BBC, Animated or Disney?

[Sezzie87]

Which do you people think was the best? I think the Disney one has been the most 'graphically adventurous', but the BBC ones were also great, can't make up my mind...

[EveningStar]

I think the resurrection was handled most touchingly by the animated version. The Disney gets my all around vote for most beautiful film, but please check out this site and see what I mean:

http://royalmagi.org/animation/

The sound file is a bit large but listen anyway. You'll understand.

[Sezzie87]

Yeah, that's true, I felt they could've made more of the resurrection in the Disney film, but I prefer the music in the disney one...

[waterhogboy]

I voted BBC simply for nostalgic regions.

[Mr_Beaver]

The Disney film too.

[PrinceOfTheWest]

Technically, it the "Walden Media film". Disney had nothing to do with production, they just assisted in marketing.

[Charn_Tim]

I completely agree with Chakal. For some reason, the whole resurrection scene and the character of Aslan in general just didn't really do it for me in the Disney film, but the animated version was great in that respect. I do however, still think the disney film is better overall, and I loved pretty much everything else about it.

[lions mane]

i said the newest, version. and i agree we should call it walden media version since they did most if the work. but i really love the animated version, in fact that was the first thing that introduced me to narnia but that was long ago. and the bbc version just didn't do it for me at all. it was boring and the acting was horrible. sorry. but i loved the aslan in the newer version, i think the graphics (and liam as the voice of aslan) were amaizing.

[straitjackit]

BBC, hands down. While the graphics suck compared with the Disney film, it was just brilliant and so true to the books (for the most part). Besides, I was obsessed with Edmund for about 3 years after watching it (then again, Ed has been my favourite character since reading the books...)...

But Blonde!Susan bugs me. It even says she has black hair!! :confused:

[~JadisTheWhiteWitch~]

well I never seen the animated or BBC version of Narnia the only one I seen was the walden media one

[makeascenerachel]

I like the disney 1 alot.....the BBC ones were kinda weird......and the antamated ones R old (like that matters :rolleyes: ) and the disney 1 wuz more real like.....it made me feel that narnia wuz real

[ParavelPixie]

http://us.st11.yimg.com/store1.yimg.com/I/goccc_1891_3130257

I saw the 1979 cartoon over Christmas, I watched some of it all but I found it really cheese and couldn't bare to watch it. :p

*pixie*

[Señor Puntos]

The animated one....that truly was terrible. The BBc one....I like em for nostalgia reasons but it didn't look like Narnia, more like the English countryside and the costumes sucked.

But the Walden Media one....It's fast-paced, witty and action filled with never a dull moment. And they chose all the pretty people to play the Pevensies.

[QA48]

http://us.st11.yimg.com/store1.yimg.com/I/goccc_1891_3130257

I saw the 1979 cartoon over Christmas, I watched some of it all but I found it really cheese and couldn't bare to watch it. :p

*pixie*

OMG Peter with bell-bottoms and a turtle neck? NOT GOOD!

[ParavelPixie]

OMG Peter with bell-bottoms and a turtle neck? NOT GOOD!
lol and Susans Stole little orphan Annies outfit lol or should that be the other way around as Annie was out in 1981..hmmm :confused: lol

[waterhogboy]

The animated one....that truly was terrible. The BBc one....I like em for nostalgia reasons but it didn't look like Narnia, more like the English countryside and the costumes sucked.

But the Walden Media one....It's fast-paced, witty and action filled with never a dull moment. And they chose all the pretty people to play the Pevensies.

You mean you dont think the girl who played BBC Lucy was pretty!?!?!??! :eek: ;)

[No.1 Narnia fan]

I've got the BBC DVD and the Disney DVD!!!!! :p

[stronger_WM]

I think the Disney one is the best one. I've seen all three, and I mean, its really hard to pick a favorite.

The animated one i didn't like at all, so I could eliminate that one, but the BBC version is kind of an attachment for me. I've watched it over 10 times when i was a child, and I own it now. The special effects are horrible, but back then, when it was made, they were most likely wonderful. It was much more faithful to the book, and much longer, but certain things in the newer, Disney, version make it my favorite.

I love the actors, the special effects, the location, the makeup, the score, etc.
In some ways the BBC version will always be the best version...but I like Disney better, I wont lie.

[ParavelPixie]

I think the Disney one is the best one. I've seen all three, and I mean, its really hard to pick a favorite.

