Narnia Could Have Been Great…
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Today we're watching the first Narnia movie, AKA The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe! Though I personally don't think that title is long enough, we're gonna take a look at why this movie had it's 15 minutes of fame before disappearing from the cultural zeitgeist of the 2000s. Did it actually have the bones to compete with huge franchises like Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter? Or will it be remembered as more of a flop than J. K. Rowling's reputation? Find out as we jump into this world of fauns named after editors, lions called Aslan, witches you can't remember the name of, and bible-coded portable closets.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - 2005
During the World War II bombings of London, four English siblings are sent to a country house where they will be safe. One day Lucy (Georgie Henley) finds a wardrobe that transports her to a magical world called Narnia. After coming back, she soon returns to Narnia with her brothers, Peter (William Moseley) and Edmund (Skandar Keynes), and her sister, Susan (Anna Popplewell). There they join the magical lion, Aslan (Liam Neeson), in the fight against the evil White Witch, Jadis (Tilda Swinton).
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I like using my wardrobe for clothes
cool
I personally use my wardrobe for hiding the bodies
No absolute way
@@orangetabby7122oh dear god do i need to call the cops? 😂
I use it for the n gage
It kills me that a CGI lion from a 2005 Disney movie looks better and more expressive than the 2019 Disney movie about lions.
It's kinda funny that the cgi animals from 1998s mighty joe young not only look better, but have much more expressions than that same "live action" lion king you mentioned XD
Too True. 😂
why is that SO fuking true?
It's because they actually cared, until the fools whom made The Lion King remake.
Honestly, let's give Disney a pat on the back for not changing the story tho. As far as the CGI goes for hair simulation and stuff, it was pretty good.
Fun fact: Tolkien was friends with C.S. Lewis, and they got into a major argument over him including Santa.
Interesting. What was the Santa debate about exactly?
@@bighand1530Santa 🙄
@@w3aponex870 I get that. But what was conflicting?
@@bighand1530Tolkien disagreed with the inclusion of Santa because he felt it was too jarring to the storyline
@@colonelfalcar1089 I see.
Literally the only reason I haven't forgotten this movie was because the theater I saw it in turned its entrance into a wardrobe. That little detail stuck with me for the longest time.
No one can deny that Tilda Swinton ruled this movie as The White Witch.
Tilda Swinton is the best actor in basically anything she's in so that wasn't really a question.
I preferred the Jennifer Coolidge interpretation of the character, but Tilda Swinton was good too.
She also did well as Gabriel in Constantine
Tilda Swinton rules every movie
She ruled in Dr. Strange as The Ancient One.
The biggest disappointment I had with these movies was that they stopped making them right before The Silver Chair, which was my favorite of the books.
Also the Magician’s Nephew is imo one of the best prequels to pretty much anything.
I would be up for them rebooting Narnia.
C.S. Lewis' stepson, Douglas Gresham, actually visited my college and said Silver Chair was in production...back in like 2016. I guess Disney's budgeting department had other plans, which is a shame because Silver Chair is a really good story.
True that brother
Yeah I love The Magician's Nephew, it's surprisingly dark and haunting for a kid's book.
Same though. Magician's Nephew is an epic tale with the best worldbuilding of all time, but Silver Chair has my all time favourite characters and most enjoyable plot twists.
Despite NEVER watching Narnia, I’ve heard a lot of people say that they are nostalgic for it.
I’d say that the Narnia movies do a better job at adapting the book series than…other franchises. _looks at Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters and chucks it into a fire._
Susan is a representation of a plant that shot up quickly but has no roots. Once Saved Always Saved only applies to saved people. Doesn’t apply to tares, plants that shot up quickly but has no roots, dogs and pigs.
_Throws Ender's Game on top_
@@alexandersean4708 What’s that?
@@gianthand8130 Another bad movie adaptation of a book. The character names were the same, and a very small amount of plot points were left unaltered, but that’s it.
The Percy Jackson movies sucked tbh
Funny thing is Narnia was the most tame of C.S. Lewis's book series. His "Space Trilogy" is an entirely different insane can of worms.
His what!
Totally. Didn't his space between planets have blue sky?
You have no idea eh I never finished the first one even if I tried
@@exidy-yt I havent finshed the series but in the first book space is described to be warm and alive in a way opposed to the idea of it being a cold lifless void.
