First Time Watching *THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA* The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe Reaction

[@ReadingOne]

Fun fact: When Lucy(Georgie Henley) pulls the drop cloth off of the wardrobe the first time she sees it, they hid her older sister Rachael under the cloth to get her to smile like that, and Rachael also plays the older version of Lucy at the end of the movie.

[@justlive2809]

oh cool i didn't know that thx

[@ajandrianjafymusic]

You know I’ve watched this movie for so many years and never knew that was her big sister that’s so lovely. As well as the surprise for her birthday being narnia itself

[@ReadingOne]

@@justlive2809 You’re welcome

[@allison3852]

​@@ReadingOnewho your favorite character I need to read the books

[@greenink9645]

@@allison3852 I read them all, spoliers?

[@snips.18]

Fun fact: In the books the professor was the first kid to go to narnia and he got a magical apple to heal his mother and then planted the core and it grew into a tree which he had made into the wardrobe!

[@jacksonkerr2095]

Further elaborating- When you see his desk, the professor (Digory) pulls a bit of tobacco out of a silver apple. This is a clear reference to the fruit which he took from Narnia which healed his mother. Afterward, understanding that the fruit was special, he planted the seeds from the apple. That grew into a tree which, years later, fell after a violent storm. Since it had sentimental value Digory had it turned into a wardrobe kept in his house.

[@k-nic4390]

It's nice to see that there are people who still remember Narnia :')

[@tavarereacts]

I'd forgotten I'd even heard of this franchise until people had started recommending it to me. Glad I didn't miss out on this one.

[@alexhook9151]

I'm so proud of you, Tavare, first for revealing to us that you're an unaging immortal by letting us know about your grandkid(s), and now by telling us your name. It's so great that you feel that you can be open and honest with us about yourself. But all jokes aside, I feel honored to have gotten to witness your evolution on youtube. ❤️

[@tavarereacts]

I couldn't have been this inspired without all of your help! You guys are what fuels me to keep making new videos. Y'all give me the excitement to share new stuff with you with every interaction. Thank you!

[@ReadingOne]

Right?! Like, how is this man old enough to have kids, let alone grandkids?!

[@jamiesilver7401]

I see someone has already mentioned that the author of Narnia C.S. Lewis and the author of The Hobbit / Lord of the rings J.R.R. Tolkien were best friends. One fun fact about them was that Tolkien insisted that Santa didn't belong in the kind of fantasy stories they were writing, so Lewis wrote Santa in Narnia just to annoy him.

[@KhrlIRD45]

Of course he knows, because he was one of the humans who witnessed the creation of narnia when he was a child, and the white wicth was able to enter narnia because of him

[@BethanyRose17]

The war is WW2, specifically when Germany bombed cities around the UK. It’s known as the Blitz; from the German term ‘Blitzkrieg’ (lightning war).

[@tavarereacts]

Damn, I knew it had to be related to a real historic event. I was so terrible with history. It just never kept my attention well enough in school.

[@27788mo]

No, blitzkrieg isn't bombing London, or other cities in the UK. Blitzkrieg is special strategy from Germany in WW2. This part of WW2 is the battle of Britain. Children from big cities where send out in the countryside to save them from German air raids.

[@thyikmnnnn]

⁠@@27788moThe original comment is right. The bombing of London was known as the Blitz.

[@dyproxus1806]

37:02 Well, he knows because he was literally one of the first living things to ever see Narnia. In the previous book, he(as a child) a friend, and an unwittingly freed White Witch witnessed the death of the Witch’s world and the birth of Narnia from it, the later of which was heralded by Aslan himself.

[@SherriLyle80s]

"I'm callin' the cops." "I take that back. I'd let her kidnap me." 😂

[@tavarereacts]

I'm a sucker for food XD

[@willcool713]

JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis were colleagues and close friends. They wrote The Lord of the Rings and Narnia with inspiration from each other. Seeing the World Wars, they believed that the centuries of European infighting and ever escalating violence, as well as the European colonization and subjugation of other cultures, came from the trauma of Roman colonization compounded by the lack of traditional cultural wisdom to guide them. Tolkien wanted to write a binding European mythos to replace the cross cultural connections lost to Roman colonization and Christianity imported from the Levant. CS Lewis was more inclined to start from Christianity and, working backwards, postulate a primal European mythos which would have led to modern Christianity on its own.

[@tavarereacts]

I had no clue the two of them knew each other. It's truly amazing what art can be derived from such destruction and tragedy. They both were able to create such beautiful worlds for the mind to escape to.

