Well done, kept the integrity of the book nicely

Rating: 10/10 (5 February 2006)

Having grown up reading the Chronicles of Narnia, from The Magician's Nefew through to The Last Battle, I was quite pleasantly surprised with this film.
I have an issue with making good books into bad movies. That did not happen this time. I understand that sometimes the books are just too full of characters, or sub-plots to be able to make a 2 hour movie without loosing something. I was quite happy to see that this did not happen with this movie.
"Gone With The Wind" is a perfect example of what I meant. The book was so powerful that they did the whole book on film. Then proceeded to cut/edit about 4 hours worth of the story, possibly more. The end result was still over 5 hours long. Fortunately, they managed to keep the flow of the story without damaging the integrity of it.
Then you take "Flowers in the Attic". They not only trimmed the original book, they mushed all four of the books into a very poorly produced 1 3/4 hour movie.
I was very happy to see that not only did they keep the integrity of "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe", I was able to anticipate scenes. Scenes which were important to the story in the novel.
I understand that C.S.Lewis was a Minister, and had attempted to use these books as a way of teaching Christian Morales. Having read all 7 books repeatedly since I was 6 yr old, I honestly do not recall any attempts to teach me better Christian beliefs or morales.
The movie dos not have the feel of being anything more than a really well done Fantasy. If you are boycotting this film simply for religious reasons, perhaps you should watch it before you judge it.
I am eagerly awaiting the next installment in this well written and so far, well produced, series.