Chronicles of Narnia

[Paul 2006]

I saw Narnia - the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe last night ...all I can say is WOW!!!! It was very well done and almost as powerful as the Passion.

[dill987]

I never watched the passioni think i am the only one on this bored that never watched it.

[HalifaxMassive]

Ya seen it? I saw it on Friday night it were sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooo gd

[HalifaxMassive]

gd ent it scary tho

[HalifaxMassive]

I never watched the passioni think i am the only one on this bored that never watched it.
Nah u ent im 2 young 2 watch it im 15

[lightsabre]

i loved it! the acting, the graphics, all very convincing, and of course, also because of its' parallels to what Jesus dying on the cross to save us! :)

[lightsabre]

i should point out there that my last post was about the narnia film, and not the passion film which i've not seen, because it looks too scary.

[ALF]

a talken lion, a WITCH ?????????????(whats the bible say about witch craft)....and if it is that powerful as the passion, u need ta steer clear of it. The passion was done ta show a sacrifice that ONE MAN JESUS did for us, now this narnia has sorcery a mythological creatures in it,...........be careful about comparing it to a real life story like JESUS.............if its as powerful as u say,........i would pray that God would protect me from the evil that may come from it. This is a christain chat board so movies like that are not what being a christian is about, and im not doing this to step on any one, the truth is the truth.

[casmithjr]

He wrote the books to help children to understand what Jesus did.

[Tennessee Elijah]

My wife, son and I saw Narnia. My honest reaction: It was entertaining, but Walt Disney would have done it better. He was a perfectionist. I believe C.W. Lewis was inspired to use the Bible -- cloaking the truth of it in his creation of characters -- and this Disney version was an attempt to sell tickets to the same people who went to see the Passion of Christ. It's a huge stretch if we think the lion represents the Divinity of Christ or his sacrificial death on the cross. Regardless, I would be more willing to recommend the movie to young children if there had not been so much violence. I suppose it was their version of Armageddon?

[kitten]

Not seen it yet; i am going today with my daughter. :-) thanks for the review.

[Potters House]

We went to see it this weekend. I knew we were in trouble when I saw Disney was involved. In a word....Dissapointing. I'm with you Tennessee, its a stretch.

[Warrior4Truth]

I saw the previews to it, and as you know they only show you enough to say " I WANT TO SEE THAT". I hope to see it soon and see how good it really is. GOD bless

[lilian]

praise JC:-)
is it christian??
sorry am a bit off in movies.:r ..am very choosy!!
so is it christian is it OK wise???
stay HOLY;)

[misslilliano]

I want to see this movie!!! I havn't yet...but i will! ^-^

[Dutty12]

a talken lion, a WITCH ?????????????(whats the bible say about witch craft)....and if it is that powerful as the passion, u need ta steer clear of it. The passion was done ta show a sacrifice that ONE MAN JESUS did for us, now this narnia has sorcery a mythological creatures in it,...........be careful about comparing it to a real life story like JESUS.............if its as powerful as u say,........i would pray that God would protect me from the evil that may come from it. This is a christain chat board so movies like that are not what being a christian is about, and im not doing this to step on any one, the truth is the truth.

Heya
I just wanted to say that you are right films are not what being a christian is about and if people start to worship films and not God then thats not good but films can be another way of helping us in our walk with God or introducing people to the Gospel. Thats why C.S. Lewis wrote Narnia, to explore Christianity and introdue people to it. I would pray that people dont see Narnia as a direct view of the event that it reflects but that they realise the fact that it does point to Jesus. Narnia is a great film and it will remain so as long as christians come out worshipping Jesus and not Aslan and non chrstians come out thinking i want to know more about what that story was based on.
God bless
And P.S. Narnia is an amazing film that anyone will love!

[wolfpackfan]

I find thats this film is amazing. It is wonderful to see what C.S. Lewis's imagination was like. He may have been an atheist at first but he is a christian. It was a fabulous movie.

[jesusrox1]

Thats cool..i saw the old one..but i wanna see the new one too!! ^_^

[rdnrdn1]

I agree paul. The chronicles of Narnia was an awesome movie. It was a very moving picture. Looking forward to the release on dvd so I can purchase it. Looking forward to hearing from you. Maybe we can e-mail. Just a thought. I am new here and looking for a few friends.

