You all grew up with this version. Well imagine someone like me. I only had the radiop play. So excuuuuse me if I'm EXTRA disappointed with this "new" version.
The hags at the Stone Table are the only ones credited for some reason - I'm sure the rest of the Witch's gang who aren't cartoons (probably 30%) should have been credited - maybe the BBC just asked randoms whether they wanted to dress like Minotaurs, Lizard Men and other creepy characters and get paid for it.
@RowanBerry100 Stop arguing with them. I agree with you 100% but you are not going to convince them. If you wish to discuss this matter further, PM me.
@RowanBerry100 Let's see... some guy come along and says he invented good behavior, is of divine origin, tells people to worship him, and falsely promises they'll live forever, then he gets killed and his fanatic disciples insist he's not dead. Later the Roman emperor becomes one of his crazy followers and imposes the religion on Europe by force, and Europe eventually imposes it by force on half the world. Yeah, you could say I'm against that.
im personally younger and prefer the disney version as its more real and exciting for me, and impacts me more.. but i can understand how people prefer what theyre first familiar with because thats how they were introduced to the story. and i still think this is a nice version...but im definately on the disney side
I don't think you understood pikiijojo. He/she was saying, essentially, that anyone who says the effects suck are obviously not acquainted with what was cutting-edge at the time these movies were made, since they are spoiled by modern technology.
And frankly, I'm somewhat offended by your second paragraph. People prefer this version not only because it is familiar, but because it sticks far closer to Lewis' book and characters than the Disney one. Crudouttaspace.
For example, that little glance between Aslan and Lucy in the new movie, and the way Lucy gasps? Uncanonical. Lewis deliberately has Susan and Lucy NOT looking as Aslan is killed.
There's also the character mutilation in the Disney version. These kids we see here? THEY are portraying 1940s schoolchildren. Not so the Disney actors, who merely show modern children pretending.
Even the way the Disney characters SPEAK sounds like modern day.
So, have you read the book? Are you qualified to judge on which adaptation is better? Probably not.
Sure, like the Disney version because it's more real and exciting to you. Just remember, it's more real and exciting because the filmmakers MADE THINGS UP.
Judging from your profile, you were what, twelve when the Disney version came out? Guess what? Me too. I'd been reading the books for six years at that point. And I could tell, even at age twelve, that the Disney version was far inferior to this one.
Am I bitter? Yes. Should I have dumped all this on you? Maybe not.
i didnt say anything to insult or offend anyone!! i said i can understand why people prefer this version but i gave reasons why i personally prefer the disney myself.. youre offended because i dont have the same preference as you but guess what.. im qualified to have an opinion on what i like best! and yes. i have read the books a million times and yes i know the detail isnt 100% accurate in the disney but then again...i never said it was...and its not a crime!
@aniretak92 i dont know who the hell you are but stop being a patronising snob. i never said it was a better movie full stop...i said i preferred the movie personally myself...my opinion...which is allowed. and all youre doing is pushing your opinion on other people. no one is right in which is better... it is JUST a matter of n opinion...which you are taking to the extreme and being pathetic about, so i have no more to say to you.
This was wonderfully done in my opinion. Especially for its time as a television film. But For the 2005 film haters, you gotta admit, watch the the sacrifice scene again in the newer one. It doesn't fail.
Am I the only one who thinks this bitch was PMS'n the whole series? Lmao....she either need a day at the spa or needs to get laid....either way she was a total bitch!
it's basically a play on screen, and people need to use their imagination. Sadly Hollywood CGIs have stripped many people of this ability. Everything has to be lord of the rings-style.
The quality of effects never bothered me when i was a kid, i guess that disney version's effect will be laughable too in the future. But the scene, the whole movie, is so powerful even though the beavers are painted humans and the rest of the fairy tales creatures are just a cartoon. The story is timeless.
to be honest the effect for this movie is pretty good even for today standards. well ok you kinda know its old but it has its uniqueness to it ... is kinda like back to the future and doctor who in does days .... man what do i love 1988 good things happend that year ... i was born :)
Honestly, this is an old TV- show and if some people don't like old special effects etc. then don't watch it. I think it's brilliant because it brings back memories from my childhood. Sure the effects aren't as good as they are now, but what do you expect from a show that's 20 years old. I'd watch this version rather than the new one any day!
was deeply impressed and the young child performers Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Georgie Henley, and Anna Popplewell, really proved tremendous and just looked immensley brilliant playing their respective characters and Tilda Swinton was just magnificent portraying the evil sinister Narnia Queen I found the computer animated beavers to be a real work of art so exceptionally done and the fight scenes proved amazing to witness I definitely rate this outstanding movie a deserved 9 and a half
In my estimation the BBC series is quite honestly really terrible diabolical acting ludicrous special effects a mad over the top makes you cry with laughter White Narnia Queen stupid hideously unbearable falling over constantly beavers and finally the wolf crowns it all off does not interest me one bit and shrieks loudly because apparently he must think all young children will just run a mile huh fat chance my final rating is a below par 2 out of 10 as for the really wonderful film version I.
I dont understand why so many people credit this awful trashy boring horrible TV series and the young child actress who play's Lucy ugh I can just about sum her up as one extremely fat ugly disgusting mumbling dwarf and her very big sticking continously out her mouth teeth makes her even scarier than Barbara Kellerman who's just a complete utter laughably joke as the White Witch I honestly reckon Kellerman plays down the character into some bellowing unstable completely annoying mental nutcase
I understand there are a lot of frustrations about people interpreting this as a Christian story. But you have to understand that C.S. Lewis was a Christian writer and wrote books like Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters. While (as a Christian myself) I understand it was not his intention that it be an allegorical tale, he had to have been thinking about Jesus when he wrote about Aslan's death as a Christian man.
