It could have been worse Jo
You could have switched over in disgust and ended up watching the animated version of The Hobbit!
The animated LotR has been described as dire.. but The Hobbit is .. well.. indescribable!
To return to animated LWW...
I think that film makers (live action, animated etc) have to be careful when using books as source material, when they "modernise" a tale.
Often the context of the characterisations depends upon the society they were written into.
If LWW had been filmed in a modern context could it really have been true (ok.. LWW wasn't exactly true, and I know that'll probabl;y annoy people like Stanley by being so critical
) to the spirit of the story?
The plot would be straight out the window when Lucy brings back snow to throw at the others!
Imagine how annoying the Narnians would be having their peace disturbed by contiunal "tssst tssst tssst tssst" from the childrens walkman's.
They'd be playing games on their (signal free) mobile phones instead of joining in battles.
And they'd probably be up late wandering around the woods trying to find a road in the hope of spying a passing bus to throw a stone at!
/me is being a tad exageratory here... but felt like using a broom to apply paint to an airfix model