tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post114433792094574398..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: The Lion, the Witch, & the WardrobeRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1144370827903706222006-04-06T20:47:00.000-04:002006-04-06T20:47:00.000-04:00That last one ("I, too, would have voted for James...That last one ("I, too, would have voted for James Earl Jones") was me, not the Catholic "Anonymous".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1144354558037029972006-04-06T16:15:00.000-04:002006-04-06T16:15:00.000-04:00I, too, would have voted for James Earl Jones, but...I, too, would have voted for James Earl Jones, but he's already voiced a certain other godlike royal lion for Disney, and maybe Walden wanted to avoid seeming to copy <I>The Lion King</I>. (He's also supposedly voicing the armoured bear in the film of Phillip Pullman's <I>His Dark Materials</I>, so maybe he's contractually barred from doing anything to help the Lewisian canon.<BR/><BR/>Re: the battle and the unrealism of children actually fighting. Maybe the producers should have followed the book by having someone narrate bits of the battle after the fact. They could have done them as isolated sepia "dream sequences" rather than shining (bright) daylight upon magic. (Plus also avoided the "LOTR Episode IV" feeling, a.k.a "But where are the Fell Beasts this time?")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1144353073816928632006-04-06T15:51:00.000-04:002006-04-06T15:51:00.000-04:00Great review! I'd have to say that my only compla...Great review! I'd have to say that my only complaint/regret is that they didn't do the Stone Tablet scene better. There (at least in my recollection) was no mention in the movie of the "deeper" magic after Aslan is raised. He simply is alive again, and they bound off to the camp. But, I guess if there is a striving to make the story a focus on WWII and not Lewis' intent, such a thing would be left out.<BR/><BR/>Overall, I would agree that the movie was done well--but I totally agree on having James Earl Jones as Aslan! Can you imagine that? THAT would inspire fear, and actually make Tumnus' statement that "he's not a tame lion" resonate. One guess I'd make that they didn't get him because possibly him not being around for all the movies (or they couldn't afford him?).<BR/><BR/>Again, thanks for the review.Dan B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10018881780363017344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1144349086778939392006-04-06T14:44:00.000-04:002006-04-06T14:44:00.000-04:00"It’s been too long since I’ve read the book, but ..."It’s been too long since I’ve read the book, but Lewis was an orthodox Christian."<BR/><BR/>I'm about to speak heresy against Anglicanism (within which I find myself), but I think you've overstated your case. Lewis was a committed Anglo-Catholic, which puts him in the "orthodox" camp as far as most Anglicans are concerned, but not all. After all, Anglo-Catholicism in some of its forms affirms certain Catholic beliefs that Protestants would call problematic or, at worst, affrontery against the Gospel. Lewis's claims regarding paganism are particularly troubling. Of course, none of this touches the point you were making, since Lewis definitely held to an orthodox Christological formula.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590347483105341197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1144345514172570652006-04-06T13:45:00.000-04:002006-04-06T13:45:00.000-04:00Oh, and of course, thanks for your review! I love...Oh, and of course, thanks for your review! I love your reviews. SO insightful and enjoyable to read, too.Patrick Chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16095377877712197984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1144343861068024072006-04-06T13:17:00.000-04:002006-04-06T13:17:00.000-04:00"Unfortunately, the actor who does the voiceover h..."Unfortunately, the actor who does the voiceover has an elegant, aristocratic voice rather than a primal, kingly voice. This is a dumb mistake."<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, I totally agree with you here.<BR/><BR/>Another problem was that I instantly recognized actor Liam Neeson in the voiceover. So, for me at least, Aslan didn't seem quite like Aslan as he did Rob Roy, Qui-Gon Jinn, or (blech) Alfred Kinsey.Patrick Chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16095377877712197984noreply@blogger.com