I honestly dont see the connection between Christian stories and this. There are some similarities, but thats it. I dont believe it to be either. oh well, its still a very good story! I absolutely LOVE Narnia!
Lucy and Susan really do seem to be the best of friends - in this version and in the re-make as well. And then there's Jo and Beth from Little Women (particularly in the 1949 version with June Allyson and Margaret O'Brien) - I don't think I ever saw a happier family with two closer sisters. It makes me envious because I don't have close bonds like that with anyone.
I'm generally appriciative of any film that I watch, and I can appreciate old special effects. This scene, dispite its source material, is just so corny that I can't stop laughing. I'm supposed to be crying, damn it!
I think the Lucy in the newer version fits the role better--younger age, more innocence. The actress for Susan does well too... I like how they threw in the kiss with her and Prince Caspian... I think adding in some romance was a nice touch... wish there was more lol. They would make a way cute couple. (Prince Caspian is hawt :P)
Sorry yall but I like the other version WAAAAAAY better. no effense. this one is good just... i haven't read the book but i have a tape. i think we own the books i am gonna look for them and read this one. the only book i have read was the voyage of the dawn treader.
i think the scene of the girls and aslan in the forest is one of the best of the whole movie...
I don't like the acting of the children or aslans voice in the other scenes very much, but here everything is great!
but - I'm sorry^^ - I like the new Narnia-Version most! I love the actors more there and the development of the children and the magic... it's fascinating... I really love it <3
Oh thanks for uploading this. I've seen alot of the Narnia films, but haven't seen this one in awhile. People here are right as well. I'm not really a fan of CGI (thankfully Weta still had some real images for their work on the new ones) really and I like the older techniques like puppets and costumes for this. Never got into the Beavers or the fact Aslan's mouth can't move well, but I still like it. The cartoon was okay too, but that was even more overdramatic in a way. All are good though.
Yes, basically. Aslan knew the Deep Magic would resurrect him because he sacrificed himself, and he knew the Witch would become overconfident and launch an all-out attack he could defeat when he came back, thus ensuring his victory. That, and CS Lewis asking, "hm, how can I REALLY hit them over the head with this Jesus allegory?"
The White Witch in the 1979 Disney Animated version of The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe was always a real tyrant and ruled over Narnia with an iron fist
This was always one of my all time favorite television series and I always fondly remember Barbara Kellerman and the great job she did portraying the White Witch I mean at times she was quite nasty and intimidating enjoyed screeching and yelling which is how Jadis is portrayed in the book and as for Tilda Swinton I didnt think she was at all convincing as the White Witch the only way I could possible describe her character is being mainly stern and bitchy and the new movie was a piece of crap
I agree with you about the witch part.. I prefer Barbara Kellerman's acting... she is much more colourful and you can tell she is more panicked about the prophecy coming true than Tilda was... she just seemed to accept it and say nothing and just stared... I know most people will disagree with me, but I think BK portrayed the witch better and more in synch than the disney movie ever did.
@toffeematt By God, this version of the White Witch is completely overacted. Tilda's version is more realistic. This is what I would expect an enemy ... someone serious ... not melodramatic.
@toffeematt I have to agree--Tilda Swinton took a totally different approach to playing the White Witch and made her cold and intimidating, which I thought was interesting. But when it comes to playing the White Witch, nobody beats Barbara Kellerman.
its funny that people bitch about the white witch being overly dramatic,ughh ,she was acting for children primarily, this was basically for pre-teens.if this was for adults ,I think that BarbARA Kellerman,would have been less dramatic ,and perhaps had less clothes on,lol
Man!! The Witch's laugh scares me half to death!!!!! And all the rest of her scaes me the other half!!! I mean, the person who plays her is a good actress, but she just scares me when she plays this character!!!!!!!! Dx
@pixiejojo I think it's pretty silly, but I have to agree with you: As a kid, this would have frightened the life out of me. It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the skeletons standing on either side of the White Witch.
i do have to amit that the effects are a bit ruubish but i more used to the effects of 2010 so if i were born when this came out then these are good effects for it time. but still a good programm. i rekon they should show this show every christmaslol :)
i was there back in 1988... being scaed every sunday. I think this version is for that generation and the new disney version is for the new younger generation.
Right, as rubbish as the cartoon effects look in other scenes of this show... I have to admi that they were put to good use in the sacrifice scene. Creepy as hell.
Thank you for that! I agree! So what if they didn't have the modern effects, they still did a good, I think a better job than Disney did with their version!
Are you serious? Tilda played an absolutely brilliant White Witch.
Barbara Kellermann really overacted the part...I know that's how dramatic roles (especially villains) were played back in the day, but I find it incredibly irritating. As I'm watching this, I'm thinking to myself: "Aslan can't kill this screechy madwoman soon enough!"
Just curious, if her performance was better than Swinton's, why didn't she get any awards and recognition for it? Because I agreed that she gave a great performance, but no one seems to care or remember her. Why?
Because this is a low budget british tv miniseries. Not an American high budget blockbuster hollywood movie. Of course Swinton (who is a great actress) would get more recognition than Kellerman. A lot of critics probably haven't even heard of this series. Add to that, the American media which helped with the advertising of the newer one. Basically Kellerman didn't get noticed for her performance by American audiences, probably not even british audiences.
