❤BIBLE VERSES OF THE DAY❤ ROMANS 10:9-10 NIV 9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
Great reaction to a good movie. You should read the full series of the books. They're meant for older children, so they read fast for adults. But there's more depth to the world and you see very clearly, it's like an allegorical biblical story (a fantasy alternative version with similar stories/plots/themes) including the creation story for narnia (and our world). Narnia is sort of like the garden of eden, or "a perfect sin-free place created by god" but a human came in and brought sin into it, and thus it can never leave. the prophecy is that one day he'll return and make right the sins/mistakes made by man. C.S. Lewis' other books are great, especially his philosphical/theological books. Keep being a great and lovely role model for the next generation. They're needed.
You absolutely nailed this. God did indeed send His Son, to pay the price for our sins, even he has committed no sin himself. God bless you and your channel. Keep up the awesome work.
Narnia is less like an allegory of Christianity, but more like Christian fanfiction. Aslan isn't like Jesus, he IS Jesus, if he also created a world called Narnia and if he wandered around there as a lion. While there are parallels to the Bible, Narnia is a living breathing world.
Not only is this an allegory for the crucifixion of Christ, CS Lewis was actually led to Christ by JRR Tolkein. The two of which were close friends and part of a small writing circle.
Actually, no, I don’t think Tolkien actually brought him to Christianity as CS Lewis have been brought up in a strict Christian family anyway. But it was implied that he was with JRR Tolkien when he suddenly came to realisation that he did believe in God.
My mom died this past Friday. And never read the books, but she truly loved this movie, we didn’t watch it every Christmas but we watched it often. She was a Christian woman in her heart (even when she was hard to get along with), and I feel inspired to hear that you understood its message so well. God bless.
"Father Christmas" is not like your Santa. He is a British mythological figure from before the 17th century. He is probably based on pagan icons of the winter solstice. He's also part of the Christian motifs in the film. Aslan is the Christ figure in Narnia. Christmas is really Christ's Mass, celebrating the birth of Jesus. Edmund is manipulated into betraying Aslan but Aslan forgives him and goes to the stone table to be executed, to save Edmund's from the Witch. Later, Aslan is resurrected. Wiki - "C.S. Lewis often capitalizes the word lion in reference to Aslan since he parallels Jesus as the "Lion of Judah" in Christian theology."
Just started the video, i really hope you watch the whole series it was such a huge part of my childhood and understanding that god is always there with you even if you can’t see him and that he’ll make himself more known when the time calls for it (just as aslan does)
This isn't the first time The Chronicles of Nornia have been adapted. The BBC also adapted 4 books of the series. They always start with this one, but the first book in the series really sets the Christian tone for the series with the creation of Narnia and the coming of evil into the world, represented by the White Witch. The last book culminates with the end of the world. The books are well worth the read, and none of the books are very big. 💖 Loving your reactions, and I can't wait to see if you continue the series.
Actually, this is the first book. Most modern copies reordered the books in a chronological order, but "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" was the first released. "The Horse and His Boy" was the fifth book and "The Magician's Nephew" was the sixth. I prefer it in release order because you get to see better how the series developed. And certain details, like why when "The Horse and His Boy" was mentioned in "The Silver Chair," C. S. Lewis didn't say anything about it being written in a book yet - because it hadn't been, it was the next book.
