There was a cat who ate limburger cheese and
waited outside the mousehole with baited breath.
babumpum
Ya know, we really ought to have a “rimshot smilee”… 
[quote=“Bfld]and what’s a nebulous yardstick?[/quote]”
The Hubble Space Teelscope.
djm
Just got back from seeing this movie. FABULOUS. Now, the Narnia Chronicles are my all-time most favorite books ever. I was really nervous when I heard they were making a movie, because I knew they could really butcher it if they wanted to; they didn’t. I am not a movie critic and I still haven’t totally digested the movie, but here’s my thoughts.
There’s no potty humor. There are some lines that have been added obviously for laughs, but for the most part they are pretty funny, and nothing offensive about them.
Mr. Tumnus was totally different than I have imagined him (younger, for one thing), but I thought it was interestingly played. His role has not been diminished at all, and there was an interesting scene added between he and Edmund at the Witch’s castle.
None of the acting was stand-out incredible, though Tilda Swanson is pretty awesome as the White Witch. Lucy was absolutely adorable, and whoever the actor who played Peter is, he is sure to become a new teen heartthrob in a couple years along with Orlando Bloom et al. He reminded me of Prince William in his looks, actually.
LOTR fans will recognize some of the locations (they were both filmed in New Zealand), and I swear the horse that played the unicorn Peter rode into battle was Shadowfax. Or looked a lot like him at least.
Well, this isn’t very coherent, but there’s my thoughts so far on the movie.
So… anyone else see it yet?
I’m going to go as soon as I pay off my Christmas credit card (bloody horrible time to release Narnia, Syriana and Kong 
).
Just saw it. I thought the first forty minutes or so were
sheer magic, then it seemed the director lost control
of the movie somewhat. Also The animated creatures,
beavers, wolves, etc needed to be very good
and they were merely adequate. They needed to
be as good as the dragon in the latest Harry P.
movie.
The director seemed to be best at small scale scenes,
between Lucy and the faun, for instance, which was marvelous
and filmed in real time. Larger stuff and action
were less good. The kids were less good too
after the first forty minutes; again I blame
the director. At it’s best it was wondeful, at it’s
worst it sagged.
I would call it a noble failure, containing magical
moments. I agree that Tilda Swinton was a knock out.
There was nothing in it that would rile an athiest.