Oh Valesse, you are such a pest at times (thespians can be SO annoying)!
Thinlomion: They were not chasing the stag (who I am certain was a talking stag) to kill it. It was said if you caught the stag it would give you wishes. I assume that after you got your wishes you let the stag free.
Kuruharan said it before I could, Narnia wins hans down as the least stupid plot derivations. I have seen many movies adapted from books and
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is by far the most faithful. I say we have dear Douglas Gresham to thank for that.
There were a few derivations but they did not detract that much. My friend Puddleglum and I agree that the white witch did not look right. Her face should have been whiter and her hair black.
The stone table whas what I had the biggest problem with, it looked just not right. To stonehengey not tabley enough. That and the tree people. I thought they were supposed to look more like people and not like blossoms blowing around.
Mr. Tumnus was already a stone when Edmund got there. (I think Edmund saw him did he not?) But Tumnus has always been one of my favourite characters so I liked seeing more of him. And James McCavoy makes an adoreable Faun anyway. (and no that was not a fangirly statement)
I know the children being chased by the witch on the way to Aslan was not in line with the book but it was kind of cool when they thought they were being chased but it turned out to be Father Christmas. I was so caught up in the movie that I had completely forgotten about Father Christmas (even though I had finished the book that morning) and really thought he was the witch until Mr. Beaver said "It's not her!" and then I went "Oh yeah! Of course"!
The humour in the film certainly seemed more natural, less forced than LOTR. Like when Father Christmas says "I have been driving reindeer longer than she has." (Ok that was a paraphrase) Or the Centaur says to Peter "Numbers do not win a battle." and Peter says "No, but I bet they help." The Edmund/Philip excange was priceless.
I'm not that familiar with Liam Neeson, but my mom likes him a lot. I actually thought he was a pretty good voice for Aslan. When Aslan roared I wanted to fall on my knees and cry out "Aslan! Aslan!". It is so moving when he gives himself in Edmund's place. I cried then. And I cried at the coronation too.
As for the battle.....Oh...my....goodness!!! It was so amazing! I won't call it better than LOTR but certainly it had more detail. It was probably one of the best battle scenes I have seen. Certainly it was more optomistic than those of LOTR but as stated before, the people in Narnia had nowhere to go but up while Middle earth was going downhill fast.
There was certainly as much if not more showings of relationships in Narnia, but that may come with the main characters being siblings, although Lucy and Mr. Tumnus become quite close. Being a girl who likes stories where bad guys get their heads handed to them, I still like to see good guys (and girls) in said stories having relationships with each other (comes with being a girl). I am glad there was no unnecessary romance secenes involving rebellious dryads and overprotective fathers.
In all, I just love both Narnia and LOTR, for the same and different reasons. Were I asked to chosse which was better, I don't think I could.