Lions, Witches and Wardrobes

<* Here is a brief epitaph to the long, insightful and well-researched blog post which I wrote about the current Disney version of CS Lewis' story. Sadly the browser crashed, and Blogger.com fails to provide an auto-save feature yet. *>

Narnia, as it's branded for ease of Franchisation (spot the cynic... it's not too hard really), seems to be off on the right foot.

I thought it was rather good.

How's that for a succinct review? OK, you want more? Lucy was very good. Mr Beaver was amusingly cockney ("blimey!", "Aslan's the top geezer"). The White Witch actress is quirkily named after a curly punctuation mark (Tilda ~ ); the same punctuation mark about which I wrote a Limerick once. The spiritual significance is more than amply intact. Thanks to Disney for not making me vomit, cry (with frustration at least) or simmer with resentment.

Thanks also for making me appreciate my King a little bit more.