Great insight, John Mark. My family, like yours, found the first movie release overlapping beautifully with our children's ages and love of Lewis. But I really like your contrast between "miniature" and "epic" sensibilities; you're right--corporate filmmakers seem to shun nuance and intimacy in favor of CGI time and time again. And so another great irony . . . less will ultimately mean more for the franchise (or so we hope).
I appreciate your take on the Narnia books as I have seen both movies yet have not set aside the time to read the books (yet).
Also, I completely agree about Star Trek II being more "Star Trek" than the first movie (yet all 10 grace my DVD collection, ha). I shudder to think what would have become of the franchise if they attempted to explore a sequel to the first film. *shudder*
Spot on! I never could quite put my finger on what was missing (in this case "overdone") in the Disney Narnia Movies. Hope they're listening too! They need to think snowglobe instead of IMAX, for sure!
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Great insight, John Mark. My family, like yours, found the first movie release overlapping beautifully with our children's ages and love of Lewis. But I really like your contrast between "miniature" and "epic" sensibilities; you're right--corporate filmmakers seem to shun nuance and intimacy in favor of CGI time and time again. And so another great irony . . . less will ultimately mean more for the franchise (or so we hope).
I appreciate your take on the Narnia books as I have seen both movies yet have not set aside the time to read the books (yet).
Also, I completely agree about Star Trek II being more "Star Trek" than the first movie (yet all 10 grace my DVD collection, ha). I shudder to think what would have become of the franchise if they attempted to explore a sequel to the first film. *shudder*
Spot on! I never could quite put my finger on what was missing (in this case "overdone") in the Disney Narnia Movies. Hope they're listening too! They need to think snowglobe instead of IMAX, for sure!