C.S. Lewis was a genius and Narnia was excellent. Morford on the other hand obviously doesn't like anything that doesn't contain the vapidness and degredation of an average Maureen Dowd article.
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He loved Narnia as a kid. Upon seeing the movie and re-checking the books, he has decided that Narnia sucks. It's childish. It's Christian. Only a naive little child would tolerate such childish tripe. He is beyond that now. The only good thing about the movie was the portrayal of Evil. He found that quite attracttive.
Yuh know, Ms./It Morford. please keep what you suck to yourself, ok.
I saw it. I liked it...
No. (But it's certain that his boyfriend does.)
Oh sure, the books are still packed with annoying Christian allegory,
And THAT, my FRiends, is why the story so thoroughly irritates, annoys, and infuriates Miss Morford.
CS Lewis was a friend of Tolkien. Morford is a friend of Dorothy.
No, Narnia doesn't suck.
But the fudge packing, bare backing, bug chasing Ms. Morford does.
"a rather lean slice of delightfully wrought but fairly simpleminded, largely hobbled fantasy for the imagination-deprived single-digit set."
Nice, very nice.
Can't argue on substance, so she attacks witrh insult.
I actually didn't like the movie that much. Not sure what it was, but the characters just felt flat. Except for the White Queen having fits of PMS, she seemed as scarey as kindergarden teacher.
When you compare books that I loved when I was younger(TLTWATW and LOTRs) I very much liked the LOTRs movies and felt more of a 'meh' towards Narnia.
"Chronicles of Narnia" has made tons of $$$.
It has stayed at, or near the top, of the box office for weeks now.
"Syriana", on the other hand, has tanked.
Just a simple FYI
The writer of this piece comes across as such a pretenious fop. He unintentually reveals much about his own self-absorbed lifestyle and political bent, but next to nothing about the actual literary and philosophical merits of the Nardia Chronicles themselves. His review of the film and the books reflects only his own narcissimn.
I'm sure he would have liked it had Aslan been gay and the White Witch had flashed her boobs a couple of times.
That is bcause he doesn't understand the symbolism behind the sacrifice Aslan, THE CREATOR, made to save someone who utterly did not deserve to be saved. When I re-read the book and then saw the movie, it brought tears to my eyes as I thought of how Jesus allowed himself to be utterly humiliated by his enemies so that I may be spared.
This guy's column has all of the intellectual sophistication of Beavis and Butthead, except that Beavis and Butthead are funny and this man is just an idiot. What kind of moron uses the pejorative "Suck" in the headline title of his column?
"a rather lean slice of delightfully wrought but fairly simpleminded, largely hobbled fantasy for the imagination-deprived"
There is no value in being "delightfully-wrought," Mr. Morford, if it doesn't serve your agenda? Imagination-deprived? Actually, one of the best things about the Narnia books is that they provide a fantastically rich context for imagination, while describing everything very lightly: He provides the edges of an image, and leaves the child's imagination to color it in.
Tolkein used the inverse means of stimulating imagination. He provided preposterous depth yet consistency of detail, allowing one to endlessly recycle his creations in new situations.
Between then two, there is an excellent school of imagination.
Of course, Ms. Morford only likes the Lord of the Rings because he thinks Sam and Frodo are gay.
Remember, this is the guy (?) who admitted licking doornobs in Republican's offices he would visit in an attempt to infect them with his cold. Literally a sicko.