[rdnrdn1]

dill987, If you have never watched Passion of the Christ it is well worth the time. The only drawback are the subtitles but it is an AWESOME movie. I loved it and bought it on dvd as soon as it was released.

[zarxs]

Ummm, you jumped to a very bad conclusion. The book was intended to show I believe his daughter the lesson of Jesus dying for our sins. The lion represented Jesus and the witch represented Satan. This movie and the Book it came from are Christian Material for Christian Children to make Jesus's sacrifice easier to understand.

[zarxs]

Personally I was disappointed in the movie. I enjoyed the symbolism a great deal, what little there was of it, but the movie lacked real depth. Thier was little to tie the Character of Aslan to Jesus, which was easier to see in the Book. I hate to say it but the first Harry Potter film was a much better movie all the way around - acting, set, depth, character development. (for the record I don't recommend children watching Harry Potter since it glorifies witchcraft).

[daughter of God]

Narnia was amazing, one of my all time favorite movies.

[SaintSean]

Personally I was disappointed in the movie. I enjoyed the symbolism a great deal, what little there was of it, but the movie lacked real depth. Thier was little to tie the Character of Aslan to Jesus, which was easier to see in the Book. I hate to say it but the first Harry Potter film was a much better movie all the way around - acting, set, depth, character development. (for the record I don't recommend children watching Harry Potter since it glorifies witchcraft).

I was sincerly disappointed with the movie. I recommend people goto http://www.crossroad.to/index.html and read exhortation concerining such a film. Again I was disappointed with such a movie, and I only watched the E-spam ads for 20 sec's or more :)

[william_walters]

I was watching my new DVD of Chronicles of Narnia and the battle scene caught my attention (no, not that it was a fight, it was the Witch). I noticed that Jadis was wearing the remains of Aslan’s mane as a sign of mockery.

It wasn’t in the book, but I realized that whoever added that in stumbled upon a parallel between Christ and Satan (knowingly or not). Satan is always trying to imitate Christ, and mock Him at every opportunity.

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. (New Testament | 2 Corinthians 11:14)

And now, when Moses had said these words, Satan cried with a loud voice, and ranted upon the earth, and commanded, saying: I am the Only Begotten, worship me. (Pearl of Great Price | Moses 1:19)

AND Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. (New Testament | Luke 4:1 - 3)

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: 10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: 11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. (New Testament | Luke 4:9 - 11)

Note the use of the word “if” in both cases.

Just another interesting parallel I found between Aslan and Christ.

Anyone see any others?

[Rylee]

I've never seen the Chronicles of Narnia, so I don't know if they make this clear, but just in case they don't: The Lion, Aslan, comes from the Bible's Book of Revelation, where Christ is called the "Lion of Judah." Aslan is Turkish for Lion. If that's already common information, I apologize... I wouldn't know as I've never even seen the movie.

C.S. Lewis once wrote this:

"If Aslan represented the immaterial Deity in the same way in which Giant Despair [a character in The Pilgrim's Progress] represents despair, he would be an allegorical figure. In reality however he is an invention giving an imaginary answer to the question, 'What might Christ become like, if there really were a world like Narnia and He chose to be incarnate and die and rise again in that world as He actually has done in ours?' This is not allegory at all."

[Rylee]

Here are some other things that people have noticed (I can't take credit for finding these, and it's not written in my own words, but I thought you may find them interesting anyhow):

"Many parts of the books may seem rather out-of-place, but make sense in light of the symbolism they carry. In the 5th book in the series, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Aslan turns from a lamb into a lion and tells the children that he brought them to Narnia to learn his other name on Earth. Christ was called the Lamb of God in the Bible, and it is almost certain that he meant the name Jesus. Also, in The Silver Chair, the dead King Caspian is brought to Aslan's terriritory, where Caspian lay in a river. Aslan commands Eustace to prick his paw with a thorn, and Aslan lets the blood drop on Caspian, who in turn comes alive. This is symbolic of how only Jesus's blood when he died on the cross could bring man to heaven (and give them life), and the water that purifies. The thorn is symbolic of the crown of thorns, and that Eustace pricked his paw is symbolic of how man put Christ on the cross. In the Bible, Jesus is also referred to as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah."

