Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe - amazing film!

Rating: 10/10 (12 December 2005)

I go to see most films with a sceptical frame of mind, well most films based on my favourite childhood books anyway! Most of the time I feel that it's not just the film that adds to an overall opinion of it. It's environment, it's company, it's the experience! Seeing this film for the first time, was also a first time at the newly built multiplex cinema in town - without advertising i think we can all guess which one it is! The screen was huge, so that sold it for me straight away, the lighting was perfect, and the temperature was toasty-warm. Just right for the weather outside and on the screen! With the film starting as it did, a fictional scene from WW2, i was slightly taken aback as to where that fit into the book - but then i figured, it's Hollywood, we need to allow for some leeway! As the film progressed i was more and more impressed. The actors, i thought,were perfect for the parts, the house, and the professor exactly as i'd imagined it whilst reading it all those years ago.
As the film progressed, i thought the makers got everything down to a tee; the lamppost, Mr Tumnus, Narnia itself. The special effects were out of this world - Aslans legs wobbling slightly as he padded around the children, amazingly realistic. Even the soundtrack was spot on.
I left the cinema feeling refreshed, that finally Hollywood has got it just right - I don't have a bad word to say about this film...10 out of 10 and highly recommended!