The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

[poliphilo]

The first movie in the Narnia cycle is a whole lot better than the second.

But there are still problems

1. The Bad guy is so much cooler than the Good guy. Tilda Swinton v a pompous CGI lion: no contest.

2. Child actors. The little girl playing Lucy is a delight. The others not so much.

3. Violence for its own sake. I'll bet Lewis dismisses the climactic battle in a page. Here it goes on and on and on. 

Back to Aslan. If fictional characters who embody virtue are almost always boring- and they are- then our conception of virtue must be wrong.  

Comments

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

I'd be very interested to know what you think of the book, if you do get around to it. You could probably do it at a sitting: it's not long.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I may look out a copy next time we're at the library...

[ibid.livejournal.com]

The first 2 books which were written (that is Lion, witch and wardrobe and Prince Caspian) are quite plodding with rather dull plots. They really Dawntreader is my favourite, silver chair I don't like but it has some interesting elements and I think Magician's nephew is the best.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's interesting.

The first two I sort of know from the movie versions.

I have only vague notions about the rest of the series.