The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
**½
Director: Andrew Adamson
Cast: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton
This handsome looking adaptation of C.S. Lewis' popular children's book is not able to transport me to its fantasy world. In fact it seems like the four kids who find a doorway to Narnia through the wardrobe are in a theme park and never in real jeopardy. There is very little plot and everything seems to happen too fast. One moment the oldest child is playing hide and seek, and the next he's leading troops in a battle like Aragorn. Speaking of which, the sets, costumes and the locations in New Zealand seem recycled from The Lord of the Rings series. Academy Award winner for best makeup. Followed by Prince Caspian (2008) and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010).
