Wee Random Thoughts

It's kind of interesting to read an author's books after you've read their biography. If you look hard enough, you can see little pieces of their lives written into their work, and it adds so much more insight.

Take 'The Magician's Nephew' by C.S. Lewis for example. Digory's mother is very sick, and there doesn't seem to be much hope for her until (WARNING: SPOILER FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T READ 'TMN' YET--WHO HASN'T?) Digory brings her a magic apple. (END OF SPOILER) C.S. Lewis' mother died of cancer when he was at a fairly young age. Could he have written that wishing that he could have been in Digory's situation?

Just a little thought that I had--tell me what y'all think!

Izori

My Thoughts on 'Prince Caspian' (Wednesday Debate)

Okay, sorry that I didn't do a weekly debate thing for a while. Got kind of busy!


I posted something about this a loooong time ago, but my thoughts on that were kind of rushed and not very organized. So I think I'll expand.

First, the book.

I LOVE the book, which is by C.S. Lewis (although I know that everyone knows that). It has battles and rebellions and, very importantly, it's an allegory. It has Christ at the center, and that is what makes it so good to read. Unlike a lot of books that aren't Christian, we don't have to try and kind of 'ignore' the other parts in it that really are not very edifying to read.

The only parts I don't like is the part when (***SPOILER*** if you haven't read the book before) Peter and Susan are told that they won't go back to Narnia. And then, I don't like it because it's sad, not because it's un-godly.

Now, the movie.

Well...I'll say this for it--it was...entertaining.

If it wasn't supposed to be based on 'Prince Caspian', I would have really liked it. It has about as much romance as, say, 'Ratatouille'. But they added on the romance, making it really un-enjoyable for a purist like me, made Caspian really old, and COMPLETELY messed it up! They had Caspian and Peter going at each other's throats (nearly literally) when the book specifically said that they were good friends right off, Susan disrespecting her brother who happens to be the High King, and they really dampened down the allegorical stuff.

One good thing was that they made Edmund really good though. I'd watch it again just to see him. :)

I suppose I like the movie...kind of. I really liked "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" better.

What are y'alls opinions on it?

Izori

Oh, and Merry Day-before-Christmas-Eve!

It seems like every time I make up a new character for a book, I like them to look somewhat like me. I have no clue why that is, but I do that. Almost all my main characters are tall (even though I've stopped growing and all of my friends are starting to surpass me in height, so I'm starting to feel really short). Ben and Kaela have blond hair, which I don't, but a lot of my characters have brown/black hair.

Ummm...I'm already getting off subject here. The real reason I posted was to talk about the Narnia movies. My brother and I just watched a little bit of "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe". I might review it, but not now, as we only watched the battle scene (my favorite) and the special features. And we watched "Prince Caspian" recently, too.

I really liked "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe". At first, I didn't like it when Susan yells at Peter at the beginning, but now I realize that it's just showing how the Pevensie children mature during their adventure. The Centuars were very good.

"Prince Caspian" was way different from the actual book. It was entertaining, but I like the book better. Edmund was very good in the movie, though.

Anyway, those are my brief thoughts on the Narnia movies.

Izori