The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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Actor: Anna Popplewell, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Tilda Swinton, William MoseleyDirector: Andrew Adamson
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
Producer: Andrew Adamson
Writer: Andrew Adamson
Producer: David Minkowski
Writer: Ann Peacock
Writer: C.S. Lewis
Writer: Christopher Markus
Writer: Stephen McFeely
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; German (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Unknown; Spanish (Dubbed), Unknown
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 143 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-04
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
Product features:
- Prepare to enter another world when Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media present C.S. Lewis' timeless and beloved adventure. With the stunningly realistic special effects, you'll experience the exploits of Lucy, Edmund, Susan, and Peter, four siblings who find the world of Narnia through a magical wardrobe while playing a game of "hide-and-seek" at the country estate of a mysterious profe
DVD Reviews of The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
DVD Review: The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Summary: 5 Stars
It's a movie of intelligence and power, of beauty, universality and largeness of spirit. An engaging and exciting family movie that feels good to watch. DVD Review: Christmas Present
Summary: 5 Stars
I received the video in a timely fashion and gave it as a gift for Christmas.DVD Review: The spirit of King Arthur hovers this sympathetic film!
Summary: 5 Stars
Narnia is another of these tongues in the cheek movies created by Walt Disney Productions as a perfect entertainment device for the family.
Four children in the Second War are sent to a big mansion and precisely to run away from the horror of the surrounding reality, Lucy will be the first to discover the magical gate behind of an inoffensive wardrobe who will lead her to Narnia.
Once she has discovered it, she will come back with Edmund and finally when the entire crew of brothers trespass the boundaries, the adventure will be about to start.
The inclusion of the sword on the ice remits us immediately to Excalibur, specially when you relate it with the speech of Aslan, once it has returned to life.
Tilda Swinton is overwhelming as the White witch. The imaginative stages and the rest of the plot are an invitation to us on order to let us carry by the wings of the fantasy in this colossal saga, where the heroism and redemption will liberate to the people of this oppressed land.
Or perhaps were we part of a dream into a dream?
DVD Review: Good film adaptation, but could have been great
Summary: 4 Stars
After a horrid BBC adaptation of C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia, Disney's The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe does a decent job of bringing the first book to life. The Pevensie kids were generally well cast, and Georgie Henley as young Lucy steals the show. James McAvoy as Mr. Tumnus is also very good. The film provides a visual feast, from snowy mountains to fauns and minotaurs. Harry Gregson-Williams' moving soundtrack provides an epic backdrop for the action.
Unfortunately, as much as I like it, I just felt like I couldn't give The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe five stars. Coming so soon after the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe obviously invites comparisons. However, Disney just doesn't meet the high standards those films set. For one thing, some of the roles are miscast. William Moseley as Peter never shows much passion. Tilda Swinton as the evil queen never really worked for me, although she has some moments (such as riding in a sleigh pulled by polar bears). Some of the animal computer-generated characters look cartoonish, especially the wolves, although Aslan the lion himself looks great. Overall, these are a few details that, with a bit more work, could have been improved.
I think it's fair to say that The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will be remembered as a well-done, entertaining movie adaptation, but not an outstanding work of art along the lines of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings. The film is fun, entertaining, and likely to please fans of Lewis' novels, but, with a bit more time and effort, could have been even better. Ultimately, I don't think Disney and director Andrew Adamson were a right fit for the series, which makes it good news that the next films (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) will be in good hands.
DVD Review: Better than the original
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" is an American fantasy movie released in 2005. It's based on a novel by the British writer Clive Staples Lewis. The novel has been adapted for TV or cinema several times before.
When I saw an old animated version of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", I considered it a very strange story, but nothing more. People entirely new to the Narnia concept will probably react in similar ways when seeing this American movie version. What on earth is this story about?
The truth, of course, is that "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" is a Christian allegory. If you look carefully, it's all in there. The White Witch is the Devil, the treachery of Edmund symbolizes the fall of Adam and Eve, Aslan is Jesus Christ, and his voluntary sacrifice to save Edmund is the crucifixion. And yes, he comes back and resurrects all the dead. Then comes Judgment Day, when the good battles the forces of evil.
Small wonder people think it's a weird storyline...
As already mentioned, the story is based on a novel by C.S. Lewis, also titled "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe". (Incidentally, the professor of the story is probably a humorous reference to Lewis himself!) Lewis' express purpose was to write an allegorical Christian novel for children. He later expanded the concept and wrote six additional novels. Together the seven books are known as "The Chronicles of Narnia".
