Too much of everything

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

It is a performances centric movie

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is an adaption of C.S. Lewis' novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The film is set in World War II. During the German raids of London, four children (Peter, Susan, Edmund and Luce Pevensie) are sent into the countryside to Professor Kirke, to be taken care of during the Blitz. While there, they discover a magical wardrobe that transports them into another world - the world of Narnia! It is an enchanted word with fauns, dwarfs, talking beasts, and the like. However, it is held under the evil spell of Queen Jadis, otherwise known as the White Witch, who as put Narnia under an eternal winter - with no Christmas! The four children must team up with the great lion Aslan to defeat the Witch and restore peace to Narnia. The film is brilliantly executed with a good plot that flows smoothly and excellent actors - and voice actors. Liam Neeson provides a fantastic voice for Aslan, while Tilda Swinton plays the White Witch equally well. The actors for the four children - and all the other characters - do their jobs very well. The films special effects are brilliant and add quite a bit to the movie. The film is quite enjoyable to watch, and easily beats most - if not all - other fantasy movies I have seen. One of my favourite movies.

Altho I hate Oscars mostly because of the winners, in this case, the Oscar rightfully belongs to this masterpiece. It is child friendly, but at the same moment, it is mature and it is one of the best movies to watch with your family on a Christmas Eve after a nice dinner.

Narnia is a book a series that I admittedly have not read, not a single one, but I have seen the film adaptations of those best selling books. This first installment is the best of all of them in my humble opinion. First of all, let's start with the sets. The film's sets are so on point for the time period this is set in, its very historically accurate and they all have great visual attraction to them. The Narnia scenery is beautiful, breathtaking views of snowy mountains, then of all a sudden, the season suddenly turns to a wonderful spring day, complete with trickling rivers, budding flowers, and a huge battlefield, which is where the big final battle takes place. The actors really handle their characters very well, all the teens are great actors/actresses and they all show great potential, especially Peter. Tilda Swinton is absolutely incredible as the White Queen, there couldn't have been a better choice to play the wicked antagonistic role. Tilda brings a certain cold, distant, and effortlessly evil presence to the role, which works very well. The writing is very good, it adds a good bit of character depth, which is pretty rare with movies starring teenagers. The effects, makeup (Oscar nomination), and the action sequences are all so intricate and well done. Especially the makeup, that is a very important factor for some characters in here. I suggest kids, teens and adults all see this if you haven't already had the pleasure. 9/10.

Sure, the special effects are pretty good, but you expect that, considering the massive budget. But, most of the rest of the film is not. The tone of this movie completely ruins the style of the book, and instead uses the tone of an average blockbuster action movie. One big problem that changes the tone is the soundtrack. We get an unmemorable soundtrack that is over the top, clichéd, loud, blaring and simply annoying. They also overuse the soundtrack. There is basically an unmemorable, over the top, clichéd, loud blaring, annoying song every two minutes. It also affects the flow of the movie.Another thing that this movie fails at is character development. This film has close to none, and you don't really care for the characters because of that. In fact, I wanted Peter, Edmund and Lucy to get killed off by the White Witch, just to finish the tortuous movie.This movie also tries too hard to be dark and scary, but fails miserably. You do not understand the pain and suffering of Narnia in this film, because the filmmakers do not care to put in enough depth and character development for us to care. So, the director says, "Don't worry, we'll get great reviews! We'll just add a bit of awesome special effects here and there!"But...I thought the White Witch in this film was quite good. The acting from her was decent, and the makeup and costume was up to standard. I didn't mind most of the casting, but I didn't like the casting of Lucy, as I thought her acting skills were a bit off. But it wasn't too bad. Overall, if you don't mind a badly paced, clichéd, loud action packed movie, you may like this. But if you're looking for a good film, I suggest you stay away. The metascore is a joke, however. 4.3/10.