A big disappointment!

Rating: 1/10 (28 December 2005)

This movie really disappointed me! I have never read the books and did not see the television series as a child. So I watched this film with an open mind, not really knowing what to expect, just that it was a children's movie, and in the adventure/fantasy genre. For me the movie had really bad special effects, the creatures were OK, but the blue screen scenes are really, really bad, and some of them are used in very unnecessary places. The story does not manage to introduce the land of Narnia properly, and the white witch is just a one-dimensional villain, lacking depths and motives. So the story stumbles along, showing us mythical creatures by the numbers, not knowing why some of them are good or bad, not letting us know how anything came to be. The climax of the film is over before it has begun, and I found myself wanting the witch to win, cause everything was so tacky and annoying. I understand that the concept was kept simple, because it's mainly for children. However, the great movies for children, manages to work on more than one level, making it entertaining for people of all ages, because it has a heart and a soul. This movie is missing both.