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We finally got our asses into Wells cinema to see this. I thought it was very good, though it amazes me that they can still find British kids with that kind of accent. I suppose stage schools still produce them.
I had doubts about some of the animals. I thought the fox was overdone, and I disliked Maugrim's accent (channelling Dick Cheney?). Also, he reminded me of our useless dog. Aslan was great, however, and Swinton was excellent. I am also amused to learn that her out-of-costume gear consisted of a t-shirt that read 'NO, I WAS NOT IN LOTR!' Ray Winstone is superb in darker parts (SEXY BEAST) but his cheeky chappie Cockney turn really gets on my tits (come here for profoundly subtle cinematic analysis, not).
I had forgotten that, as a child, it occurred to me how incredibly pissed off the children must have been to find themselves back in Blitzed England - one minute you're grown up, a king or queen, have your own horse etc, and the next minute it's back to short trousers and being told what to do.
I vaguely picked up on the Christian allegory when I was a child, but I still think that in some way, Narnia pushed me toward paganism - the magic in the world. Also Christ, on emergence from his tomb, did not immediately go forth and tear Pilate's throat out with his teeth. I think it was this lack of turning-the-other-cheek-ness that impressed me as a bloodthirsty child.
I had doubts about some of the animals. I thought the fox was overdone, and I disliked Maugrim's accent (channelling Dick Cheney?). Also, he reminded me of our useless dog. Aslan was great, however, and Swinton was excellent. I am also amused to learn that her out-of-costume gear consisted of a t-shirt that read 'NO, I WAS NOT IN LOTR!' Ray Winstone is superb in darker parts (SEXY BEAST) but his cheeky chappie Cockney turn really gets on my tits (come here for profoundly subtle cinematic analysis, not).
I had forgotten that, as a child, it occurred to me how incredibly pissed off the children must have been to find themselves back in Blitzed England - one minute you're grown up, a king or queen, have your own horse etc, and the next minute it's back to short trousers and being told what to do.
I vaguely picked up on the Christian allegory when I was a child, but I still think that in some way, Narnia pushed me toward paganism - the magic in the world. Also Christ, on emergence from his tomb, did not immediately go forth and tear Pilate's throat out with his teeth. I think it was this lack of turning-the-other-cheek-ness that impressed me as a bloodthirsty child.