I forget where I read it, but someone commented on the whole time dilation dilemma, that it was intentional. The kids are mentally adults now because that was C.S. Lewis' experience after WW1.
"Thank you for surviving hell on earth for your country! Now go back to normal like nothing happened, dont complain about shellshock and trauma! Its not English!"
There's a very similar idea in The Lord of the Rings where the Hobbits just struggle fitting into normal society after their journeys. I wouldn't be surprised if Tolkien was inspired directly by Lewis in that regard. But Tolkien obviously did more with it, as he does with everything.
@@jacobmonks3722Inspired by Lewis? Dude they were from the same time. He was also in the war.
@DeathnoteBB I know that, but their stories were still a few years apart. Idk if they both came up with that idea to use in their stories independently or if one was inspired by the other.
Guys. Tolkien and Lewis were bros. They both fought in WW1 and used that to influence their stories.
@@jacobmonks3722i mean, Lewis and Tolkien were close friends. A lot of the letters, that later became the silmarillion were send between them
Story time-
My dad bought us (I'm the eldest of four) the Complete Audiobook set after I had read all the books. We would listen to it during long drives.
In this Audiobook, they got the Great Grand-Nephew or something (closest living relative) of C.S.Lewis to voice Aslan. He obviously had no voice acting experience at all.
The audio was epic and emersive, really great.
But Aslan had a high pitched voice with a strange yankie-brit hybrid accent I could not replicate if I tried.
They had this man roar. They could have put in a stock track of an actual, real lion. But no, they had this man roar, and it was an *experience*
My sisters and I will sometimes replicate this RAWR and know exactly what we are making fun of and combust into laughter.
We listened to this last over a decade ago.
Not the “man roar” tho 💀
I had something like that as a kid except it was all the books on cd and it was like listening to a movie. I googled it and it's radio theater.
@@jessicaredman-27 That is what I was referring to, yes.
Narnia is like one of the few franchises where I’ve read the book and seen the film .
Susan is a representation of a plant that grew up quickly but has no roots. Once Saved Always Saved only applies to saved people. It’s not referring to tares, plants that shot up quickly but has no roots, dogs and pigs.
One of my biggest regrets is losing my copy of all the books made into one with illustrations.
@@TheRogueCommand Dang
I need to read the books again because I remember practically nothing about 1, 6, or 7, and I don't even remember reading 3.
I read all of the books years ago. I think The Last Battle had a pretty bittersweet ending. It depressed me to no end growing up, even though it was supposed to be happy.
The books do explain why Ed sold out his family for Turkish Delight, the stuff the Queen gave him was basically magic crack.
Omg, we just watched this movie like a week ago! Im so glad you guys are doing this because it brings back some interesting childhood memories.Thanks MWS! ❤❤❤
John 3:16-21.
@@bighand1530 Luke 22:36
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I tried watching my old DVD of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe awhile ago. I got to the part right after Edmund finished talking to the White Witch, and the whole screen went white, save for the subtitles, and the movie kept playing like that. I still think of that to this very day.
Been a while since I have seen this movie on DVD
Movie went to Narnia
“Flashbang.” 🫴☀️
The White Witch has taken the movie and replaced it with snow and ice.
Watching this with my aunt was like a childhood tradition for me. Each scene was so thrilling - the flute playing, the window break, wolf chase, and don't forget the epic battle that Marvel stole for Endgame.
Granted it is the same screenwriters
Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely. Those two did write the Narnia film trilogy, as well as Infinity War, Endgame, The Winter Soldier and Civil War
Microwave Society needs to watch Prince Caspian next
YESSSS that would be great, the kiss scene would be a highlight 😂😂😂
I also support this
Voyage of the Dawn Treader💀
@@osteohiveporosis6882Oh yes 🤣 Will Poulter played the role of Eustace so well though
Yea!
Despite being made in 2005, Aslan still looks miles better than 2019 Simba..
Unlike the VFX animators for 2019 Lion King, the VFX animators for Naria had enough time to actually animate it right.
@@thatonea-hole No both 2005 and 2019 vfx animators had all the time they needed, 2005 just had better direction
@@Charles12
NOPE! Not even close, VFX artists have noted & told how Disney rushes them nowadays, not caring about how well the vfx are. Just look it up, there are bunch of stories/articles confirming this
@@thatonea-hole oh I thought you meant that the cgi looked rushed in the 2019 one even though it didn't, it was just stale and poorly directed.
