Few people should become teachers, says the apostle James. Those who do will “be judged with greater strictness.” The same could be said of those who make movies based on The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. Fans of these books have high expectations, expecting solid filmmaking and faithfulness to Lewis’s important themes.

You might think longtime C.S. Lewis fans would be happy that the film Prince Caspian has been made with a decent budget, generous marketing and distribution and the latest in computer technology. But when “greater strictness” is applied, the film is lacking in several ways.

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