Mood: 
I watched Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire last week, and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe this weekend.
HP4 was good, 4 out of 5 stars. Even though I haven’t read the book yet, they obviously had to cut a lot out. One glaring change was the lack of John Williams’ always-great music, although Patrick Doyle’s score was all right.
Chronicles of Narnia 1 was good, 3 out of 5 stars. The movie started out a 5, then lost a star when the beaver spoke. The technology to make animals talk and look natural is not *quite* there, but it’s close. Its score dropped to 3 when I realized they were making the battles kid-friendly; the only blood you see in the movie is when someone gets their lip cut. I know it’s a kid’s story, but if you’re looking for Lord of the Rings (the trailers are definitely offering this movie in the same vein), this isn’t it.