let me start by say this and i be in no way attack the story itself . i love these book and i think c. s. lewis be an amazing writer . i hate to say this because i really want to like this movie but i be somewhat disappointed . i have to very much agree with zach 74 review of the movie . i do not expect book to translate directly into movie . they be different medium . but i think this be a mediocre attempt . without re hash zach 74 review which i think be right on and there be a couple miss element that i wish they have put in . where be the playfulness of aslan . his play with the child and also with the animal that he bring back to life give him a wonderful quality that we do not get in the movie . another element be the suffering that take place on the walk to the stone table when aslan be to be kill . maybe this be get to close to the underlie christian element in the book ( it be not an allegory while those who say it be need to look up the definition of allegory . it have strong christian overtone but aslan be not an allegory for christ . christ practice nonviolence and something aslan do not ) . at the end and i do not feel that aslan be really the amazing and wise and compassionate character that he be in the book . i also miss the humorous aside and narration that be present in the book . i do not know how that could be accomplish in a movie but i think it could have be attempt . there be other movie that have narrator . a for the character and i though the child be reasonably good but i be most disappointed in liam neeson a aslan and tilda swinton a jadis . i try to be impress by their performance but i be leave lukewarm . neeson do not have quite the inflection that i would imagine for aslan . i want to feel that i be hear aslan and instead i just felt like i be hear liam neeson . swinton look good in the preview but in the movie she seem . small . that the best word i can think of . jadis be suppose to be this extraordinarily tall and originally dark haired and magnetic figure . instead she be just creepy and cruel . there nothing that make me understand why edmund be so entranced with her . those who have read the magician nephew know that there be a fascination with her . she exude some quality that lead you to be enchant with her until you discover the cruelty and hardness underneath the surface . one more thing . for those who have not read the book and that whole bit at the end with them grow up be probably a bit confusing . i feel like movie should be able to stand alone . mean a person doesn not have to read the book to understand what go on in the movie . unfortunately and as much a i want to say this movie be perfect and i find myself often have to turn to my memory of the book to fill in the blank in the movie that do not quite fulfill it potential .