Most disappointed

Rating: 6/10 (17 February 2006)

First of all i was quite looking forward to seeing this movie. I read the book as a child and once again not so long ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Watching the movie was a complete different experience. For the movie I was not expecting to see any kind of standard of what Lord Of The Rings offered but at least something that looked more convincing than what this movie actually offered.
The visual effects in my opinion were what really let the film down. I thought they were appalling for a film of this scale. I do not think any of the creature effects looked effective enough to make them believable, you could tell they were animated, likewise in many films these days. In this movie I thought i was watching a pixar animated film in certain scenes. I'm very surprised the effects were nominated for an academy award. I thought the outstanding visual effects for Star Wars - Revenge Of The Sith were strongly overlooked in this category.
Apart from that i did not feel that the characters of the movie were portrayed in a way in which you cared for them or not. Reading the book was a complete opposite. I just wasn't that bothered when watching the movie.
What i did like about the film was the art direction, the design of the queen's lair was impressive and the look of Narnia itself looked good but that was about it for me.
A lot of people may disagree with this review but i strongly feel that this movie could have been made a lot better considering the budget that was available. Lets see what happens with the next movie.