Ummm ill stick with LOTR

Rating: 5/10 (31 December 2005)

This new adaptation based on the book by C.S. lewis isn't really translated well here. The film (even though it was around 2 hours 40) felt very rushed, for example the big epic battle scene just ends when the Ice Queen woman gets her face bitten of by a Lion and then all the fighting stops and thats it. Another example is where a big thing is made of the kids receiving their weapons but Susan shoots about one arrow in the battle. Also at the start one minute we are in the Blitz in London next minute were through the wardrobe.
The characters are also not very developed for example the beavers are featured more than the Ice Queen and Susan (one of the sisters) hardly says anything. The children's acting is embarrassing Liam Neeson does do a good job voicing Aslan the lion though.
The directing isn't too bad and some interesting shots are used. The CGI is also top notch but with this the film makers forgot about the story.
This is definitely one for kids or people who like to look at pretty things rather than a real film.