This movie is better because it's cheap and old? Last I checked the more money you have for a film production, the better it is for you. I'm getting the feeling you think ALL American high budget blockbuster hollywood movies are plotless and crappy. Such a stereotype. We're also responsible for several of the greatest classics ever created.
Good job on taking what I said completely out of context. All I said was that Kellerman made a better Witch. And the reason that she didn't get recognized for it was because 1. This was a British made for t.v. series which wasn't released in theaters. And The Chronicles on Narnia was a high budget hollywood movie. And people in high budget hollywood movies would have an 100% better chance of getting recognized for a role than a person like Kellerman doing it for British t.v.
I have nothing against high budget American films and I don't think they are plotless and crappy. And if I may correct you, You "Are" responsible for the greatest classics ever made and arguably the best movie ever made "A Clockwork Orange"
In my personal opinion, Kellerman was the best White Witch. Swinton was good no doubt, but somehow she just didn't capture the reality of it the way Kellerman did.
I'd like to add that if this original version wasn't made, they wouldn't have known what they were doing when making the more recent version of this movie/program.
Hm...To be Honest I kinda like Aslan's voice in the Disney movie a bit better then this, And the White witch in this one kinda scares me...But overall, this is Good.
My god I wept so much at the end of this part when I saw it as a kid. However, there was no episode break in the cut I saw. I can't imagine how it would have felt to wait a whole week to find out what happens next!
I've never had the chance to see the BBC version of CoN; I've read and reread the books since I was very young and was so excited about the movie that came out recently; thank you for posting this and allowing me the opportunity to relive the classic!
I remember this. I wound up returning it to get my forty bucks back. Would've been better if they used their heads with the casting- they all look around the same age! And everything about old Tumnus screams "stranger danger!" O_O
I have to remind you though that CS Lewis did not write Narnia as a Christian story. Those interpretations have come much later on by Christian readers. If anything CS Lewis was hugely inspired by ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Norse and Celtic mythology when he wrote his Narnia chronicles.
Yeah naturally :) We're all free to interpret the stories they way we want to! I just get a little peeved when people want to officially label Narnia as a strictly Christian story when it was meant to be anything but, that's all ;)
o please - the christian label is hardly something that others have added.Of course he drew on mythology but the message is christian - not that you have to read it that way of course - as a child this aspect of it completely passed me by, and i still love narnia purely for it's magical feel
Every writer shows his worldview through his work. Lewis was one of the greatest Christian apologists of the 20th century, is no exception. Christian ideas are infused in all of his works, including his sci fi trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet is pt 1/3) He believed, as Tolkien did, that creating these sub-worlds could breathe life into stuffy religious theology. They succeeded beautifully, and the stories are full of rich symbolism without reading like a poorly written evangelism tract.
I adored the books as a child, not knowing the Christian themes. But the poignant scene of Aslan's sacrifice, as well as the heavenly glimpses found in VOTDT and The Last Battle, captivated my imagination and made me long for heaven. That was Lewis' intent. He spoke of this longing in his bio "Surprised by Joy", which I would recommend for anyone interested in his life.
Narnian creatures were created from his favorite myths, but operated in a moral universe, one we all can enjoy.
this is one of many things i wanna give 2 my kids to watch, when i have em:) Lewis was a genius, aswell as J.M. Barrie:) this si on what kids should make theyre worlds, not on sick cartoons like cow and chicken.Pure magic:)gief back the old childhood times!!!!
I am being utterly serious when I say this... part of me is tempted to tell you... but as Aslan himsel says at the very end of the Voyage of the Dawn Treader, it is something we must learn on our own. We'll know when the time is right. The way to Aslan's country in our world lies across a river, or maybe even a vast ocean, but don't worry, He is a great bridge builder, the bread of life, the lion and the lamb, the one that died to save us all.
You all grew up with this version. Well imagine someone like me. I only had the radiop play. So excuuuuse me if I'm EXTRA disappointed with this "new" version.
ILoveBlackMetal100 4 days ago
I think the actress who played the White Witch is currently unemployed. I hope.
gantz22ify 3 weeks ago
lol When the hags approach Aslan at 4:40 they show Lucy and Susan with faces that say "The fuck?"
javiercito411 1 month ago
The hags at the Stone Table are the only ones credited for some reason - I'm sure the rest of the Witch's gang who aren't cartoons (probably 30%) should have been credited - maybe the BBC just asked randoms whether they wanted to dress like Minotaurs, Lizard Men and other creepy characters and get paid for it.
er10b 1 month ago
4:14 it's about time the Witch showed up...
er10b 1 month ago
I prefer this version to Walden Media's miserable excuse for a remake. It sucked. The BBC version OWNS! Especially the Witch.
erikals2 2 months ago 2
b minor mass crucifixus
rvaughanwilliams1988 2 months ago
bbc one is the best the remake is rubbish
JKLOL1999 2 months ago 7
@JKLOL1999 Cartoon is better than both.
TobeyStarburst 1 month ago
6:31, 6:47 Marilyn Manson :)
twooffour 2 months ago
The FOOOOOL-ah!!
BAHND HAM FURST AHH SAAHD BAHND HEM!!
Ladies and Gentlemen -- the origins of Death Metal. ;)
twooffour 2 months ago
@twooffour
This is what I meant, btw:
watch?v=AmFLcAraMi0#t=87
;)
twooffour 1 month ago
in hate when the chapters keeping ending (8) LIke that wee song !!(8)
JKLOL1999 2 months ago
I LIKE TTAHT WEEE SONG !
