Comments on: Seeing Christ in Caspian

By: patrick

patrick — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:50:19 +0000

too bad they cut out some of that part where Aslan confronts Lucy about trusting her convictions, but i guess they had to make it appealing to the masses… great observations on your review tho!

AL: There were some cuts that certainly could have been included in the movie to make the message a bit more evident. That was one of them. Thanks for sharing.

By: Prince Caspian Blog Reviews « Significant Pursuit by Renaissance Guy

Prince Caspian Blog Reviews « Significant Pursuit by Renaissance Guy — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:23:00 +0000

[...] Amy Letinsky thought that Christ was very apparent in the movie. She focused on three main points: We should act in Jesus’ strength instead of our own, we should follow Jesus even when it’s not popular, and the longer one walks with Jesus the bigger He gets. She put a very positive slant on her review because she had read some negative reviews concerning the weaking of the Christian message in the film. [...]

By: renaissanceguy

renaissanceguy — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:43:10 +0000

I wasn’t as happy with the movie as you. Feel free to come to my blog and read my review. Maybe you can set me straight.

I felt that the Christian meaning of the story was obscured in the movie.

AL: Renaissance Guy, you had some great things to say about the film. I especially liked this point: “In addition, the characters just do their own thing and don’t work together much or discuss their problems to determine cooperative solutions, which definitely departs from the story Lewis wrote. Instead of working out their problems, the characters spend a lot of time glaring at each other or simply staring. They also spend a lot of time sulking and brooding.”

I think my goal here was to go against the general flow of the reviews from the Christian world which are overwhelmingly negative and focused on the differences between the book and the movie. There are ways that we can see Christ in the movie, sure not as many as in the book, but I’m rejoicing in the fact that Christ is there at all. Maybe I’m just a bit more cynical about what to expect from hollywood. I set my expectations lower, and when there’s anything positive with a Christian perspective, I like to point it out, instead of tearing the entire enterprise as a whole down. But, I can also understand why people who make their living doing reviews for places like Christianity today would want to do the tearing down thing. I just don’t agree that it’s the most constructive way to handle it for speaking to the world we live in.

By: ~M

~M — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:51:50 +0000

I also saw the movie this weekend :o).

BUT — one thing I did not appreciate was the romance angle… I was a little irritated with that.

I am very thankful that they kept Aslan’s and Lucy’s interacts similar to the book.

AL: I know what you mean. But, it did make Susan a lot more interesting. Personally, I didn’t think she had a lot going for her otherwise (in the book…yes, I just dared critique C.S. Lewis *gasp*). Yes, I’m shallow and a sucker for romance. I had an easier time with the romance than turning her into Zena warrior princess or Legolas.

By: jill

jill — Sat, 17 May 2008 20:38:43 +0000

Aww…I love that you two read the book out loud together. Our family has read the series out loud too; it reads aloud so beautifully.
Now if I can only get my GI doc to show up and get me outta here, maybe I can go see the movie too. I am doing better today. Thank you for your prayers, I really needed them the last few days.
AL: Praying you get to go home pronto. Been missing my regular Tiggy updates.