Posted on 06/28/2005 11:19:26 AM PDT by JDBrown90
BTW.. Tolkien and Lewis were great friends, and Lewis credits Tolkien for converting him to Christianity.
There's a TLTWATW video out?
Try reading the book instead.
Keep the bible away from them too. There's this episode about a witch from Endor in it.
Trolls never do.
Amazing how that works.
Perhaps you should read C.S. Lewis' writings before you make such an uninformed comment.
Try the Focus on the Family Radio adaptations available on CD. They are awesomely well done and if nothing else instill a sense of honor and heroism in my kids as they see the transformation of Edmund from a weasel who torments his sister into a King of Narnia through the self sacrifice of Aslan.
Then there is Eustace (Dawn Treader, Silver Chair) who is also transformed from a public school bully into a boy who repents his evil and selfish nature to become a hero.
Furthermore, they model gender based behavior of womanly gentleness and kindess and manly humility and heroics on the part of the children.
And Lewis was prescient as presenting an Islamic like culture and religion as the foe of civilisation/Christianity in the end times "The Last Battle".
The trailer looks really good.
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1. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.
2. A story, picture, or play employing such representation. John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Herman Melville's Moby Dick are allegories.
2. A symbolic representation: The blindfolded figure with scales is an allegory of justice.
[Middle English allegorie, from Latin allēgoria, from Greek, from allēgorein, to interpret allegorically : allos, other + agoreuein, to speak publicly (from agora, marketplace).] al'le·go'rist n.
I cannot tell you how many times we watched those BBC videos. We practically knew them by heart. Finally, my finicky movie-loving husband watched them and liked them too. We had long ago nicknamed him Puddleglum, so he finally found out why.
Enjoy your pagan movie - I'll pass.
Uh... do the words "SPOILER ALERT" mean anything to this writer?
True, everyone should have read the Chronicles... but not everyone has.
I would have loved that!
Allegory wasn't just a terrible presidential candidate.
The BBC does a much better job of book adaptation than others. I enjoyed their Jane Austin stuff, especially Pride and Prejudice. Colin Firth was just as I imagined Mr. Darcy. Their Lion Witch and Wardrobe was quite good. Hallmark can do good stuff also.
Aamazingly, Ted Turner did a fairly good job with bible stories. His Abraham is excellent. TBN also did the wonderful Charlton Heston version of Treasure Island. Also the George C Scott version of a Christmas Carol is fairly accurate.
Still waiting for a good, accurate version of so many novels. Little Women disappoints me every time they make it. The Susan Sarandon version, while fun, was morphed into a liberal anti Christian show.
I agree - the message is more important.
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My kids thought those films were clunky, and the characters didn't look or sound like they thought they should. YMMV.
Hey, we agree on something! ;o)
The trailer was fantastic, and I'll be taking my kids to see it when it comes out.
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