Ryadian wrote:I would maintain that, in the end, they'd have to confirm that it was all an act--her intentions with him were purely evil, all in the name of conquest.
Oh yes. And then, many years later, we can have the hit Broadway musical
Kirtle where she sings a power ballad about defying something and it's revealed that she was just misunderstood all along.
I'm just saying, the LotGK and the Wicked Witch both have green going for them....
(Hollywood and Broadway, this is a joke. Don't you
dare.
)
But yes, I agree. They need to make it clear that she's a bad lady. Although I would imagine that the LotGK turning into a giant serpent and attacking Rilian will probably remove any doubt that she's evil. I don't think many people will be upset when they hack off the serpent's head.
aileth wrote:If they can get the audience to believe that she is nice and innocent up to the last little bit, then said audience will probably be more sympathetic to Rilian's plight when they find out. On the other hand, there is plenty of suspense when you sit there on the edge of your seat, inwardly shouting at the protagonist, "No, don't trust her, don't trust her!"
If they could manage to combine the two elements...
I'm thinking that, effectively, it probably
would be a happy medium between the two. The audience will be somewhat bewitched by the character of the LotGK for most of the movie, but near the end, when it's revealed that it was she who had bound Rilian to this enchanted chair, and the audience realizes that she had sent them to Harfang with murderous intentions rather than hospitable ones... and finally, when she begins to deny the existence of Narnia and Aslan... that's when the viewers will be inwardly screaming "Don't listen to her!"