Evil Has Reigned For 100 Years...

Rating: 9/10 (14 December 2005)

This movie is much more of what I expected to be. Spite of many people saying that ''it's for children or young teenagers'' , I have to disagree and say that is a movie for all ages. Everybody who enjoys fantasy literature and movies, or never lost that special kid that exists in all of us will like this film.
Narnia is different (and much older) than Harry Potter by the way.Without Narnia I really don't know if Harry Potter books (among others) would exist, since C.S. Lewis is one of the inspirations of J.K. Rowlling, the author of the Harry Potter's books. Spite some similarities with Lord of the Rings, the plot is different , and in fact, C.S. Lewis and Tolkien were friends, so I guess they both had mutual inspirations and mutual interferences in each other's stories. The reason why I am writing this is because I am tired of seeing so many people comparing Harry Potter to Narnia, and Lord of the Rings to Narnia, when the only thing they have in common is the fantasy genre.
Many people also think that Narnia is an allegory for Christianity or for its message, because of the Aslan's death(meaning his sacrifice for Edmund) and his resurrection after that. This is making a big polemic as well, but I can guarantee that the series still has a strong and very beautiful story, even without the allegory.