Lewis would have been pleased...

Rating: 10/10 (10 December 2005)

I have read a lot of C.S. Lewis' work (most recently, sadly enough, his Chronicles of Narnia) and I am going to go out on a limb to say that Lewis would have been pleased with this representation. I think this film was able to capture the brilliance of Lewis' masterpiece better than the Lord of the Rings Trilogy was able to capture the brilliance of Tolkien's masterpiece. They are both highly deserving of great films made from them. I was highly impressed with LOTR when I saw them...but now that I have seen The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, I only wished that Peter Jackson could have done a little bit better...even if each movie had to be 4 or 5 hours long instead of 3. All of the elements of the story were there (and I mean just about EVERY element), the acting was wonderful, the cinematography was excellent, the special effects were superb and the music topped it all off. Up until this film, Walk The Line had my vote for the best film of 2005, but there is no way I can deny Narnia of that title now.