The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - A Review

January 29, 2006 8:48 pm
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Rating: ***
(Lowest: * Highest: *****)

Magic, beauty, love and majesticity thats Narnia .Nothing can beat a child’s imagination and Narnia and its magnificent residents come to life in this extavaganza of color and special effects. The movie clearly created with kids in mind leaves you in a dreamworld enclosed in a Wardrobe.

When four kids forced to live away from their parents due to war find a desolate Wardrobe in an isolated room on the top floor they enter into Narnia. What is Narnia? A parallel universe of sorts… Its full of snow and snow capped mountains but its cold beauty has a reason… its been cursed to a 100 year winter which will end soon…

The Prophecy predicts that Two sons of Adam and Two daughters of Eve will come and help Aslam to defeat the White Witch… the winter will end to mark the beguinning of the end of the Witch’s reign.

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Dont be scared of the animals when they speak coz all animals speak in Narnia. The place is loaded with magical creatures like Phoenixes, Unicorns, Centaurs, Trools, Elves, Dwarfs and Mer People but no humans (now I wonder why its so good :)) ). And who is this Aslam… He is a Majestic Lion and the wisest of all animals.

The movie shows the transition of the four kids first to believe what they are seeing then to step up and accept their destiny. The movie ends with the expected fight between good and evil and no points for guessing who wins :P.

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Some scenes in the movie shows the accuracy of the camera work and the concentration given to detail. The screenplay looked solid and did not waiver en route to the end. Acting wise Tilda Swinton (White Witch) takes the honours and the rest of the cast does an amazing job in bringing Narnia to life.

Verdict : Plus points: Amazing Special Effects and Camera work. Negative Points : Dont expect much its just like a kids fairytale…
And if possible take a kid with you and see the difference in how much you love the movie :)

  
Mood : bouncy  Music : Shuruaat - Shaan - OST Narnia/Tishnagi
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One Response to “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - A Review”

aJ wrote a comment on January 29, 2006

I wasn’t too impressed with the movie. The story was not too strong but the camera work was awesome.

Ps. The Lion’s name Aslan not Aslam :-P

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