[jfreakgirl]

The Chronicles of Narnia is the story of Jesus' death; that is the main reason I like it...

[db14]

Aslan = Christ and the resurrection.

The four Pevensie children are innocent, aren't they? So they could be compared to the children who went to Jesus , and he said a lot about how we should all be like children.

Also, Narnia without Aslan is hellish, but when he comes it becomes much much better.

There are others but cannot think atm

[m.o.m.]

All I can tell you is that eventhough I have read all of the Chronicles of Narnia many, many times, I was not prepared for how it moved me. As I watched the movie and watched Aslan willingly give himself up for the younger brother (the name escapes me tonight), I sat in the movie theatre crying and praising God for what Jesus has done form me. He truly, truly could have called 10.000 angels but he willingly walked that road to Calvary. Thank you, thank you Jesus. Praise God from whom all blessings flow.

It is a good picture to be reminded of at this time of Easter celebration.

God bless all of you,

m.o.m.

[m.o.m.]

By the way, William, I am posting this in case others here don't know -- you have quoted from the Pearl of Great Price (which lets me know that you are a Mormon). The Pearl of Great Price is just a book and is not part of the Word of God and should not be considered so by those posting here.

This is not the place to use anything from any book other than The Word of God to support your observations.

m.o.m.

[SirLaffalot aka CarltonRoss]

And now, when Moses had said these words, Satan cried with a loud voice, and ranted upon the earth, and commanded, saying: I am the Only Begotten, worship me. (Pearl of Great Price | Moses 1:19)

Isn't the "Pearl of Great Price" religious fiction? Why would it be quoted here??

[Anginichi]

Isn't the "Pearl of Great Price" religious fiction? Why would it be quoted here??


Well... aren't the chronicles of Narnia a work of "religious" fiction as well? And yet it is being discussed as if it has something to do with the Bible!!!! My opinion, "The chronicles of Narnia" are nothing more than witchcraft, being glorified. (According to someone who was an ex-witch, The Chronicles of Narnia can be found in New Age/Paganistic kind of stores just as much as they are filling the shelves of Christian Book stores. Again, another attempt to put the name of Christianity on paganistic ideas. (Think about the mythical creatures - centaurs and such... all part of Greek and Roman paganism) Did you know that Satan has also been called a lion, pacing about, seeking whom he might devour or destroy? And he has also been known as someone who will pretend to be an angel of light...
But the real question is this.. why look for Jesus (or parallels of Jesus) in a book of fabled fiction, when you can find Him quite easily in The Bible?!?!?!

[Anginichi]

To clarify what I wrote in post #9, I read an article by someone who used to be involved in witch craft and had much to say about the Chronicles of Narnia. I am not saying that I was an ex-witch, just in case that might have sounded confusing in the previous post!

[blueheron32]

Amen Anginichi...:-)

[Rufus]

Isn't the "Pearl of Great Price" religious fiction? Why would it be quoted here??


Well... aren't the chronicles of Narnia a work of "religious" fiction as well? And yet it is being discussed as if it has something to do with the Bible!!!! My opinion, "The chronicles of Narnia" are nothing more than witchcraft, being glorified. (According to someone who was an ex-witch, The Chronicles of Narnia can be found in New Age/Paganistic kind of stores just as much as they are filling the shelves of Christian Book stores. Again, another attempt to put the name of Christianity on paganistic ideas. (Think about the mythical creatures - centaurs and such... all part of Greek and Roman paganism) Did you know that Satan has also been called a lion, pacing about, seeking whom he might devour or destroy? And he has also been known as someone who will pretend to be an angel of light...
But the real question is this.. why look for Jesus (or parallels of Jesus) in a book of fabled fiction, when you can find Him quite easily in The Bible?!?!?!

Concur!

I'd add that there are oft repeated lies that writers such as J.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were "Christian" writers. In the case of C.S. Lewis he was not Christian but a Catholic Mystic and a Taoist.

“Clive Staples Lewis was anything but a classic evangelical, socially or theologically. He smoked cigarettes and a pipe, and he regularly visited pubs to drink beer with friends. Though he shared basic Christian beliefs with evangelicals, he didn’t subscribe to biblical inerrancy or penal substitution. He believed in purgatory and baptismal regeneration” (“C.S. Lewis Superstar,” Christianity Today, Dec. 2005).

