A beautiful movie

Rating: 8/10 (30 December 2005)

I was reading The Cronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe about 8 years ago (I'm now 18 years old), and I didn't read it to the end ever, because I didn't like the book. It was too confusing for me (and I was a bad reader) and that's why I considered pretty long whether I should even see this movie. Now I can only say that this movie was worth of paying.
Probably the best thing in the movie was the magnificent visualization and the great sound: the landscapes of Narnia are incredibly beautiful and the voice of Aslan is still shouting through my ears and it isn't caused by the speakers of the cinema. No, the great battle in the end is something I haven't seen since Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the mighty background music was about to blow me away.
One other thing that really surprised me was the animating, which is the most beautiful I've ever seen in any film. All the animals looks almost real and the dubbing couldn't have been done any better. Even the eye of Aslan have been done very well. Unbelievable!!!
Then why I gave only 8 to this movie? I think the only bad thing in this movie was the story: it isn't just my type. I prefer to more mature fantasy stories like The Lord of the Rings. Of course I know this is a movie for children and that is why it doesn't contain any blood or raw scenes, but I think fantasy movies aren't perfect without them. Even so, I can say that the movie was very exciting and that is one reason why I liked it.
The actors in the movie were kind of OK. Most of the main actors were in their perfect roles, but one actor didn't fit very well to her role: Tilda Swinton is in my opinion a good actor, but her appearance didn't fit very well to White Witch, whereas Lian Neeson's voice was just perfect to Aslan.
Anyway, after seeing this movie I've decided to read the whole Chronicles of Narnia series when I have enough time. I hope there will become more Narnia movies in future. This one is definitely worth of seeing for everybody.