It just seemed so right-wing to me, but I might just be looking at that from a jaded European perspective. I think it's a great adventure for children, but I have to disagree about it being complicated. As a child, I found the storyline and the morals of the story too simplistic, and the film didn't dispel those feelings but merely amplified them for me. There wasn't really enough layering for me (I don't mind that so much; it is, after all, for children). I think it was the cavalier attitude towards conflict and death, most of all. In the end, children were spared the reality of war because all their favourite characters had life breathed back into them; I found that rather trite and dishonest.

Still, I did enjoy some things about it and yeah, it's a worthy film. I can see why so many people have enjoyed it and why it's successful, but something about it just grates with me. I'm not really sure why, to be honest.