|  Hollywood Jesus Newsletter #137
Pop Culture from a Spiritual Point of View
Dec 8, 2005
Greetings from David Bruce, Web Master
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THE REVIEWS ARE IN @HJ
The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
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The Chronicles of Narnia HJ Links
—1. Overview
—2. Reviews and Blogs
—3. Cast and Crew
—4. Photo Pages
—5. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—6. Posters
—7. Production Notes (pdf)
—8. Spiritual Connections
—9. Presentation Downloads
REVIEWS and FEATURES
Lovers of C. S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia can breathe a collective sigh of relief
—perhaps, even, a sigh of wonder and enchantment: your beloved book has successfully made it to the screen. Andrew Adamson’s execution of this prodigious task is sure to delight Narnia fans across the board.
Review by Jenn Wright
Lions, Witches and Tug-of-war —Oh My!
An Interview with Michael Flaherty
President of a movie studio that manages budgets over $100 million. He’s also a Christian. If you think that this might make him the target of a lot of suspicion, you’d be right.
Feature by Greg Wright
The public will likely react to Director Andrew Adamson’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in much the same way they reacted to C. S. Lewis’ short novel.
Some will be deeply moved, some will enjoy it but remain fairly indifferent, and some will hate it.
Review by Greg Wright
Best suited for the same age group of children for which the books were intended.
The violence is not too graphic and the peril may be enough to hold their interest. Also, as in the book, the fight for and triumph of good over evil is easily grasped.
Review by George Rosok
No way preachy or blatantly Christian
This actually fits well with Lewis, who though exposed to religion from birth, took a long road through atheism and agnosticism before he became a Christian and made his peace with God.
Review by Kathy Bledsoe
I felt let down
This rapturously-awaited release from Walden Media doesn’t quite deliver, though the story is followed fairly faithfully and there are some clever lines. This film is plodding.
Review by Mike Smith
The human cost of war
is illustrated in the opening sequence of the long-anticipated film adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ beloved,
Review by Tom Price
THIS IS A "LITE" EPIC
It has all the necessary elements to be the next epic, except for the fact that it’s pretty much missing the epic feel one would expect from such a film. In fact, “lite” is the word that I think best describes this movie.
Review by YO
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