Great adaptation

Rating: 8/10 (29 December 2005)

I went into this movie expecting it to be somewhat overdone and slave to special effects, but was pleasantly surprised.
It wasn't quite how I imagined it when I read it as a child, for example, the professor's extravagant house has a life of its own in this movie (you would expect an eccentric British professor to live in something more modest or shabby).
Aslan doesn't let us down and his "sacrifice" for Edmund is just how I remembered it.
Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy do a superb job. The girl who plays Lucy is one of the most naturally gifted young actresses to have come along in a long time.
Hope they do as well with the next book.