The animated one i didn't like at all, so I could eliminate that one, but the BBC version is kind of an attachment for me. I've watched it over 10 times when i was a child, and I own it now. The special effects are horrible, but back then, when it was made, they were most likely wonderful. It was much more faithful to the book, and much longer, but certain things in the newer, Disney, version make it my favorite.

I love the actors, the special effects, the location, the makeup, the score, etc.
In some ways the BBC version will always be the best version...but I like Disney better, I wont lie.
it would be interesting to know what the BBC cast think of the new film. Wonder if they got invited to the premiere hmm :confused:

[timbalionguy]

I will agree with Chakal in that the spiritual message of LWW stands out best in the animated version, although overall I give my vote to the Disney version.

The animated version is very true to the story, except for a major departure in that the gifts are given to the children by Aslan and not by Father Christmas. What is even more amazing about this adaptation is that it was produced by the Children's Television Workshop, and was endorsed by the generally antichristian National Education Association (NEA). I still have the (beta format) videotape of it's original airing back in the early '80's.

The BBC version is at first disappointing. Their LWW, as cut for, and originally shown on PBS, is way too long. They spend an excessive amount of time in the story with the beavers and their escape. The animaltion of some of the fantastic creatures is downright cheesy. Aslan is pretty good for a oversize plush lion, but could have been much better. In general the BBC series got better as it went along, and SC is really quite well done. I was disappointed when Wonderworks was cancelled. I was even more disappointed when I found out, at the PBS station I was working for at the time, that they had simply thrown out the 1 inch tapes they had of the series. (I collect professional videotape machines, and can easily have played these tapes.)

[stronger_WM]

it would be interesting to know what the BBC cast think of the new film. Wonder if they got invited to the premiere hmm :confused:

Yeah that would be interesting.... I bet the new Narnia cast would do something in their honor if they had done that...well...i would've anyway.

[~EdmundsQueen~]

ive never seen the BBc ones so i dont know about them. The animated LWW was the first Narnia thing id seen and thats what got me into it, however the Disney one rocks and is over all the best one by far! And it has skandar in it which is a bonus! lol :P

[straitjackit]

The animated one....that truly was terrible. The BBc one....I like em for nostalgia reasons but it didn't look like Narnia, more like the English countryside and the costumes sucked.

That's because it was the English countryside, innit? Lol.

Animated version has Edmund wearing GLASSES? Where did they get that from?!

[zealandDream]

I grew up on the cartoon version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It was my favorite movie! The tape is so worn out that we can't even watch it anymore... but my mom bought it on DVD for Christmas. :D

[jesusgirl]

i like the disney movie it looks alot more real

[Siren]

I think the resurrection was handled most touchingly by the animated version. The Disney gets my all around vote for most beautiful film, but please check out this site and see what I mean:

http://royalmagi.org/animation/

The sound file is a bit large but listen anyway. You'll understand.

I agree, the ressurection scene was handled better in the animated version. Disney kinda ran it through too quickly, IMO. I had really expected for Lucy and Susan to play with Aslan for a bit before they ran off. It just seemed rush, which was kinda bittersweet.

However, overall, Disney/Walden made a better version out of the 3.

[anna.the.gentle]

I love the Disney version all the way!! the BBC sorta creeps me out, especially Lucy...

[Lucy for 3 nights]

Definately the BBC version

[QueenSusanofNarnia]

well, i've only seen the Disney one, but it was made much later than BBC and Animated (at least 16 years after BBC silver chair!) and so there is more technology. i've seen pics of the BBC version of Mr. and Mrs. Beaver....people dressed in suits, they're about 4 feet tall from waht i can tell in the pic....

[~charmedgirl~]

I think that the Disney version was the best one, because now with all the new technology the movie actually came alive to me. The CGI creatures looked so real, that I had trouble figuring out who was real and who was fake.

[waterhogboy]

Ahhhh... but if we say something is better becuase of the technology, then you could argue that the most unproffessional photograph is better than a Da Vinci work of art!

Less technology means more care and love - and that is what BBC is - care and love :D

[Crimson]

Disney..duh!!!!!!

[~Grateful * Surrender~]

There are so many things that are good about both of them. I mean I really like the BBC version but I also love the Disney one.

