As a corollary to how the children attempted to deny their destiny, what bothered me a bit was how they kept talking about their parents, kept wanting to go back--and then once the crowns were plopped on their heads, not a peep about the real world anymore. As if the crowns (or the headiness of ruling) chased the memories away. They've obviously forgotten when they find the lamppost again as adults, and there's no sense of "Holy shit, we've been gone for years! What if Mom and Dad are dead?!"

I confess I haven't read the book in about 5 years, so I can't remember how this was handled there. But it struck me hard in the film, and bothered me that it wasn't addressed somehow.

Otherwise, glorious movie.

Love, Dayle