Too much hype.

Rating: 5/10 (3 October 2008)

When I first heard about a film based on the books by C.S. Lewis, I was hoping something as good as LOTR by Tolkien. Those two ere good friends and thus maybe the films about their books would be in the same category of great movies. Not by a long shot The setup and imagery of the film are very good. Loads of well detailed places that can leave you in awe. The castle of the witch is nicely detailed and I thought the wolf guards were well done.
However, the flow of everything else is lukewarm. The characters of the children are OK, but they are missing with those outside the children. Nor does the film explain a lot about the children, at least not in the beginning.
Plus, the fights and battles certainly don't inspire much out of a person who loved LOTR. Instead, they were disappointing and mildly funny in a bad way.
Overall, this is average. And for so much hype, that is not good. "C"