The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe premieres in theaters today, opening in Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Malaysia, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. Further countries will follow in the course of the next few weeks (full list here), when the first installment of CS Lewis’ epic fantasy series is unveiled on the silver screen.

Readers who have seen the movie are invited to participate in the discussion on the film in this thread in the X-Boards’ dedicated Narnia forum. Did you enjoy the film? How does it compare to the book? What was cut, what was added? Does the film work for and within itself? Are the talking beasts believable? How did the actors perform? How good are the special effects? What was your favorite scene?

You can read a variety of reviews for the film by following these links: Empire, AICN 1, AICN 2, CinemaBlend, Ebert and Roeper, Latino Review, The Hollywood Reporter, The LA Times, Entertainment Weekly, Filmfocus, The London Daily Mail, Slant Magazine. Rotten Tomatoes has amassed a list of further reviews, calculating a current average rating of 6.7 from 10 for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The X-Realms review will follow this weekend.

Depending on the movie’s success, Walden Media and Disney will provide the financial backing for the adaptation of further books in the Narnia series, with the next candidate being Prince Caspian, as it is the only other book that returns the four Pevensie children to the mystical land of Narnia.

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