A generally faithful adaptation which Disney probably put into production in the wake of the huge global successes of the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings series. (Though I should point out that tell-tale screenplay credit, written by Christopher Markus & Andrew McFeely and Anne Peacock & Andrew Adamson.)
I remember when I first watched it being excited to learn that Tilda Swinton was the White Witch, then being disappointed by her lack of menace; it's a good performance but I felt the same way. The big battle scene at the end is faintly ludicrous and frankly boring; we want Peter 'the magnificent' to despatch the Witch himself. Aslan's voice is all wrong - instead of Liam Neeson we needed James Earl Jones.
There are one or two nice moments of magic (the flames that become characters) but overall this is a little dull. They were right to keep it in period. What I do find exciting though is that The Magician's Nephew is in production, adapted and directed by Greta Gerwig!
Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, James McEvoy, Jim Broadbent. Voices of Ray Winstone, Dawn French, Rupert Everett.
DP Donald McAlpine, composer Harry Gregson-Williams, editors Sim Evan-Jones (also the voice of the wolf) and Jim May.
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