Frankly, I think this de-Christianized, Americanized and politically correct version of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" is much better than the original!
The clean shaven, old fashioned kids of the original story (not to mention a notorious British adaptation for TV) are more modern in the movie version. Also, the Christian references are less overt. But the best change concerns the gender roles. Lewis was almost ridiculously patriarchal, so in the original story the girls Lucy and Susan aren't supposed to participate in the final battle between Aslan's forces and the evil legions of the White Witch. And why is the Devil symbolized by a woman, anyway? In the movie, the poor devil is still female, but at least Susan is a soldier. Interestingly, Peter (the older brother) is something of a sceptical wimp!
A covertly feminist version of "The Chronicles of Narnia"? Who could have imagined?
The movie even contains unexpected humour, as when the fox delivers the unforgettable one-liner: "I wish I could say their bark was worse than their bite". The bickering between Beaver and his wife is also extremely entertaining.
This movie adaptation of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" also has an ironic twist. It has *very* obvious similarities with Peter Jackson's successful "Lord of the Rings" movies. Indeed, the rip off was clearly visible already in the trailer. The twist, of course, is that C.S. Lewis was personally acquainted with J.R.R. Tolkien. One of Lewis' science fiction novels, "That hideous strength", contains a partial cross-over with the Lord of the Rings universe of Tolkien. It's therefore ironic that a movie adaptation of Lewis' Narnia stories mimics movies based on Tolkien. It seems you really cannot separate Lewis and Tolkien!
I admit of having grown sick and tired of the superstitious musings of C.S. Lewis. A big thanks to Walt Disney for remaking this story into a light, entertaining adventure epic!
Five stars.
Description of The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Prepare to enter another world when Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media present C.S. Lewis' timeless and beloved adventure. With the stunningly realistic special effects, you'll experience the exploits of Lucy, Edmund, Susan, and Peter, four siblings who find the world of Narnia through a magical wardrobe while playing a game of "hide-and-seek" at the country estate of a mysterious professor. Once there, the children discover a charming, once peaceful land inhabited by talking beasts, dwarfs, fauns, centaurs, and giants that has been turned into a world of eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever! The Chronicles of Narnia, Narnia, and all other book titles, characters and locales original thereto are trademarks of C.S. Lewis Pte Ltd. and are used with permission. ? Disney/WaldenC.S. Lewis's classic novel The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe makes an ambitious and long-awaited leap to the screen in this modern adaptation. It's a CGI-created world laden with all the special effects and visual wizardry modern filmmaking technology can conjure, which is fine so long as the film stays true to the story that Lewis wrote. And while this film is not a literal translation--it really wants to be so much more than just a kids' movie--for the most part it is faithful enough to the story, and whatever faults it has are happily faults of overreaching, and not of holding back. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe tells the story of the four Pevensie children, Lucy, Peter, Edmund, and Susan, and their adventures in the mystical world of Narnia. Sent to the British countryside for their own safety during the blitz of World War II, they discover an entryway into a mystical world through an old wardrobe. Narnia is inhabited by mythical, anthropomorphic creatures suffering under the hundred-year rule of the cruel White Witch (Tilda Swinton, in a standout role). The arrival of the children gives the creatures of Narnia hope for liberation, and all are dragged into the inevitable conflict between evil (the Witch) and good (Aslan the Lion, the Messiah figure, regally voiced by Liam Neeson).
Director (and co-screenwriter) Andrew Adamson, a veteran of the Shrek franchise, knows his way around a fantasy-based adventure story, and he wisely keeps the story moving when it could easily become bogged down and tiresome. Narnia is, of course, a Christian allegory and the symbology is definitely there (as it should be, otherwise it wouldn't be the story Lewis wrote), but audiences aren't knocked over the head with it, and in the hands of another director it could easily have become pedantic. The focus is squarely on the children and their adventures. The four young actors are respectable in their roles, especially considering the size of the project put on their shoulders, but it's the young Georgie Henley as the curious Lucy who stands out. This isn't a film that wildly succeeds, and in the long run it won't have the same impact as the Harry Potter franchise, but it is well done, and kids will get swept up in the adventure. Note: Narnia does contain battle scenes that some parents may consider too violent for younger children. --Dan Vancini
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