JKLOL1999 2 months ago
Lucy looks like she'd grow up into a plump Edith Bunker :)
Anathar88 3 months ago
@RowanBerry100 Stop arguing with them. I agree with you 100% but you are not going to convince them. If you wish to discuss this matter further, PM me.
BuckWilliams17 4 months ago
@RowanBerry100 Let's see... some guy come along and says he invented good behavior, is of divine origin, tells people to worship him, and falsely promises they'll live forever, then he gets killed and his fanatic disciples insist he's not dead. Later the Roman emperor becomes one of his crazy followers and imposes the religion on Europe by force, and Europe eventually imposes it by force on half the world. Yeah, you could say I'm against that.
kozmon0t 4 months ago
@kozmon0t *bows down* WE'RE NOT WORTHY! Well said, my friend!
HeathenMaiden 4 months ago
the witch is chewing the forrest scenery so hard, the beavers are jealous
bijibadness 4 months ago
@RowanBerry100 dude, that's the bullshit I was talking about.
kozmon0t 4 months ago
The witch is psycho... I love her!
Kaybug0110 4 months ago
Wow, even Skeletor is in the WW's army. XD
Highretrogamelord89 5 months ago
@Highretrogamelord89 LOL!
dlk1dlk1 4 months ago
God this is terrible, Aslan looks like a fucking muppet...
ElBombastico883 7 months ago
Stupid, stupid Aslan
now he's dead and the witch will turn everybody into stone and rule forever
The End
(unless the author comes up with some bullshit like Aslan coming back to life)
kozmon0t 7 months ago
hahhahaha la kara dela pinche gorda jajajajaa
thedemoniscoming 7 months ago
i hated what the white witch did to aslan but she didnt know that aslan was gonna do a resurrection... sound familiar?
fluteplaya22593 8 months ago
Can't believe that when Aslan is on the stone table I still cry :'( After all these years.
JuJuDolly 8 months ago
@JuJuDolly
Don't feel bad. I still do the same thing.
PiperFreeze06 4 months ago
The Witch in this laughable, She isnt scary or intimidating. She is just very funny
Teeny123abc 8 months ago
Lucy is unbearable
pucpimp 9 months ago 2
i agree with pixijojo.
im personally younger and prefer the disney version as its more real and exciting for me, and impacts me more.. but i can understand how people prefer what theyre first familiar with because thats how they were introduced to the story. and i still think this is a nice version...but im definately on the disney side
TheeBeautifulChrist 10 months ago
@TheeBeautifulChrist
I don't think you understood pikiijojo. He/she was saying, essentially, that anyone who says the effects suck are obviously not acquainted with what was cutting-edge at the time these movies were made, since they are spoiled by modern technology.
And frankly, I'm somewhat offended by your second paragraph. People prefer this version not only because it is familiar, but because it sticks far closer to Lewis' book and characters than the Disney one. Crudouttaspace.
aniretak92 9 months ago
@TheeBeautifulChrist (con't)
For example, that little glance between Aslan and Lucy in the new movie, and the way Lucy gasps? Uncanonical. Lewis deliberately has Susan and Lucy NOT looking as Aslan is killed.
There's also the character mutilation in the Disney version. These kids we see here? THEY are portraying 1940s schoolchildren. Not so the Disney actors, who merely show modern children pretending.
Even the way the Disney characters SPEAK sounds like modern day.
Ran out again.
aniretak92 9 months ago
@TheeBeautifulChrist (con't)
So, have you read the book? Are you qualified to judge on which adaptation is better? Probably not.
Sure, like the Disney version because it's more real and exciting to you. Just remember, it's more real and exciting because the filmmakers MADE THINGS UP.
Anire OUT.
aniretak92 9 months ago
@TheeBeautifulChrist (end note)
Judging from your profile, you were what, twelve when the Disney version came out? Guess what? Me too. I'd been reading the books for six years at that point. And I could tell, even at age twelve, that the Disney version was far inferior to this one.
Am I bitter? Yes. Should I have dumped all this on you? Maybe not.
But you're an adult. I'm sure you can handle it.
aniretak92 9 months ago
@aniretak92 okay chill out!
i didnt say anything to insult or offend anyone!! i said i can understand why people prefer this version but i gave reasons why i personally prefer the disney myself.. youre offended because i dont have the same preference as you but guess what.. im qualified to have an opinion on what i like best! and yes. i have read the books a million times and yes i know the detail isnt 100% accurate in the disney but then again...i never said it was...and its not a crime!
TheeBeautifulChrist 9 months ago
@TheeBeautifulChrist
My POINT was that people don't prefer this because it's FAMILIAR. They prefer because it's BETTER.
aniretak92 9 months ago
@aniretak92 in your opinion...i accept that. accept mine.
TheeBeautifulChrist 9 months ago
@TheeBeautifulChrist
*sigh*
I think you fail to comprehend that there ARE standards for judging a movie, outside of personal opinion.
Just because you like the Disney more, does not necessarily mean that it is a better movie.
aniretak92 9 months ago
@aniretak92 i dont know who the hell you are but stop being a patronising snob. i never said it was a better movie full stop...i said i preferred the movie personally myself...my opinion...which is allowed. and all youre doing is pushing your opinion on other people. no one is right in which is better... it is JUST a matter of n opinion...which you are taking to the extreme and being pathetic about, so i have no more to say to you.
TheeBeautifulChrist 9 months ago
@TheeBeautifulChrist
Fact: There are ways of judging a movie which are not based on opinion.