@@Charles12
Nah, I'm saying IT'S BOTH!
Both poorly directed & stale AND rushed out to meet a release date
Some extra lore- this was written with the context of WWI, and part of the “kids have 50 years of life experience that they can never meaningfully share with their families on return” is very intentional and designed to be reminiscent of how the kids sent to what was assumed to be a quick and glorious war returned as shell shocked broken soldiers scarred from gas attacks and bombings in the trenches.
And it sadly just keeps happening with every war.
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe was the first book I read entirely by myself when I was about 4
My old school performed The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe as like a musical thing. It was fine, but the beaver costumes are burned into my brain forever
What’d the beavers look like?
I don’t want to know.
I once watched an old TV adaptation of the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (I think it was by the BBC) featuring all the animals played by people in costumes. I can empathise with your experience. Those pesky beavers 🦫
Oh goodness what happened?
15:00 To be fair, the books imply the kids don't remember their more serious adult memories when they're children again in our world. They start to remember their Narnian lives more clearly whenever they go back to Narnia. I think C.S. Lewis did this to protect their child minds.
It's also a metaphor for the experience of having lived through WWII, which was fresh in everyone's minds when the book was written. Kids were sent away during the blitz and came back home after the war was over, still in children's bodies but not quite feeling like children anymore.
I kindly request that you review "Holes" in honor of its 20th anniversary.
I would watch that as soon as it comes out
Never seen that movie
I remember reading the Holes book back in school and it was a weird but still a good and interesting book👍👍👍
Yeah
Childhood nostalgia, commentary on cinematography, audio jokes, guitar pedals… this is why y’all are my favorite RUclips channel. You fit my niche exactly
These kids are now an HR person's dream candidate - they'll have had like 70 years of relevant work exp at age 18.
The lamppost in Narnia is actually explained in The Magician's Nephew. At the dawn of Narnia, the ground was so fertile that a metal rod flung upon the ground turned into the lamppost.
ah yes, fertility resulting in big rod
I think it's important to also mention that the metal rod in question was broken off of a lamppost in the first place.
@@elsie8757 The lamppost bearing fruit after its kind, and the talking beaver after its kind.
I'm sorry, but I've seen the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe countless times since I was a kid, and that battle scene STILL gives me chills every time. Especially when the sound cuts out before both sides collide!
As someone who was raised in a very sheltered Christian household, this book series and movies were my everything. I wasn’t allowed to watch LOTR or HP or anything with magic in it but I was allowed to watch this. Now I gotta get into LOTR as an adult
Harry Potter I can understand kindof, but Christian parents banning Lord of the Rings when Narnia was apparently fine has always confused me, considering J.R.R. Tolkien was literally Catholic AND best friends with C.S. Lewis.
@@elsie8757 I don’t think my parents knew about them being friends or Tolkien being catholic, maybe they wouldn’t have banned his movies if they knew lol
I never watched the Lord of the Rings movies as a kid, not because of magic or anything, but because they were too intense and scary for someone my age. I also wasn't allowed to watch the Pirates movies for the same reason.
Even though I don’t think the sequels are as good as this movie, Reepicheep is still one of the greatest fictional characters ever put to screen (he killed so many men in the second movie and he has a nice bond with Eustace in the third one).
He was a cool guy.
The Narnia books deserve to be adapted into an animated series
Yes
If they don't, I'll do it myself
“Do not cite the deep magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written.”
This is perfect. The way everyone said "It Narniaing time and Narniaed all over is amazing
I literally grew up reading the books and watching the films, hope MWS wont be too harsh on it
Susan is a representation of someone who was a plant that shot up quickly but has no roots.
Aslan had better CGI than the live action Lion King
This is probably the most excited I've been for a Microwave video.
Fair enough
Probably because this a childhood movie that has a lion who is Jesus Christ in this movie.
Jude channeled his inner Tolkien for a second there when Santa popped on screen.
I remember the trailers to the first movie making it look like the next Lord of the Rings. I know the authors of both franchises were friends so it kinda made sense.
First movie started strong too.
My favorite part of Narnia, is, where Aslan said “ it’s Aslanin time” and Aslaned All over the place.
Jesus Christ dying on the Cross for humanity’s sins is enough.
