The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

This is a below average film.

Although I haven't read the novel before, I could sense that the film is a rough adaptation of the original novel, with breadth but lack the depth of the story. Gaps were present everywhere, though such peccadilloes did not hinder my understanding of the entire storyline. Well, in any case, the producers certainly deserve some kudos and credits for making the story not as arcane as the Harry Potter series.

The effects did not live up to my expectation, especially when the trailer has done a great job in teasing me. I thought it would be as good as LOTR, or at least 70% the standard of LOTR.

But alas! The effects were egregious. Especially the scene when the 4 young ones were standing on top of some highlands overlooking, I think, the river. The beaver was poiting to them the location of the "Stone Table". At that particular scene, the background was so artificial that for a moment, I thought that this movie was produced by China or Singapore.

And the battle scenes were disappointing. It was done in an amateur manner. There were hardly any battle scenes that could match the standards of LOTR, or even to be described as nerve-wrecking. None of its battle scenes managed to fix my eyes on the silver screen or to glue my bottoms onto the cushion seat.

In short, it was plain boring.

The film certainly lacks the "omph-factor" to keep me interested in the film.

The cast for the movie was equally bad. Their acting skills certainly need a lot of polishing, for their acting would certainly be described by my teacher, who taught me acting, as "inorganic". They just don't appear natural to me.

I am not sure whether the film is a British or an American production, since the cast are British, while it is a Walt Disney production.

If this movie is a British production, then it seems that the British movie industry has a lot of catching to do if she wants overtake, or to be at least on par with Hollywood.

If it is indeed an American production, then I am sure they had either underperformed or their standard havve fallen.

Nevertheless, the movie is still "watch-able" because the stroyline is relatively easy to follow. I don't think anyone would get lost trying to comprehend the story.

Rating: 6 / 10

P.S. Yeah I know that I am bit "slow" and "lag" to only watch the movie nearly 2 months after its premiere. But hey! You wouldn't believe what I have seen in the theatre! The theatre was actually half-filled, and Caucasians form the majority of the audience. So are they equally "slow" and "lag" as well? (Nothing racist here)