While I liked Swinton, I kinda missed the little bi-polar chick that played Jadis in the old Wonder Works/BBC version. I always loved her with the shouting and the raging. Heh. Also, Swinton's dresses bothered me until she changed into her battle dress, which was--like the rest of her in that whole sequence--hard core rockin'.

And right there with you in the crushing of King Peter. He was my favorite when I was a kid because he was nice to his little sister and chivalrous and all that. Gotta say the young man they found to play him was quite a cutie, too.

All the kids were great, really, and I have to say that I am developing a soft spot for Susan. I used to dislike her (again, when I was a kid) because she was the practical, grown-up one that scolded and mothered and I hated that. Now that I've developed several of those character traits myself, I have a lot more sympathy for her, and I feel a lot worse about her fate in Last Battle. Not that I have any doubt that she eventually makes it to the New Narnia. Once a queen in Narnia, and all that. It's just too bad that she has to go through so much to get there.

I await the advent of Reepicheep upon the silver screen with baited breath.