The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (2005) Movie Review Message Board and Comments

I have to diagree partially. I grew up reading the Chronicles of Narnia and I felt that the movie did it great justice. The acting was excellent and so were the effects. I don't think that it is fair to compare it to other movies because it is in a class of its own. I loved everything about the movie! The main character that nobody can criticize is Tilda Swinton. She really delivered the break out performance in this movie. Everything about her was straight on topic with her character. The comment about her posing with her two swords is all part of her character. She is extreamly arrogant, therefore she is going to show off. I really encourage everyone to go see it because it is a great movie that hasn't gotten nearly enough credit. I would give Narnia a 10 out of 10

I liked the movie. The reviewer did a fair job of description as well as a fair bit of criticism from his perspective. BTW, while Tolkein did not particulary like Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, Lewis wrote his Chronicles because he did not like Tolkein's LotR. In a book called the Inklings, I read where it was Tolkein that led Lewis out of his atheism and into becoming a Christian. Tolkein was a Catholic and Lewis an Anglican, so both have related, yet slightly different 'baggage' to bring to their tales. Still, fiction is fiction and both writers were telling a story, not preaching Bible. It is only in the second half of the 20th century when the importance of the Bible began fading in literary imagery of all sorts. Readers of Narnia are not limited to Christians because there is a compelling story for adults and children. Removing those elements would have diluted the film to worthlessness. The way some people view today's cinema, the wolves would have had to rip out one of the children's guts or the wicked queen gotten naked and made love to that dwarf servant of hers or the audience would have to be treated with f---ing this or that or G-d d---s all over the place, perhaps even one of the brothers having the hots for his brother or sister. We have a story with moments of darkness, we really don't have to have a story made dirty to convey that before we can enjoy it, really.