I like the Disney one more in the aspect of Susan coz in the BBC version Susan and Peter were ALWAYS on “the same page” and it got really old. I mean I know if they get along that is great but I just always imagined Susan more the way she was depicted in the new Narnia films. Also I would have to say that I think the BBC version did a better visual mach on Edmund than the Disney one. Please all you Skandar loyalists don’t kill me but that is my honest opinion. I mean Skandar Kynes did a lovely job in acting his part but Jonathan R. Scott just fit Edmund better visually the way Lewis had described him. Lucy was LOADS better in the new one and her acting was sooooo much better I can’t even begin. Peter…It was really almost a tie. I think both Peters did such an amazing job at what they did and how they depicted him…I think they both nailed it.

As for graphics of course Disney had it hands down but the BBC Version had some things that the Disney one didn’t that I really loved. Like the fight between the wolf and Peter in the BBC version, grated was a bit far fetched, but at least there was a struggle as for the new one Peter just kind of stood there and the Magrim jumped onto the sward. Another thing that bothered me in the new one that I really liked in the BBC is the way Edmund is after he gets stabbed. In the Disney one…Ok I laughed when I saw him lying there all sprawled out like that…it didn’t seem realistic. I know it is fantasy but even in that it has to have an element of realism. In the BBC version he actually looks like he got stabbed and just keeled over. However the Disney one as far as cinematography goes is absolutely fantastic.

Like I said I love them both because they both have great elements in them and they also both have their flaws.

[Umbra]

I really liked the Disney/Walden one.The BBC's version of Aslan running to the witch's castle is my least favorite part of that movie because lions can't fly.The animated version was really great but I like the music and gaphics of the Disney/Walden one.

[the freak sisters]

I've only seen the Disney one, so of corse I like that one!!!


Jesus you're my superhero!![

[*Mrs.Beaver Fan*]

I like the Disney one better.

[umbrellaxscenexcore]

can't say. I've only watched the disney verison. hey there was also a 1988 version of LWW I only saw the trailer to that, on the computer!

[Aslan's Mane]

I haven't seen the BBC version so I can't comment on it. The cartoon version I grew up with. I liked certain things from it and somethings I didn't like. I didn't like the reserection scene from it. Aslan comes back and the violins play and the girls sing and dance and everywhere Aslan stands and jumps flowers grow... Kinda hoekey. Also there are some bad acting or voice over moments that get me everytime in the cartoon. Just after the Witch dies, Peter talks the Aslan and mentions that Edmund was hurt and the line is said so badly. On a good side I grew up with it and it was a favorite otherwise I wouldn't have bought it. The Walden Media one brought back my childhood. Seeing Aslan for the first time stepping out of his tent and hearing him speak almost brought me to tears, and I don't cry often. The reserection scene in the new one is short and to the point. I see it as more relistic to the book and possibly the Bible.

Aslan's Mane

[cor fan14]

the disney version

[Solya]

The new version. I have never seen the animated movie, but I watched the BBC one a couple of days ago. I was a little disappointed by the graphics and the way in which the battle took place so for me the Disney version is much much better. The Disney one brought my own imagination onto the screen... it was like I watched my own storyline and illustrations at many points in the movie... that magic just brought back all of my memories of Narnia and it gave me such a good feeling...

[Sisteuber]

I cannot stand animated stuff....so I vote for Disney cause I've never seen BBC...

[Aslan's Beloved Daughter]

I saw BBC and Aslan, I am afraid to say, scared me. He was just a stuffed animal! And I know that they didn't have CG back then....but COME ON!!! And Aslan's voice haunted me! Whoever was used for his voice cannot compare to Liam Neeson. Liam beats him so badly...
anyways, I choose Disney. They were a lot better at making the movie than BBC was.

[SlpNarniaQueen]

Disney! Disney disney!

[Tsurugi]

Of course,Disney is great！

[King Of Narbithia]

Well, of course Disney is better, but the bbc is just more narniash like the music at the beggining and like the whole narnia but disney is better, but bbc is also great,

Long Live Aslan!

[anna fan for life]

I LOVE THE DISNEY ONE I hate the animated ine the BBC is ok

[I♥Georgie]

I LOVE THE DISNEY ONE I hate the animated ine the BBC is ok

yeah me too :D

[DjStickymuffinz]

Disney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Queen Aravis]

I went for disney, even tho both the BBC one and the animated one are brilliant

[King Of Narbithia]

well i never seen the animated Narnia.. i want to really bad though.. does anyone know if the witch was screamy like barbara, middle , or like tilda ...

[Son of Adam]

Although the BBC production and the animated film (both of which I have) were truer to the actual story line of LWW, the Disney adaptation of the book, because of the scenery, the special effects, etc., made Narnia much more real than the other two which is why I voted for the Disney version of LWW.