Just Saw "Narnia"...it Sucked

n/a | 12-27-05 | Bob J

[PaulaB]

It's all about serial killers to me

LOL

[bkepley]

LOTR just exceeded my expectations. I didn't think they could pull it off.

[ZGuy]

My complaint was that they didn't build up Aslan at all. He was on the screen for I think 3 short scenes and then he sacrificed himself. It wasn't long enough to allow the audience to have any emotional investment in him.

OK. He's walking off to get killed. OK. Next scene.

Is there a four-hour director's cut coming?

[Rebelbase]

I think your review sucks, starting with this sentence: "even a "fantasy" movie must reasonable enough in the story and behavior of it's characters to hurdle the initial "willing suspension of disbelief""--Right. Ewoks, flying monkeys, talking apes, stargates, hot babes fighting aliens, girl jumping down rabbit hole into fantasyland, computer matrix fantasyland, etc. are more believable than three kids entering a fantasyland through a closet? Hello, is anyone home? IT'S FANTASY!

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Narnia film ping.

[MeanWestTexan]

He won't read them, so it doesn't matter.

[Jimbaugh]

Everyone in Hollywood is homosexual. That is why all the movies are about homosexuals.

No hero's means zero boxoffice.

[Rebelbase]

Make that four kids.

[Bob J]

The plot and behavior of characters were not believeable...one would expect fantasy characters in a fantasy movie.

[Paved Paradise]

I'll tell you why it didn't do well. Most reviews were not very positive (other than Michael Medved) because it had, as its underlying theme, the idea that life was valuable (think stem cell research)and the concept of using live people as donors is wrong. There were no homosexuals or deviants in whom they could rejoice! just MHO.

[Rebelbase]

"OK. He's walking off to get killed. OK. Next scene."

Garden of Gethsemane reference.

[JFC]

not sure if anyone said this or not but

DO NOT GO SEE FAMILY STONE.........

it was Holiwood agenda all the way.......... It was disgusting.

A black interratial gay couple with a hearing problem adopts a child. the mom has breast cancer, the brother sleeps with the other brother's girlfriend. YOU NAME it Holi_WEIRD put it in the show.. AGENDA FILLED!

[joonbug]

The witch reminded me of the female senator from New York.

[Blessed]

>Christ was the son of God and performed miracles.<

Yes but he was antithesis of what the world expects of a leader.He came from Galilee (nothing good comes out of Galilee)He told the people who were recipients of his miracles not to tell anyone.He chose to spend time with a few rather than many.That is why he was such a stumbling block for the Jews.They were expecting a great leader to free Israel from the Romans.

[Bob J]

I don't think they did a good job setting up the characters. In Potter and LOTR I think they did a better job establishing why the characters do the things they do later in the movie. I didn't believe these kids would become the Kings and Queens of Narnia, not, that the denizons of Narnia would want or need them.

[YaYa123]

I know you are sharing info with BobJ, but I really appreciate it too. Both my girls are avid Narnia fans, discovered them in college.

[Ramius]

As a LOTR fan... no flames here. People like movies or they don't. Your opinion of it doesn't need to affect mine.

But with regard to the hype: A good measure of the hype about it was justified, inasmuch as LOTR is one of the oldest of the classic stories that had never been made into a movie (apart from a disastrous animated attempt that was never finished). LOTR had been for decades the holy grail of unmakable movies. It was too long, too involved, but most of all technically impossible to do without butchering the story.

That the technical advances finally made the movie possible to do made it that much more anticipated. It was... the long-awaited party.

[captain anode]

Well Bob, turn up the hearing aid when you go to see Polar Express, even then you might not hear the sleigh bells ringing.

I like to watch with the Wife, Kids and Grand Kids who enjoy every moment, and so did I.

All the best…

[PeteB570]

Kid's book? Kid's movie?

Darn, here I took the kids and enjoyed the movie myself.

Some people need to just relax and go with the flow. Kick back and enjoy the show. The original poster sounds like he's related to the housekeeper.

[Lil'freeper]

I'm not sure why it didn't do so well in theatrical release.

We saw it, too, and were impressed with its pro-life message. I wasn't' surprised that it did so poorly at the box office, but rather that it could get made in the first place.