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Richard Corliss's review of the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe [Dec. 19] stated that director Andrew Adamson should "stick to animation." Here is a test. Does Narnia make the spirit soar? Does Narnia cause the imagination to fly? Does Narnia make you think, make you wonder, make you aspire? If it does even half these things, not only will encouragement rule the land but also, on the commercial side, the season will ring with the sound of ka-ching! STEVE HORTEGAS Lynden, Wash...
...CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE Starring Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton. Directed by Andrew Adamson. Now playing
...cast over the market by Peter Jackson’s Tolkien adaptations. Deftly dropped keywords keep the tone of the discussion properly superlative.“People come into the movie wanting to see four kids and a house, a small British movie,” says director Andrew Adamson. “To me this is a family drama taken to epic proportions.”Thus, he explains, a single line from Lewis’ first chapter—“This story is about something that happened to them when they were sent away from London...
Directed by Andrew Adamson The Walt Disney Company 2 stars Slip behind the wardrobe, past the lamppost on the right, and you’re in the land of Narnia with the gentle voice of author C.S. Lewis as your guide. Young readers and their parents have made this journey for over 50 years. It’s a simple path, one that has now been ruined. In adapting the universally beloved fantasy series, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe,” Disney attempts to join the ranks...
...BOOK WAS BETTER: Director Andrew Adamson Hollywoodizes Lion with a dreary, rote chase scene and "punches up" C.S. Lewis' dialogue with a pair of tiresome beavers with Cockney accents who engage in sitcom-style banter...