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Being under the weather in today's society is actually much nicer than in 18th century New England or 17th century Britan, IMHO. We get to see movies without much effort.
As a result of that, I saw Narnia today.
I'm not necessarily much of a CS Lewis fan, having to theologically dodge his Arminianism through his works, especially some of the "work oriented" things in the Narnia series. However, I do very much like certain scenes.
In Prince Capsian, the theme of "Cursed is the one who trusts in man and depends on his flesh for his strength, and whose heart turns away from the Lord" was glaring. It culminated in Aslan's rebuke to Lucy when he asked her why she didn't seek him even though she saw him, while the other ignored that. I must say, that made the movie for me. I like movies that cause me to think (i.e. do I take the red pill or the blue pill?). When Aslan's rebuke directly dealt with the issue of "the flesh", I almost forgot the rest of the film and simply began thinking about how that impacts me. (i.e., when do I turn away though I am spiritually cognizant and mentally cognizant of Christ's work in and around me?) (I am looking forward to the Silver Chair and some of the themes surrounding Eustus as well).
In any case, I would rate it around the same range as Rotton Tomatoes did - 90 out of 100. Both my wife and I enjoyed it very much.
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