It's not often i'm compelled to write a blog as you'll well know, but i've just got back from watching Narnia and i need to vent otherwise i'll not sleep tonight.
It was complete pants. Now, i've not read the books since i was 11/12 but i'm sure i remember them (the series) as being considerably richer in style and content. The film was dry, shallow, often badly acted and christ, for a paid up public school kid i was struggling with the plummy accents. It was crap, things 'just happened' all at the right moment with no explanation... e.g. Lucy (who incidently with the fawn and the ice queen were the best actors in it) and Susan are faced with 3 slavering wolves, no weapons and completely alone, the next thing you know is they're up a tree having avoided the speed, stealth and dexterity of the wolves, sitting pretty waiting to be saved - bollocks, utter bollocks.
I guess i should also explain that i'm a Fantasy and Science Fiction geek. I love it. I was and am a massive Lord of the Rings fan, I love David Gemmell, Ian M Banks, James Barclay, Trudi Caravan, Ian Irving etc. I know most of the Marvel characters, their history and powers and a fair few of the DC comic characters to. So, I'm not adverse to shedding the physics of Earth and expanding my mind to encompass new universes, magics, mages, heros and villans and Narnia, well, it left me cold, bored, incredulous at the scene cutting and wishing i was back watching LOTR.
There were a couple of good bits, the Griffins were well done (part eagle part lion for the uninitiated)there was some imagination used in the villianous minions which i'd like to have seen more of, but honestly, it was shit.
Ahhhhh, feel better. Hope you do too.
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