Saw the movie this afternoon.

The movie stayed true to the book only about 70%, in my opinion. The book's ending was better, in terms of how Aslan dealt with the different groups of people. The movie rushed through that aspect completely.

The book also had Aslan picking up a number of fallen Narnians on his way back to the castle with Lucy, representing Christ's redemptive power (going into the highways and byways). The movie ignores this, to its detriment.

I thought the excess swashbuckling was just to entertain the masses, and was really pointless at times.

While the part of Nikibrick trying to bring back the White Witch was out of place in relation to where the book had it (closer to the end), the movie was effective in showing the White Witch representing the deceptive ploys of Satan.

I gave LWW a 95, and I give Caspian an 80.

Like Mr. McFadden, I thought LWW was clearly superior.

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Randy Harris
Heritage PCA Church
Oklahoma City, OK