[@nudgificator]

'Snow ho' caught me *very* much off guard! 🤣

[@tavarereacts]

Lol! Snow queen almost came out and then queen transformed to ho as it left my lips XD

[@jenni5104]

I highly recommend the books. The first one is called The Magician's Nephew. It's all about the creation of Narnia. The Professor (Diggory) is the star of that one. So, yes. He knows all about Narnia. Also Tilda Swinton (White Witch) was Gabriel in Constantine amongst other things. 😊

[@faureamour]

Just got to weigh in that The Magician's Nephew is the first chronologically, but not the first in writing order. Unfortunately, they didn't get to the other books, including that one, with this series of actors for the movies. But I do really enjoy The Magician's Nephew for the additional background it gives.

[@JosephDavies]

@@faureamour Indeed. I think it's probably best thought of as a Prequel story. It was my favorite in the series, but that's in the context of having read the series up to that point.

[@alexachipman]

I would love to have a film of The Magician's Nephew! It would be an amazing standalone film, even if they had to recast Tilda and Liam for it.

[@anzilavazim4181]

Can anyone tell me that the books should be read in chronological order or publication order? I mean which would be better?

[@alexachipman]

@@anzilavazim4181 There are a lot of differing opinions. I am Team Chronological, because the story makes way more sense that way.

[@lillyvanpug]

Aaaaaaw, I can't 🥺 I grew up with the BBC series. Narnia is loved by three generations in my family. It is amazingly magical 🌟

[@SherriLyle80s]

I actually watched the BBC series. They were free rentals at my public library long ago.

[@alexachipman]

I still watch Silver Chair from that all the time!

[@gracevrogerson]

Some Harry Potter actors you might have spotted: Jim Broadbent (Slughorn) as the Professor and Dawn French (the Fat Lady) as Mrs Beaver! I love hearing familiar voices all over!

[@tavarereacts]

I just KNEW I knew those voices. Thank you for filling me in on that!

[@EllaAguilera]

Nice to meet you Tavare, I'm Ella, I've been following you since Flare Unique and it'll be my honor to continue this journey in this new channel. Now my watch begins 🛐

[@tavarereacts]

I love it, thanks for coming Ella!

[@sammjaisais7135]

I am so happy someone finally gives Edmund some slack. He's just a kid, he's allowed to make mistakes

[@ZiggyonMars]

I know this was uploaded last year but I feel I still have to comment some context! The film takes place in England during WW2, specifically 1940 (so the children would be in their 80’s or 90’s in present day). Germany started bombing the cities in the UK, known as the blitz. Children were sent out to the countryside, where it was relatively safe from the bombing. Also stranger danger wasn’t a thing back then, it was quite safe for kids to run around unsupervised and talk to strangers.

[@damarcusgames]

In the books it goes deep into how they ruled and how good of a high king peter was they ruled for 15 years I think

[@rebeccapinto9926]

Aslan’s voice is Liam Neeson. Aslan is the creator and one true king of world of narnia...representation of all that is good..so like God (if you believe). The sacrifice and resurrection(akin to jesus).

[@V_4_Versace]

Liam is such a good voice actor!

[@cici_tlb4009]

21:20 if you killed the wolf, you and your family is drowning anyways so whats the point of getting rid of the least dangerous obstacle? Peter had to make a choice, glory or survival and he chose survival, the only right choice when several other lives depend on you.

[@nikkidee6009]

Great reaction! One of my favorite little details is that the witch was wearing a mane during the final battle

[@paradoxx0468]

34:00 "serving w that hair" sir that's the mane she stole from Aslan 😭😭😭😭 she turned him into a hoodie

[@SwethaThamanampalli]

I snorted

[@Annik_Tenacious_Felis]

Thankyou for pointing out the issue with the "trusting strangers because they seem nice " or even magical . If tomas wasnt such a good person , he could have easily come across as someone who children should fear , the Pfiles . Its alarming how only adults pick up on this strange fine line 😅 thank goodness mr tomas was a good guy.

[@sarahmoller7308]

Tavare, I'm happy to be here on your new channel! And what the heck, your real name is beautiful. 😮❤

[@billparrish4385]

You might say Aslan has a particular set of skills.....

[@martinhill9561]

Back when Disney KNEW how to make timeless cinema

[@Tooba-K123]

Truly, Disney sucks since 2010 onwards. Before they actually knew how to make good movies without needing to be family friendly. Let’s look at Pirates of the Caribbean, National Treasure and Tron for example.

