Narnia

So I watched Narnia last night. I could vaguely recall fragments from the past film but anymore than that was a futile attempt. How long has it been, since then? I'm not even sure. Memory doesn't persevere for such information.

This morning as I woke up, my brother asked how was the show last night. On impulse, I said, " very unrealistic ". Then he rebuked with a "Which show is realistic you tell me?". I was being stupid, I watched Narnia, expecting a realistic plot.

It still amazes me how the young little girl archer can stand in the middle of a heated battleground filled with trolls, warriors, centaurs and all variations of crossfires and stay alive. (not to mention, almost unharmed). While warriors clad in seemingly thick and responsible armor could not seem to outfight this little girl with bow and arrow. And then I manage to catch a scene of an archer going into close combat with a warrior and defeating him.(she slammed him) This is so logic-defying.

When "just another person" falls off a building, he dies. When a main character falls off a building, he gets save by his flying companion.

It's always the extras that die, the main characters are rarely injured, let alone let to die. Is this the legendary "protagonist power"? Well, this is so evident in many films, many plots that it gets old. It's too cliche. But still, who wants the main character to "pangseh" his audience in the middle of the film to the underworld.

I don't really remember much of the first film. So obviously I was wondering how those four "kings" from the real world manage to become kings in the first place. Do they have special abilities? No, none of them could summon treants or water elementals. They seemed just like normal people. Yet, they were leading the Narnians in war. I wonder.

Azland seemed really overpowered, though. Overgrowth, and Water elementals, and also a Roar of massive destructive sound waves. I was thinking they could at least let some other characters have some special ability, uh. But upon second thought, I realize that would transform Narnia into some sort of Final fantasy, which removes it's uniqueness.

I really thought the addition of the extra romance element (which was so no link!) of the prince and the older human girl protagonist was quite unnecessary. Romance that isn't developed properly in a film, or even expanded on, (in other words, spontaneous, unexplained ones) can be really cheesy. I think Narnia is a fantasy film, an action film (or flick), so let's leave the romance for the other movies shall we?

All in all, it was a decent film. But I wasn't really expecting too much. I prefer more slice-of-life films, which are realistic in a way. I'm probably not cut out for fantasy films, especially when they don't explain much.