As a teenage Christian the Christian analogy’s give me so much joys. Here’s a few I’ve picked out that truly just shows the message of these movies. 1. How Aslan appointed the Humans as the rulers of Narnia. God tells Adam that the creatures who dwell on the earth are his and his descendants responsibly. Just like the Kings and Queens have a responsibility to their non-human subjects. 2. The Stone Table cracking. Now I have a few interpretations of this. It could symbolize when Moses threw the first commandments to the ground when he saw the Israelites worshiping the golden calf. It could represent the 10 commandments stones in general (as they’re broken in two and the inscription or “convent” on them) which is a likely example. It could also even refer to the Vail being torn when Jesus rose signing the “breaking” between Heaven and Earth’s barrier. 3. Aslan being a lion. First of all lions are know as the “King of the Jungle”, but the most likely reason is since Aslan is Jesus, one of Jesus’s names is “The Lion of Judah”. 4. Jadis (or the White Witch) who is obviously a symbol of the devil. What I love about this is that Jadis comes off as maternal, kind, fair, and beautiful, which makes her seem trustworthy. However we see her true colors emerge and as it says in 2 Corinthians 11:14 that even Satan masquerades as an “Angel of Light”. It also shows how her promises of “high end things” for Edmund were all void and only a tool for her to control him (much like Satan). 5. As you said Lucy and Susan being symbols of the woman in the tomb and how the outside of the slab that Aslan comes out of looks like a rocky doorway or a “tomb” opening. I also love how Lucy is a “little child” and she has the most faith in Aslan. Jesus even says you must be like “one of these little children” to become closer to him. I love these movies SO MUCH. God bless
Sadly, one thing that the movies never got to is that the Professor actually knew more about Narnia than any of the kids suspected. You see, the Professor's name was Digory, and about fifty years before the events of the movie, he had his own adventure where he saw the creation of Narnia, as covered in the novel "The Magician's Nephew", and the Wardrobe was actually made of wood from a tree that grew from a seed that came from Narnian world. There's actually a lot of solid fantasy and science fiction worldbuilding within the Chronicles of Narnia, in fact, some ideas that only recently became popular in pop culture were in the Chronicles, for instance, Narnia is explicitly part of a Multiverse of many parallel worlds of which our world and Narnia are but two (we see a third in The Magician's Nephew" as well as a crossroads dimension the "Wood Between Worlds" where there are ways to many other worlds beyond).
Not to put a damper on your enthusiasm for narnia, but there are still people who haven't read the books so maybe put a spoiler alert before the revelation ❤
Your rection was lovely and to hear you talking about the Gospel so passionately was a real blessing. The line in this movie that probably gets me the most is, "Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia." In Christ we are sons and daughter of the King and we will reing with him. No one can snatch us out of our loving Father's hand (John 10).
Loved this movie!! God Bless to you from my mom and I in So. Cal USA 🇺🇸 CS Lewis was good friends with Tolkien who wrote Lord Of the Rings ❤️❤️🙏 Liam Neeson voiced “Aslan.” Keep up the amazing work ❤️❤️
Got nothing to apologise for. Its humans who do bad things. I'm not religious at all but I 100% know the message in jesus teaching are fine.. but humans are not perfect.. just like communism is not bad in theory until humans use it for there advantage..
in order to be an apologist he would need to defend something that is controversial, or unpopular. it has 2.4 billion christians around the world my friend. God bless you!❤️
the whole narnia series of books are great reading, even as an adult. voyage of the dawn treader was always my favorite (Magician's Nephew a close second), and even though the Dawn Treader movie was considered a bomb or whatever, I still enjoyed it. it's a shame they didn't get to make a Magician's Nephew movie. the Silver Chair was in the works but fell through, I heard. I'm rereading C.S. Lewis's space trilogy again and it's even more compelling. Lewis had a knack for allegory, I'll say. That Hideous Strength is actually pretty striking how much it relates to what's going on in the world today. C.S. Lewis is a wonderful author in general for those who are interested in deeper christian concepts but aren't huge readers. Mere Christianity is still a wonderful book for anyone wanting to learn more about what christianity is all about, and why people like me think it's true (or more accurately, Jesus Christ is Truth), especially in these post-modern days in which we live
Aslan knew he would come back stronger than before but the witch did not. The look on her face is priceless when she saw him come! He is the true king. Just as Jesus is king over all.
Just to clarify something : Aslan is not a metaphor for Jesus, he is Jesus in the most literal sense. This is a quote from the book The Voyage of the Dawn Trader [spoiler for those who didn't read it] where he mention that he also exist in our world : "There I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there"
I remember seeing this when it came out in theaters, it was definitely a much different experience as a(n older) kid than it is now as an adult. Still enjoy it though! And the special effects even then were something else!
The girls accompany Aslan like the Apostles to the Gethsemane but He must go on alone. The stone table beaks like the Veil is torn in the Temple earthquake. And "death is swallowed up" like Aslan "swallows" the white witch. The "Deep Magic" is like the Life of God, responsible for all life, grace & the 'rules' of creation. There's so many biblical correlations. Great reaction. Read the books, theyre a great meditation on the conflict and action of sin & grace in the human soul.
