I know some fans aren't going to like Jadis disrupting a royal parade at Buckingham Palace because it feels like "Hollywoodization." They'd be the same kind of fans who disliked things like the Telmarine army in the Prince Caspian movie having giant catapults which the dryads destroyed during the climax. I respect those fans' opinions, but I don't think I really mind. I mean, it's exaggerated but it's true to the spirit of the books in that Jadis did cause a lot of chaos in London with her crazy behavior and the Telmarine army was a big threat to the Old Narnians until the dryads showed up. It's technically inaccurate but to me, the whole spirit of the books didn't ride on Jadis not going to Buckingham Palace or the Telmarines not having catapults. 

Jadis having the same magical powers in this world that she had in Charn, on the other hand, I fear that might be taking "Hollywoodization" too far for my tastes. It's not just taking dynamics that already existed in the book and exaggerating them but outright flying in the face of the book. 

Posted by: @col-klink

Jadis having the same magical powers in this world that she had in Charn, on the other hand, I fear that might be taking "Hollywoodization" too far for my tastes. It's not just taking dynamics that already existed in the book and exaggerating them but outright flying in the face of the book. 

Interesting point @col-klink, and I think I am for the most part I am inclined to agree with what you wrote in your most recent post I am quoting from.  I have one question for you regarding the above statement though - would you be open to Jadis having some powers in London - much (to her surprise) more limited than in Charn and Narnia however?  And perhaps even her struggling to find out what how much power she does and doesn't have in London?

For me (as I wrote in another thread), I am open to her having some (although severely limited) magic powers in London, as, although it goes against the words of the book, I think it could do two things (1) make Jadis and these other worlds Charn & Narnia etc not appear too otherworldly to the extent that it comes across like the world of Oz (in the movie The Wizard of Oz - just a dream) or Wonderland.  (2) Jadis having some (limited) powers in London, would help maintain the fact that although she is not as powerful as in her home country - she is still very much a threat, and Digory & Polly have good reason to want to get her out of there.

@pete I'd have to see it to say for sure. I feel like having some of Jadis retain some of her powers in London but not others would (ironically) work better in a book than in a movie though. In a book, the author could just say, "Jadis's powers in our world were weakened but she still had them." In a movie, it might seem more like a continuity problem. 

I feel like Jadis's strength makes her scary enough for this part of the story even without magic. (Plus, in the book, the readers know Jadis doesn't have magic in this world, but Digory and Polly don't.) 

Please continue discussion of Jadis's magical powers in London here....

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