The Chronicles of Narnia – C. S. Lewis

We saw “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe before Christmas. It was written by C. S. Lewis who was born in 1898. His whole name was Clive Staples Lewis and he was a British literature historian and an author. He is a famous author known all over the world for his work. In addition he was a teacher at a university in Oxford, a professor in Cambridge and he fought in the 1st World War. The experiences he obtained during the war are present in his writings. In the final battle between good and evil in “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” this is shown by the tactics used by the armies. Tactics well used in wars at the time C. S. Lewis lived. His several contributions to the world ended at his death in 1963.

“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” is a book written for children, which prohibited the movie to reach its full potential. The plot, four kids find their way to a magical world through a wardrobe. In this world they must defeat the evil witch who has cast an eternal winter upon the lands. This is explained through an ancient prophecy. This movie is long and boring with several sequences and scenes where a pillow is required to actually enjoy the scenes. I’ve seen it twice and that is two times too many. The acting performances are mainly average and there are few moments which are able to catch my attention. After all, scenes where four kids and two beavers walking across a snowy landscape are only exciting for so long. All in all, I find this movie boring, long and without anything which can raise the impression of the movie. Perhaps except Mr. Beaver who were able to make me smile once or twice, however this is not enough to change my views upon this movie.

C.S Lewis was a friend of J.R Tolkien, so I can’t help but to see certain parallels between one another in their lives and writing. They both fought in the 1st World War, the battles in their books are affected by this and they both write about magical worlds. These worlds include ugly and magical creatures, bad versus evil, prophecies, friendship etc. In addition they were both professors at highly respected universities.