Realism in Kid's Movies

Ok, parents may disagree, but I think we're insulting children's intelligence with some of the stuff we've done with kid's movies these days. I'll give you an example. When the Disney version of LWW (the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe) came out, I took my then 8 year old cousin to see it. The movie retains a scene in the book where Edmund gets stabbed in the stomach by the white witch after snapping her wand in half. Now, you'd think someone who got stabbed in their vitals would be gushing blood, nope, not a drop is visible leaking from that wound. My cousin almost immediately looks over at me and says "Frank, Edmund just got stabbed in the stomach, why isn't he bleeding?" Honestly, I've been wondering the same thing for a while now. Kid's are smart enough to know that if you get cut, you bleed. Now, I'm not asking for Kill Bill blood fountains, but when Edmund gets stabbed in the stomach, there should be a minimal amount of bleeding, and, you know, maybe a look of pain on his face. After all, the kid just got stabbed for cryin' out loud, and he's probably about 10 years old!

how real do you want to get?

I've spent a lifetime wondering what a beautiful girl who stands to inherit a queenship is doing living with a bunch of dwarfs deep in the woods. i mean, is there a kama sutra for that kind of thing?

I have to say, Child_of_Light, that I just saw LWW for the first time this weekend, and I agree - that scene totally took me out of the movie. The BBC version was much better, and seemed much more well paced. That said, I'm still looking forward to see what they do with Prince Caspian and a slightly higher budget. Considering that Golden Compass flopped, they're looking to redeem the genre a bit...

I've been hearing rumors that they cast Caspian as a teen. Kind of takes some of the magic out of it for me at least. Caspian is supposed to idolize the Pevensies, and go to the brothers as advisors because, well, he doesn't really know what he's doing, and he's still a little kid. Making Caspian a teen alters the relationship he has with the Pevensies, and the feeling of the whole thing. Although I'm still looking forward to seeing it.

It was a disappointing film full stop though, wasn't it. As just the Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe, it would have been much more exciting at at least half the length (and with a scarier Aslan). As it was, there was a lot of waiting around, even though the effects were good. It's a very short book! I wish they'd paired it with The Magician's Nephew