A new epic for the kids

Rating: 8/10 (22 March 2008)

I read The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in the 6th grade, it seriously was my favorite book that I could just read over and over again. When I first saw the trailer a few years ago for the film, I was scared to see it because I wasn't sure if it would ever compare to the book. But you know what? It's a film, that's a book, I don't like to compare the book to the movie because I think that's how people end up hating a movie is if it's not faithful to the book. A film is bound not to be like the book, some things have to be changed for entertainment or because there is no way to adapt a scene from a book onto film. So finally decided to just go ahead and give The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe the movie a chance and see what it was like. I watched it a couple days ago and really enjoyed how everything was presented and I felt like it was very faithful to the book after all.
Lucy, Edmund, Peter, and Susan are all brothers and sisters, set in WWII in England, for safety's sake, their mother sends them to a friend's house. When they are playing hide and go seek, Lucy finds a closet, she goes in to discover a whole new world. A world called Narnia, she meets a faun(who is half man, half goat), Mr. Tumnus, who warns her to go back, that the White Witch will come after her. She goes back, but tells her brothers and sister, who eventually follow her into Narnia. But Edmund has been bribed by the evil White Witch to betray his brother and sisters. But they must work together to bring peace back into Narnia and are to be the future kings and queens.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a wonderful film, to me it was kind of a new epic for the kids, like how Lord of the Rings isn't meant for kids, this was a film they could get into. I still prefer the book, things just lead up to your own expectations and imagination. But still the acting, the special effects, the story is just lovely and I'm sure that this is a film that you will definitely enjoy. It's a great family film, worth the watch.
8/10