It is a sheer co-incidence that I began to read him Lion, Witch & Wardrobe recently as I had no idea (due to the fact that I live in a social vacuum) that they were making it into a film nor that THIS site existed.
I really do need to get out more don't I?
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well i read it as a kid and the so-called christian imagery passed way over my head. still doesn't make much sense :S
just been thinking about the whole narnia thing myself, after i bought the set at that booksale store. i know the imagery exists, but i don't actually think it's a problem. he is a fabulous writer with a *spiritual* slant especially. christianity is very much present in the world and a lot of our lives!, as are other themes like wars, racism , etc...
reading is a way of processing things in a safe environment.
thank you hannah for the borrowing of your book. can you see it has consolidated a lot for me.lol!!!!!!
i do *not* rate disney though. if you want to avoid really negative and twisted stuff presented in a socially acceptable way, avoid disney!
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I agree with Khadijah. Disney are just awful - very devious. But if they stay true to the text and it is given a "U" I may take him to see it. ... maybe... maybe not. I think we have to give our children the tools to understand what is presented to them and evaluate it correctly but children aren't old enough to do this until they are about 13 or 14 if we want them to do it well. I wouldn't let my kids watch anything and hope for the best in very much the same way as I wouldn't want them to hunt tigers before learning to shoot. Until they can spot a phony from a hundred yards Disney isn't getting its foot in here either...
Except Nemo *blushes* but Nemo is exceptionally good.
Well I don't want to knock his belief in all things good at this tender age :P I think to be able to think well takes longer if we want them to be thoroughly accurate and precise. I still wouldn't trust Disney even if I'd warned him beforehand - cue the intro music and he's bought lock, stock and barrel....
Hm... Then that seals my son's cinema-going future then: NO WAY
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