I Must Now Read The C. S. Lewis Books

Rating: 8/10 (10 December 2005)

I totally enjoyed this film, particularly since I knew very little about it. The splashy ad in the newspaper gave me the impression that it was more of a cartoon than its highly developed graphics animation with tight script and direction.
The best of what could be said has already been accurately written by others. What I walked away with was desire to know more about C. S. Lewis along his other books and writings.
There was a wonderful mixing of Western religious dogma, spiritualism, witchcraft and perhaps a tinge of voodoo or whatever. Perhaps there was a hint of at least one portal somewhere that connects other universes or realms that co-exist with our own -- the one that Adam and Eve acquired. Quite contemporary concepts, for sure.
Lewis' creative writing definitely fits well in uniting into one platform the debate between Darwin and Intelligent Design theories. Combine those two, and we get "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (2005). I mean there were enough variant animals and critters in this film to temper the flotation Noah's Ark.
And we don't have to even ponder about these four children of Adam and Eve and how they would select their life-partners -- presuming they cannot mate with those on the other side due to genetic differences. After all, they have only six Hobson's choices between Peter (P), Edmund (E), Lucy (L) and Susan (S): L+E, L+P,P+E and S+L, P+E. Any of those are within the Combo Darwin and Intelligent Design offerings.
Just a thought about a great cinematic experience.