great adaption

Rating: 8/10 (9 December 2005)

I was a bit skeptical about this. I was afraid it would go the Harry Potter way because of the length of the book problem, and be utter crap. But this was brilliant. It may be a bit slow at times but they captured the story well. Jim Broadbent has a small role and is so adorable as the Professor especially when you think about the roles he's done in Moulin Rouge and Bridget Jones. I also thought Lucy was just as sweet although sometimes she seems like shes smiling when shes crying. The animation was amazing from the beavers to Aslan and it wasn't used excessively (e.g they used real people in the war scene -at least when they were cheering - not computer mess). But let me criticize. Tilda Swinton is a good actress but I felt like the Queen was like a Xena Warrior Princess wannabe and some of the lines were so corny I wanted to laugh. I was disappointed when Lucy enters Narnia for the first time as I felt she could have expressed more surprise and made it like a Dorothy entering the coloured world of Oz scene - which by the way is so magical it always gives me goosebumps. It was a good thing humour was added though and it is definitely worth seeing.