 The
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe
Starring:
Georgie Henley, William Mosely, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton,
Jim Broadbent& Animated Stars Galore
Directed by: Andrew Adamson
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NARNIA 2 disc extra special edition & Save DVD
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Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby
Digital 5.1), English (DTS 5.1), French (Unknown Format), Spanish (Unknown Format)
Commentary by: Kids & director Andrew Adamson
Disc One:
Kid
and director commentary by stars Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley
and Anna Popplewell with director Andrew Adamson
Filmmaker commentary by director
Andrew Adamson, production designer Roger Ford and producer Mark Johnson
Bloopers
of Narnia
Discover Narnia Fun Facts
Disc Two:
Creating Narnia - An
in-depth look at cinematic storytellers, director's diary and the children's magical
journey- an incredible peek behind the bazillion details and experts that went
in to creating C.S. Lewis' vision on film, properly.
"Chronicle of a Director"
featurette - personal diary from the director
"The Children's Magical
Journey" featurette
"Anatomy of a Scene: the Melting River"
featurette
"Cinematic Storytellers" - eight film diaries from eight
members of the film team
"C.S. Lewis: From One Man's Mind" featurette
"Creating
Creatures" featurette
Creatures, Lands & Legends - Meet all the strange
creatures that fill Narnia: Minotaurs, unicorns, centaurs, fauns & more
"Creatures
of the World" featurette
"Explore Narnia" 3-D map
"Legends
in Time" Narnia timeline Bluntly
speaking? The Chronicles of Narnia is magical and bedazzling, a cornucopia
of visual delights. The fairyland discoverers, aka the Pevensie children, and
their interwoven tales of morality are as precious as C.S. Lewis intended, while
the land of Narnia, and its fantastical inhabitants are vividly bursting from
the screen and into your heart; the film is an instant family classic. Story
goes… For safety the Pevensie children, Lucy, Peter, Edmund, and Susan (Georgie
Henley, William Mosely, Skandar Keynes and Anna Popplewell) are sent up countryside
by their loving mother from the ills of WWII London area bombings. They
find themselves settled into a Bruce Wayneish mansion owned by an eccentric professor
sort, and a rather stinging housekeeper straight from the caverns of any child's
nightmare. They
must stick together in this brave new world. Trying
to entertain themselves in a house of untouchable artifacts, while innocently
playing hide-and-go seek, little Lucy discovers a wardrobe… Being
an adventurer at heart, she hides within and discovers there's no backside of
the fine cabinet…but another world. She's stumbled into the land of Narnia
- literally.
In Narnia it is forever winter and the wicked White Witch Jada (Tilda Swinton)
rules with an icy hand, and a really cool tiara. Within
the snowcaps trees, Lucy meets Mr. Tumnus (James McAvoy), a nervous fawn who befriends
the befuddled human and asks her to tea. But before tea is totaled, Mr. Tumnus
and Lucy are to set forth a series of fortold events. Alas,
first Lucy must return back through the looking glass, er, wardrobe. She tells
her doubting siblings about her respite from the real world to which they respond
with jeers and guffaws. But a cricket incident shall bring all four to the land
of wonder, wizardry and weird going ons. Seems
these kids have been prophesized to help free Narnia from the White Witch's spell.
Aslan (voiced by Liam Neeson) is the true leader of Narnia and the children will
lead the land back to the four seasons of right. It's
a bit melodramatic - but it's a fairy tale isn't it? The creatures abound and
animals speak and magical potions are plentiful; all the makings of a delightful
fantastical otherworld and realm journey. The bazillion special effects folks
who lend a hand at creating the magic of the film pull it off seamlessly; Aslan,
who is in fact a lion (for those not keen on the tale), is positively uncatchable
as a CGI whipped up nice and frothy version of the king of beasts. And Narnia,
from the flora and fauna, fawns and forest folks, is positively bedazzling. The
dreaded White Witch wickedly wicked and the whole piece - down to a beaver sporting
chain mail - spectacularly detailed.
The Chronicles of Narnia is
grand. Watch with the younger kids (there's a bit of a faux Bambi-style life-lesson
which may stun them...), but seven and up? Oh yes indeed, they will be right there
with you cheering for all to defeat the nasty witch and her minions. Snack
recommendation: Turkish Delight Popsicles
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