'Narnia' faithful to book says director

digitalspy ^ | Nov 11 05 | David Saney

[jcb8199]

Hmmm, cares for his friends, has to choose between what is right and what is easy, intensely loyal to those around him... Yeah, awful role model.
Perhaps if parents who look at Potter as being the Spawn of Satan spent half as much time convincing their kids that it is fiction, and not something they should attempt (spells and potions and that crap), as they spent criticizing, we might actually get somewhere.

It gets kids to read, and provides a moral lesson in the end. I see no problem with it, provided parents teach their kids the difference between reality and fiction.

[BradyLS]

Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength. Anyone recall those?

I have them! They are a great series. They were written before Tolkien published Lord of the Rings and I always imagined that Lewis' Merlin foreshadowed Tolkien's LOTR incarnation of Gandalf.

[Redcloak]

I noticed that parts of the Stone Table scene are used in the latest trailer. Stills from it are also being used in some of the promotional materials displayed at theaters. (Specifically, one of those large, dimensional, cardboard displays that are so popular with the studios now.)

[Redcloak]

They were written before Tolkien published Lord of the Rings and I always imagined that Lewis' Merlin foreshadowed Tolkien's LOTR incarnation of Gandalf.

The edition of That Hideous Strength I have has a footnote refering to "Lord of The Rings". It suggests that those wishing to learn more about Númenor read Tolkein's "upcoming" books. The two were obviously exchanging ideas on mythological histories.