Disappointingly lacking in charm, special effects not quite right

Rating: 5/10 (26 June 2010)

I found this disappointingly mediocre.
It had non of the charm of the classic BBC adaptation, plumping to rely on having more 3-dimensional special effects to make up for the more 2- dimensional characterisation. It doesn't.
In fact I didn't really like the effects in this. They attempted a very photo-realistic interpretation of the fantasy which I found harder to accept when it fell short (every time there is a transition between CGI and live film) than I would a more imaginative interpretation which would have more encouraging of suspension of disbelief (like the BBC version or other films set in imaginative fantasy lands such as Labyrinth.)