Everyone seems to have a hard-on for 'The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe' (or THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, EPISODE ONE .™©®, as the marketing guys at Disney seem to prefer), but, as a fan of the books, it seems to me like nothing more than a LOTR cash-in/rip-off. I could be wrong and I hope I am (I am yet to see it) but it really just seems like they have taken a classic book and knocked out a quick action/fantasy/holiday season movie guaranteed to sell Happy Meals. A female friend of mine who is not really big on movies was even under the impression that it was 'by the same guy who done Lord of the Rings'.

P.S Jaster, even though I don't feel as strongly about it as you do, I didn't think Batman Begins was the best thing since sliced bread that everybody else does. It was ok, pretty good actually, but it didn't blow me away in any department.