The film doesn’t spend more than a few minutes on exposition, establishing the fact that the two younger Pevensie children are separated from their parents and older siblings during World War II, forced to live with their obnoxious cousin Eustace in London. Then, with barely any warning, the movie propels us into the fantasy world of Narnia in a literally immersive transitional scene. This is indicative of the movie as a whole, which is packed with—