"Please sir, he's our brother."
"I know. That only makes the betrayal all the worse."
Now that right there? That just reminded me of something that really bugged me about the book, too. Way back in elementry school when I read it. ( Read more... )
Edit: Oh come on kid, don't put the sword back in the scabbard without cleaning it!
Edit2: Is he riding a unicorn? Oh that's hilarious. And stupid. But mostly hilarious.
Edit3: ( Is it wrong of me that... )
Final thoughts:
-Mr. Tumnus & Lucy win for the strongest and most moving scenes of the film.
-Tilda Swinson wins for looking coolest in her Witch costumes.
-Peter loses for being a bore
-the giant army cats win for being giant army cats
-the director loses for making a movie that sounds good in pieces but the whole is less than the sum of the parts, by quite a bit.
But it could have been worse, I suppose. And it might be argued as unfair to hold every epic fantasy film to the LOTR standards. Then again, why is that unfair? LOTR set the fucking standard, not just in size and scope, but in power and depth of storytelling for fantasy films. And yes, I am going to hold would-be epics like Narnia to the LOTR standard.
That's what standards are for.
"I know. That only makes the betrayal all the worse."
Now that right there? That just reminded me of something that really bugged me about the book, too. Way back in elementry school when I read it. ( Read more... )
Edit: Oh come on kid, don't put the sword back in the scabbard without cleaning it!
Edit2: Is he riding a unicorn? Oh that's hilarious. And stupid. But mostly hilarious.
Edit3: ( Is it wrong of me that... )
Final thoughts:
-Mr. Tumnus & Lucy win for the strongest and most moving scenes of the film.
-Tilda Swinson wins for looking coolest in her Witch costumes.
-Peter loses for being a bore
-the giant army cats win for being giant army cats
-the director loses for making a movie that sounds good in pieces but the whole is less than the sum of the parts, by quite a bit.
But it could have been worse, I suppose. And it might be argued as unfair to hold every epic fantasy film to the LOTR standards. Then again, why is that unfair? LOTR set the fucking standard, not just in size and scope, but in power and depth of storytelling for fantasy films. And yes, I am going to hold would-be epics like Narnia to the LOTR standard.
That's what standards are for.