Excellent rendering of the book, great effects!

Rating: 10/10 (8 December 2005)

The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe does a great job of being faithful to the book, but is exciting enough by adding a few scenes and showing the back story of how the children got to the house in the country. Though the movie starts a little slowly, things really get exciting when they go through the wardrobe. Beautiful scenery, and wonderful characters. The battle scenes are intense, some animals are seemingly in danger, but its done well enough that you can take the kids and assure them that it will all be okay in the end. Kind of like "Lord of the Rings" for children. Fantastic CGI of creatures, action, costumes and detail. The Lion is magnificent, (stone table scene might be intense for children) but no blood shown, violence is somewhat off screen. The kids are just too cute and the sibling interaction is very realistic. After viewing the movie, you will want to read the book and really appreciate the writing and dialogs that did not make it to the movie. The beavers'conversations in the book are my favorite - "A lion? Is he safe?" "Of course he's not safe, but he's good! He's the King!"