It was enjoyable. I went there not knowing what to expect other than obscure memories of the late 70\'s animated version which I enjoyed as a kid.
Aslan with Gandalf? There was no magical lion, other that the ability to speak. This was more in line with the third movie of LOTR.
CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien were buddy buddies before they wrote their stories that made them famous. JRR was able to convert Lewis to Christianity, thus, inspiring him to write the "Chronicles of Narnia".
I think the Lion was an allegory for Jesus.