I Loved it!!!! One of The Best versions Ever Made!!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (12 December 2005)

Now, back when I was in the fifth grade I remember that we had to read the book of The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. I Loved the book and thought it was awesome, I got 100% on my report and we got to watch the 1988 TV movie after everyone handed theirs in.
I've seen the TV version on Masterpiece theater, and I've rented it several times. I loved the attention to detail. Me and my friend had a marathon of the television series a while back and after it my friend turned to me and said "I would like to see this remade before the end of the millennium." well, sadly that didn't happen, but now it is 2005 and here we have the first version of this film put to the Silverscreen and.......
Now I am in University, and I was very excited to see this film. I saw it this evening with my friend who had said she wanted to see it remade, and I absolutely loved it!!!!! I appreciated the attention to detail, how they didn't skip on anything,I liked how nothing felt rushed, they took the time to see the statues in the witches castle. I liked all the actors, they did a wonderful job of fulfilling their roles. I liked Lucy especially she was far less whiny sounding in this version than in the TV one. I liked it when a great looking more traditional version of Jolly Old St. Nick leaves and she says to Susan "told you he was real." lol This film made me think to myself, I can believe in anything I wan't to believe and no one can tell me otherwise." If your still a child at heart, you can still believe that there is a sense of magic and wonder in this world and rightly so!! This film had such a mystical and fantastic sense of wonder. Roger Ebert was right when he said "This Movie has Charm of all things." It was wonderful to see. I was glad that none of the themes were watered down. The Costumes were beautiful, the Beavers looked a little like Capiveras, I liked the fox, and the river scene, it was an excellent for of suspense, I was extremely glad that Father Christmas was not cut out. ( although I thought he would ask where Edmund was, and I was hoping he would give his sword and shield to the beavers to take with them) Liam nesson's voice did the character of Aslan Honor!! The Battle scene was epic and astoundingly comes as close to greatness as Lord Of The Rings. I was also so glad to see the Polar Bears in this movie that I saw on the Poster, I was worried they would not show up. I thought it was really grand and interesting to see Polar Bears instead of Horses. I enjoyed seeing the Griffins and all the mystical, odd looking creatures that were summoned to fight for both sides. (I think I liked the Minotaurs and Centaurs Especially)
The only thing I was worried about was the white witch, I am very found of Barbara Keelermans version and I was wondering if Tilda Swinton could top it, looking at previews I didn't think so but now having seen the film I can breathe a sigh of relief, for Tilda swinton plays very well indeed, expressing just enough a charm in order to lure Edmund in to her trap, I remember the other one shouted at Edmund a lot! and I thought it was funny how she overplayed it quite a lot.!! I was thinking back to the scene when Edmund walks in on the white witch and she looked like she was yawning and then she goes "How Dare You!!" lol that was funny. I am really looking forward to seeing all the other films One thing is for sure, This Verson is definitely going in My Home Video collection.