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- First reviewMay 17, 2008
- Last reviewNovember 23, 2009
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Average fare - should have been much shorter
PostedNovember 23, 2009
MovieDad
from Baton Rouge LA
Not bad - I wouldn't see it again, but it was entertaining enough. Some parts drag even more slowly than I expected after reading reviews before the movie that said it's too long. The werewolf CGI was cut-rate by today's standards (think "very good videogame quality" not "top tier movie quality"). But the story is good even though the whole book presumably could have been done in a one hour or perhaps 90 minute movie. The target audience, teenage girls, should enjoy the movie a lot more than the father of said teenage girl.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Excellent
PostedJuly 20, 2008
MovieDad
from Baton Rouge LA
Terrific movie - takes some liberties with villains and origins, but they are overlookable. Do not bring your kids - at least not the young ones.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Actually a little better than the first
PostedMay 17, 2008
MovieDad
from Baton Rouge LA
Lots of fun, well put together, but rife with the most movie cliche's I have ever seen in one film since The Princess Bride (sword fighting up a flight of stone castle steps anyone?).
That said, my family actually enjoyed it a little better than the first right up to the end where it fell apart. The score was so good that you didn't notice it - a prerequisite for a good score. But right there at the end of the film the ending two scenes were drowned out by some whiny female pop song that had no place either in Narnia or the 1940's England setting and it completely destroyed the suspension of disbelief the movie and ripped the viewer right back to a 2008 megaplex. In the whole, entire film this was the only point where my jaw dropped and I thought "What in the world were they thinking????"
In short, go see this film if you have a chance - it is stunningly beautiful, it doesn't patronize the viewer (too much - there's got to be some - it's a C. S. Lewis children's book series after all) and with the exception of the actor playing Peter, the cast does a good job. Well worth the time and money spent.
That said, my family actually enjoyed it a little better than the first right up to the end where it fell apart. The score was so good that you didn't notice it - a prerequisite for a good score. But right there at the end of the film the ending two scenes were drowned out by some whiny female pop song that had no place either in Narnia or the 1940's England setting and it completely destroyed the suspension of disbelief the movie and ripped the viewer right back to a 2008 megaplex. In the whole, entire film this was the only point where my jaw dropped and I thought "What in the world were they thinking????"
In short, go see this film if you have a chance - it is stunningly beautiful, it doesn't patronize the viewer (too much - there's got to be some - it's a C. S. Lewis children's book series after all) and with the exception of the actor playing Peter, the cast does a good job. Well worth the time and money spent.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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