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Subject: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Time: 11:06:00 AM EST
Author: vandaryn
Music: Coldplay
When I was a kid, one of my favorite books of all time was The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis. I read the covers off my copy and no matter how much I read, I still remember that book as one of my all-time favorites. Can't tell you how many times I wanted my closet to be a door to another land.
Imagine my excitement when I learned there was a movie being made of my favorite book! Of course, there were some reservations about this as well. Could the movie really live up to my imagination? Could they really pull off a talking lion without it being campy?
Billy and I saw the movie last night and I can say with certainity, at least in my opinion, that yes, they did it.
Aslan, the lion, is one of those characters that could either work well, or bomb horribly. Even the mention of his name causes that goose-bump thing to happen, Lewis did such a good job of building him up as something more than a lion in the book. Could the movie do the same? I wondered about this as I sat there watching the movie. When Aslan shows up, the effect was more than I could have hoped for. I felt like a character from a book I loved had just stepped off the pages.
The Stone Table scene was also very well done. As tragic as it is in the book, it was one of my favorite scenes and in the movie, it went above and beyond.
While there were some nitpicky things that bothered me about the movie, overall, I loved it and I think they were true to Lewis' original work. Billy and I would love to take the kids to see it, but they're a little too young. There were some intense moments, the battle being one of them. They'll have to watch it on DVD. I hope they read the book as well. It would be cool for them to enjoy a book that I loved when I was younger.
Certainly worth the 9 dollar price of admission. Time allowing, I'll probably go see it again!
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Well, between yours and Bill's "previews" I would say it's worth seeing lol..
I'm glad it lived up to your expectations.. it would seem some directors are actually getting the hang of fantasy movies! It took them long enough! For the longest time they could do sci-fi but not a really good fantasy.. it looks like special effects finally became "good enough"!
What age would you say for reading the books???
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12/26/05 8:58 PM
The book begins with the creation and development of three angelic brothers, Lucifer, Michael and Gabriel. Their beauty is developed, as well as their power and the role they play in the kingdom of God.
Then God made man, and Lucifer was bitterly jealous and decided to rebel; hence the beginning of spiritual warfare. From this point on, Alec exposes various realms of Lucifer’s activity over the course of history, into the present and continuing into the future in the last chapter.
This fictional account is not necessarily Biblical as there is not a detailed account of the specific actions of the angel's in the Bible. However, the story which Alec has composed is a brilliant work that exposes the power of the spiritual realm.