Fact: You are being immature. Grow up.
aniretak92 9 months ago
I red it's book too. it's perfect
bita6666 10 months ago
What a tragic scene! Even with the cheesy effects, this version just has so much heart. Poor Aslan...
idontknowboo 11 months ago 5
I love watching this, I remember got a video of this and I use to watch it, It's my childhood memory. I love this seires and the new movie!
Delita247 11 months ago
I watched it long time ago, when I was a child. Now, the memories are returning... It was so sad seeing Aslan's death.
SirLuke3375 1 year ago
This was wonderfully done in my opinion. Especially for its time as a television film. But For the 2005 film haters, you gotta admit, watch the the sacrifice scene again in the newer one. It doesn't fail.
kungfufreak5 1 year ago 3
Barbara Kellerman is so badass! She totally pushes Tilda off the cliff in this scene!
gogetyourverb 1 year ago 3
Am I the only one who thinks this bitch was PMS'n the whole series? Lmao....she either need a day at the spa or needs to get laid....either way she was a total bitch!
ButtaUsagi 1 year ago
it's basically a play on screen, and people need to use their imagination. Sadly Hollywood CGIs have stripped many people of this ability. Everything has to be lord of the rings-style.
THthefirst 1 year ago
The quality of effects never bothered me when i was a kid, i guess that disney version's effect will be laughable too in the future. But the scene, the whole movie, is so powerful even though the beavers are painted humans and the rest of the fairy tales creatures are just a cartoon. The story is timeless.
ciurala 1 year ago 2
to be honest the effect for this movie is pretty good even for today standards. well ok you kinda know its old but it has its uniqueness to it ... is kinda like back to the future and doctor who in does days .... man what do i love 1988 good things happend that year ... i was born :)
Josieluvsyou 1 year ago
This part is actually pretty creepy!
lilsisasu 1 year ago
I like the new version AND the old version.
lilsisasu 1 year ago 3
@lilsisasu
Agreed! Both have a special quality. Even the animated version was super cool.
ButtaUsagi 1 year ago
i like this witch:D she is so bad ass^^ and totaly frenzy at the end:D
00Kuja00 1 year ago 2
Honestly, this is an old TV- show and if some people don't like old special effects etc. then don't watch it. I think it's brilliant because it brings back memories from my childhood. Sure the effects aren't as good as they are now, but what do you expect from a show that's 20 years old. I'd watch this version rather than the new one any day!
lotusblue86 1 year ago 13
the skeleton dude at 5:09 has got pretty fierce horns there and the bull headed guy on the right looks a bit creepy seriously
evantrude 1 year ago
What was that creature by the stone table with an orange beard?
MidlandNinja 1 year ago
Poor, poor Aslan
MeBenHalpin 1 year ago
maybe it's because of the hair, but am i the only who thinnks lucy's head is HUGE?
LibraHorse1 1 year ago
Susan and Peter were always my favorites, I took up archery because of Susan.
PharaohHazard 1 year ago 3
@PharaohHazard They were my favourite too, girl played Susan was kind of hot.
MeBenHalpin 1 year ago
was deeply impressed and the young child performers Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Georgie Henley, and Anna Popplewell, really proved tremendous and just looked immensley brilliant playing their respective characters and Tilda Swinton was just magnificent portraying the evil sinister Narnia Queen I found the computer animated beavers to be a real work of art so exceptionally done and the fight scenes proved amazing to witness I definitely rate this outstanding movie a deserved 9 and a half
moviebuff1986 1 year ago
In my estimation the BBC series is quite honestly really terrible diabolical acting ludicrous special effects a mad over the top makes you cry with laughter White Narnia Queen stupid hideously unbearable falling over constantly beavers and finally the wolf crowns it all off does not interest me one bit and shrieks loudly because apparently he must think all young children will just run a mile huh fat chance my final rating is a below par 2 out of 10 as for the really wonderful film version I.
moviebuff1986 1 year ago
I dont understand why so many people credit this awful trashy boring horrible TV series and the young child actress who play's Lucy ugh I can just about sum her up as one extremely fat ugly disgusting mumbling dwarf and her very big sticking continously out her mouth teeth makes her even scarier than Barbara Kellerman who's just a complete utter laughably joke as the White Witch I honestly reckon Kellerman plays down the character into some bellowing unstable completely annoying mental nutcase
moviebuff1986 1 year ago
the White Witch is made of acting fail.
Wh3nYour3Strang3 1 year ago
The Witch is a bit psychotic here...
MissAnimalWhisperer 1 year ago
I understand there are a lot of frustrations about people interpreting this as a Christian story. But you have to understand that C.S. Lewis was a Christian writer and wrote books like Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters. While (as a Christian myself) I understand it was not his intention that it be an allegorical tale, he had to have been thinking about Jesus when he wrote about Aslan's death as a Christian man.
Lenorawakefield 1 year ago 3
Tilda Swinton's portrayal of Jadis is alot more frightening. This lady just looks retarded.
aliceelliot1 1 year ago
Aslan is awesome!
pestilentrabbit 1 year ago 2
I honestly dont see the connection between Christian stories and this. There are some similarities, but thats it. I dont believe it to be either. oh well, its still a very good story! I absolutely LOVE Narnia!
wolfcub4alphawolf 1 year ago
Lucy and Susan really do seem to be the best of friends - in this version and in the re-make as well. And then there's Jo and Beth from Little Women (particularly in the 1949 version with June Allyson and Margaret O'Brien) - I don't think I ever saw a happier family with two closer sisters. It makes me envious because I don't have close bonds like that with anyone.
