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I went to this last night, and I was looking forward to it. I read the book as a kid, I think I read all of them, and I had fond memories of the series but do recall that this one wasn't my favourite (I think I liked Dawntreader best).
From what I remember of the book the film is a pretty good adaptation. The effects are great and the performance of the little girl is astounding. Dakota Fanning watch out.
I really enjoyed the first half, it captured my imagination and brought back alot of ideas of being a child and discovering something fantastic. But the film started to fall flat in the second half.
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The prophecy is fine, I can handle that, but as soon as they started talking about them being Kings and Queens it just didn't make sense. Why?
Peter being made a knight after the wolf impaled himself on Peter's sword. Why?
And a teenager taking control of the battle after Aslan's indisposal. Why?
Lose the royalty stuff (they are unique, no need to make them leaders straight away), have Peter defeat the wolf rather than accidentally impale him, and even demonstrate that Peter's knowledge of WW2 back home could give the good guys an advantage at the end, and it would have all rung a little bit truer.
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Kids will love it. The niggles I have above will not bother anyone under thirteen years of age, and all the characters are easily accessible, with the creatures of Narnia being a true wonder.
As I said, I did enjoy it, but felt a little disappointed.
Dave