Excellent here Lacking there but overall great

Rating: 9/10 (9 December 2005)

I had just finished reading the book 2 days before I went to go see the premiere showing of the film. I was somewhat disappointed that they had to add certain things to such a great classic, but this being Hollywood and a Disney movie I could forgive them. Georgie Henley stole the show with quite possibly the best performance by a child actor i have ever seen (I rank her up there with Anna Paquin in The Piano). While the world seemed small the visuals were amazing. With a few very small exceptions all of the CGI looked absolutely real. I was disappointed because a few of my favorite lines from the book were left out. I was pleasantly surprised with the presentation of the Stone Table scene which was very reminiscent of The Passion of the Christ. I really enjoyed this as it drove home Lewis' point of the novels being an allegory of the Christian life.Being A Christian myself, I thoroughly enjoyed the fact that there is finally an excellent mainstream entertainment film that expresses my values. Overall a great film but I would not deem it award worthy except for the aforementioned performance of Georgie Henley.