Word: narniaã
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...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...
...in” to “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” that the story and subsequent series began to make sense. The self-sacrificing lion is the ultimate ruler of Narnia who returns to rescue it from the oppression of the White Witch.Aslan is Narnia??s savior. Jacobs appears to attribute a similar, if not quite as extensive, power to Lewis himself. His description of Lewis as larger-than-life, deeply kind and perennially jovial strays eerily close to reverence. It is Lewis, bounding into the lives of his readers, who teaches them...
...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...