Posted on 05/04/2005 12:53:00 AM PDT by k2blader
Among many other things, the article mentions that trailers for the movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (due out this December) will premiere Saturday night on ABC and during showings of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.
AM, please edit or move as necessary. Thank you.
My mom read the Chronicles of Narnia to me when I was a kid, and I've read them to my oldest son. I'd forgotten until I read the books to him how enjoyable they are.
They are wonderful books. Just for simple pleasure I read through the entire series a year or two ago. I may have to refresh my memory again before the first movie comes out. :-)
Ping!
Aw, but you can really enjoy the books if you see the religious connotations in them by C.S.Lewis.
Most definitely. I wonder if C.S. Lewis' original message will be allowed to shine through in the film?
Reading it to my son that became more apparent to me than it was when I was a child.
The trouble with the movie - and they did this with Harry Potter and the Series of Unfortunate Events, too - is that I've got two younger boys who I haven't read the books to yet. Likely as not, they'll see the movie before we get to the books, and I think that spoils it some for them. It's hard to let the older boy see movies of books he's read and still somehow shield the younger kids, particularly when the movies are in the living room on DVD.
Any links to the movie Website??
A Jewish gal told me once that she read these books, and found herself wishing that the universe contained One like Aslan. This was her first step towards becoming a Christian.
Which book is your favorite? I enjoy "A Horse and His Boy" and "The Silver Chair". I've read the series multiple times and the Christian message is beautifully woven into the stories. I'm not sure I want to see a secular version of these books.
I like the first one, The Horse and His Boy, and The Silver Chair.
Here's the official site:
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/narnia/
You have to wait for it to load (I think it requires Flash or somesuch) but it's a very nice one. I expect they'll have a trailer up sometime after Saturday.
Awesome!
Not so.
I'm not a Christian, but I have always loved those books.
And YES I studied Christianity and I "get" them..
Narnia Ping!
hands down my favorite author. read 'em to my kids and got hooked. I hope against hope the movie does justice.
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