Ilovecats112233 1 year ago
the White Witch is a freak!
twilightfan052294 1 year ago
I'm generally appriciative of any film that I watch, and I can appreciate old special effects. This scene, dispite its source material, is just so corny that I can't stop laughing. I'm supposed to be crying, damn it!
ILIKECEREALX 1 year ago
except I loke some of this better. yeah.
luvytaylor 1 year ago
I think the Lucy in the newer version fits the role better--younger age, more innocence. The actress for Susan does well too... I like how they threw in the kiss with her and Prince Caspian... I think adding in some romance was a nice touch... wish there was more lol. They would make a way cute couple. (Prince Caspian is hawt :P)
Sinnybee 1 year ago
Sorry yall but I like the other version WAAAAAAY better. no effense. this one is good just... i haven't read the book but i have a tape. i think we own the books i am gonna look for them and read this one. the only book i have read was the voyage of the dawn treader.
luvytaylor 1 year ago
Great work by Ronald Pickup as the voice of Aslan.
science454 1 year ago 2
i think the scene of the girls and aslan in the forest is one of the best of the whole movie...
I don't like the acting of the children or aslans voice in the other scenes very much, but here everything is great!
but - I'm sorry^^ - I like the new Narnia-Version most! I love the actors more there and the development of the children and the magic... it's fascinating... I really love it <3
0indiangirl00 1 year ago
Oh thanks for uploading this. I've seen alot of the Narnia films, but haven't seen this one in awhile. People here are right as well. I'm not really a fan of CGI (thankfully Weta still had some real images for their work on the new ones) really and I like the older techniques like puppets and costumes for this. Never got into the Beavers or the fact Aslan's mouth can't move well, but I still like it. The cartoon was okay too, but that was even more overdramatic in a way. All are good though.
themovieguy364 1 year ago 3
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What a load of weirdos it's not real.
charlsiej80 1 year ago
this white witch is a terrible actress
messedwithurhead 2 years ago
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the witch wants fucked
kingdomofdalriada 1 year ago
This was horrible as a five year old, never forgotten this :O
Buth1983 2 years ago
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For me who havent read the book i wonder why Mufasa would commit this "wise-man suicide"(R) like some Gandalf/Obi-Wan
is the masterplane?
"if the queen strikes me down i will become moore powerfull than she can ever imagine" :)
Bryskens 2 years ago
Yes, basically. Aslan knew the Deep Magic would resurrect him because he sacrificed himself, and he knew the Witch would become overconfident and launch an all-out attack he could defeat when he came back, thus ensuring his victory. That, and CS Lewis asking, "hm, how can I REALLY hit them over the head with this Jesus allegory?"
RivenDrago 2 years ago 3
if u would read the book maybe you would understand. Look more into it....its not as bad as it seems.
Courtneyissorandom 1 year ago
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Bryskens 2 years ago
the movie scene with aslan's murder was excelent than this one
murnavid 2 years ago
I love the new movie, but i like this series all the same.
TheBryguy246 2 years ago 29
The White Witch in the 1979 Disney Animated version of The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe was always a real tyrant and ruled over Narnia with an iron fist
toffeematt 2 years ago 2
This was always one of my all time favorite television series and I always fondly remember Barbara Kellerman and the great job she did portraying the White Witch I mean at times she was quite nasty and intimidating enjoyed screeching and yelling which is how Jadis is portrayed in the book and as for Tilda Swinton I didnt think she was at all convincing as the White Witch the only way I could possible describe her character is being mainly stern and bitchy and the new movie was a piece of crap
toffeematt 2 years ago 10
I agree with you about the witch part.. I prefer Barbara Kellerman's acting... she is much more colourful and you can tell she is more panicked about the prophecy coming true than Tilda was... she just seemed to accept it and say nothing and just stared... I know most people will disagree with me, but I think BK portrayed the witch better and more in synch than the disney movie ever did.
But, the disney movie had way better effects...
regalianpeaches 2 years ago 4
@toffeematt amen
assroads 2 years ago
@toffeematt By God, this version of the White Witch is completely overacted. Tilda's version is more realistic. This is what I would expect an enemy ... someone serious ... not melodramatic.
marianagmt 6 months ago
@toffeematt I have to agree--Tilda Swinton took a totally different approach to playing the White Witch and made her cold and intimidating, which I thought was interesting. But when it comes to playing the White Witch, nobody beats Barbara Kellerman.
PCCphoenix 5 months ago 3
Aslan sounds like an old man in this version. In the new Narnia movie he at least sounds strong and noble.
londonboyleyn 2 years ago
Don't forget, Aslan IS old.
deathcabforcutie67 2 years ago 3
Jadis the White Witch reminds me a little bit on the ice fairy "The Snow Queen"; a fairy tale from the popular Hans Christian Andersen.
Adler36 2 years ago 2
i hate that movie i like the other one the lion the witch and wardrobe
poopers12345566 2 years ago
i agree with on the new narnia film being
better than this one
carlytr23 2 years ago 5
4:10-8:08 The best scene ever!
Rkerekes13 2 years ago
This is a wonderful movie. If i would, i would rate this into the youtube quicklist! :) if anyone need me, please leave a message on my page!
ursecretgirl 2 years ago 5
its funny that people bitch about the white witch being overly dramatic,ughh ,she was acting for children primarily, this was basically for pre-teens.if this was for adults ,I think that BarbARA Kellerman,would have been less dramatic ,and perhaps had less clothes on,lol
BorderCityBandit 2 years ago 6
lucys so FAT
asianninja31 2 years ago
Jadis maybe the White Witch, but she is also the Demon Princess of Winter.
