I am interested in this talking statue manga of which you speak, it sounds very surreal ;)

And I just saw Narnia this afternoon. I quite liked it, although I can't really remember the book enough to say how true to it it was (I read it when I was fairly young, but I do remember important bits here and there like the Turkish Delight). I was surprised by the voilence of the main battle too, some of it was quite graphic, if not gory.