Second Narnia
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Just came back from watching with my gf. We both loved it. However, upon reading some review, I came across this on imdb.
"Seriously, people, I'd rather have my kids watch movies with blood and gore, than this so-called fantasy epic. At least it would be fair. Tell me, did you try to count just how many times in this movie a "good" guy tells a joke half a second before slicing "bad" guy's throat? That's supposed to be funny, eh? "Yes, I'm a mouse. You're so not original." - *slash* - to the next one. So cynical it was, it stunned me. What, just like that? Hundreds of "bad" guys get ripped apart - just because they happened to be in the army of a bad-tempered king - and we laugh at how timely our good guys joke about their deaths? And why did narnians deserve to win? What changed, what moved, what spiritual victory or triumph was achieved? The Four Plus One came, they started a war - funny, too, for it was simply motivated by a revenge of one human against the other one, of the same blood and culture, and narnians didn't even think much about that. Of course - Mr. Hollywood told it's a "good guy", so we better all believe in that... like if it was just a caprice of one "bad" guy that nearly destroyed Narnia before, and not human nature itself... so, yes, what about the victory? Was there a sacrifice, a gift of love or life given? No, we just ride to ask the local God for help, that's all. Just freaking go, hug him, and ask - can you please kill for us? We were doing fine, but there's just a bit too many... - Oh sure I can, little one. Just waited for you to come and ask. WHACK! WHACK! ROAR!
And so it goes. No plot, no love, no sacrifice, no heart. Not even a bit of tragedy - cute ones get resurrected... by what virtue? Who cares, "good" conquers all, even if it's purely mechanical. Oh, and Killer Mouse just ripped off the Puss In Boots @ Shrek 2."
I guess whether it's good or not depends on what you're expecting from this movie. This guy's review is quite true, but I still loved the movie regardless.
"Seriously, people, I'd rather have my kids watch movies with blood and gore, than this so-called fantasy epic. At least it would be fair. Tell me, did you try to count just how many times in this movie a "good" guy tells a joke half a second before slicing "bad" guy's throat? That's supposed to be funny, eh? "Yes, I'm a mouse. You're so not original." - *slash* - to the next one. So cynical it was, it stunned me. What, just like that? Hundreds of "bad" guys get ripped apart - just because they happened to be in the army of a bad-tempered king - and we laugh at how timely our good guys joke about their deaths? And why did narnians deserve to win? What changed, what moved, what spiritual victory or triumph was achieved? The Four Plus One came, they started a war - funny, too, for it was simply motivated by a revenge of one human against the other one, of the same blood and culture, and narnians didn't even think much about that. Of course - Mr. Hollywood told it's a "good guy", so we better all believe in that... like if it was just a caprice of one "bad" guy that nearly destroyed Narnia before, and not human nature itself... so, yes, what about the victory? Was there a sacrifice, a gift of love or life given? No, we just ride to ask the local God for help, that's all. Just freaking go, hug him, and ask - can you please kill for us? We were doing fine, but there's just a bit too many... - Oh sure I can, little one. Just waited for you to come and ask. WHACK! WHACK! ROAR!
And so it goes. No plot, no love, no sacrifice, no heart. Not even a bit of tragedy - cute ones get resurrected... by what virtue? Who cares, "good" conquers all, even if it's purely mechanical. Oh, and Killer Mouse just ripped off the Puss In Boots @ Shrek 2."
I guess whether it's good or not depends on what you're expecting from this movie. This guy's review is quite true, but I still loved the movie regardless.
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