Be sure to celebrate geeky non-anniversaries as well. I threw my third-of-a-century party four months after turning 33. Maybe you could remember to celebrate your ten-pi day when you hit 31.4159... (late on May 17th, 2007).

I had a little different view of the Narnia movie. Although it had moments, I still unreservedly recommended against seeing it to friends. Denise backed me up on this and, oddly, we independently came to the same conclusion: that it was essentially a well-produced ABC after-school special. It was definitely a movie made not for adults, but for children.

But some of your points are well-taken.
- Lucy's actress was good.
- The panoramic backgrounds were gorgeous, but were mostly ignored as simply background.
- The Nazi bombing run was a good touch.

but
- Most of the actors were not good.
- Through no fault of their own, they had to lean constantly on CGI. And whether for budget or technology reasons, they simply were not where they needed to be. It was distractingly unnatural.
- Silly props, with a lot of cut-aways and reaction-shots to cover for that fact.
- A feeling of being rushed (which is common in a lot of book-to-movie movies).