I decided to browse the movie trailers on the Apple site for some cheap entertainment. Apparently the Chronicles of Narnia are coming to the big screen. They just have a featurette of the process, and it looks like they are trying to make it as Lord of the Rings-like as possible. From what I briefly saw though, it doesn’t look that great. Don’t get me wrong, they are trying hard and doing a very good show, but I think the problem is the source material.
Narnia always seemed to me to be a little brother to Middle Earth. Not as fleshed out, and without the grand history behind it. (If I recall, we actually see the world being created in “The Magician’s Nephew”.) But the stories always tried to be epic and act like they had a lot of history, when they didn’t. In the end I’ve got to remember that it is for a much younger audience than the Lord of the Rings.
The big strike against it is that Disney is involved.
To destroy my credibility though, I’ll say this: I’m looking forward to “The Pink Panther” because I want to see Steve Martin in a good comedy.