Clive Stapes Lewis films

45degreeN · Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 3:09 pm Post subject: Clive Stapes Lewis films

Now that the new Narnia film has been released, anyone care to speculate how well it will do and/or compare it to the books?

The 7 books written by C.S.Lewis about Narnia have sold over 100 million copies over the 50+ years and they are written in a way that people can ignore completely any Christian message if they want, but those who share the Christian faith can be built up by reading them.

Plotinus · Tiger Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 803 Location: Canada

45degreeN · Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 7:03 am Post subject:

Well Prince Caspian was well done also. It might be considered a little "dark" since there are so many battles and the subject of betrayal is one that hits home strongly but I thought it was well done and I expect to see the next in the series "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" due in 2010. There really is no blood or gore so it should not affect any of the little ones.

All of the original kids/characters will not be in the rest of them anyway.

Plotinus · Tiger Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 803 Location: Canada

On the strength of your post, I suggested to the family this afternoon that we all go and see the movie. My daughter liked it, and I thought it was well done. I think my wife liked it, but she was slower to offer an opinion. You are right that there is a lot of fighting, but somehow nobody does much bleeding. Better for kids that way, for sure. The only parts that my daughter found scary were the faces of some of the more gruesome looking characters.

I found the religious allegory much more obvious in the movie than in the book. You might be able to read the book without noticing the symbolism of Moses, and the exodus, but it is almost impossible to miss in the movie. Prince Caspian seems to be an allegory for both Moses and King David.