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We finally saw The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe last night. What a great film! Not as good as the Lord of the Rings, but that was to be expected.
I fell in love with Lucy — she was perfect. And I liked that the film stayed very true to the book. My only complaint (and it’s not really a complaint) is that they didn’t include the line when Peter, Susan and Lucy were learning about Aslan from Mr. and Mrs. Beaver, and one of the children asked (concerning Aslan), “Is he safe?” And Mr. Beaver says, “Safe? Didn’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver said? Of course he’s not safe! But he’s good.”
But overall, I was very pleased with the film — it’s the best movie I’ve seen in quite some time. I look forward to owning it on DVD. I also look forward to the next installment in the series.
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I liked that line too….and I wanted to see some of the celebrating of life and youth when Aslan came back to life…but like you, overall I liked it!
I can’t wait – we’re going next week! Merry Christmas Jeff and the rest of the Slater clan!
Totally concur with your assesment of the film (expecially about that line re: Aslan being good), thought overall it was great!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you, Jill and the kids!
They DID add a couple of lines to make it even more Christian, such as Aslan saying “it is finished.” I wish they’d used the “safe/good” line, though.
Good news — as of yesterday, LWW pushed King Kong back into second place and retook first. It will be interesting to see how that holds up during the Christmas season.
I also noticed the “It is finished” line. That was great. And they did have the “He’s good” line at the end. When Aslan was leaving, Mr. Tumnus told Lucy that he’s not a tame lion. And Lucy said, “But he’s good.”
Wow. I may have to go see it again.
Glad to see it’s back at number 1.
Hope everyone has a VERY Merry Christmas!
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Saw LW&W twice last weekend!
Awesome and it has moved to the top of the line in my list of favorites.
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Saw LWW myself and thoroughly enjoyed it!
Jeff, I saw the film last week. Really enjoyed the film, but even more, I enjoyed the dialogue about the analogies with my kids over the next couple of days.
I read or heard somewhere that a Disney exec was being interviewed on t.v. and was asked if they were releasing this in response to the Christian market, and he said he didn’t feel it was a Christian story, and that he felt if C.S. Lewis were there right now, he would say it’s not a Christian analogy either, “just a good adventure.” I think this shows a remarkable ignorance of the story, of the story of Jesus, and of C.S. Lewis, or it shows a purposeful disregard for the facts just to help market the movie. In any event, the movie came across well, and told the story as a parable should.
Not a Christian story??? What about Aslan dying for Edmund’s sin? What about his resurrection? What about the line “It is finished”?
He must have said that just to help market the movie. Could anyone be that ignorant? Then again, he *is* a movie executive…