SPANK ME!!!

after letting the DVD gather dust for more than two months,
thinking it was a kiddie movie more along the lines of Lemony Snicket,

i finally watched
The Chronicles of Narnia:
the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe.


well, as Paul McCartney would say,
maybe i'm amazed!!!!

i found it much better than any of the Harry Potter movies,
(except for the 3rd, maybe)


and in a lot of stretches,
it recalled a lot of Lord of the Rings' mythology, and movies as well.
(JRR Tolkien & CS Lewis were good friends, mahilig sa initials, di ba?).

and the battle scenes?
very Braveheart!!!
(my only beef here is that some sequences were too obviously CGI a la StarWars eps. 1-3)


very very highly recommended.
it's not just a kiddie movie.
(and watch out for an excellent surprise appearance by a certain bearded gentleman,
and no, it's not Dumbledore!)




p.s. large chunks of the book/movie are supposed to be Biblical allegory,
but don't let that throw you off.
no Hard Sell here.
but do watch out for the Abraham/Isaac and Aslan/Jesus sacrifice scene.

now you can trace the six degrees of separation between
Lord of the Rings, Braveheart, The Passion of the Christ, and Narnia.