140 minutes of my life that I'll never get back

Rating: 2/10 (22 January 2006)

Where to start? The sole reason I went to see this movie was because my mother had 4 free tickets and she invited me and a friend. I had no expectations other than that I was pretty sure that it was going to be a LOTR-type of movie for kids. And I was pretty much right. But it still S-U-C-K-S.
First off, the acting was terrible. In my opinion, Tilda Swinton as the White Witch was the only highlight of this movie, and she was the only reason I didn't fall asleep during the movie.
The child-actors were impeccably....awful. They spent 180 million dollars on this movie. And for what? Most of it was computer generated, and even that wasn't done well. The green-screen use was a load of crap, and I have seen better in my media class in my school. And with such a huge budget, they could've spent some dough on teaching William Moseley (Peter) how to carry and wield a sword without looking like a victimized redneck retard who's about to stand up to his father in a domestic quarrel (even though the sword would have been misplaced in such a situation).
I wont bother picking on the other actors, because anyone that saw this, and anyone that will, will know what I'm talking about here. When I saw this movie in the theaters, I didn't realize all the allusions to the bible for some unknown reason, but after reading some comments in here, I totally agree with all of them.
The battle sequences were short and monotonous and boring. Not were they any exciting, and it all seemed like the director tried to make something like Peter Jackson did with his magnificent LOTR trilogy. This movie doesn't even come close. not even.
BTW, does anyone agree that Mr. Tumnus first seemed like a pedophile when he met Lucy the first time? Tilda Swinton and some of the technical aspects of the movie were the only good parts about this, but what does that matter when the story and storytelling is horrible? The only thing I could think of when leaving the theater, was how much one could've gotten for that wardrobe on some auction. And the only reason I give it a 2 in rating is that it had one part that was completely superb - the end credits - it marked the end of this cinematic equivalent of a turd. Skip this turgid mess.