bastard dwarf bite the dust. You have to remember that this is essentially a children's film, just like the books were aimed at children in the first place. As far as subject matter goes, Narnia isn't meant to be nearly as dark as Tolkien's work.

So the reviews here say it's so-so. Ill probably still go see it tommorow.

Oh but I never expected to see LOTR or anything near as good. Nor did I say anywhere it wasn't a children's movie, I know it was, I said as much in the post you're replying too.
I personally couldn't see how any fantasy movie could follow LOTR. However, for the last month I've read dozens of reviews of Narnia, at least 5 of which actually claimed Narnia made LOTR look like it was a B-movie (or similar language). How could I not expect something comparable when all these reviews had told me too.
And I stand by my statement, I don't see how anyone can claim Narnia was not just the superior movie but 'blew LOTR out of the water' as was claimed in one of the reviews.

It was the manner in which he bit the dust...... in my review, I said the movie had a few clunky moments. This is prime among them

I laughed, stopped laughing then laughed again......

Regards, PA

I loved those books! I remember them very fondly!!

Saw the movie. Hubby liked it so much that we bought the series of books. Hope he enjoys them as much as I did!!!

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Okay,

I have a question for everyone who has seen this movie. I am a little concerned about the one part in the book (I will try not to spoil anything here, if you have not read or seen, may want to skip my post) where the Queen has captured the lion and what she does to him is pretty cruel. My 13-yo is making me go see this movie and my 6-yo wants to tag along. I'm not sure I want to even witness that scene. Is it horrible? Do they dwell on it, or is it over quick?


Thanks

Amy

Its only rated PG, there isn't any blood, they just cut away when the knife goes down.