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Um, sorry to break your bubble but they did change a few things. First of all, the whole scene where they are walking across the frozen river, isn't in the book at all. And the part where Edmond is in the white witch's dungeon and meets Mr. Tumnus isn't in the book either. And then in the beaver's dam, when the wolves come, it's a bit different in the book, in the book they make it out of the dam and are on their way before the wolves come, in the movie, they make the wolves come earlier and try to attack them while they're still in the dam. Those are the three main things. And then they left out the whole part with Rumblebuffin the giant using Lucy as a handkerchief and the other lion that gets excited, that's when they go and Aslan breathes on the statues. Anyway, I didn't mind that change much, they did however keep that strange lion in the movie, and they make a joke about it at the end when you see him with drawn glasses and a mustache at the crowing ceremony. One thing that got me was the tiny tiny change in Mr. Tumnus's lines when he talks to Lucy about being a bad fawn. I think if they had taken the words out of the book word for word it would have been slightly more effective and easier to understand. But other than that, you're right. It is very true to the book and I love it for that.
Wow, I'm observant and like to talk. There are a couple things that assured me that the movie would be perfect, number one is the moth balls that come out of the wardrobe. And the other is the books in Mr. Tumnus' cave, if you read the titles they're just like in the book, (ie. Is man myth? and other titles) After I saw that I knew the movie would be good and that they'd put a lot of detail into it.
I wouldn't change the movie in any way though. I love it the way they did it and I can't wait until 2008 when we see the next one.

Also they left out the whole speech, "He's not safe, but he's good" until the very end of the movie. In the book, that's the beaver's line. Also in the book, when Peter, Susan, and Lucy realize that Edmunds gone I don't think they actually go far enough to see the White Witches castle. Oh yeah, and I the book, Lucy initially goes into the wardrobe when the children are first searching the house, and the second time when they are playing hide and seek. But the director thought it made more sense for her to find it the first time when they were playing hide and seek. smile I could probably go on, but I won't. In the book, C.S. Lewis uses a lot of "he ran" and "she ran", and they decided that they should elaborate a little, hence the dungeon scene, and the river crossing.
Before this movie came out, someone was considering makeing like a modern version on the book, for example, replacing Turkish Delight with a cheeseburger. The minor discrepencies with the book are just fine with me.
I also love how this movie turned out.

When they make a movie, they can't put in every detail that is in the book. . . although they do add a lot of their own, I'll admit.

Most of the parts that they changed/left out that you mentioned, I didn't really notice. And I shall have to thankyou for bringing it to my attention.

I'm not entirely sure, but wasn't the battle at the end slightly different?

Considering how badly some movies have been mangled by the directors, this one was very accurate, which is great. It was really refreshing to see something that was actually what you know and not completely different.