What do Pride of the Yankees, the Leslie Caron motion picture Lili, the Disney picture The Three Lives of Thomasina, and The Poseidon Adventure have in common? Other than being movies, of course. Don’t Google it.
All were based on books by New York Daily News sports writer Paul Gallico. There is a magical, mythical quality to all of his books and stories.
I do not think it is possible to make a decent adaptation of any of his books or stories any more. They all have a religious core which is deeply distasteful to modern moviemakers.
As excellent as Jackosn’s LOTR is, he missed or suppresses the Catholic undertone.
I think that was one of the problems in dramatizing the Narnia books. It’s very hard to minimize their Christian elements.