The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe was written by C.S. Lewis and is the first written of a 7 book series. Originally the first book, it has been superseded by The Magician's Nephew as The Magician's Nephew is a pre-quel to The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.
This movie was released in 2005 by Disney so knowing that, you know that they had a decent budget for special effects, music, etc. This movie runs 140 minutes and is well worth sitting through. For those of you that don't know the story, here's a brief synopsis.
Four British children are moved from war-torn London during WWII. They are sent to live with the Professor who has graciously opened his home to these children to keep them away from the war. In this house is a room with a wardrobe closet that magically transports these four children to the land of Narnia, a magical place dominated by a witch who makes it always winter and never Christmas. This magical place has fawns, minotaurs, cyclops, giants, talking animals, and every magical creature you can think of. (My favorite was the griffins mostly because the wolves were portrayed as evil creatures but we won't go there.)
This movie was was well produced and the music and visual effects were very wonderful. Comparing this to other movies of the same title, this one is more "adult" than the others but the kids will like it. I would give this 4 stars as well as a rating of "must own on DVD."
No rumors yet of other books being turned into movies. This could go one of two ways if they do. (1) The Horse and His Boy which is next in the series; or (2)The Magician's Nephew where they go back, do the pre-quel and then move forward. It is my hopes that they go in order of the original series of books meaning that The Horse and His Boy would be next on the list.
We will wait and see what happens.
2 comments:
Haven't seen this yet. I've heard mixed comments on it. I may be sorry I missed it in the theater.
Having never read the books (I know ... I'm a slacker), I had no comparative framework.
However, knowing it was supposed to be allegory and all, I found myself trying to figure out what was supposed to be what.
At first, I thought they were preparing, perhaps, for the battle of Armageddon, but not so much. I assume the White Witch is supposed to be the devil, but I found it odd the role was feminine.
The kid that played Edmund whipped me, but his character did as well and I wonder if that wasn't intentional. I would have liked more of an idea of what role the professor is supposed to play in the book, for his role was minimal in the movie.
I found it entertaining and all that jazz. I think some of the allegory could have been clearer (I don't consider myself a biblical illiterate, but didn't get some of the stuff I figured I was supposed to get), but some was really good.
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