By Matthew
Red Rocker made the following comment on another post:
Returning to Matthew’s point, the depiction of Aslan – and thereby of Christianity – as defanged, lame and uninspiring: I blame not the movie makers but how Lewis positioned his Christ figure. Making him a lion reduces the possibility of being able to relate to him as a human. Making him a playful lion diminishes his ability to inspire awe and fear. Giving him so much air time makes him too familiar, further reducing the awe factor.
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by Matthew
I’ve been listening to my BBC LOTR and have been enjoying the adaption. Its interesting to me how different people have made the story fit into their production’s available time. Listening to this has made me more tolerant of changes that need to be made to fit the story in. I still despise changes that are not for that purpose, though. And at present, about half way through, there have been no examples of this.
I have also been thinking of other stories adapted to an audio format and their quality. [click to continue…]
by Johnny
Michael Ward is the author of Planet Narnia, a groundbreaking work in C.S. Lewis and Narnia studies, which is stirring excitement and discussion. In his book, Ward argues that each novel in the Narnia series corresponds to one of the seven planets of Medieval Cosmology. I met him at the February 2008 meeting of the New York C.S. Lewis Society, and I’m grateful to interview him for the Hog’s Head just in time for the film release. This interview will discuss the Mars element in the book Prince Caspian: [click to continue…]
by Johnny
I came across an interesting article by Devin Brown on Christianity Today, which shows some similarities between the title character Prince Caspian and the life of C.S. Lewis.
Brown, who is a Professor of English at Asbury College, wrote:
Lewis and Caspian share another element—one more significant than all the others, for it changed the direction of their entire lives. The desire for another world which they both experienced as young boys did not remain unsatisfied longing. In a dramatic turnaround, Doctor Cornelius reveals to Caspian, “All you have heard about Old Narnia is true.” In a same way, through the help of J. R. R. Tolkien and their fellow Inkling Hugo Dyson, Lewis came to see that the Christian story was not just a myth like the others which he loved, but a myth that “became fact.”
The fact that some authors infuse autobiographical details of themselves in their characters is nothing new. To give an example from Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling said on more than one occasion that Hermione is an exaggerated version of herself when she was a bookish youngster at Chepstow. Brown’s article gives much food for thought on not only Prince Caspian, but the author, C.S. Lewis.
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Narnia Beats Potter in Poll
by Travis Prinzi 02.22.2008Top 50 Children’s Books of All Time, according to a poll. Here are the top 20:
1 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, C S Lewis
2 The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
3 Famous Five series, Enid Blyton
4 Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
5 The BFG, Roald Dahl
6 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, J K [...]