A Complete Trainwreck

Rating: 3/10 (1 June 2006)

This movie is a real disappointment. It is boring, lackluster, and missing something. Every moment is a moment of agony, as the movie never delivers that special element that captivates you like masterpieces such as Saving Private Ryan and Lord of the Rings deliver. The movie overall pleases the simple-minded. For those of you who cannot think for yourselves, this is the movie for you. Generally, throughout the whole story, the movie tells you how to think and what to feel about each situation. This overall hold-your-hand approach to the story line leaves intelligent viewers bored and pleading for that something that will redeem this abysmal flick. Not only does it walk you through everything, but it tries to shove epic sequences down your throat every other minute of the movie. These frequent catastrophes just don't work at all. Each of these just leaves you with a more bitter taste than before and a growing opinion that Chronicles of Narnia is a movie that tries to be something it's not. It's no epic and it's nothing to stand up and cheer on any army for. In addition, the character development is so erratic that it never feels like any character are actually evolving, but instead assuming roles. I have to admit I only paid one dollar for the movie but I wish I had spent the money on four gumballs. I would have gotten tenfold more enjoyment out of those four gumballs than I got from this disaster of a movie.