My family was one of a limited number of theater-goers selected to see the current production in progress, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” at a private test screening this past Wednesday. While the CG effects were not yet completed, music score was incomplete and production editing will surely change, we found the production to be a wonderful adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel by the same name.
It’s all there. Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter who escape a World War II England by entering the world of Narnia through a magical wardrobe. Narnia which should be a charming, peaceful land inhabited by talking beasts, dwarfs, fauns, centaurs and giants that bring the story to glorious life. Once there, the children find that Narnia has become a world cursed to eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. The casting of Tilda Swinton as the the Witch, Jadis was perfect, although I needed to forget that she looked like a Borg Queen, which was hard to do when she wore an off-the-shoulder gown and was made-up with a white/snow based skin tone in a few scenes. Under the guidance of a noble, mystical and furry ruler, the lion Aslan, the children fight to overcome the White Witch’s powerful hold over Narnia in a spectacular, climactic battle [we hope] that will free Narnia from Jadis’ icy spell forever.
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