tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548471134501874337.post6042807628409091714..comments2016-10-23T17:47:59.907-07:00Comments on Runalong with Pastor Mark: Prince CaspianAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03005991035403310706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548471134501874337.post-78451781501944557372008-05-26T21:35:00.000-07:002008-05-26T21:35:00.000-07:00After my first viewing of PC, I had planned to sav...After my first viewing of PC, I had planned to savage it in my review. But I went back to see it again and understood better what was going on. <BR/><BR/>Of course, Susan is characterized as a loner and a liar and Peter as a brawler before they get out of the London train station. This does help to explain why they can't see Aslan when he appears, but it is also a testimony to the decadence of the audience for which the screenwriters and director prepared this battle action feature. If they made Peter and Caspian as noble as they are in Lewis's book, they wouldn't be credible teenagers. <BR/><BR/>But things could be worse. We are lucky that Caspian can refuse to kill Miraz and get away with it. And the faith issue separating Lucy who can see Aslan and the rest and Edmund who has learned his lesson and believes Lucy even if he can't see him does come through.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548471134501874337.post-15489728161901985542008-05-21T22:27:00.000-07:002008-05-21T22:27:00.000-07:00And Scotte, you are upset about Peter Jackson's ma...And Scotte, you are upset about Peter Jackson's mangling the characters of Faramir and Frodo for the same reasons I am: 1) These stories--unlike actual history--are very important in forming the characters of the children who read them; and 2) Distortion of an exemplary character's character in translating a work of art from one medium to another exposes either a failure of the understanding or a disorder in the moral vision of the artist doing the translation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548471134501874337.post-91421413151539137542008-05-21T22:14:00.000-07:002008-05-21T22:14:00.000-07:00The big problem with PC the movie is that the end...The big problem with PC the movie is that the endless crash of metal on metal of its two long battle-action scenes are hard to distinguish from the same kind of noisy action in the 10 minutes of action movie trailers that preceded the film--but last for the better part of 2 hours. <BR/><BR/>PC the book is a bit didactic in setting forth Aslan's demands for the obedience of his followers like Lucy--whose childlike trust makes him visible to her--but it's true. How many are calling Christians to speak the truth to friends who may not want to hear it. <BR/><BR/>I just reread the book thoroughly enjoying its simplicity. And I think I discovered a parallel between Prince Caspian's conversion from Telmarine to Narnian to Lewis's own pilgrimage of faith. See my blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548471134501874337.post-77203439084648708372008-05-20T11:46:00.000-07:002008-05-20T11:46:00.000-07:00LOTR movie > books? Heresy! I can hardly bring m...LOTR movie > books? Heresy! I can hardly bring myself to watch them anymore. Nobility exists only among the elves in the movies. <BR/><BR/>Why am I so upset about the slander on Faramir's character, but not so much about actual important historical personages?Scotte Hodelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169091099621054377noreply@blogger.com