Did justice to a wonderful book

Rating: 9/10 (10 December 2005)

I went to this movie very worried that I would be given a lot of P.C. Hollywood junk, especially since this is a Walt Disney Movie. However, I came out of the theater over joyed with how they stuck to the books original messages and themes. Aslan still lays down his own life and is resurrected, not healed or magically fixed as I feared would happen. Anyone who has read the books will also be happy to know that a lot of the dialog comes directly from the books. All of the actors are tremendous, and fit what I have always pictured them to look like. The only character I found flawed was Mr. Tumnus, the actor was very good but I fear he just looked to young and should have had a more grandfatherly feel. I saw distinct similarities in the war scenes of this movie and the LOTR Trilogy which seems logical as WETA Workshop did both. I did feel however that too much emphasis was placed on the war, and not enough maybe on Aslan's salvation of Edmund and all of Narnia. Overall I would recommend this movie to everyone, just know children under seven might find some scenes rather disturbing.