ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Dotsthavesp I wanted to but couldn't!

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

vohnyamaguchi It was great to see an award winning book turned into a solid children's fantasy film. Especially to kick off the first movie in the Narnia franchise. I never would have guessed the movie was from 2005 considering that the special effects were so exceptional. The casting I believe was just as good. Tilda Swinton made a great White Witch and Liam Neeson nailed his role as Aslan capturing the selfless beast he was meant to be. Though the movie was fairly long, certain scenes did move rather quickly. Select portions of the story line passed by too quickly in the film like the ending fight scene between the White Witch's army and that of Aslan's. Also, more time could have been put into the training of Peter becoming a warrior instead of him hardly knowing how to use a sword against a wolf in one scene and being able to slay many of the witch's experienced army himself the next. All in all, it was still a great movie that I enjoyed very much and I'm looking forward to seeing the latest expansion in the franchise, The Silver Chair.

dick6756 The opening in the movie is a brilliant fashion to expound upon the background of the whole story - The four children was sent to a shelter where was far away from London raided by air-crafts. The eponymous novel just describes the air-raid in few sentences. The movie, however, extrapolates it and establishes vivid scenes to present, in doing so, it undoubtedly turns up the intensity that makes people believe or get used to shortly.Generally speaking, based on book, the movie succeeds in visualizing the plot regarding to an adventure of four children getting into a incredible world called Narnia in which full of any fantastic creature all you can come up with, such as faun, naiad, dryad and what not. Decent costumes and make-up as well as special effects make the imagination come about. I am not going to praise the movie. It is not a good movie because the book is originally for kids after all. That's why it is somewhat naive and unreasonable for moviegoers so that they probably cannot enjoy watching the movie. Getting through the whole movie, all we can get is nothing else than bonhomie, and too much bonhomie spoil the movie. Audience don't feel nervous at all as Edmound gets caught by White Witch. Audience don't sorrow over the death of Aslan. Audience don't cheer up as Aslan resurrects on account of deeper, ancient incantation. Audience just get through the movie, feeling nothing in spite of colorful and spectacular montage. That's not a movie ought to be.

leplatypus I wonder what would say old Walt about what his company has become: it wants to be the reference of entertainment, magic, dreams family values and child happiness and what they sell at the end is war, blood, violence, soldiers… Here the movie starts like a escapist fantasy, a bit cold with this snow Queen but funny with those talking beavers and then it turns into an army recruitment: a sort of Santa Claus brings guns to the kid, they must hail to the old lion king before going to the killing field fighting the usual ugly dark forces! It's a shame! I'm appalled! You will see a happy, courageous 8 years old girl with a knife and nobody reacts! Her siblings have swords, arrows and it's the same apathy! Where is the old, sweet, compassionate Disney ??? I always thought that using kids in a war was a crime against humanity but now, because it's Disney and the pal of Tolkien is become fun and entertainment! I wish audience could wake up and think AGAIN!... In a bizarre way, America keeps on putting good values on the package but the inside message is totally twisted (no democracy, no tolerance, enemy everywhere, massive weapons,...). I found the young team rather good and the siblings rivalry interesting but at the end i can't support such brainwashing and violations! (and i didn't comment the rather disturbing friendship of a young girl and a Satyr!!!)...

RavenKnowWho The movie was amazing. Absolutely astonishing. It gives me chills every time! But I didn't rate it 10/10 for a reason: the little minor details they missed in the movie. The movie stuck to the book pretty well for The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The plot is definitely the same. In both the movie and the book, Lucy was the first one to go into the Wardrobe; Edmund was a jerk and teased Lucy; Edmund betrayed the others to the Witch, for Turkish Delights; and the rest is very much the same. Really, for this comparison, it'll be easier to note the differences rather than the similarities. There weren't many differences; however, they were mostly subtle differences, but there were some major differences. Like when Mr. Tumnus was in the prison with Edmund, in the movie. In the book, Mr. Tumnus had been turned into stone before Edmund had even gotten to Jadis' house. Also, in the book, the fox never helped the Pevensie children like he did in the movie; in fact, in the book, they never even really met. The fox had a cameo role in the book: he was there when Jadis had found a group of woodland creatures feasting on food that was given to them by Father Christmas; however, in the movie, this was never mentioned. The fox was, however, turned to stone in both the movie and the book. In addition: in the movie, Lucy Pevensie first went into the Wardrobe when the Pevensie children were all playing hide-and-seek. In the book, however, she first went into it when they were exploring the house. Also, in the movie, all four Pevensie children went into Narnia when they had smashed a ball into a window and they were trying to hide from the Professor's maid. In the book, they were still trying to hide from the maid, but it was because they thought she had guests over, not because they were in trouble. Also, in the movie, Jadis came with a procession of her minions to Aslan to negotiate the release of Edmund. In the book, she came alone. I did enjoy, however, that the movie paid attention to the little details: the fact that the Pevensie children never fully closed the wardrobe door, "Because it is foolish to lock oneself in a wardrobe." And the fact that Digory Kirke did say, in the movie and the book, "What do they teach in school these days?" Overall, a great movie.