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The MAJOR change in the movie was not the seven swords, it was the existence of an evil green smoke monster. The worst scene in the entire movie is when the main characters are in prison and they look through the window of the cell to see a boat full of slaves drifting into the ocean. The boat is then swallowed by a green smoke monster as part of a sacrifice ritual. This was an awful way of introducing the smoke monster, but it got even worse after that.This smoke monster comes from Dark Island and is the central villain of the movie. The green smoke is used to represent temptation and anytime a character is tempted the smoke monster is present in the scene. The smoke monster can be seen lurking in the pages of the magician’s book tempting Lucy to become beautiful like her sister, the smoke monster is hiding in the pool of Death Water tempting Edmund, and the smoke monster is concealed in the treasure that tempts Eustace to become a dragon. I don’t know how they could have beat us over the head with the film’s overuse of the smoke monster any more than they already have. The inclusion of a green smoke monster was an absolutely terrible addition. The seven swords were not as big of a change as I thought they would be, but the smoke monster was just as bad as I imagined it would be from the first time I heard about the addition. The smoke monster was not very effective, but it is important to know that the smoke monster did not completely ruin the movie because I enjoyed the film in spite of this change.