prince caspian

The second installment of The Chronicles of Narnia will officially be released tomorrow in Australia - but Mez, Timbo, Sel-Belle and I had the blessing of going one night earlier courtesy of Darrell (thanks mate!). As I had mentioned before, I was pretty excited about going to the movie, because I really liked the first movie (how sad was it when Aslan got killed on the cement thing??). You know how sometimes when you are looking forward to a movie and then when you see it, it is less than what you had expected? Well, for Narnia II, though I was looking forward to seeing it heaps, it still was way better than I thought it was going to be!

The kiddles have grown up quite a bit in this one, but it has only been a year (in movie time) since the last movie. With the kiddles growing up more and more each year (in real life) I kept wondering how they were going to make the rest of the movies, but I'm sure they will figure that out.

What is coolest about Narnia is the parallels it draws to the Bible. Wikipedia has some interesting observations:

Aslan is portrayed by Lewis as the Christian Jesus Christ. Aslan's father (the "Emperor-Over-Sea") is God the Father. Some believe the story is a parallel to Moses and the freeing of the Israelites. Edmund and Lucy assist Prince Caspian in his attempt to get to Aslan's country (over the sea) in Lewis' The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

More obviously, the new Narnia can be seen as a parallel to the modern world, in which old beliefs are scoffed at. "Who believes in Aslan nowadays?" asks Trumpkin when he first meets Caspian. Those who "hold on", like the badgers, are praised: this links with Lewis's views on religious faith. Faith is another of the major themes of the book.

So true.

In the end, I give the movie Rowena's tick of approval! (or in Alan's rating scale - FIVE cheeseburgers)

PS
- It's nice to see New Zealand, and her pretty self, in the movie
- I want my own Aslan! He is so cuddly!
- I wonder why all the baddies are Mediterranean...
- I will never look at mice the same way again :D

- Is it just me or does Peter sound quite girly?