The Chronicles of Narnia DVD Review

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, andGreat set designers, green screens, and on-sight
The Wardrobefilming combined to grasp all of the majesty of
C.S. Lewis' imaginative and compelling story ofthe vast fantasy world of Narnia. C.S. Lewis' vision
four siblings who take a journey to a magicalof the magical world was brought to life in
world by venturing through a wardrobe has finallyamazing fashion and kudos goes out to those
arrived on DVD. The Chronicles of Narnia: Thewho put in all the hard work to make everything
Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe had a veryhappen.
successful tenure while in theatres and the DVDThe movie carries a PG rating and, although it
has been packed with some pretty nice featurescontains a few action scenes and one big climactic
and extras to make the purchase worth itbattle at the end, the violence was held to a
whether or not the viewer has seen the movie inminimal and blood was withheld for the most part
the theatres.in order to hold that PG rating. The younger
The movie lacks a little in terms of acting andcrowds will be enticed by the fantasy setting and
doesn't contain the big name stars of most bigrelatable characters and the older crowds who
Hollywood movies, but the package comeshave read the Narnia novels will want to see the
together extremely well through the work ofworld and story portrayed accurately and done
excellent scriptwriters and set designers. Theproper justice.
story stayed right on track with the novel andThe bonus features included in the DVD include
contained most of the underlying Christian themestwo commentaries, three featurettes, deleted
that were portrayed in C.S. Lewis' classic bookscenes, and dozens of other features. These
series. The dialogue was superbly done and theextras and bonus features are truly outstanding
interaction of characters and plot developmentand make the purchase of the DVD well worth it
moved extremely smoothly.even for those who took the trip to see the
But the real star of the show was themovie while it was in theatres.
environments in which the scenes were placed.