[Bob J]

I found no affinity, much less any sympathy, with the main characters.

Lucy- Liked the best but a little too precocious and they made her a little too sweet...since they later turn her into a rampaging Ork killing warrior. For that she needed an edge they never gave her.

Susan - Buzzkiller. She'll be replacing Tilda Swinson as Ice Witch in the next installment.

Edmund - Snotty brat. After he sees what the witch did to fawn boy he still goes to her castle for some Krispy Creme. At this point one would conclude he was irredeemable...but they try to redeem him anyway.

Peter - Too feminine. I like to think of my heroes as manly...not ask them to do interior design work.

[AnAmericanMother]

Man . . . talk about same planet, different worlds.

I don't know how you managed to miss every single important thing about this film . . . that must be some sort of record.

I think the basic problem is that you're approaching it as a grownup . . . and you can't. It's not a grownup's movie and the books aren't for grownups or even for big kids - I would peg them at the 7-8 year old level. I first read them when I was 6.

I will say that, although you can enjoy the movie without the books, it helps to have read them first. I think (I can't really remember when I HADN'T read them.)

A bunch of my 17 y.o. daughter's friends went to see it together, and they were kind enough to let an old lady tag along. They all loved it to distraction - boys and girls between the ages of 15 and 18. One kid who is an exchange student from Croatia was a little bit puzzled about the other kids' very strong reactions to the film -- he thought it was pretty good but didn't understand why everyone was having such an emotional reaction (several of the girls were in tears, and I sniffled a little myself). All the other kids fell over themselves trying to explain, one girl summed it up pretty well I think: "This is our CHILDHOOD!" There's a nostalgia among teens (and grownups) who remember their moms and dads reading this book to them . . . sort of the same thing that drives some of the Winnie-the-Pooh mania. A FReeper whose name I can't remember pointed out that it's kind of like watching home movies -- if you know the folks involved it's a much more intense experience!

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At this point one would conclude he was irredeemable...but they try to redeem him anyway.

You are missing the point, especially from a Christian standpoint.

[kalee]

Krispy Kreme?!?!? He is supposed to go for Turkish Delight!!!!! My favorite sweet and one of the reasons I liked the book so much as a child. I fer=ared that I might have gone with the witch myself if she had offered me chocolate covered Turkish Delight. lol