Think of Baz Luhrman's Romeo and Juliet. The most cinematic of the film adaptions of the play and yet it does remain true to the material (Despite the poor acting of the leads
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I'm not suggesting that they modernise Narnia (shudder! can you imagine?) but to capture that feeling he had when reading it as a child wouldn't it have made sense to use the words he read as a child?
I'm not sure about Apted as the new director though I wasn't overly impressed with Amazing grace...