"[God] said (in the Bible) that we were “gods” and He is going to make good His words. If we let Him—for we can prevent Him, if we choose—He will make the feeblest and filthiest of us into a god or goddess, a dazzling, radiant, immortal creature, pulsating all through with such energy and joy and wisdom and love as we cannot now imagine." --C. S. Lewis, Beyond Personality Mere Christianity p174-175.

"Lewis moved slowly from atheism through Yeatsian romanticism to absolute idealism and finally theism, returning to worship in the Church of England in 1929." - The New International Dictionary of the Christian Church states on p. 594

Relative to the movie, if we are to make the supposition that Aslan is Christ than what are we to make of the faun, Mr. Tumnus? I have read and I believe that Mr. Tumnus is modeled after Pan, a sexually perverted god in witchcraft. If you make this connection then Tumnus' interaction with Lucy, where he puts her to sleep, takes on a startling connotation.

[Georgethe3rd]

And now, when Moses had said these words, Satan cried with a loud voice, and ranted upon the earth, and commanded, saying: I am the Only Begotten, worship me. (Pearl of Great Price | Moses 1:19)


By the way, last time I looked, Pearl of Great Price and Moses, may or may not be good books but they weren't in the Bible...??

[SirLaffalot aka CarltonRoss]

Although I did enjoy the Christian symbolism in the books and the movie, I have to agree with your assessement. However, the "Pearl of Great Price" was written to "supplement" the Bible and to forward the false doctrines of a religious group-- the "Chronicles" are not guilty of such an indictment.

[Anginichi]

Although I did enjoy the Christian symbolism in the books and the movie, I have to agree with your assessement. However, the "Pearl of Great Price" was written to "supplement" the Bible and to forward the false doctrines of a religious group-- the "Chronicles" are not guilty of such an indictment.

Hi SirLaffalot, I see your point about how some books claim to be "extensions" or supplements to the Bible... and indeed it is a shame that people would buy into them... but I am merely trying to make a point too, that people need to be wary of ANY books, movies, etc. out there that claim to be Christian or have Christian values.

[m.o.m.]

Okay, I was going to say that C. S. Lewis would be surprised to have his work catagorized with the New Age Movement; however, I will do some of my own research on C. S. Lewis and be open to a new opinion of him.

On the other hand, I don't get it about what is wrong with being inspired by seeing Christ in art and literature. To me, its the same as when people were told that Rock N Roll was of the devil. There is nothing inherently evil in Rock Music. What is evil is how people use it and interpret it. I feel the same way when people tell me that I shouldn't celebrate Christmas and Easter because they grew out of Pagan traditions. I am aware of those traditions, etc. (although I was not aware as a child), and I have never taught my children that Santa or the Easter Bunny were anything more than a game. I also know that when our family celebrates those holidays, they have NOTHING to do with Paganism. They are traditions which in our case bring us closer to Christ.

Although, I am not saying this is true of those who have posted here, I know too many people who bash books like The Chronicles of Narnia and yet let their children read/watch Cinderella, Snow White, and other such fairy tales which are full of witches, magic etc.

Literature like this (or any art form) is not God's word and should not be presented as such -- but it can inspire us and move us to a response. I see God all the time in the majesty of His creations. I often hear Him in the melodies and words of music and song. And I very often am reminded of Him and His grace through some of the literature I read.

I am trying to work this out in my heart, dear friends in the Lord, and am looking for some scriptures I can't find at the moment, but I believe that somewhere it says that it is not what goes into a man that defiles, but what comes out. And I know that Romans chapter 14 speaks about principles of conscience. Romans 14:14 says "I know and am convicnced in the Lord Jesus that nothng is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean." Paul goes on to say that we shouldn't let that which is allowable to us and our consience casue another to fall. So now, I'm still confused a little and will be doing more studying and praying.

Thanks, my friends, for letting me work this out here with you. May God bless each one of you.

In His love,

m.o.m.

[SirLaffalot aka CarltonRoss]

The Book of Moses is not included in the canonized (accepted and recognized) Christian "Bible". Moses 1:19 is therefore invalid.