So anyway, yes, I finally got out and saw Narnia<\/em>. What a waste of time. It\u2019s one of the few really boring films of 2005. It\u2019s hard to say all of what went wrong\u2013I don\u2019t have the time or enthusiasm to compile such a list, frankly. For some reason, the filmmakers felt a need to deviate from Lewis\u2019 story on a multitude of details regarding plot, dialogue, setting, character & motivation. Nearly every scene loses its way in a muddle of unnecessary confusion. This was as much a full travesty of adaptation as was Garth Jennings\u2019 odious The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walter rants. So anyway, yes, I finally got out and saw Narnia. What a waste of time. It\u2019s one of the few really boring films of 2005. It\u2019s hard to say all of what went wrong\u2013I don\u2019t have the time or enthusiasm to compile such a list, frankly. For some reason, the filmmakers felt a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1051,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1304,235,650],"class_list":["post-13842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-adam-walter","tag-narnia","tag-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe"],"yoast_head":"\n
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