[identity profile] bohemiancoast.livejournal.com 2009-01-03 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
We considered this for our children but eventually decided that the correct order for them to watch the films in was 4, 5, 6... that's all, folks.

If you watch 1,2,3 first then most of the major dramatic events of 4, 5, 6 are destroyed.

Next question: correct order to read the Narnia books.

General theorem: It is always, always, better to read/watch the books/films in the order of writing/production, not the chronological order.