Jan. 22, 2006 - We finally saw Narnia...

Well... in a word, eh.  Or is that not a word?

Anyway, keep in mind that this is coming from someone who bribed her child to leave Lord of the Rings half way through because she was bored to tears.  I guess fantasy is just really not my thing, well done or no.

I was impressed with the actor playing Peter... he did well with his character, and I think I might have been drawn in more if the battle scenes were... more something.  I was just beginning to feel "into" it, when the whole thing was over.  The girls didn't seem terribly "emotive" to me, and I had a really hard time empathizing with them... even when Aslan was dying, I think Sprite was more teary eyed than they were.

I liked the White witch.  They did a very good job of making her look creepy and frightening and kind of surreal without making it just wayyy "too much."

And I like Tumnus.  He was probably my favorite... very odd looking little creature, but by far caused more sympathy from me than any other character.

Lucy was extremely distracting, simply because she looks SO much like my daughter Paris.  She even has the gap between the two front teeth... and the same hair cut, the same eyes (although Paris' hair and brows are a darker brown) it was just odd.  I kept being drawn out of the "fantasy" when I'd think "Oh, there's Paris."

It was all right altogether, well done enough I'm sure, and seemed to follow the book pretty closely for what I remember (we read it last winter for school). 

I won't be seeing the sequels if there are any though... I never have been able to wade through any of the other books.  I loved the LW&W, but the rest just... bore me.  I can't stick with it.  The kids are begging me to finish A Horse and His Boy, though, so I may cave and plow my way through.

All in all... it wasn't disappointing (I didn't have any expectations) but its definitely just not my style, and as I have never seen the rest of The Lord of the RIngs, or any of the new Star Wars... I can't see myself sitting through it again, even though the kids will probably want to rent the dvd when it comes out.  I may peek in once and a while.