Farfeb 2 years ago 4
I don't like the bit when Lucy sits up and shuffles away from Susan. She looks a little fat when she does.
hufflepuffle91 3 years ago
PUT YOUR HANDS ON MY MAIN XD!!
SuperAwsomeGamerBros 3 years ago 2
What a great ending! Oh wait, there's more...
fragleshmit 3 years ago 2
Man!! The Witch's laugh scares me half to death!!!!! And all the rest of her scaes me the other half!!! I mean, the person who plays her is a good actress, but she just scares me when she plays this character!!!!!!!! Dx
NumOneJoeJonasLuver 3 years ago 6
i think the lion robot is pretty good
92Funny 3 years ago 6
I hear that the lion robot isn't even a robot. In fact, it's two men in a costume.
AnnaDubon1234 3 years ago
i mean the head the head looks like its some sort of machine
92Funny 3 years ago
That scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. To all those people who say the effects are rubbish: You were not there Sunday teatime 20 years ago!
This must be the way my mother felt about the Darleks.
pixiejojo 3 years ago 53
Well said!!!!!!!
XmegaPresident 3 years ago
@pixiejojo I think it's pretty silly, but I have to agree with you: As a kid, this would have frightened the life out of me. It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the skeletons standing on either side of the White Witch.
Wh3nYour3Strang3 1 year ago
@pixiejojo
i do have to amit that the effects are a bit ruubish but i more used to the effects of 2010 so if i were born when this came out then these are good effects for it time. but still a good programm. i rekon they should show this show every christmaslol :)
16nwb 1 year ago
@pixiejojo absolutely,
i was there back in 1988... being scaed every sunday. I think this version is for that generation and the new disney version is for the new younger generation.
Both are excellent, but in different ways.
To me, this is my favourite
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nivarica 1 year ago 2
@pixiejojo For the Dalek remark you get a thumbs up.
badcompanyization 1 year ago
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this looks soooo stupid...
Lmomjian 3 years ago
Liam Neeson was better.
Wishmaster300 3 years ago 3
the little girl who plays lucy is so UGLY. she scares me lol
FrankMayans 3 years ago
i like this version because it is old styl, no strange computermade annimal
D3sert150191 3 years ago 3
También en el 79 , qe wenisimo!!
sandraysol 3 years ago
Aslan looks so cuddly soft. I wonder what they did with the giant puppet after they were done filming. I wouldn't totally made him into a pillow. lol
APartOfSomething 3 years ago 3
Right, as rubbish as the cartoon effects look in other scenes of this show... I have to admi that they were put to good use in the sacrifice scene. Creepy as hell.
MutantLeprechaun 3 years ago 2
aslan's voice is creepy too!
it is way better in the 2005 film.
lilims123 3 years ago
lucy is chubby!
lilims123 3 years ago 4
@lilims123 well being slightly overweight actually used to be quite fashionable especially in the 80's
pestilentrabbit 1 year ago
very creepy shit
wildgrem7 3 years ago
I think Barbara Kellermann And Tilda Swinton both did a great job playing the white witch
TrixStormy 3 years ago 5
True, but Kellermann was more scarier and Swinton was more serious and very cool.
Aamzy786 3 years ago 2
POOR ASLAN!
WCWite 3 years ago 2
Although it is not as modern as movies now, it's still very well portrayed.
Kangelpuss 3 years ago 2
To Kangelpuss,
Thank you for that! I agree! So what if they didn't have the modern effects, they still did a good, I think a better job than Disney did with their version!
Kickasschick456 3 years ago
To Kickasschick256,
lol Hey, thanks :)
Kangelpuss 3 years ago
I think Liam Neeson has a better voice for Aslan.
12bmills 3 years ago 4
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Tilda Swinton can suck the classic White Witch's hairy balls!!
nijckevans 3 years ago
Are you serious? Tilda played an absolutely brilliant White Witch.
Barbara Kellermann really overacted the part...I know that's how dramatic roles (especially villains) were played back in the day, but I find it incredibly irritating. As I'm watching this, I'm thinking to myself: "Aslan can't kill this screechy madwoman soon enough!"
Zyxxs 3 years ago 5
Tilda Swinton IS the White Witch. Far more chilling than Barbara Kelllermann was.
wirramirra26 3 years ago 3
eff that. Kellermann owns Swinton.
TheFragile89 3 years ago
Are you serious? She's one hell of an actress, but OWNED Swinton? Come on...
Wishmaster300 3 years ago
I'm pretty sure thats what I said.
TheFragile89 3 years ago
Just curious, if her performance was better than Swinton's, why didn't she get any awards and recognition for it? Because I agreed that she gave a great performance, but no one seems to care or remember her. Why?
Wishmaster300 3 years ago
Because this is a low budget british tv miniseries. Not an American high budget blockbuster hollywood movie. Of course Swinton (who is a great actress) would get more recognition than Kellerman. A lot of critics probably haven't even heard of this series. Add to that, the American media which helped with the advertising of the newer one. Basically Kellerman didn't get noticed for her performance by American audiences, probably not even british audiences.
TheFragile89 3 years ago
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Hmmm....So let me get this straight-
This movie is better because it's cheap and old? Last I checked the more money you have for a film production, the better it is for you. I'm getting the feeling you think ALL American high budget blockbuster hollywood movies are plotless and crappy. Such a stereotype. We're also responsible for several of the greatest classics ever created.