Absolutely loved your reaction, not only were you so fun and energetic to watch, your comments were so insightful as well. Despite not knowing the story you got so many of the allegories and nuances. Thank you for the awesome video!
I read these books to my children many years before the movies were made. They loved the stories as I read them to them with full voice changes. They loved it at bedtime. When the movies came out they were excited to watch them with their mother. I couldn't be there as I was out of town for months working construction.
Looooove your reaction. C.S. Lewis always gave us a Christian allegory. Love you reminding us of God's love and Sacrifice for us. To God Be The Glory!!
I could listen to you talk about Christianity in film all day. You should consider reacting to Martin Scorsese's "Silence" (2016), it's an exceptional film about faith and persecution that doesn't get the attention it deserves.
The time line between our world & Narnia is like the Time between our time vs heaven's time is like that. Thats why when they were in Narnia a lot of time passed but in our's it wasnt that long.
Love your reactions! You rightly point out from our side that we were traitors to God before accepting Christ. But looking from His side... Romans 5:8 declares that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Also, the stone slab cracking seems clearly to be the stone being rolled away at the tomb. God bless you young lady and keep up the good work.
I have the DVD and I watched it on Disney Plus and Hulu Aslan is a symbol of King JESUS and I have a Lion in my room and it reminds me that King JESUS is THE REAL Lion of Judah and the REAL Aslan Blessings and Hugs 👑💜
Lewis was writing the Chronicles at the same time Tolkien was writing the Rings. They shared chapters and chatted about their stories. Both are Christian allegories with Gandalf the Gray/White also in the role of Jesus. So it's natural you get similar vibes from the movies. Prince Caspian and Voyage of the Dawntreader are great follow up movies in the Chronicles narrative.
C.S Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were fellow members of the Inklings, an informal literary discussion group at the University of Oxford whose works are the high bar of fantasy. Lewis studied classics, which is why Narnia is full of creatures from Greco-Roman mythology. Tolkien studied language, hence all the variations of Elvish. Tolkien also helped Lewis find his faith in Christ. Lewis called himself, "the most reluctant convert." Aslan is not an allegory of Christ; He is Christ as Christ would appear in a world inhabited by talking animals.
Very astute observations!!! You're correct about the allegory. One note to point out... What was the name of the highest ranking human among them under Aslan? ... Peter. 👊😎
C S Lewis also wrote three "science fiction" novels but all of them are Christian allegories, too. In these novels, the Earth and humans are the only people who killed their Christ and now Earth is cut off from the rest of the universe, watched over by angelic spirits of space. The second novel has a "garden of eden" on a new world and there is a man and a woman there... also an evil man intent on destroying everything.
I do think there is a lot of christian/ biblical "references" throughout this movie. I always appreciate your perspective and your correlation with God's word with these reactions. God bless you! 🙏🏾
The sacrifice scene really reminded me of The Passion of The Christ, very evocative. The White Witch was the accuser of the brethren. Please could you read the first two books in the Narnia series, that will get you caught up to now. 'The Magician's Nephew' and 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe'.
