Went to see *intake of breath* THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE over the weekend with 'imself. He has a shite week at work coming up so 'twas by way of a cheer-up treat.
When I was a wee 'un TLTWATW was a favourite book until I found out that it was a veiled parable on Christianity. Ever since then I have had an inate distrust of any sort of fantasy film or book... just waiting for the God Factor to kick in and ruin the whole damn thing.
However I enjoyed the film more than I expected. The film moved along at a good pace which is a surprise in itself with this sort of film. The performances by the young actors playing Lucy and Edmund far outshine the two older ones, the animation of the animals is very good especially the White Witch's feared wolves and Aslan is well strokable. In case you don't know Aslan is a lion.
And then there is Tilda Swinton as The White Witch. As an actress there has always been something glacial and cold about her so, as the creator of the never-ending winter that swams Narnia, she is outstanding!
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