I don't, and I didn't. I just thought it was a very thin story. The main plot of getting the White Witch, and the subplot of Edmund. And both about as linear as you can get. With all the subtlety of a bottle of Tabasco.
I'm not saying that either the movies or books are objectively "bad". They're not. They tell the story the way Lewis wanted to tell it, aimed primarily at kids. I'm just saying that I personally found the story to be thin.
There were some things about the movie I liked, so its not like I didn't "get" it. It was enjoyable. It's just that, like Chinese food, it didn't stick to the ribs after it was over, maybe because the tone was just too fantasy-oriented for me. Not that I dislike fantasy, but that there wasn't a sense of...reality to this particular fantasy. But I did like the scene with Aslan being dragged to the alter. It was the one scene that -- to me -- had some grit and realism to him. And it helped draw more strongly the parallel with Jesus.
Boy, I'll say. It really jumps out at you on the big screen, doesn't it? Not only Jesus and the crucifixion, but the tomb, the two women, the ressurection, missing body - everything.
I read them when I was - oh, I don't know, maybe 10. And they were pretty good stories to me then.
Now? I still think they're pretty good - as kids stories, as they do only take about 2 hours to get through. One thing I like is the syntax, which maked you feel like everyone involved is at least literate. Just a throwback to before the "dumbing down" of society began, I guess.
It's no big deal that you didn't think that it wasn't that great, and I certainly hope I didn't give the impression that I thought you didn't "get it". It's kind of like "Napolean Dynamite". I got it - I just thought it blew. :-)