The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
I really believed that the title of the movie was way too long. But despite the fact the trailer looked good I never got to see it in theaters. The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe is an epic movie for the whole family. The story is about four kids that fall inside the world of Narnia, where animals can talk, fauns and centaurs co-exist and ruled by an evil witch. Their destiny is to save Narnia from it’s cold oppression and with the help of Aslan, bring eternal peace short. This pretends to be an epic adventure and meets the challenge (it doesn’t fail like Alexander), you enjoy every moment of that fairytale. The actors did their part in making this movie credible and appealing. It’s not surprising there was so much talk about it during Christmas time and I regret not having seen it sooner. I bet you’ll like this movie, I just can’t see anything wrong with it! I’ve seen it two days ago so I’m not on any hype right now… I’ll give it 9/10 just to be sure you get to see it, the whole point of going to the movies, or to rent one is to spend some time sharing emotions with what you get on screen. This one will please you.
If I dig a little deeper I can tell you that the visual effects are perfectly performed and if you haven’t read the book you’ll be in for some surprises. I’ll agree that some parts can be predictable but then the tables turn and you realize that the movie is smarter than you. You don’t get those fake feelings that some actors display on screens, even digital characters are lovable and they create beautiful chemistry with the living actors. I’ll make a special mention about Tilda Swinton who plays the White Witch and she is just the perfect evil character. I loved hating her in Constantine, I love/hate her even more for her work! I’m also quite fond with the fact that they did not hire teen stars to make this movie. It’s not a cast of super stars and that is good, otherwise you drool over the actor and it’s hard to see past that and understand the characters he’s playing.