The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

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Went to see the film yesterday. We enjoyed it. Apparently C S Lewis didn't think live action talking animals could work, but I think the CGI is closer to the animation he thought was a possibility than to people in costumes (though I actually quite liked the BBC TV version with costumes).
I agree with someone in a friend-locked post that the Witch's dress didn't do her any favours. I suppose being from a reality where you have killed every other living thing followed by a few hundred years of turning anyone who disagrees with you into stone makes getting objective criticism of your dress sense difficult.

I'd like to read the Neil Gaiman story mentioned here:
http://lefarkins.blogspot.com/2005/12/susan-problem.html
http://www.thestonetable.com/articles/224,1.html
(I'm sure he said something interesting about Narnia on his journal not long ago, but now I can't find it. Here's a few other links:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051207/REVIEWS/51203001/1023
http://andrewrilstone.blogspot.com/2005/11/lipstick-on-my-scholar.html
http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=84bgxkbbzvqrch10g3kbwp5g8kv3ccbn)