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Fri 30 Dec, 2005 03:14 pm
I saw the movie today. I read the book several times already and i saw the old Marilyn Fox version loads of times. But i never really saw the Aslan-Jesus paralells so much before.
Obviously Edmund represents us, and his treachery is our sins. Aslan dies for him on the stone table ( the Cross). In the movie the stone table was even shaped kind of like a cross.
When Aslan dies the table cracks (the veil in the temple). Very noticable if you have seen The Passion of the Christ.
Susan and Lucy represent the women of Jerusalem, or Mary Magdelan and Mary mother. They say after Aslan has beed killed: "What have they done with his body"
When he comes back from the dead he brings back the creatures who had been turned to stone. These are the spirits who could not enter heaven or were in Limbo
C.S. Lewis was a Catholic so a lot of this was probably intentional. I appreciate your thoughts.
I read the books with my son a few years ago.
I thought the symbolism was very clear in the books. There were tons!
I was very disappointed in the movie. If not for reading the books I wouldn't have picked up on the parallels.
For example, the tree of life carving on the front of the wardrobe, the wardrobe being made of dogwood, the dogwood petals delivering the message of Aslans death. None of that was as clear in the movie as in the books.
I had hoped the movie would be a lot better than it was.
maybe i need to read the books again. i was only 9 or 10 and didnt pick up on it. now i am older it was the first time i had seen or heard the story in any way. But i did think that what was there was made very clear and not hidden at all by the special effects and jokes.
I just thought of something else.
At the end of the movie Aslan walks along the beach and dissapears. Tumnus says to Lucy that he will be back.
This is like the Accencion of Jesus Christ, when the apostles are staring up into the sky after him. They are told that they will see Him return in the same way that he left.
We know that Aslan does return in the other books
Nick, I too saw many symbols that resembled the Bible.
Such as the breath of life the lion gave to the stone creatures.
Like you said, as he was walking into the sunset the said he will be back, and at the end when the doors to the armoir shut, the told the little girl he'd return and the door opens slightly with light streaming in and you hear a roar.
When they are fighting and are told to look up in the air.
The white witch seems like the A/C when she turns darker than before, kinda like the first 3 1/2 years verses the 2nd half when the A/C is possessed by satan.
Like you said, the death and ressurection, the stone table, the cracking of it.
I'll remember more later. Those are only a part.
I loved the movie.
Wanda
Re: Narnia
nick17 wrote:Obviously Edmund represents us, and his treachery is our sins. Aslan dies for him on the stone table ( the Cross). In the movie the stone table was even shaped kind of like a cross.
Really? Did they have to make the allusions so obvious? It's almost as if they're trying to create some kind of controversy in order to give the film free publicity.
Actually, I think taht Edmund does not symbolize sin itself, because he becomes a better person later on (hope that's not a spoiler...). Anyways, I think Edmund somewhat symbolizes the disciple who betrayed Christ more.
Okay, this is a spoiler to future Narnia movies and the latter novel:
I find it sad that Susan is no longer accepted in Narnia in the last novel...
Quote:Actually, I think taht Edmund does not symbolize sin itself, because he becomes a better person later on (hope that's not a spoiler...). Anyways, I think Edmund somewhat symbolizes the disciple who betrayed Christ more.
good point. I have thought about this and i think that jadis actually represents sin because she is the one who kills him.
I'm the other one wrote:The white witch seems like the A/C when she turns darker than before, kinda like the first 3 1/2 years verses the 2nd half when the A/C is possessed by satan.
You might think I'm ignorant. But i don't think i know who or what you mean, when you say the A/C.
please explain.
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