CS Lewis Would Have Been Proud

Rating: 5/10 (7 January 2006)

... so said the older gentleman behind me when this movie finally ended. I woke my children up and they roused themselves just in time to see that the credits held a surprise. Unfortunately for the enthusiastic Narnia fan behind me, he had already rushed off home to read the book again, and had missed this, and I would tell you what it was, except they put the house lights on in the middle of it, and I might miss something of deep significance. If you loved the book you will no doubt find this movie satisfying but for those of you with more modern lives this frankly is a yawn. Much has been made of messages Lewis wanted to convey but few speak of the messages he didn't mean to convey but does anyway - if the thought of an 8 year old girl skipping off innocently to have "tea" with a half dressed hybrid makes you a little uneasy you may get his drift. In the end it becomes a bit Lord of the Ringish, only a good deal more sillier. As for the on screen children, they are an irritating bunch, "fahther way in Indiah" types, and as for my children, the only magical door was the one marked "EXIT".