There are also many things in the book that the movie only skimmed over. Such as Caspian's backstory, the discovery of the Cair ruins, Caspian meeting the Old Narnians, and a whole lot of awesome dialogue during the "Sorcery and Sudden Vengeance" chapter. And of course, tragically, the romp with Bacchus and Silenus was cut out entirely.
In LWW, the movie skimmed the snow melting , Aslan restoring the statues. , and Edmund's journey to the Witch's house. They also cut down the Beavers dinner scene, and took a totally different approach to it, making the dialogue fast-paced and adding a lot of humor. A far cry from the scene in the book, which has a quiet, mysterious feel.

It's worth noting that most of the skimmed over parts in PC were bright and/or magical parts. I felt they spent plenty of time on "Sorcery and Sudden Vengeance." which is possibly the darkest part of the book. It was altered, not skimmed over. The parts in PC that were drawn out or emphasized were the dark or violent parts.

Compare that to LWW where the skimmed over parts were a mix of dark and bright moments.

Basically, when I say that Narnia films need to appeal to the elementary crowd, I'm not talking about dumbing them down. I'm talking about making them accessible. Yes, Lewis said that if he enjoyed a book as a child, not as an adult, it wasn't worth reading. He did not say that if he enjoyed a book as a child, it wasn't worth reading.

Some types of media are geared toward teens and young adults. The fact that most younger children don't appreciate these works does not make them dumb, it makes them children. The fact that adults appreciate them does not automatically mean that those works are exquisite brain food. Children's experiences and struggles are different from those of adults. Consequently, they don't always relate to or enjoy the same things that adults do. For example, I love the movie "Courage Under Fire," but I wouldn't think any worse of an 8-year-old who thought it was completely dull.

A Narnia film should be a children's film that is complex enough to transcend "kiddie media." PC mainly bounced back and forth between the Shakespearean machinations of the Telmarine court, the adolescent alpha-male posturing of Peter and/or Caspian, and somber pseudo-medieval violence. It gave most children under a certain age very little that they could relate to or enjoy.