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They just anounced that the second movie in the Narnia series will be released soon. Prince Caspian is to be released this summer. That is going to be awwwwwwwssssome.
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The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children that were written by C S Lewis. I've read and enjoyed all of them. In these novels, he borrowed from Greek, Roman, and Celtic mythology as well as traditional English and Irish fairy tales. They were written after his conversion to Christianity and they contain many strong Christian messages. These are often mistaken for allegory, but, as Lewis himself said, are certainly not allegory. Lewis is said to have stated that he wrote the novels when he wondered what it would be like if Jesus Christ was incarnated on another world or planet to save the souls of those inhabitants.
Christians, as a rule, tend to dislike fantasy. It would be pretty hard for them to dislike any of these novels or films however. Thank God they at least don't bring up the 'homosexual agenda' so they don't say anything that pisses me off.
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C.S. Lewis was a Proff. of English at Cambridge University. He was originally an athiest but later converted to Christianity. He wrote many wonderful stories and books concerning Christianity. Most notably were "
the Screw Tape Letters", and "Mere Christiantiy" other stories were "Out of the Silent Planet", "Perilandra", and "That hedious Streignth". He fell in love with an american lady who was seaparated from her husband. She had two young sons. He fell in love with her and in time fell in love with the boys. She died of cancer and it broke his heart but he adopted the boys and raised them. The Stories of Narnia were written for them. They were so good they were published and became a huge sucess amonge younge readers.
Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you......
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Relying on general knowledge (ie too idle to look it up) I think you'll find that C S Lewis was at Oxford, Curtis. He was converted to Christianity on the top deck of a number 29 bus in that city. His wife's name was Joy. Thus the inspiration for his book 'Surprised by Joy'.
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N
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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Dear Curtis,
They are very good stories, but like Lord of the Rings there is a strangeness about them. It is how one tells the difference between good and evil. (Not between good and bad, note.) And I think it is because, while not admitting it, C S Lewis is actually trying to convert his readers to his own brand of Roman Catholicism.
I don't seem to mind other people doing things like this. 'Animal Farm' for example or 'News from Nowhere'. Perhaps it is because Lewis does it so well and is so subtle about it.
But I have been a philosopher since reading the subject at Oxford and am convinced I know best about it. (Did I ever tell you I had a reputation for arrogance?)
Anyway I hope you enjoy the film.
Love,
Anthony
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Im sorry Nigel, that was my bad, he was at Oxford. He was a very complex man enough that a movie was made about him. I forget the title tho. If IM not mistaken tho he was Church of England and not Roman Catholic. Yes the American he married and fell in love with was Joy.
Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you......
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I did not read Lewis' stories for the Christian context. They are interesting and very well written stories. Like the "Lord of the Rings", once you start you are drawn into the story and dont want to leave. I agree that there is a strangeness to them, but purhaps thats what makes them special.
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As a child I loved the books, though the subliminal Christian 'message' went straight over my head.
The first film, 'The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe', was good, but for some reason didn't inspire me the way the books did. A time and place, maybe.
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I'm with you. I read the books as really good adventures. I never even noticed the god bothering message.
I tried very hard to enjoy the film, but the pictures in my head were far better. Child actors can be very good. Haley Joel Osment, for example, was amazing. The Narnia crew were unamazing.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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I don't know, but I always assumed that he was some kind of Protestant, not RC, as he hailed from Northern Ireland. I have read a lot of his books, but that was a thirty years ago.
Hugs
N
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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Yes, I was wrong and he wasn't a Roman Catholic - that was J R R Tolkien and GK Chesterton wrote the book that helped to convert him.
Love,
Anthony
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I really liked the Narnia books when I was younger. I have been told that I should re-read them when I'm a parent and another layer of meaning will be seen. C. S. Lewis had a step-son, who seems to have spent his life making a fortune out of Lewis' writings, and being just that, "C. S. Lewis' step-son."
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