Narnia met expectations!

Rating: 10/10 (10 January 2006)

My kids and I went to see Narnia on the first day and were hopeful that Narnia would be as good at being Narnia as Lord Of The Rings was at being Lord Of The Rings. We had read both series of books to our four children prior to them seeing the movies. My kids were very disappointed with the late '80's BBC, low-budget adaptation. The depth and humor that C.S. Lewis brilliantly added to the characters--with which my children desperately wanted to identify with was missing from the BBC film--but not from Adamson's (Disney's) version.
What a pleasure to watch a 2+hour movie with all my kids and not have to take anyone to the restroom! No one was fidgety or bored. The characterizations were exactly what my kids were hoping for--they were as depicted in the books. From my teenager to my three year old, all were sad when the final credits came and they were immediately ready for the next Narnia picture...and to think this devotion was founded without excessive blood, nudity, violence, cussing or adult situations.