Pluto Region1 wrote:Jeremy wrote:
Well, it was said in the book that when children came to Narnia, they somehow grew more faster and Narnia affected greatly (and almost magically) to them. As a result in quite short time they grew up in Narnia and became heroes and kings and gained the ability to fight and to go to the battle.
It was Narnia's magic that affected them.
Ok well then I guess the answer here is that this was not explained in the movie, that they DID get some sort of magical abilities to wage war... I neer read the book and was seeing the story via the movie, for the 1st time... I was dumbfounded as to how all the sudden Peter is fighting like an expert.

Father Christmas also made some reference about putting faith in the bow and arrow, and if you did, it would rarely miss. I guess by extension - and the fact that they were all destined to take up the mantle - you could say that they were all magically endowed with abilities once they stepped into Narnia. Or they always had it in them, or something...
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As you can probably guess, I've just come back from seeing the film. Although it had been some years since I had read (and re-read) the books as a young 'un, I had continued to enjoy the tales through the BBC reproductions back in the late 1980s/early 1990s, the first of which I watched again last night. To cut a long story short, Disney's adaptation certainly doesn't disappoint.
My initial impression of the film was positive, as watching the bombs fall on London really set the scene for new audiences. The BBC version assumed that everyone would know about the children's war evacuation during the Second World War, and this version contextualises the film without dumbing it down.
Although I wish that we'd lingered a bit longer in the Professor's house - as the BBC version painted a delightful and playful Professor which we only get glimpses of in this version - getting to Narnia was the part we were all waiting for. The makers do a great job of bringing this alternatively bleak and vivid world to life.
The children were great, and one of the few examples of children that CAN act and are NOT annoying.
Harry Potter producers take note!
Perhaps the only dull point - if I can say this without SPOILERS - was the ultimate fate of the White Witch. It just seemed a little anti-climactic.
As for the special effects, I have to say I was impressed. Some were "obvious", but none of them detracted from the story. Indeed, I think the chief strength of the effects here were that they added things to the story rather than replacing them. In fact, it was because the story was so strong that I was able to overlook the odd CGI faux pas, something that can sadly not be said for King Kong. (Don't want to start any more arguments, but at 3 hours +, KK didn't have enough story to justify all the action). Aslan was spot on, and the beavers may be some of the cutest examples of the format in years.
At any rate, they have themselves a solid franchise here. Let's hope Disney do well out of it.