Went to watch The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe today with stanman, Richard, and Saran. You can watch the trailer here. The movie was fun, sort of like another Harry Potter for the Christmas season. I only read the 1st 2 of C.S. Lewis’ books and the 1st was actually read by my teacher. I wonder if the remainder of The Chronicles of Narnia will be made into movies. I don’t remember the story much anymore, but the movie did help me bring back some memories. IMDB users give it a 7.7.
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The movie was really beautiful, but the acting could’ve had some more work. Plus I hated Edmund, the little brother. I guess he was suppose to be the character to hate, but I didn’t hate him for betraying his siblings. I hated him because he was so stupid! The props and costumes were supposedly done by the same people who worked on Lord of the Rings, but this one’s more children friendly. The movie follows pretty closely to the story, or at least I think so.
I do have to say that Susan’s participation in the battle was so minimal, her character actually seemed unnecessary in the story, besides the fact they needed 2 sons of Adam and 2 daughters of Eve. The battle was a bit short as stanman stated, though it was a fun an interesting battle. Nothing to get excited over though. I also felt that Peter being able to fight so well was a bit strange and weird. Basically a lot of the movie didn’t make much sense, besides the fact it looked pretty and fun.
One of the biggest mysteries I had was about the handkerchief. Lucy first gave it to Mr. Thomas. Thomas then gave it to Beaver before he was caught. Beaver gave it back to Lucy. But in the end, Thomas gave it back to Lucy. How the heck did that happen? Goof in the storyline?
After the movie, we went to some pizzeria that served deep dish Chicago-style pizza. The pizza was good, but Zachery’s is a lot better.