Not as great as I hoped

Rating: 6/10 (8 December 2005)

I was expecting a lot more from "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" because it is a great story and there has been a lot of hype about this picture. Unfortunately I felt after seeing it that there were parts of it that just didn't seem to be as quality as I hoped. For example, Mr Tumnus is not shown in full-body and close-up, it is always a legs shot or a face/upper torso shot, or shot from far away, so we can't really get a feel for how faun-like he really looks. Another example is where large backgrounds look a bit fake like a matte painting. I felt that the beavers were a bit over the top with comedy.
On the plus side though the voice acting of Aslan was wonderful, and the children were adorable. The story is well told.