The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
I bought a copy of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe last week and watched it on my laptop.
I first read the Chronicles of Narnia when I was in grade school, and I remember enjoying them. Being a Christian, I am quite familiar with the allegorical comparisons to the gospel message, and naturally don't have a problem with it. If a Christian wants to write a children's story with an allegorical Christ-figure, that is his prerogative.
As far as the movie itself, I enjoyed it quite a bit. However, I viewed it in the frame of reference that it is a children's story. I didn't expect the same as from, say, a Lord of the Rings. The Chronicles of Narnia are short, easy reads that a child can grasp and enjoy. I read those books in elementary school and I think that I would have found the movie much more captivating if I were 10 years old. I had trouble suspending my disbelief that Peter and Edmund would contribute meaningfully to or even survive a medievel-style battle without any training in how to fight. I don't think they'd have lasted two minutes in a real battle. :)
Other than that, I liked the movie a lot. :) And I didn't let my inner skeptic bother me too much. Besides, C.S. Lewis kind of addresses that problem in the books (Prince Caspian, if memory serves) when he talks about how Narnia air has a maturing/strengthening effect on humans. :)
In other news, I called home today to wish my family a merry Christmas. We allowed soldiers to use a couple of the satellite phones in the TOC to call home on Christmas because the phones at the MWR building were all booked. I didn't make my call on the 25th but waited until the 26th because that is when all of my siblings and their spouses would be at my parents' house.
Be safe, drink water.
Phil
I first read the Chronicles of Narnia when I was in grade school, and I remember enjoying them. Being a Christian, I am quite familiar with the allegorical comparisons to the gospel message, and naturally don't have a problem with it. If a Christian wants to write a children's story with an allegorical Christ-figure, that is his prerogative.
As far as the movie itself, I enjoyed it quite a bit. However, I viewed it in the frame of reference that it is a children's story. I didn't expect the same as from, say, a Lord of the Rings. The Chronicles of Narnia are short, easy reads that a child can grasp and enjoy. I read those books in elementary school and I think that I would have found the movie much more captivating if I were 10 years old. I had trouble suspending my disbelief that Peter and Edmund would contribute meaningfully to or even survive a medievel-style battle without any training in how to fight. I don't think they'd have lasted two minutes in a real battle. :)
Other than that, I liked the movie a lot. :) And I didn't let my inner skeptic bother me too much. Besides, C.S. Lewis kind of addresses that problem in the books (Prince Caspian, if memory serves) when he talks about how Narnia air has a maturing/strengthening effect on humans. :)
In other news, I called home today to wish my family a merry Christmas. We allowed soldiers to use a couple of the satellite phones in the TOC to call home on Christmas because the phones at the MWR building were all booked. I didn't make my call on the 25th but waited until the 26th because that is when all of my siblings and their spouses would be at my parents' house.
Be safe, drink water.
Phil
posted at 1:25 PM
1 Comments:
My favorite C.S. Lewis book was the Screwtape Letters.
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