I liked Georgie Henley. Otherwise, an Ordinary Movie.

Rating: 4/10 (22 January 2006)

We watched The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. How was it? Let's just say that the first half was good. I liked the mood created by the music, which was really nice and consisted of smooth woodwind noises.
But then the movie just got bad. I really didn't like some of the messages of the film. I didn't like it how the professor says that it is "logical" to trust in your family. What if your dad sexually abuses you?. Genetic relatedness means nothing. The kindest person in the world may be someone with completely different genes to you and the most evil person in the world may be your brother, sister, or father. Saying, "Trust in your father. He knows what is good," may sound nice, but what if you were giving this advice to Adolf Hitler's hypothetical children? The way Edmond all of a sudden changes I thought was weird. Still it all seemed unrealistic. The worst part about the movie would be the battle scene. It's the same old thing we've seen in The Phantom Menace, Lord of the Rings, Troy, Alexandra, and maybe more movies. When some concept is popular, the media executives really milk it, don't they? Whether it's martial arts wire-fu or reality TV, surely people must get sick of the same thing over and over again. I was yawning throughout the whole battle scene. We've seen it all before. Some other people are saying this movie was more incoherent and sanitized, and yes I suppose these are fair concerns.
I should also add that Georgie Henley, the girl who played Lucy, was strangely realistic in her acting. She was also a very likable character.