The Internet is insanity ... I don't understand how you haven't seen this mayhem
I'm guessing you only saw this movie, like, once about ten years ago. Because you're not remembering it right. He said, "It's Narnin' Time," and Narned all over the place.
@@Dan_Brandybuck just watched the movie again, you’re correct.
I like to think that when they made heat seeking technology, they immediately reverse engineered it and just stuck it into a baseball and now the basic procedure for crafting a baseball is putting anti-heat seeking technology, so that they can hone on and just blast the nearest window
Narnia is a country (other countries in the same world include Telmar, the Calormen empire, Archenland, Terebinthia, Galma, and other unnamed kingdoms). However, since the world as a whole is not given a name, it's pretty common to just call the whole world "the world of Narnia." It would be like if the only place on Earth you had been was England, so you decided to call Earth "the world of England"
I loved this movie so much. I got the 4 disc set and watched it over and over on my little portable DVD player.
Also, you need to watch the old BBC Narnia movies where the beavers are people in costumes.
The fact that you guys haven't covered Open Season yet is beyond me.
Prince caspian is the of all time, watch it.
SMALL SOLDIERS!! Please do it next, the movie is insane enough for you guys to enjoy/rip to shreds 😂❤
Also I think I’m the book it was explained that the Turkish delight had some sort of addictiveness to it
0:03 “The Hwhich”
I have been laughing at this for like 15 minutes straight and I have no idea why it’s so funny!
I remember when this movie was a big deal back when it was in theaters. Where does the time go?
I haven't seen this movie in years. Thanks for bringing back memories, guys!
7:53 Jude being savage with this one 😆
This brings so much memories. Thx for reviewing this. also btw I loved the last video
You guys are excruciatingly underrated
Yeah
Nah they got lots of expensive equipment, decent banter and a good editor, channel trajectory is going as expected.
I love this movie so much as a kid and today, we use to rewatch the behind the scenes all the time and our family friend called Tumnus since I always pretended to be Lucy and he was Mr. Tumnus when i like 6
I always thought Turkish delight was turkey based candy 🦃
Awesome to see you guys reacting to another great Christian series!! 😁😁
So in one of the books it is in fact revealed that Narnia exists within a separate reality (which is also only one of possibly infinite). Also in later books apparently Narnia is only the name of one country in its reality and there’s several others around it and all of the sudden there’s like war and politics between them and I haven’t read these books in like 6 years so maybe I’m remembering wrong but like yea that’s the sum of it.
You can't say C.S. Lewis was slacking with the lore 👌
fun fact: the va for mr beaver also voices papa bear in puss in boots, in fact, he does a lot of animals
I loved these movies as a tiny child. This one was my favourite for no reason out of the movies, but I really like 'A Horse and His Boy' the book.
I grew up with C.S Lewis so this is very nostalgic. the movie's may not have aged all that well--but i still enjoy them!
How could I remember something I’ve never even heard of?
0:53 That is a Great Western Hall class 4-6-0, from the Severn Valley Railway
I like placing wardrobes in scary places, so that anyone that is getting chased by killers can hide in them.
15:13 Fun Fact: He says "try me" because he's Digory from The Magician's Nephew. He's basically the reason why Narnia is behind a wardrobe.
I see someone else is into the lore
Oh, cool. Who’s Digory?
Anyone who’s read the books knows who that is so they already know your “fun fact”
@@nutty9096 Digory is the main character of the book The Magician's Nephew. It's the 6th book in the series but it's the origin story of Narnia.
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Our wedding processional was an abridged version of the song playing during the coronation.
I can’t wait for them to see the BBC verstion they made. Got the dvd set and it’s amazing in the dated ways
I remember watching this with my youth missions trip back when I lived in California, we were in some church basement with sleeping bags and snacks while this was on.
Good times
Does this mean Microwave society will be watching the original 1979 animated The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe? Please!!
Forget the Percy Jackson reboot we need Narnia rebooted as a series.
5:50 it could home in on glass (with low accuracy) if it locked to the spots with the least amount of heat
Bro I was actually wanted to hear him talk bout the Tumnus Deluxe! IT LOOKED SO SICK!!! Also I feel like everyone who watched this movie, every time they saw a closet they can stand in. Immediately wondered if they could be transported to Narnia.
