All it's cracked up to be...?

Rating: 8/10 (8 December 2005)

Just got back earlier from seeing Narnia. It was a good movie. It was not Lord of the Rings good, but then neither are the books. The books were made as children's stories, and thus so is the movie. However, the movie is very faithful to the books, with only minor and inconsequential changes. Narnia is very colorfully created and with the exception of a really cheesy effect at the end of the battle scene, the FX were really well done and believable. The actress who portrayed Lucy did a good job. The other children weren't quite as convincing, but all the wonderful and mystical scenery/eye candy drew attention away from this fact. The movie could have benefited from a PG-13 rating, as there was a sense in the battle scenes that the director was holding back in order to get the lower rating, and the battle was thus not as intense or convincing as it could have been. Also, the movie did seem rather rushed at parts and could probably get away with being another twenty minutes longer. I can't wait to see what they do with the rest of the series though and all in all it was an enjoyable and light hearted adventure. I did not leave the theater feeling disappointed and anyways, until PJ gets around to making the hobbit, this is the closest we'll get to the Lord of the Rings with the possible exception of the Potter series. Now on to King Kong...