[@CedricGegel1]

my gosh I'm so happy I found your new channel, I've been binging and I LOVE this movie

[@V_4_Versace]

Tavare made this rewatch 10 times better than I remember 🤔 I remember the movie being kinda cheesy and not exactly faithful to the books but watching it from his perspective looks dope af lol I also had no idea Disney made this

[@RedJewel-om3wc]

This first film is... ASTONISHINGLY faithful to the book, actually. Honestly, it captures the book... just shy of perfectly but for a few VERY minor changes here and there. It may not be COMPLETELY perfect as an adaptation. But by the standards of book-to-film adaptations, this one is... almost UNPRECEDENTED! You'd be hard-pressed to find very many... if ANY... Hollywood-produced film adaptations out there that do NEARLY as much true justice to the original works on which they're based. The two following films, however... Those you could say fall short.

[@avsambart]

Y'know both Tavare and Flare are beautiful names. I haven't watched this movie in a hot second. The opening is WW2 when they moved kids to the countryside as it was supposed to be safer and away from the Blitz. To be fair, I don't think parents in the 1930s knew to teach about stranger danger either 😅 14:55 🤣🤣🤣 23:39 that voice is Liam Neeson 😌 36:35 the one thing that's gets me at the end is these kids (especially Lucy) now know what becoming and being an adult is like so mentally an adult as a child knowing feels like a fresh kind of hell.

[@tavarereacts]

Thank you, it feels great to see people using my real name now. Lol it would be a special kinda hell if they had grown up outside of the fantasy world and then returned to being children. Lol, could you imagine knowing what you were heading into in adult life and knowing everything hung on what you do right now as a kid.

[@rin68nyr90]

“Lucy, I think you might have backed up a little too far “ 😂

[@tavarereacts]

😆😆😆 She handled it so well too. Even as a kid I'd have been freaking out!

[@ohsfer11820]

I laugh so much. ❤ CS Lewis is one of my favorite writerI love how Disneys made tnis film. I love the cast and everything about this... I saw you did Prince Caspian I need to see your reaction to that too. Have you also reacted to Voyage of the Dawn?

[@justlive2809]

i've seen this movie at least 20 times i've never realized the white witch break Tumnus Horns

[@Tooba-K123]

I only noticed through your comment 😮 I’ve been seeing this movie since childhood but never realised this. Horns are everything to a faun.

[@feufeu420]

"war is fun, we can do war" lmao hahaha

[@TaylorSwift1337]

This is my go to movie during Christmas 😛 glad you watched it Btw have you seen the Disney movie Treasure planet? One of the most underrated animation movies they made that sadly didn't go well at the box office..

[@MartinSundsten-yo4mx]

Please continue with Narnia, they are truly a forgotten marvel :)

[@brandibastian4193]

So I just saw the other day that you had reacted to Prince Caspian and I was like I don't know if he's reacted to the original he had two of but I haven't seen him react to that so that's why I didn't watch that yet. I was going to look for this one first!

[@LisaKokx]

New title: Tavare getting jumpscared by Disney

[@Heather61776]

Grew up with these books, enjoyed the movies when they finally came out. Great reaction to start the new channel

[@tavarereacts]

I''m so glad I got to see this, I'm all for fantasy flicks and it's great to add this one to the collection.

[@gunstarheroine5173]

Straight up real for saying the quiet part out loud and admitting James MacAvGoat is hot

[@mariafernanda-hc5tg]

the fact that the white witch wears Aslam s fur at the war is so impactful

[@emoharalampiev1590]

XD I was thinking about this movie recently wondering if I should give it a rewatch (watched it as a kid like 15 years ago), and then just earlier today I was doing a crossword and one of the words was a character from the movie... and now I see this pop up... guess gotta check it out soon.

[@tavarereacts]

Even if you'd watched it along with me, I say you go back and revisit it again. The nostalgia will feel great I'm sure.

[@emoharalampiev1590]

@@tavarereacts Yeah, didn't watch the vid yet. Will save it for when I get around to rewatching.

[@justlive2809]

in the book the Turkish delight are like a drug that's why Edmund act like that

[@Tooba-K123]

More like enchanted drugs 😂 and the only reason Edmund asked for them is because most of sugar and goods were taken to war centres at that time period. Occasions like Christmas weren’t being celebrated as much because of war and terror.

[@mevb]

The movie is set during World War II and the intro shows the bombing of England and especially London, The Blitz. That's the reason the Pevensie kids are semt to the country.

[@sammjaisais7135]

I have so many criticisms for the movie but there are very few movies I love as much as I love this one.

