The film's depiction of the return to Narnia is an indication of things to come: it's mostly good again - at times it even seems like the production was engineered as a direct response to what they did wrong in PC (Reepicheep is better!). Anyone familiar with the story will recognise how it sails away from the source text, with a number of omissions and non-Lewis penned inclusions. The missing scenes definitely weaken the narrative overall, but, looked at objectively, the new stuff mostly works in context to what the filmmakers kept intact, so, in that regard, it's a success. In short, VotDT has its heart in the correct place, but it's a heart that sometimes beats a different rhythm.
3½ painfully subjective diary entries out of 5
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