A great movie!

Rating: 10/10 (28 May 2006)

Let me admit that I was wary about this movie at first. The trailers (to me)looked really really dumb, and I was afraid that this movie would be a huge flop and nobody would ever read the books again. I love the books. I loved them when I was a child, and after reading them again, I loved them even more. I wouldn't be able to bear seeing Lewis's books turned into a bunch of cheesy films that only featured too-high-tech computer graphics and dumb child actors that screamed a lot.
Lucky for me, this movie was just the opposite of a disaster. Andrew Adamson does a GREAT job with the graphics, I must say, as that's what he does do best. But he doesn't make it ALL special effects, he adds warmth and love to this movie, he adds depth and feeling. By the end of the movie, you're nearly crying because you don't want the film to end. The child actors that play the four pevensie children are fantastic, Adamson couldn't have picked a better group of kids. Leading them is Georgie Henley, who plays Lucy. She's absolutely great, she lights up the screen, she has amazing talent as an actress, and she's so young! That's the best part, really. Skandar Keynes plays Edmund, and he's so evil and bratty at first, it's rather scary. Later on, however, he changes very much, and you can't help but like him. Anna Popplewell and William Moseley are great as the two older siblings; Popplewell is bookish and annoying enough, and yet Queenly and beautiful, so that she pulls out a perfect Susan, and Moseley is awesome as Peter. He makes you think, "Heck, I want this guy to be MY older brother," and that's perfect, it's just what is needed.
There's so much more that's majestic and wonderful about this movie, that I could go on for hours, but I'll only end by saying this; you miss out on something beautiful and heart-warming if you neglect seeing this film.