The Chronicles of Narnia

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a movie based on the classic book by C. S. Lewis.

There was a bit of controversy as this film was being made. Some people were worried that since Walt Disney Pictures was making the movie that it would be Disneyfied. Well, that didn’t happen. It sticks close to the story as told in the book.

The film has a nice period feel to it, the story having taken place during WWII. Four children are sent to the country to get away from the war. When playing hide-and-seek, one of the children hides in a wardrobe and discovers it’s a portal to the world of Narnia. In Narnia it has been prophesied that four humans would help them defeat the evils of the White Witch. The children are caught up in the war to defeat her.

It’s aimed at a younger audience than LOTR or HP, but this is still fantasy cinema at it’s best. I can’t wait for other books in the Chronicles of Narnia series to be brought to the screen.

I do have one slight problem, though. C. S. Lewis sub-titled the book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe… that’s just wrong… first we’re introduced to the the wardrobe, then the witch, and then the lion… so it should have been called The Chronicles of Narnia: The Wardrobe, the Witch, and the Lion…

That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it.