Thursday, December 28, 2006

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

A bit of a disappointment, this. The PG rating ought to've been a clue - it's a children's film, and while there's nothing wrong with that (and it looks the part, in a good way), the film pulled its punches in a way which made it unsatisfying (so you never actually see anyone die onscreen, for example - again, nothing wrong with that per se but it does tend to dilute the impact of the climactic battle sequence). Sense of wonder only partly there...good acting though.