Re:Anyone seen it yet? (Score 1)

This is an area that really could have been expounded in the movie: the depiction of Aslan; it should have included a clear vision of who/what he was and his origins. Without the book's narrator to assist, the movie found it difficult to (or chose not to) show what Aslan meant to the children and everyone else in Narnia, other than that he was the big chief. The magic of Narnia is due in part to the transcendence of Aslan of a "big chief" role; his essence permeates every aspect of life there. The "crucifixion" of Aslan is the cornerstone of the book, not the battle, as in the movie. When Aslan dies, true tears should flow down the cheeks of the audience. Yet, because the audience has not properly been introduced to Aslan, the emotions are not there, and they are left wondering why the children are crying so profusely. Of what they've seen of Aslan's interaction with the children, they cannot know that Aslan has become as a father to them.