It's amazing what Hollywood can do when they put their mind to it!

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2005)

It's amazing what Hollywood can do when they put their mind to it! A film of high quality, amazing acting, superb special effects, beautiful choreography, plus much much more! What's more NO sex, and NO swearing! The pace of the film did not drag for the most part and the screenplay was well written based on the beloved book by C.S. Lewis. *Spoilers throughout* The film opens with the blitz of London in 1940 with German Nazis bombing the city. This forces the children away from home and into the English countryside. The "Evacuating London" score is wonderful to listen to as the title comes down like snow as the children are leaving on a train. They're sent to the home of an older professor. One day during rain, the children play Hide and Seek to "Oh, Johnny, Johnny" sung by the Andrew Sisters. Lucy, the youngest, finds a wardrobe that goes into Narnia, a land that has been frozen for 100 years by the evil White Witch. Soon all four of the children (Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy) embark on an adventure like nothing before. Edmund betrays them when he meets the Witch earlier, and the children must go to meet the TRUE KING Aslan. Aslan preforms the true meaning of sacrifice dying in the place of Edmund for his faults. Killed by the Witch and then rises again and "death itself started working backwards." The battle scene at the end is amazing before the children are crowned the kings and queens of Narnia. "Once a King or Queen of Narnia, always a King or Queen of Narnia" as Aslan remarks. The children grow up in Narnia going into their 30s I from what I can tell before leaving the wardrobe to return to being children once again. Just as they fall out the professor walks in and says, "What were you children doing in the wardrobe?" "You wouldn't believe us if we told you," remarks Peter. With a twinkle in his eye the professor replies, "Try me." This film has something for everyone. I was surprised when I saw it opening day and people from all age groups were there. Children who were three all the way to Senior Citizens being 70 or 80. The plot is good and teaching great lessons. The Beavers offer great comic relief and the music sets the mood. Enjoy and be sure to stay through the first part of the credits for a final scene.