The Chronicles of Narnia, an exciting and magical movie.

Wow! What an incredible movie. The Chronicles of Narnia has become my most favorite movie. I can't say this about many movies, but this is one that I can watch over and over again without getting tired.

While I was watching T.V. I saw this movie being introduced during a commercial, and the guy explained how critics said "this movie is destined to become a classic." I must say, that intrigued me. Along with the excitement of the preview, the scenery, characters, and everything.

I have never read any of the books, but I think it's a wonderful movie whether you have read the books or not.

So for those who aren't familiar with the book, or movie, I will explain a little what it is about. It starts off with these 4 children trying to survive being in the middle of a war. Their mother sends them off to a different area to get them away from it all. After some sitting around, and being bored at the new place, the youngest girl Lucy wants to play hide and seek with her siblings. She ends up hiding in a wardrobe, and continues to step backward, and to her surprise, finds this magical land of Narnia.

She meets a guy named Mr. Tumnus, who is a secret spy for the queen. Lucy doesn't know this until he tells her. He feels bad for what he does, and so he brings her back to where he met her. She goes back to her homeland and tells all the others what happened. It's like time stood still in her homeland while she was in Narnia, because her brother had just finished counting. I thought it was funny when Peter, the oldest brother, said "I don't think you quite have the idea how to play this game." Then she says "But I've been gone for hours." Anyways, to make a long story short, they all end up finding this land of Narnia.

They meet a friendly beaver couple who end up telling them they are part of this prophecy. The prophecy being that they will defeat the evil white witch and restore peace to Narnia. They aren't too excited about it, because they were sent away from their mother to stay out of a war. So after their brother wanders off, and gets chained up by the white witch, they end up staying to save him. They end up finding Aslan, the incredible lion, who helps them along their way. They end up saving their wayward brother, and they all four work together, along with the good people of Narnia, and end up beating the white witch, and restoring peace to Narnia.

This movie was so amazing to me in so many ways. It had a strong message of love, hope, faith, forgiveness, sacrifice, and it reflected alot on Christ. It was a movie about good versus evil.

The Lion, Aslan, ends up sacrificing his own life to save the wayward brother. The queen feels happy about this, knowing now that she'll be able to easily defeat these 4 children, and all the good in Narnia. She misinterpreted the dark magic according to the lion. Aslan said "If the witch knew the true meaning of sacrifice, she would have interpreted the deep magic differently, but when a willing victim who has committed no treachery, is killed in a traitors stead, the stone table will crack, and even death itself will turn backwards." The stone table is where the witch had sacrificed the lion. That was such a powerful message, and made the movie worth so much more. I love movies with powerful messages like this. And people who sacrifice their lives for their friends shows so much love.

The scenery was amazing, as well as the actors. Little kids have been becoming more and more popular in the movies of today, and I feel these ones did a wonderful job in this movie. They had personality, showed maturity, and good feeling, and did a wonderful job. The storyline was just perfect. I like this movie more then other movies just because of the strong message behind it, and the storyline. Everything about it captivated my attention the whole time, including the amazing music in it. The music sent chills through my whole body. Also, if you are into battle scenes, the one at the end was choreographed very well. It was filled with action, and lots of amazing war animals. That's the part I always look forward to, besides Aslans sacrifice.

The only downsides I saw in it, was the witch could have been more scary, or threatening. She was pretty good at it, but needed to carry herself more forcefully. Also, the ending was kind of disappointing. They end up being 20 years older at the end, and then they find this wardrobe again. They end up going back through it to their home world, and are the same age they were when they first started. It's like everything they lived for went down the drain. When they came back home, it seemed that nothing happened. For those who have read the books though, there is probably a lot more to that story. So it leaves a sense of mystery as to what is going to happen next.

To conclude, this movie was truly amazing. Most everything in it was so powerful, and so captivating. It is a movie I would recommend for all ages. It is rated PG. Some parts are scary though for children under 6 I would say. I would call it a family movie though. It's a movie you can watch over and over again, no matter what mood you are in.