I actually enjoy Narnia a lot, just wish they did all the books, but oh well
Man I can't believe they stuffed Liam Neeson into a lion costume for this movie. Is this the movie that the horses remember him from? (its a meme)
The Prince Caspian family is subbing soon I know it
Nice
👌
There’s a line me and my brother reference constantly from early in the film
“But we were already having so much fun” said with the most passive aggressively sarcastic tone and expression ever by Peter
My mom who’s in ministry really approved of narnia because she was like “omg asland is so much like Jesus :O”
Well, that was the point. Aslan was meant to be the Jesus figure in the story, if not just straight up Jesus Himself.
Aslan IS Jesus. It gets to the point where The Last Battle ends with the Pevensies (minus Susan because she was more concerned with worldly things; don’t write off the book because of that, Lewis stated in a letter that Susan was meant to represent himself and his spiritual journey) going to Heaven and seeing Aslan as He truly is- the risen, glorified Jesus.
@@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho Susan also didn't die. That's another pretty important reason why she wasn't there.
@@elsie8757 Correct
@@DEFC0NZER0 He is actually Jesus. CS Lewis explained Aslan is the incarnation, the full theological story of Jesus from the Bible as God incarnated in the flesh, happening in a different world
Fun Fact about me: My mom almost named me Edmond but decided against it after my Dad said it sounded stupid.
Watch Matilda (not the musical) next
I was watching this for the 12th time at my grandma's house one time and my 20-year-old cousin hears one chord of the music from the beginning train montage (not in this video) and is like that NANI?! meme and appears from another and without even looking at the tv goes "y'all watching Narnia?"
Jude knee reveals:
6:59 (continues for a second at 7:07)
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8:30 (continues at 8:35)
8:41 (has an extra half thigh reveal)
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Okay jokes and criticisms aside. The practical and special effects in this movie are incredible, the Minotaurs, the Centaurs even the cgi animals look so good
Who wants them to watch The Sandlot?
Me
ok the fact i just finished this movie then saw this is crazy.
What do you mean “could have”? This movie’s amazing.
*cough* Smurfs 2011 *cough*
I like the movie. But one complaint I do have is Jesus dying on the Cross once for humanity and their sins is enough.
@@bighand1530Alsan is another world's Jesus, where they can also know their Savior and God on a level they can comprehend. They are the same person, Jesus and Aslan. You should read The Last Battle, it will blow your mind.
I remember seeing this movie in one of my classes in grade school
Nostalgia
Jude has like no respect for emotional sappy stuff xD
This is actually one of my top 3 movies! I legit watch it twice a year!
5:01 Is that the Ancient One?
Whos gonna tell em that the oldest girl having a bow was in the book (published in 1950-something)
Fun fact, Tolkien almost broke off his friendship with CS Lewis because of his inclusion of Santa
It was more than that. Tolkien was also frustrated that Lewis converted to Protestantism instead of Catholicism.
@@jacobmonks3722 C. S Lewis actually wrote a book dedicated to him called “Screwtaper letters” which is essentially a satirical book with a collective of letters from a demon to his nephew. It’s essentially a book written from the perspective of demons trying to corrupt the world. It’s awesome
Best scream ever at 11:31
Day 39 of asking for the bionicle movies
Will you guys EVER do it?
4:31 I had a friend like that except it was to play guitar I'd go over and he wouldn't let me play he would just play and want me to tell him how good be was...he was alright
Petition for them to watch the rest of the series
Lord of the rings x Harry potter x The bible = Narnia
I remember Narnia
Same
9:11 narnia invented that trope and Isekai
You guys should do a comparison episode on the 1980s version of lion witch and wardrobe from the BBC. I grew up on that series as a kid, and I think you would all have quite the time with it.
You guys should watch bedknobs and broomsticks! My 2nd favorite childhood movie that has not aged well 😂
It's also got a really young Bruce Forsythe as one of the henchmen of the evil bookseller.
I have fond memories reading the book AND watching the lion witch wardrobe movie in school, this was also the movie that introduced me to Turkish delight, which is great btw...
DAY 13 of petition of requesting MWS to microwave aka react to the shrek franchise in a video series similar to how they reviewed the wimpy kid movies
Nice
YESSSS THE GUITAR PEDAL REFERENCES LETSSSS GOOOOOOOOOKLO
It's a day when MWS posts a video.
Bro this movie feels like a five year old watched Harry Potter once and then wrote it down from memory