I so appreciate you and your testimony 🙏 This is exactly what this movie was about. You so blessed me. C.S. Lewis book is even the more intricate. There were several more books all related to The Chronicles of Narnia. God bless 😊
C.S. Lewis knew what he was doing, y'all. And in a post-WWII society.....pshhhh.... Sufice it to say it was sorely needed, in more ways than one. He and J.R.R. Tolkien were friends and wrote their respective magnum opus...es ( opii? 😅) around the same time, and both are chock-full of religious and specifically Christian metaphor and symbolism, though The Chronicles were more blatant. Both literary masterpieces, though I personally prefer LotR. Glad you enjoyed this! Did you recognize the voice of Aslan? It was Liam Neeson ❤ P.S. you are absolutely gorgeous, girl! 😍 Rockin the red today! And I love how animated you are! You do all kinds of accents and voices, you're never afraid to be goofy and silly but you also don't shy away from expressing more serious emotions as well, like when you're preaching the Word of JC, Our Lord and Saviour. Your entire being lights up when you speak of God's love. You would make such an excellent Minister/Preacher! Your voice is so chameleon-like, you could be silly when talking to the kids of the congregation, soft and soothing and joyful when speaking of His love for us, but also more srrioys and sombre when called for. Have you given that career psth any thought? In my First Congregationional UCC church growing up we were blessed with a married couple who co-pastored and they were great. The church is still good and all but ever since thry retired it's just not the same. We are most fortunate to have this beautiful, intelligent, funny, well-spoken Christian woman as our hostess ❤ There is indeed a nice, balanced 'blend' of everything in these truly special and splendid reactions. I just love them so much, I'm so glad to have stumbled upon this channel! And in Cali, as well? I'd love to run into you someday ,we could get coffee and talk movies and the Bible! 🥰
There are similarities but also differences to Lord Of The Rings. But one link between the two. C S Lewis and J R R Tolkien both taught English Lit. at Oxford. Lewis had been an atheist who thought that Christianity was for unintelligent people, God put intelligent people in his life one of whom was Tolkien. Tolkien was instrumental in the conversion of Lewis to Christianity. Lewis would have friends get together at a local pub called 'The Eagle And Child (nicknamed The Bird And Baby) where they would share the projects they were working on. Tolkien would often share the stories he was writing about elves, dwarfs, wizards and hobbits. They were published as T.L.o.t.R.
The Lion didn't just lie down with the lamb, He was the Lamb to be sacrificed. CS Lewis & Tolkien were both Oxford professors. They were also 2 of ~12 members of The Inklings, persons with a strong literary interest that met at a local pub on Tuesday mornings. They discussed local tidbits and would use the group to get initial feedback on essays, poems, and other stuff they were writing. So yes, CON & LOTR were slightly influenced by the author of the other work. CON is an allegory of the Christian experience - while LOTR reflects the ravages of surviving WWI, There and Back Again.
Everyone that reacts says Peter is on a white horse but if you look closer you will see it has a horn. It is a unicorn. The half human half horse creatures are centaurs.
Aslan is the Son of the Emperor Over the Sea. The prophecy was that, the White Witch would fall and Narnia would be free when 2 Sons of Adam and 2 Daughters of Eve sat enthroned at Cair Paravel. Jadis, the White Witch was not a Daughter of Eve, and thus not human. She was supposedly a Daughter of Lilith. Making her a essentially a demon.
It’s ironic that you kept comparing it to Lord of the rings considering that JRR Tolken and CS Lewis were the deepest of friends and often shared each other’s ideas. It’s also worth noting that CS Lewis was the inspiration for the character tree beard in Lord of the rings and that Tolkien what is the inspiration of the professor in the Chronicles of Narnia that you see in the film. So both friends ironically make a cameo of sorts in each other’s works.
I always think the professor is being less than honest with them since he is Digory Kirk, "The Magician's Nephew" and has been to Narnia himself as a boy. C.S. Lewis would have enjoyed this movie but not so much the other two in this series. I read the books as a small child but they really are profound and well worth reading as an adult.
Religion had always been an important tool, a philosophical argument on the topic of morality, order of life. The problem lies in how religion evolved to be imposed as unquestionable "objective" foundation instead of a philosophical argument. I don't understand how religious people fail to see themselves being aggressive with their uncalled-for preaching (which is perceived as uncalled-for and dangerous by a somewhat wary person). I'm confused as to what is right because freedom of speech is a blurry concept. Preaching about simple moral points like "don't do bad things" is understandable. Preaching about "accept an unquestionable authority above" is already sound like a scam for taking control over gullible people. So yeah. My point is - religion teachings are totally understandable as an argument in search of truth about human nature. But people were using them for scamming others throughout the entire history, so I don't understand how today someone can in good conscious preach about following a religion. And this type of question is met with anger and aggression where ever I try talking about it. Which, to my understanding, furthermore proves hypocrisy of a religion. But I very much enjoy content on this channel, and I was caught off guard by preaching in the end. So I just couldn't keep this in. If anyone replies, I can already see the ESL language barrier worsening things.
