Disney dumps Narnia!

[Midge]

This would officially be my letter of complaint to Walden Media or the directors or whoever needed it.

"Dear Walden Media,

Hello. My name is Midge and I am writing this to you because I've heard that you might be planning on making another of the Chronicles of Narnia movies.

I want to start off by saying that I am so hopeful everytime I hear another movie is coming out. I couldn't sit still the first time I saw a trailer for "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." I grabbed my husband and said, "WE HAVE TO SEE THAT MOVIE!"

And it was a huge success. There are a couple of reasons for that. One of the reasons is that it stayed reasonably within the plotline of the book. The other is that there were tons and tons of Narnia fans who couldn't wait to see the wonders of the book mixed with the magic of the screen.

I am writing this letter out of a desire to finally see that happen. C. S. Lewis wrote books for children. They aren't deep books. They don't have a lot of backstory that is difficult to portray in a movie. They are written to keep children's attention.

So what I'm so confused about is why you keep changing so much about the movies. "Prince Caspian" was merely a harbinger of the destruction that is to come. There are two big problems I have with your movies. First: your habit of adding scenes which have no relevance to the stories. The night-raid on the castle in "Prince Caspian" is an example of this. It's very annoying and most unnecessary. There are some scenes I can understand and even enjoy, but others are just there for the whole showiness of the thing.

The other issue is much more subtle. Lewis is clear in the books that Aslan is a God-figure. Now, I'm not telling you that you have to associate him with a Christian God or Buddha or Zeus or any god in particular. But give him the deity that he deserves - the deity that Lewis authored into him. You have scenes that are nearly to the line like they are in the book, but with one word changed that strips Aslan of any God-ness that he might have.

For instance, in the book, Lucy meets Aslan in the wood and asks him what would have happened if she'd followed him. He says, "To know what would have happened? No one is ever told that." - Meaning of course that he doesn't tell people what would have happened.

The movies strip him of that Omniscience (a character of most gods) by having him say, "To know what would have happened? We can never know that." - including him in the unknowing.

Give Aslan back his deity and I'll watch whatever movies you put out. My suggestion would be for you to hire an actual avid Lewis fan (I know that you have Douglas Gresham helping, but his input doesn't seem very valuable - he's let your directors get away with a lot of things that probably have Mr. Lewis turning over in his grave) who can truly advise you on what would turn other Lewis readers away and what would make the movies great. I can promise you this - people who haven't read the books are going to love whatever you put in a movie, even if it's actually what is in the books. Hire someone who can tell you that if you want a great battle scene, the retaking of the Lone Islands is a beautiful spot for it (I am not an action-flick person, but even I was disappointed with the Lone Islands scene), or that the un-dragoning of Eustace is much more important than that Island where dream come true or even more important than the Island of the Dufflepuds.

I, of course, would love to volunteer for that job, but I have no expectation that would get it. However, I have almost no hope for any more Narnia movies you make unless you change how you decide the storyline, you will only make movies that will disappoint all the people you're trying to target by making these movies.

And if you don't do this, please do all of us Lewis fans a favor and stop associating your movies with his books. "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" is a tarnish on the Narnia world.

Thank you very much!"

Now, I really actually want to send this... however, this kind of thing usually requires advisors. Does anyone else agree with this?