Perfect but Shallow

Rating: 5/10 (5 April 2006)

This movie contains everything I like since my childhood. The Music is excellent, the effects great and fantasy rules the world. Still: "Narnia" stays soulless and shallow. Don't ask me why. It just didn't get me. The Characters are poorly developed, Kids who fight like heroes without even touching a sword before? Come On! Okay,usually stuff like that does not disturb me in other movies. Why here? I seriously don't know. I tried to like it so bad! For 2 1/2 Hours or so I really tried to convince myself that it has everything I love. It didn't work out! Is it because I'm 40? Well, there is more childish stuff that I really love and the last Harry Potter? Was Great! As was "The Lord of the Rings", which you can not really compare to "The Chronicles"...
Maybe I try to watch it again around Christmas-Time. But actually I don't think that it would change anything. Btw.: I love the Winter-Landscape...the evil White Which...well, she was good for the first time, then Swanton used the same facial expression all the time. Just the costumes changed. Lovely was the little Girl, she brought a little life-spark with her acting into this perfect but cold fantasy-world. And the Christian Message? Okay, I could live with that because as much as Christianity was present, there was symbolism and thinking of "the old pagan path". I liked that ;-) Much said and then nothing with this review. Its probably like the movie itself. So much going on with so less emotions. But as I said before: I promise! I will watch it again, and maybe...just maybe...I like it better then. I will try ;-)
PS: Maybe it will be like Harry Potter: getting better with every sequel