THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE -- Andrew Adamson, dir

©2005
cast: Tilda Swinton, Liam Neeson, James McAvoy, Ray Winstone, Dawn French, Michael Madsen, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Jim Broadbent, Elizabeth Hawthorne, James Cosmo
dir: Andrew Adamson
studio: Walt Disney Pictures
based on the book by C.S. Lewis

During wartime in London, England, four children are sent to live with a reclusive professor out in the country. There, the children discover a magical wardrobe, which, when entered, brings them to the land or Narnia. In Narnia, the coming of the four children has been foretold, and together with King Aslan, the must return Narnia to a free world, and not under the control of the White Witch.

Okay, so this isn't a rented video, but actually a film I saw in the theatre today. I thought I might still comment on it.

While this film is visually stunning, and I enjoyed the craftsmenship and the adaptation of this film, and the fight sequences were well done and highly energetic, this film still flat for me. I came away from the theatre with nothing.

I know that there is a large, Christian contingent supporting this movie and it's allegorical implications, but I don't think it worked. perhaps, when the other books are made and it is is seen as a whole, then it may work. Still, I think that I enjoyed the book much more than the movie here.

Will I watch it again when it comes out on video. Yes. I think that my children might enjoy it as well. However, it is certainly not the best film I've seen this weekend.