Posted on 12/10/2010 8:00:31 AM PST by ZGuy
The studios behind the new "Narnia" movie are walking a tightrope in their quest to promote the third film in the fantasy franchise to a Christian audience and to general moviegoers.
But they also are going out of their way not to pigeonhole the film as something that will appeal just to the world's 2.2 billion Christians.
Case in point is Liam Neeson, who voices Aslan, the resurrected lion in the upcoming film. The actor said at a news conference last week that his character doesn't necessarily represent Christ. That might be news to Lewis, though, who wrote the opposite before he died in 1963.
"Aslan symbolizes a Christlike figure, but he also symbolizes for me Mohammed, Buddha and all the great spiritual leaders and prophets over the centuries," Neeson said.
"Dawn Treader" producer Mark Johnson agrees with the, shall we say, more inclusive analysis from Neeson, telling The Hollywood Reporter that "resurrection exists in so many different religions in one form or another, so it's hardly exclusively Christian."
"We don't want to favor one group over another ... whether these books are Christian, I don't know," Johnson added.
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THANK you to you both!!!
I do plan on seeing the movie, BUT will read that article to my kids before we go.
It is just Liam being gooshy again. He is a talented and gifted actor, but a political dolt. I will watch the movie, his PC posturing notwithstanding.
read the entre article... what the idiotic actor is saying doesn't have anything to do with how the film was made... it's just his uninformed opinion...
Not meaning to be confrontational, but what role did Liam Nielsson play in LOTR?
“Doesn’t the estate of CS Lewis have any say in how his characters are portrayed?”
Probably. But estates and trusts tend to end up in the hands of gray men with gray ideas and gray morals.
So Neeson the actor and some of the others involved in the film are ignorant fools who can’t see or admit what should be patently obvious? What is new? We are talking about Hollywood! Personally, I am going to enjoy the movie!
“Dawn Treader” producer Mark Johnson agrees with the, shall we say, more inclusive analysis from Neeson, telling The Hollywood Reporter that “resurrection exists in so many different religions in one form or another, so it’s hardly exclusively Christian.”
Really? Like which ones? Reincarnation is not the same as resurrection. Chesterton, in “The Everlasting Man”, knocks this out of the park when he says that’s the specific and exquisite difference between Christianity and every other religion: God became Man, died and rose again. No other major religious figure ever even CLAIMED to be God.
Argh.
Colonel, USAFR
Huh?
Someone should inform Liam that if Aslan represents Mohammed then he is going to get a Fatwah against him for portraying an image of Mohammed.
... whether these books are Christian, I don’t know,” Johnson added.
LIAR! He knows! An 8 yr old who knows anything about CS Lewis- KNOWS.
The estate would be his stepson(s) whose mother had been a communist. He should have left the rights in other hands.
Make that a 5 yr old with any doctrinal training at all.
What does Neeson Know?
He only buried his wife in a Christian ceremony and mouthed all those words about believing in Christ and the resurrection that he really really doesn’t believe in his heart
People who do this are sad or hypocrites or both
I’ve actually seen libs say that Orwell’s 1984 applied equally well to capitalism in the US. In fact, the 60th anniversary edition includes an essay to that effect by Erich Fromm...
Gal 3:8 - "Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”"
I Peter 1:20 - "He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake."
Jesus has always been the only way. There never has been a Plan B.
Pity they got an idiot to be Aslan’s seiyuu. Neeson has a nice voice and delivers lines well, so I guess that’s really all they wanted. Couldn’t they keep him away from the press?
I haven't read the book or seen the movie. Does Aslan also marry prepubescent lion cubs and encourage other lions to kill those who don't like lions?
I love the books, and all of his writing, and I think the movies so far have been superb.
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