Wishmaster300 3 years ago
Good job on taking what I said completely out of context. All I said was that Kellerman made a better Witch. And the reason that she didn't get recognized for it was because 1. This was a British made for t.v. series which wasn't released in theaters. And The Chronicles on Narnia was a high budget hollywood movie. And people in high budget hollywood movies would have an 100% better chance of getting recognized for a role than a person like Kellerman doing it for British t.v.
TheFragile89 3 years ago 6
I have nothing against high budget American films and I don't think they are plotless and crappy. And if I may correct you, You "Are" responsible for the greatest classics ever made and arguably the best movie ever made "A Clockwork Orange"
TheFragile89 3 years ago
In my personal opinion, Kellerman was the best White Witch. Swinton was good no doubt, but somehow she just didn't capture the reality of it the way Kellerman did.
Ddangerdan 3 years ago 4
That's what I think too.
TheFragile89 3 years ago
I'd like to add that if this original version wasn't made, they wouldn't have known what they were doing when making the more recent version of this movie/program.
Ddangerdan 3 years ago
I completely agree!
Wishmaster300 3 years ago
Hm...To be Honest I kinda like Aslan's voice in the Disney movie a bit better then this, And the White witch in this one kinda scares me...But overall, this is Good.
Thunderchips12 3 years ago 7
My god I wept so much at the end of this part when I saw it as a kid. However, there was no episode break in the cut I saw. I can't imagine how it would have felt to wait a whole week to find out what happens next!
Birdieupon 3 years ago 2
I've never had the chance to see the BBC version of CoN; I've read and reread the books since I was very young and was so excited about the movie that came out recently; thank you for posting this and allowing me the opportunity to relive the classic!
Crsnglb 3 years ago 3
I used to watch this all the time when I was a kid, and I still love it. I prefer it much more over Disney's new version.
Calingaladha 3 years ago 4
I remember this. I wound up returning it to get my forty bucks back. Would've been better if they used their heads with the casting- they all look around the same age! And everything about old Tumnus screams "stranger danger!" O_O
SeltzerAddict 3 years ago
I've never felt this sad for a puppet before
LtGenAile 4 years ago
If I didn't say this the first time, thank you very much for posting this.
I've misplaced my copy of the movies and I always love watching these because it reminds me of Christ's love for us.
Again, thank you.
PheonixRise173 4 years ago 2
You're very welcome!
I have to remind you though that CS Lewis did not write Narnia as a Christian story. Those interpretations have come much later on by Christian readers. If anything CS Lewis was hugely inspired by ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Norse and Celtic mythology when he wrote his Narnia chronicles.
HeathenMaiden 4 years ago
Oh of course. I'm just saying that that's what they remind me off is all. It's just what it does for me. :)
PheonixRise173 4 years ago
Yeah naturally :) We're all free to interpret the stories they way we want to! I just get a little peeved when people want to officially label Narnia as a strictly Christian story when it was meant to be anything but, that's all ;)
HeathenMaiden 4 years ago
o please - the christian label is hardly something that others have added.Of course he drew on mythology but the message is christian - not that you have to read it that way of course - as a child this aspect of it completely passed me by, and i still love narnia purely for it's magical feel
roecat 4 years ago
Every writer shows his worldview through his work. Lewis was one of the greatest Christian apologists of the 20th century, is no exception. Christian ideas are infused in all of his works, including his sci fi trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet is pt 1/3) He believed, as Tolkien did, that creating these sub-worlds could breathe life into stuffy religious theology. They succeeded beautifully, and the stories are full of rich symbolism without reading like a poorly written evangelism tract.
lefthandartist 3 years ago 3
I adored the books as a child, not knowing the Christian themes. But the poignant scene of Aslan's sacrifice, as well as the heavenly glimpses found in VOTDT and The Last Battle, captivated my imagination and made me long for heaven. That was Lewis' intent. He spoke of this longing in his bio "Surprised by Joy", which I would recommend for anyone interested in his life.
Narnian creatures were created from his favorite myths, but operated in a moral universe, one we all can enjoy.
lefthandartist 3 years ago 3
@HeathenMaiden That's interesting. Could you tell me how you've come to that conclusion?
joewisnieski 1 year ago
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@HeathenMaiden
That's an interesting perspective. How did you reach that conclusion?
joewisnieski 1 year ago
this is one of many things i wanna give 2 my kids to watch, when i have em:) Lewis was a genius, aswell as J.M. Barrie:) this si on what kids should make theyre worlds, not on sick cartoons like cow and chicken.Pure magic:)gief back the old childhood times!!!!
Nandayoo1234 4 years ago
Indeed! :)
PheonixRise173 4 years ago
i love Aslan.
Harratko 4 years ago 2
I wish Aslan would come for us now. This world we live in is full of nothing but hate and shallowness. I am ready for you Aslan.
RBW1122 4 years ago
He is in our world, He has already come...though He goes by a different name.
PheonixRise173 4 years ago
Tell me his name so that I may call upon him.
RBW1122 4 years ago
I am being utterly serious when I say this... part of me is tempted to tell you... but as Aslan himsel says at the very end of the Voyage of the Dawn Treader, it is something we must learn on our own. We'll know when the time is right. The way to Aslan's country in our world lies across a river, or maybe even a vast ocean, but don't worry, He is a great bridge builder, the bread of life, the lion and the lamb, the one that died to save us all.
PheonixRise173 4 years ago 2