This is just one of the few references to the other Narnia book The Magician’s Nephew, which tells of how the Professor traveled to Narnia when he was a boy. In the film adaption, the Professor comes across as more of a concerned guardian, but quickly becomes more welcoming when he learns that Lucy had discovered a way to Narnia through the wardrobe ( The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe). In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the Professor is able to speak Peter and Susan on an even level when they come to see him about Lucy, though telling them to consider that their sister could be telling the truth (Lewis, 47-48).
Thus, in providing context to the opening of the film, the audience is able to better understand the circumstances that the protagonists are in at the beginning of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.Īlso, the scenes with the professor differ in some ways between the film and the book. A child reading Lewis’ book in 2013 would not be able to understand the effect of the Blitz on London like a child reading it in 1953, who would be growing up in the aftermath of the Second World War and the London Bombings. In adding scenes to the film that add more detail to Lewis’ description, the adaption creates a better understanding of why the four children had to leave London. Lewis only dedicates a few lines in explaining the children’s circumstances, stating that the children “were sent away from London during the air-raids” (3) and that “hey were sent to live with an old Professor who lived in the heart of the country” (3). These scenes are different from what is seen the beginning of the book. After this scene, the audience sees the children being taken by train to the house of the Professor ( The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe). The main characters, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, are shown to be running to a shelter in the back garden with their mother ( The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe). In the opening scene of the film, the audience sees an air-raid over the city of London, England ( The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe). These changes either help to provide context to the plot or to add more action to the film.įirst, some new scenes have been added or altered from the story when The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was adapted into its 2005 film version. This film takes an interesting interpretation of the plot in Lewis’ book and, like many others, makes some alterations from the original work. In 2005, Lewis’ first book to be published in the series, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, was adapted into a feature-length film by Walt Disney Studios and Walden Media.
Lewis’ series, The Chronicles of Narnia, has been adapted into numerous other forms of media since their publication in the nineteen fifties.
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