there be one scene in andrew adamson new film the chronicle of narnia represent the lion and the witch and and the wardrobe and that for me walk into the theater that need to be perfect . if not the whole movie and ( the continue franchise of sequel ) would fall flat on it face . if the film do not capture this scene i believe the heart and soul of c. s. lewis and his magical world would have be completely destroy . but i digress . walk into narnia be an interesting experience for me . in all honesty i find c. s. lewis to be a great writer that i can hardly read . his book be hail left and right and i just can not read them . it not lewis fault . i realize it my own medium saturate thick head that block me up . so a few week ago after a screening of a 10 minute super trailer for narnia i decide to dust off my old copy of the chronicle of narnia and decide to give it a chance . i read the first two book in about a week and i wonder to myself . what be my problem . what take me so long to become enchant by this mystical world . i have come to realize i can not appreciate the classic . i really think that my loss and something i intend to work on in the new year . so anyway and sit down in the movie theater i psyched myself up i intend to be wow . i want narnia to come alive on screen like it do in my mind and i think it fell a little short of my expectation but in the end make me smile . narnia tell the story of four child . when the young name lucy ( georgie henley ) find a magic wardrobe that transport her into the magical land of narnia . narnia be a land of talk animal and magical faun and and the evil white witch ( tilda swinton ) whose enslave the land cause it to be forever winter and never christmas . her sister susan ( anna popplewell ) and and brother peter ( william moseley ) and and edmund ( skandar keynes ) do not believe her story . until the day all the child enter the land of narnia . a land and get catch up in a war that may fulfill a prophecy that will bring peace to narnia . narnia be a fascinating example of a film that doesn not exactly add up but in the end be satisfy . the screenplay be riddle with the problem from the very begin . it try so hard to stick to the book that the early moment of the film feel flat . even when the child get to narnia you feel the same way . narnia feel just like the british country side the child have come from . narnia should feel different and it doesn not . why be their a light post growing in the middle of the forest . why be the animal talk . why be it always winter and yet never christmas . these question should inspire awe . narnia should glow and jump off the screen and but the first act be to busy get from point a to point b than to allow u to immerse ourselves in the narnian landscape . if your like me you will find yourself think why do this feel like a third rate lord of the ring . i think what miss be the thing that make the novel so enchant . it lewis self aware narration . even when at the great peril it be lewis kind word and silly aside comment that lighten the situation . admittedly that would be difficult in a film but it would have be nice if they would try . instead they stick humor in place that seem out of place . but fear not and all be not lose . because if you can get through the first hour ( which really isn not that bad ) . you will come out on the other side and into a much good and powerful movie . once aslan ( voice by liam neeson ) the mighty lion come on the screen youre in for the ride of your life . i mention early there be one scene that need to be perfect or the film would be destroy . that scene involve aslan and the stone table . they get it right and and oh boy be i impressed . if aslan be not strong and if aslan be not see a a threat even a he be be torment this scene fall apart . but adamson and his team make aslan a character to be reckon with . if you do not gasp a aslan climb those stair and the beast and the white witch part the way for him and if you do not feel the pain and anguish of aslan torment and and if your tear duct do not well up when the scene be over and i would doubt your humanity ( just a little . ) after that the film only get well and there be an awesome battle sequence and and even narnia begin to take a life of it own . it give each character their moment to shine and it wrap itself up neatly enough . after the film be over i can not wait for prince caspian ( or the horse and his boy ) to hit the big screen . i would also like to single out little georgie henley ( watch out dakota fanning ) the little girl who play lucy . she give the early part of the film a lot more life and fill the screen like very few child actor can . this little girl ( in her debut role ) have an innocence and yet a maturity that belie her age . this little girl give a performance that should really net her an oscar nod . it probably would not but if i do not bring it up who would . while this film have a few rough spot and a first act that need some work the chronicle of narnia represent the lion and the witch and and the wardrobe be an enchant journey that be worth the price of admission . seek it out .