Jon got The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe from his sister for his birthday (which was last Friday) and so we watched it today. My thoughts:

The Good
[-] the casting — EXCELLENT, especially Lucy and Jadis
[-] the faithfulness to the book since it was pretty accurate
[-] the special effects
[-] the way the animals were portrayed, especially the fox and the beavers
[-] Aslan — Liam Neeson is da man!
[-] the costuming
[-] the way they did the scene where Aslan is sacrificed — very tasteful and very poigniant

The Bad
[-] the emotions stemming from the scene where Aslan is sacrificed — it was a struggle not to weep on my part
[-] the breaking of the stone table — could have been a louder sound
[-] the beginning part where they’re dropping bombs on London — wasn’t in the book though it wasn’t a badly done scene

The Cute
[-] the beavers!
[-] the fox
[-] pretty well all the animals
[-] Lucy!!!!

I didn’t cry during the sacrifice scene which was amazing — I’d been kind of hedging on watching the movie because I was afraid of the crying that would happen. The scene was also very tastefully done — both Jon and I were impressed. I also really caught the Biblical symbolism in the film — it was not overdone but if you knew the allegorical meaning behind the characters, you understood.