[@jessicablueheart9772]

I love your thoughts and reactions to these! I subscribe to your channel and liked the video. U getting jumped scared lol

[@tavarereacts]

I appreciate you as always Jessica

[@Orkhevaliet]

Oooo I can't wait, great first choice!

[@tavarereacts]

Many more to come! Thanks for watching!

[@brandibastian4193]

So I just googled who did the voice of aslan and apparently it changes by the movie but in this one it's Liam Neeson

[@shelbyjacquin8252]

It was WW2 during the blitz, all the children were evacuated out of London due to the bombing.

[@Tooba-K123]

I wonder if you watched the after credits of this movie which shows that the professor knew all along, now HOW he knows is the answer only in books.

[@MrCanadian6]

I first watched this movie when i was 13 and i still watch it today its apart of my childhood i will never get rid of and the Lion is supposed to represent God and the Witch is supposed to bs s Satan idk if you already knew that or not but there go

[@tainahautamaki5726]

The story Narnia's stories the witch and the lion is a story about Narnia's eternal fight against evil and deep friendship as well as great responsibility and loyalty to king Aslan. For the Narnia and for the king Aslan was the battle cry for the Aslan, the battle cry of his valiant warriors until death for the Narnia and for Aslan!!! ⚔️⚔️⚔️🦁🦁🦁 Are you with me? Until the death!!!

[@brandibastian4193]

Tilda swinton is the ancient one from Doctor. Strange

[@justlive2809]

i've you seen the post credit scene with Lucy?

[@brandibastian4193]

Awesome sauce as usual. You are rocking your tee turtle and so am I!

[@rohkakaobananenshake807]

Great video, loved your reaction! The White Witch is played by the awesome Tilda Swinton and Aslan was voiced by Liam Neeson, it's soo good! And I watch the battle scene on a weekly basis, it's so epic and the score is *chefkiss* 🤌🏻

[@Heather61776]

Santa is also Lord Commander Mormont from GoT

[@tavarereacts]

I didn't even realize I knew him! Awesome!

[@Demondragonkinggav]

Maybe I was different as a kid as if I saw her working that magic I would want her to teach me magic as the price for bringing my siblings to her.

[@evaheinl2502]

the books are very good

[@user-hk8yp7cw1v]

The historical period is during WWII in England during the beginning of the movie.

[@tavarereacts]

Got it, thank you for taking the time to fill me in :D

[@SolFA.92]

"snow ho" 😂😂

[@rebeccapinto9926]

Oooh first!!! Looking forward to this! X

[@tavarereacts]

Hope you enjoyed it. I'll try to get the next one out as soon as I can.

[@angierucinski5694]

The Snow Hoe!! 🤣🤣🤣Thank you, that made me laugh so much.

[@faureamour]

Nice reaction. I'm excited for this channel. I forget that I enjoyed this movie. This book series is solid. Growing up Christian makes it easier to see all the allegory in the story. Aslan=Jesus, the white witch=Lucifer, "son of Adam/ daughter of Eve, " sacrifice, redemption, etc. I don't remember the 2nd movie, and I didn't watch the third. Guess I'll watch them along with you.

[@starrkitty1]

SNO HO 😂 I AM 💀💀💀

[@Maybetomorrow22]

It’s in England during ww2 I think because their dad died in ww1, also love the top 😊

[@tavarereacts]

Thanks for the info and glad you liked the top, I love these Turtletee shirts.

[@angelaroberts3563]

I love these movies! My childhood

[@tavarereacts]

Glad you could revisit it as I experienced it. Thanks for watching!

[@katesimmons9297]

The whole Narnia series has it's foundation in Catholisism

[@KarenSDR]

C.S. Lewis was a Protestant (Anglican.) It was Tolkien who was Catholic.

[@cici_tlb4009]

21:32 and than they all would’ve drowned. How is that looking after them if Peter kills a wolf that was no longer a threat to them and lets them drown? Your to focused on the small things, forgetting they were about to be crushed by tons of ice and nearly drowmed in icy waters

[@ellebaby825]

You were amazing in Creed

[@daytoncharitychicken]

23:32 That’s how I feel about your voice! 😊

[@tavarereacts]

Awe! Thank you very much!

[@christinabrock2893]

Personally, I'm pretty sure Maugrim jumped on Peter's sword on purpose, knowing Aslan would not have stopped the other Narnians from interfering with Peter's battle unless He knew Peter would win. His last words, "You may think you're a king, but you're going to die like a dog," might even have been addressed to himself, the canine animal who served as the "Queen's" right hand, and would now die for it by the blade of the High King, at the command of the High King Above All Kings.

