Comments on: Narnia Delivers Childlike Wonder & Imagination

By: king kong

king kong — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:07:55 +0000

I love your blog, this is the secnd time I come here, yhank you for your posts and keep on writing, because you certianly can ;)

By: Sarah Feagans

Sarah Feagans — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:46:56 +0000

For all those interested… the ACTUAL wardrobe that C.S. Lewis used to play in as a child and inspired his writings is located in a small museum at Wheaton College, Wheaton IL. It is not roped off so you can touch it, open it, possibly even crawl in it if you like. The curator mentioned in a magazine article I read that people come from all over the world to see it and the rest of the collection. Many of them look behind it or touch the inside back panel… apparently hoping to find that hidden world in there somewhere. Might be a nice trip after seeing the movie for those of you who live in that area.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:19:40 +0000

I saw The Chronicles of Narnia last Friday, and really enjoyed it. It doesn’t feel like yet another book-to-movie adaptation with action sequences set to special effects; it feels like a story is being told on-screen and the special effects are helping to bring the story to life. To put it another way: it feels real, not fake.

The actors all play their parts well without overdoing it. Tilda Swinton plays the White Witch with a very understated sense of evil that you instinctively know is there and that gradually rises and rises. The four kids are also excellent and completely believable.

What I also liked was that the religious undertones that Narnia is supposed to have weren’t “in your face”. Much has been said about the Chronicles being inspired by the New Testament, and as an atheist I thought that might put me off, but the only references in the film that were remotely close to being biblical were the “two sons of Adam and two sons of Eve” theme, and the resurrection. I appreciated that.

Oh, and the final battle scene, while obviously inspired by Lord of the Rings in its visual style, is awesome. :)

By: Ian Tyrrell

Ian Tyrrell — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:07:57 +0000

Hi Jason,
you should really stop reading The Magician’s Nephew right now, and then restart reading it. Aloud. To your wife.

Continue this with the rest of the series.

I did this with my wife and it was a wonderful experience. The books are written in such a way that even reading them feels like you are telling a story. I’m sure Kim will appreciate it, Jen (my wife) did.

Don’t let her read ahead either.

Oh, and most importantly of all: Don’t forget to do the voices!

God Bless,
RodeoClown

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:08:54 +0000

Long live Aslan!

Glad you liked the film, Jason… I can’t express how excited I was (and am) about it. I truly enjoy the Narnia legacy, and this film was simply icing on the cake.