Excellent movie

Rating: 10/10 (9 January 2006)

A very satisfying movie. I read the book as a child, read it aloud to my children, and finally went to see it. The movie is a wonderful rendition of the book. The casting is right, the scenery is right, the costumes and dialog are right. The Talking Animals look right and sound right. Nearly all the scenes from the book are there with most of the C.S. Lewis dialog.
There has been some talk about the Christian messages buried in the original text. They are still there in the movie, at the same level of intensity as in the original book. The intensity is so low that as a child I never even noticed the messages as I read the book. Rereading it as an adult, the message is plain to see, but not obtrusive. Neither Lewis nor the movie become preachy, it is a good, exciting, and well told action adventure movie. It comes out right in the end. If you liked the book go see it. If you never heard of the book, go see it anyhow.