Do not laugh at these very serious animals

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Babe, Snow Dogs, Dr. Doolittle—it’s hard to think of a popular talking-animal movie that isn’t a comedy. (The same is true of talking-animal commercials.) But have a gander at the trailer for Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Here, we’ve got an epic movie, with all sorts of creatures giving impassioned speeches with earnest, anxious looks on their animal faces. Will people buy this stuff, or will they have to stifle chuckles at inappropriate moments when this movie opens at Christmastime? We’ll have to wait and see.

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