Word: narniaã
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...Searchlight Pictures Directed by Kevin Macdonald 4.5 stars Forget “helping people” and “making a difference”—these are Nicholas Garrigan’s (James McAvoy, “The Chronicles of Narnia??) vague, romanticized hopes when, fresh out of medical school, he sets off for Uganda in “The Last King of Scotland.” But Garrigan painfully learns that idealism is not so simple, not to mention potentially dangerous, in this grittily realistic thriller based on the actual political climate of 1970s...
...that has recently been spilled over its screen adaptation. In a culture corrupted by filth and overflowing with movies whose artistic merit is alternately minimal or non-existent, it is odd that a film and a story as well-crafted and as beautiful as “Narnia?? have been the target of such vitriol...
Epithets against Christianity are, of course, not new—it was compared unfavorably to cannibalism almost two millennia ago—and so what is most pertinent are the actual arguments advanced against “Narnia?? and the religion it so clearly represents...
This is not to say that Lewis’ work is flawless or that the theology of “Narnia?? is particularly persuasive. There are serious problems in confusing the Biblical Jesus with Aslan the lion, and evil in the real world is never personified as clearly as it is in the White Witch and her coterie of demons and beasts. Lewis did not, however, write the “Chronicles” to be a finely tuned theological treatise; he wrote it as a children’s story. If one tries to read...
...Nevsky”-esque ice flow chase to the overly long climatic battle—a poor imitation of “The Two Towers”—the unnecessary additions to the story do not enhance the audience’s appreciation for “Narnia?? and become almost unbearable to watch. Whether it is the fault of the cinematographer, Donald McApline (“Moulin Rouge”), or the artistic direction team (who perhaps unsurprisingly, worked on “Lord of the Rings” and “Star Wars...