The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
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poliphiloThe 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.
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.
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Date: 2010-12-30 03:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-30 06:16 pm (UTC)The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Horse and His Boy
The Magician's Nephew
The Last Battle
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Date: 2010-12-30 09:10 pm (UTC)