Too much like Lord Of The Rings !

Rating: 4/10 (26 December 2005)

I read lots of positive comments about this film but, as happened when I saw Donnie Darko, I do not agree with the other viewers.
First of all, the trailer was absolutely wrong because it pretended to be a sort of "Lord Of The Rings" production, but, watching the film, I realized that everything was represented in a childish way, much much much more than Harry Potter (and that doesn't pretend to be fantasy). The worst thing is that I didn't see any children at the theater maybe because of the "I do not tell the truth" trailer.
Here in Italy, the lion voice is really awful, irritating and difficult to understand clearly because they used Omar Sharif instead of a real Italian actor.
Some shots resemble too much the Lord Of The Rings, for example when the three brothers run away from the witch before meeting Santa Claus and they walk through the snow, just like the Fellowship of the Ring crossing the Misty Mountains. The only moments I liked were the battle and the lion killing the bad witch, but it was too "politically correct" because the good guys do not die and even frozen characters come to life again. I understand. Teenagers would have been disappointed by showing them a little bit of real life.
Maybe I would have enjoyed watching this film. If I was a teenager. But I'm 31 and I didn't.