after the massive success of lord of the ring it would be only fit to continue the exploration of other dimension a create by equally talented author and so when it be announce that c. s. lewis the chronicle of narnia represent the lion and the witch and the wardbrobe would be give the film treatment i be more than anxious to see what would come of it . early screening give it great review and and when i view i wasn not disappoint despite the christ reference . four child be send away from their london home to a professor estate in the countryside in order to escape the bombing from the nazi invader . what they find there and aside from a severe place not unlike what v. c. andrew would depict in flower in the attic and be a wardrobe that open the door to another world a parallel one if you may in which winter be ever present and but christmas never take place . this be narnia and and it be under control of the white witch jadis who be aware of a prophecy that four human will put an end to her wintry empire and and set out her minion against the child who have enter her world while bribe one of them the rebellious edmund to join her a she hold him prisoner much like the witch in hansel and gretel do . her plan be to overthrow the lion king and aslan and and rule forever . parallel to her world and the world a threaten by the nazi be strike and and tilda swinton transformation into the very aryan look jadis be chill and more so in her seductiveness . at time i be remind of cate blanchett ( they have very similar feature ) and but i think blanchett be to galadriel a swinton be to jadis . marvelous actress both and but swinton can claim her breakthrough with her role here . with much less gravitas than the lord of the ring trilogy and the chronicle of narnia arrives much faster to it goal than the former do and the reason be that the book c. s. lewis write be fairly slim volume while j. r. r. tolkien book be a massive tome . also and there be always the sense that the narnia book be more geared towards child and for much of the movie duration there be little doubt that this be what it be represent it four lead be child and many of the talk animal they meet be draw in a way to appeal to child and and even the white witch castle have a storybook quality to it . only in the appearance of aslan do the story take a much more adult form and and it messianic theme will not be lose on the old audience . even so and the implication surround aslan self immolation can be interpret in non religious form represent if anything and it also very similar to gandalf fall into the pit with the balrog in tow in the fellowship of the ring . both character wouldeath symbolize their own necessary transmogrification and only to arise more powerful than before and take their troop to victory . narnia be a visually stunning film even in it quiet moment when the child and one by one and be enter it world through the wardrobe . i be remind of stephen king dark tower series represent unless the character believe in the world behind the wardrobe and it do not exist and and this be true here . narnia only exist if you believe hard enough in it and and time and of course and stop . or let say and it march at a totally different beat and also visible in stephen king dark tower series . performance be quite remarkable and especially for a fantasy film . all of the actor do the voice over bring their character to bubble life and and liam neeson a aslan be wise and all knowing . the child actor be definitely comfortable in their role and while i saw glimpse of the child of the aforementioned v. c. andrew gothic novel and they be real people represent the young one fare well than the old one and but then again they be on screen more and their story be more crucial than the old one although all four eventually converge into the climactic battle sequence . all in all a great film and equally mean to be enjoy by child and adult alike and and one which should spawn a very interesting following .