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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Needs better music
It needs better music, and the character's personalities are twisted up too much for my taste my taste. It had good effects, but seeing that it's based on a book, I don't believe they should carry the weight of a movie. Aslan needed to be much greater. The book refers to him as "good and terrible." The children would "catch a glimpse of the golden mane, and the great, royal, solemn, overwhelming eyes; and then they found they couldn't look at him and went all trembly." The Aslan in this movie looks like a realistic, sad little Lion. This movie needed more imagination. With computer graphics, I can't understand why everything has to be focused on the goal of looking so realistic, instead of out of this world. I t is after all, Narnia, right?
The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1979)
What C. S. Lewis Probably Wanted
In the 1979 rendition of "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," details normally overlooked by today's movie makers are masterfully transfered to film. C. S. Lewis's intricate dialog is flawlessly adapted with wonderful voice actors and added to greatly by Michael J. Lewis's gorgeous score. At a time before computer effects, The music played a key role in making the story come to life. Unfortunately, the new live action version greatly suffered an unmemorable score. Another advantage of the 1979 is that it, unlike the Disney version isn't another horrible attempt to copy Peter Jackson's rendition of "The Lord of the Rings." This one follows the book, doesn't concede to today's tasteless standards, and has perfectly appropriate music.