[@lillyvanpug]

Lucid dream concept in fairytale

[@RedJewel-om3wc]

Edmund betrayed his family for KINGSHIP. NOT Turkish Delight (a mere hook and incentive).

[@skyraider87]

The actress who plays the White Witch is Tilda Swinton, also known for her role as Galadriel of Lothlórien in The Lord Of The Rings. She abslolutely stole this performance

[@shayla9575]

I loved your reaction :) narnia been my favorite for years! I also followed the actors after narnia i have a fan page for William Moseley * peter * hes follows it and interact with me 😭 hes 36 now i been a fan of him since he was 28! I spoke to him on zoom call to he knew who i was haha

[@jessicablueheart9772]

No rush but will the harry potter reactions be on this channel? Again no rush

[@tavarereacts]

There was enough of a push for me to move them over to this channel, so they're all gonna be here.

[@annw99]

favorite movie ♥

[@willcool713]

New sub, but what happened to Flare Unique? Was it claims/strikes and algorithm issues? Oh, okay, I went and watched that last vid there. Glad you're not gone or giving up. I have so many subscriptions that I lose track of channel names, although I remembered "FU" pretty well. So I could go looking if I hadn't seen you in my feed for a bit. I'll try to remember your name now, but I might recommend you put this new channel on the recommended list under Flare Unique, maybe next to your gaming channel. Somebody might go looking, wondering where you went. Until you said something, I hadn't even realized it was a new channel, as I just recognized your face in my feed.

[@tavarereacts]

Oh yeah, thank you! I'll update this channel into my recommended section on the old channel. Thanks for keeping me in mind and coming over to the new channel. I'm glad to be able to share so much more with you!

[@frankiefadda]

Hey T :) Were you planning on watching the whole trilogy?

[@tavarereacts]

Yep yep, I have part 2 queued and you'll be seeing that on the channel soon :)

[@DocLinux]

I've got this before and I'm named Lucy I meant I've watched it

[@shelbyjacquin8252]

If you really pay attention it's the story of the fall, the crucifixion and the resurrection

[@PequenaRainha]

Na época do começo da 2 guerra, muitos pais enviaram seus filhos em trens para serem cuidados por pessoas em países onde não havia batalhas. Houve crianças q foram ficar com parentes ou pessoas conhecidas, mas a maioria foi cuidada por completos estranhos que iam nas estações e escolhiam as crianças que iriam cuidar

[@rebekahwalton1321]

A Korean Odyssey Stuff animal in the background!

[@tavarereacts]

Yesss! I love my Son O Gong!

[@sourabhkarmakar8040]

Are you aware that you look like Kang the Conqueror ?

[@tavarereacts]

For some reason I'm much more aware of it as of this past year lol!

[@Tooba-K123]

I’ve been thinking about it for so long, he indeed looks like Kang the Conqueror 😮

[@emmakreuk9918]

I totally had to stifle a laugh when you referred to the white witch as the "Snow Hoe" Bloody Perfect!

[@scottredding7357]

What are you doing in that closet? Narnia business.

[@djgrant8761]

Aslan represents Jesus Christ, the reason I am alive. “Without Him, I would be dying, Without Him, I’d be enslaved Without Him, life would be worthless But with Jesus, thank God I’m saved.”

[@djgrant8761]

Read the works of C.S. Lewis. Narnia, Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters.

[@Heather61776]

OMG!!! SnowHoe took me out

[@tavarereacts]

😆😆😆😆

[@youngking3121]

Very strong Christian beliefs / references in this movie if you can’t tell.

[@herryjulianto8720]

Why you so similar with Jonathan major.

[@brandibastian4193]

Since you mentioned never ending story, the first one is really good. The second one is really good. The third one is hot garbage!

[@GAB_GDV]

Narnia 2 !

[@tavarereacts]

I promise to come back around and get to part 2 as soon as I can :)

[@brandibastian4193]

Sweet summer child. I don't think you are very familiar with the Pokémon world. Are you Cuz there are a lot of the prettier Pokémon who get a lot of naughty art done of them and it's not always humanized sometimes it's very much beastiality but you know it's odd that in certain fantasy movies a lot of these like half humans are highly sexualized and it's weird because they're smart as humans and they have the top half of humans. But the half that you would be dealing with when having sex is very much not... ... ...just something I've noticed over the years and don't know how to feel about! I mean there's a difference between saying oh so pretty or cute and "i'd hit that"

[@hejm8421]

This is war movie should have looked like, sort of. Today Disney is trash with their woke shit even children won't enjoy.