[wagglebee]

In a recent interview with Netribution in the UK, Swinton suggested that the Narnia books, while admittedly spiritual, are actually "anti-religious". She said: "I would go so far as to say that not only is this not a religious book, but, if anything, it's actually an anti-religious book in the sense that it is about the very opposite of following a dogma, following a doctrine. It's about being resourceful and self-sufficient and following your own conscience and your own star, which is a very private issue and not anything to do with any set down religion."

To say that the Narnia books are anything other than Christian is absurd.

[GretchenM]

Tilda Swinton, the Scottish actress who played the white witch described herself as a "red witch" alluding to her membership in the British Communist Party.

I assume she won't be nominated for any acting in the role then.

[onja]

McKellan(Gandalf) is a liberal. What is this world coming to? He seemed really cool. Oh, well. Soon we'll find out that the guy who played Jesus in the Passion is a commie.

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So, Tilda, will you be joking about the state of religion in, say, Iran? What might be the advice you've received about commentary towards Islam? Are there any Muslim mater race people you might want to speak about? Thought not, you coward.

[ScubieNuc]

"To say that the Narnia books are anything other than Christian is absurd."

While I agree with you that Lewis was trying to convey Christian ideas through fiction, I would like to make a slight distinction....A person can only come to the saving power of Jesus through the Word (Bible).

Rom 10:17 So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

I took my three kids to LWW and they all enjoyed it. It provided a good opportunity to explain to my 8 year old about Jesus' substitutional death for us. However, without guidance from the Bible, and ultimately reading from the Bible, no one will "get saved" through watching LWW.

Sincerely

[ConservativeDude]

"Steven D. Greydanus, in his review of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe on the Decent Films website, criticized the "many liberties" taken by the producers with the original book themes. He was especially harsh about the film version's undermining of the power of Aslan and elevation of the status of the Witch which contradicted Lewis's most important messages in the book.

Greydanus wrote, "Perhaps the single gravest change to the story is one that greatly empowers the Witch at Aslan’s expense. It is simply the eradication of the whole motif of the Witch’s overt fear of Aslan. This is absolutely crucial to the book’s emphasis on the utter lack of parity between the omnipotent Aslan and the powerful but limited Witch. The whole vision of good and evil at work in the story turns on the fact that the Witch is never even close to being a rival or threat to Aslan, any more than Lucifer to Christ himself."

The Christian film critic further explains that "The filmmakers, perhaps motivated by a misguided dramatic notion of needing the villain to be a credible threat to the hero, eliminate practically every indication of the Witch’s fear of Aslan from the story — in the process jettisoning much of the point Lewis was making about the nature and relationship of good and evil.""

This review is totally wrong.

The film does nothing of the sort. The film is perfectly loyal to the book. She IS a credible threat in the book...she plunges the land into perpetual winter, after all. It's not like there is ever any real doubt who is going to win. Even so, she does kill Aslan after all and he does look pathetic in the book as he is led to the stone table.

In the film, his power is apparent, especially in that scene where he comes out of the tent for the first time and all the Narnians - and the children - are virtually compelled to their knees.

This guy doing the Decent Films review must be looking for a problem. Either that, or he neither watched the film nor read the book. What a moron.

[William Terrell]

Speaking at the 49th San Francisco International Film Festival which concluded last week, Tilda Swinton, the Scottish actress who played the white witch described herself as a "red witch" alluding to her membership in the British Communist Party.

So that's how she was able to act so cold, cruel, heartless and manipulative in the role.

[TheBattman]

Wasn't it that actress who was originally a porn star or some other similar occupation?

[unlearner]

Derek Jarman has no connection to the Narnia movie. It is either disingenuous or very careless for this association to be mentioned as it is. Tilda Swinton worked with him on Edward 2 about 15 years ago. That has nothing to do with this movie as far as I know.