Chronicles of Narnia
I first read The Chronicles of Narnia when I was given all 7 books as a present by my parents in elementary school. I re-read them in high school, college, and a young adult. I've listened to the books on tape in the car with my kids and listened while my husband has read 6 of the books to my 5 year old. To say that these are some of my all-time favorite books would not be exaggerating at all.
So, I head off to the opening night of the new Chronicles of Narnia movie with some trepidation. Was there really any chance that the moviemakers could get the movie right? As with most well-loved books, they didn't. They did a lot of things extremely well but did miss the mark on some big things as well. They added some scenes to the movie that weren't in the book which to any true bibliophile is wrong, wrong, wrong. Although well-casted, they got the characters of Peter, Susan, and Edmund wrong (the character of Lucy, though, was just so perfect that it almost made up for this). They focused a lot of energy on the battle scene and war theme in general and short-changed the redemption of Edmund.
Probably the biggest short-coming of the movie was the fact that as far as I know, none of the actors in this film are professing Christians. There were some Christians involved in bringing this great book to screen, but the people doing the acting - no. You could almost sense that they just didn't quite understand what C.S. Lewis was trying to do in his book. Aslan is a great leader with deep magic, but that magic can be whatever you want it to be. I thought they had taken one of the best lines of the book out of movie (i.e. "Is he a tame lion? No! Not at all - but he is good), but they did manage to squeeze it in at the end with a different character uttering that great quote.
Would I recommend this movie? Absolutely. It's filmed extremely well, acted extremely well, and didn't mess up the core story of the book. Best of all, despite anyone's beliefs who worked on this movie, the light of the Lord can not be hidden and still shines through loud and clear. The message of the deep magic is there for anyone who wants to find it.
So, I head off to the opening night of the new Chronicles of Narnia movie with some trepidation. Was there really any chance that the moviemakers could get the movie right? As with most well-loved books, they didn't. They did a lot of things extremely well but did miss the mark on some big things as well. They added some scenes to the movie that weren't in the book which to any true bibliophile is wrong, wrong, wrong. Although well-casted, they got the characters of Peter, Susan, and Edmund wrong (the character of Lucy, though, was just so perfect that it almost made up for this). They focused a lot of energy on the battle scene and war theme in general and short-changed the redemption of Edmund.
Probably the biggest short-coming of the movie was the fact that as far as I know, none of the actors in this film are professing Christians. There were some Christians involved in bringing this great book to screen, but the people doing the acting - no. You could almost sense that they just didn't quite understand what C.S. Lewis was trying to do in his book. Aslan is a great leader with deep magic, but that magic can be whatever you want it to be. I thought they had taken one of the best lines of the book out of movie (i.e. "Is he a tame lion? No! Not at all - but he is good), but they did manage to squeeze it in at the end with a different character uttering that great quote.
Would I recommend this movie? Absolutely. It's filmed extremely well, acted extremely well, and didn't mess up the core story of the book. Best of all, despite anyone's beliefs who worked on this movie, the light of the Lord can not be hidden and still shines through loud and clear. The message of the deep magic is there for anyone who wants to find it.
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