alleywayambush As a 35-year-old I obviously remember the old BBC NARNIA SAGA. Good old cheap + kitsch yet charming and classy kids' TV it was, and particularly impressive considering the (then) innovative use of blue screen, and in a low-budget production!Can't say I think quite so much of this mind ! The child actors are all smug and trendy - trust me, you'll literally lose count of how many times 'LIKE' is used in their DVD commentary; it's every other word ! The effects are over-digital, plastic + generally fake, the acting over-sentimental and unconvincing, and the reassuring simplicity of the BBC version is replaced with a grandoise epic extravagance that defeats the objective of this being a mere children's fantasy novel. OK, so the score was quite beautiful - if a bit excessive for a kids' fantasy, thus reflecting the OTT style of the film in general - but why the trendy pop songs during the end credits? Overall, this is just plastic millennial crap ! It would at least have SOME merit if they'd featured an actor from the BBC version; think Jenny Agutter's roles in the 1970 + 2000 versions of The Railway Children.

aguyev We watched this movie in family, two adults, one 12 years old boy and one 9 years old girl. Everybody liked the movie, especially the younger one. She liked very much Mr. Timnus and the animals (the beavers, "at the same time very cute and very serious !"). The boy thought the movie was good overall but was weak on some aspects, like the stone table resurrection. The adults enjoyed the visuals which were very beautiful and also appreciated the casting (Tilda Swinton is perfect as the which !) and the costumes. Overall an enjoyable family movie with some minor flaws.

dmwyllie Since I was a child I loved the magic of Narnia. What I didn't realise as a child was the sadness of war that came in both worlds. I first read the book, then the cartoon version of the movie, The TV series didn't work too well for me, but this movie does! Visually stunning, Aslan is just what I thought he should be. I wish the film producers would continue the story ... I was hoping for the Silver Chair. Let's capture a new audience to feel the magic for next Christmas :) x

dick6756 The opening in the movie is a brilliant fashion to expound upon the background of the whole story - The four children was sent to a shelter where was far away from London raided by air-crafts. The eponymous novel just describes the air-raid in few sentences. The movie, however, extrapolates it and establishes vivid scenes to present, in doing so, it undoubtedly turns up the intensity that makes people believe or get used to shortly.Generally speaking, based on book, the movie succeeds in visualizing the plot regarding to an adventure of four children getting into a incredible world called Narnia in which full of any fantastic creature all you can come up with, such as faun, naiad, dryad and what not. Decent costumes and make-up as well as special effects make the imagination come about. I am not going to praise the movie. It is not a good movie because the book is originally for kids after all. That's why it is somewhat naive and unreasonable for moviegoers so that they probably cannot enjoy watching the movie. Getting through the whole movie, all we can get is nothing else than bonhomie, and too much bonhomie spoil the movie. Audience don't feel nervous at all as Edmound gets caught by White Witch. Audience don't sorrow over the death of Aslan. Audience don't cheer up as Aslan resurrects on account of deeper, ancient incantation. Audience just get through the movie, feeling nothing in spite of colorful and spectacular montage. That's not a movie ought to be.