Too juvenile for youthful fans.

Rating: 1/10 (9 December 2005)

Too juvenile for those of us who were fans from our youth. Great for kids 12 and under - great cinematography, but really poor script and acting from a number of the child characters. I found myself sitting in my seat more interested in some of the effects and film shots rather than being enthralled by the story. The script attempted very dumb humor after some very interesting character play in the beginning. The film also, in my view, attempted a very "Lord of the Rings" cinema feel; this has been seen in some other movies, attempting to make Peter Jackson's work a style of movie rather than the interpretation of one series that it was. I think I would have rather seen Jackson's take on this movie, but he was too busy directing "King Kong", I guess. The movie showed promise, but the lack of such promise was realized when the title "The Chronicles of Narnia" was emblazoned across the screen in a branding-type manner. The movie is more about a brand than telling a classic story.