Word: narnia
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...This problem can be fixed easily with a good dose of heavy-handed allegory! I’m referring here of course to the weekend’s blockbuster—the first installment in the non-awaited film adaptations of “The Chronicles of Narnia.” Kids will be screaming for the mighty Lion Aslan (Christ) to kick some evil witch (Satan/Woman/Jew) butt! For in Narnia, it will be always be winter, but never Christmas. Hopefully the Pevensie children will be victorious, because Baby Jesus’s birthday is in less than three weeks...
...Gutenberg’s stolen Bible from Satan so that “the Word of God will be made available to all.” Video games are only the latest media form in which Christians are playing an increasingly vocal role. “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe,” released today (see B1), is an extended Christian allegory that is being specifically marketed to Christian audiences. Last year, “The Passion of the Christ” made $370 million domestically, mainly on the strength of its appeal...
Fifty-five years after C.S. Lewis published the “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media have spent more than $250 million bringing the first of his seven hallowed Narnia novels to the big screen.The live-action adaptation of “Wardrobe” hits theaters today. The filmmakers are hoping it can tap into the lucrative market for big-budget make-believe exposed by the “Lord of the Rings” and “Harry Potter” franchises. But in raising...
...would remain atheist long.” He intimates that Lewis’ love of myth was only fully realized in his belief in the Christian narrative. Yet Jacobs also takes pains to point out that to many readers, Lewis is simply the man who conjured the Chronicles of Narnia. Jacobs narrative of Lewis’ life strays at times to Lewis’ beliefs or the literary climate of his time, but it always returns to Narnia. Lewis wrote that it was only when the character Aslan “came bounding in?...
...CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE -- Winner: Book...