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The last movie I saw in the theater was LWW. Looks like this will be next.
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Sonya and I were listening to it this AM while they were watching it over breakfast and all the dialogue is kind of like: "Oh no, these transistors that power my suit are running out of juice. Maybe if I trick the Mandarin he will leave here so I can power up...." It's kind of the "...we don't have time to develop the plot so we'll just have the character tell you something right away and fill in all the blanks in an obvious way...." James and Anna don't seem to care but it makes me chuckle.
I preferred LWW. They flattened out the interesting storyline that was in the book, added some extra battles to keep it interesting, and basically made it one long, somewhat uninteresting, trek toward the big fight at the end. I was actually sitting there bored with what I was watching by about the half way point, but my three boys were with me, and they were having a good time, which helped.
As far as the many reports of a darker film than the first go, I actually think that the stone table scene in LWW was more intense than anything in PC. We still skip that scene for our kids, but I felt that even our little girl, Miriam (4) would be fine with PC. Our five year old son, Addison, had no problem (of course, he was sitting in my lap the entire time).
they will readjust it and make it ecumenical.Andrew,
Any word on why they skipped over The Horse and His Boy? I actually found Prince Caspian to be kind of a boring read by comparison.
My guess is that they are following the popular order of the books. I would also be curious to see how they handle the obvious (and correct) negativity towards the Arabian and Islamic people of Calormen.
Pretty good. Dark, intense, some scary scenes for young children. Long live Narnia!
Being under the weather in today's society is actually much nicer than in 18th century New England or 17th century Britan, In my humble opinion. We get to see movies without much effort.
As a result of that, I saw Narnia today.
I'm not necessarily much of a CS Lewis fan, having to theologically dodge his Arminianism through his works, especially some of the "work oriented" things in the Narnia series. However, I do very much like certain scenes.
In Prince Capsian, the theme of "Cursed is the one who trusts in man and depends on his flesh for his strength, and whose heart turns away from the Lord" was glaring. It culminated in Aslan's rebuke to Lucy when he asked her why she didn't seek him even though she saw him, while the other ignored that. I must say, that made the movie for me. I like movies that cause me to think (i.e. do I take the red pill or the blue pill?). When Aslan's rebuke directly dealt with the issue of "the flesh", I almost forgot the rest of the film and simply began thinking about how that impacts me. (i.e., when do I turn away though I am spiritually cognizant and mentally cognizant of Christ's work in and around me?) (I am looking forward to the Silver Chair and some of the themes surrounding Eustus as well).
In any case, I would rate it around the same range as Rotton Tomatoes did - 90 out of 100. Both my wife and I enjoyed it very much.
We'll be reading the Hobbit after this is all done in a few months.
Being under the weather in today's society is actually much nicer than in 18th century New England or 17th century Britan, In my humble opinion. We get to see movies without much effort.
As a result of that, I saw Narnia today.
I'm not necessarily much of a CS Lewis fan, having to theologically dodge his Arminianism through his works, especially some of the "work oriented" things in the Narnia series. However, I do very much like certain scenes.
In Prince Capsian, the theme of "Cursed is the one who trusts in man and depends on his flesh for his strength, and whose heart turns away from the Lord" was glaring. It culminated in Aslan's rebuke to Lucy when he asked her why she didn't seek him even though she saw him, while the other ignored that. I must say, that made the movie for me. I like movies that cause me to think (i.e. do I take the red pill or the blue pill?). When Aslan's rebuke directly dealt with the issue of "the flesh", I almost forgot the rest of the film and simply began thinking about how that impacts me. (i.e., when do I turn away though I am spiritually cognizant and mentally cognizant of Christ's work in and around me?) (I am looking forward to the Silver Chair and some of the themes surrounding Eustus as well).
In any case, I would rate it around the same range as Rotton Tomatoes did - 90 out of 100. Both my wife and I enjoyed it very much.
Alright, I can't keep up the facade anymore. The gloves are off, the mask is removed, the ruse has been exposed.
I am a humanist. I enjoyed the movie Prince Caspian.
I've been trying to suppress it for quite a while, but I can't contain it any longer. Seeing Prince Caspian did it for me. While I was watching the movie, I felt an inescapable and immense feeling of entertainment that endured with me after I left the theater. I knew then, as I know now, that I must be a humanist.
Sorry all.