9:25 - "You know what it feels like.. why would you do that?" One of my personal pet peeves in people is those who know *exactly* what it is like to be.. bullied, looked down on, treated differently, condescended to, etc. and yet do those exact things to other people. Those who have never experienced something can be *somewhat* forgiven for not realizing how hurtful it can be (no excuse of course, but ignorance can be cured). But when someone KNOWS what it feels like, and intentionally makes others feel that- out of , what- a sense of power, or because they cannot get revenge on their tormentor, they pass it along to someone else... I don't understand the reasoning or rationale. It's lousy, is what it is. On one hand, I always feel badly for those where "hurt people hurt people" is true. But it is also SO frustrating to watch hurt people turn and hurt other people. In some cases, it's all they know; if it's how they were raised, maybe they simply think that's how the world works. But when you have good role models and you choose to act out.. it makes me sad. It's always better when "hurt people are extra kind to people, because they know what it's like."
Regarding the "allegory": "Although Lewis did not consider them allegorical, and did not set out to incorporate Christian themes in Wardrobe, he was not hesitant to point them out after the fact. In one of his last letters, written in March 1961, Lewis writes: Since Narnia is a world of Talking Beasts, I thought He [Christ] would become a Talking Beast there, as He became a man here. I pictured Him becoming a lion there because (a) the lion is supposed to be the king of beasts; (b) Christ is called "The Lion of Judah" in the Bible; (c) I'd been having strange dreams about lions when I began writing the work. The whole series works out like this. The Magician's Nephew tells the Creation and how evil entered Narnia. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe the Crucifixion and Resurrection. Prince Caspian restoration of the true religion after corruption. The Horse and His Boy the calling and conversion of a heathen. The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader" the spiritual life (specially in Reepicheep). The Silver Chair the continuing war with the powers of darkness. The Last Battle the coming of the Antichrist (the Ape), the end of the world and the Last Judgement." - Paul Ford, Companion to Narnia: Revised Edition (2005)
Nowadays when the seven Narnia books are sold as a boxed set The Magician's Nephew is marked as No. 1 and it seems people start with that. But it was published later as a prequel to the rest of the series. To me The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe comes first and I would recommend anyone (and especially young children) to read that and probably three or four of the others before The Magician's Nephew.
Thank you so much for this reaction! Watching this film introduced me to the world of Narnia. I’ve read every book, seen every screen adaptions, and I was Fenris Ulf (Maugrim) and Father Christmas for a stage play of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe . Unfortunately, complications and Covid prevented us from performing; I hope to finally perform it one day. I would love to see you react to Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I hope this franchise can get a tv series treatment where each season is a book. Also I don’t know if it’s been mentioned that this entire chronicles was an allegory based on the Bible. Also that C.S. Lewis was friends with J.R.R. Tolkien the author of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and the Hobbit. The way it works is that while in Narnia, time on Earth is frozen. When you return, only a second has passed. Also you don’t go to Narnia when you want to; you’re called to come when you’re needed. 👩🏻🦰🧑🏻🦱👩🏻🦱🧑🏼🦁👸🏼🚪❤️💛💙🩶
The prophecy refered to in the movie is what God promised to Satan in the garden of eden. He told satan that through her (Eve) seed a child will be born and He (Jesus) will crush your head and you will bruise His heel. It could also mean the millianial kingdom God promised Abraham and his descendants. Where he will dwell among His people with no pain, no sorrow and no tears. Just complete peace. And we through Christ will reign as Kings & Queens for eternity
Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those things-trees and grass and sun and moon and stars and Aslan himself. Suppose we have. Then all I can say is that, in that case, the made-up things seem a good deal more important than the real ones. Suppose this black pit of a kingdom of yours is the only world. Well, it strikes me as a pretty poor one. And that's a funny thing, when you come to think of it. We're just babies making up a game, if you're right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That's why I'm going to stand by the play world. I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia. So, thanking you kindly for our supper, if these two gentlemen and the young lady are ready, we're leaving your court at once and setting out in the dark to spend our lives looking for Overland. Not that our lives will be very long, I should think; but that's a small loss if the world's as dull a place as you say. ― C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair
It's one thing to know that Christ's sacrifice was to take away the sins of the world - but the mind-blowing part comes when you consider this: If you were the *only person in the history of the Universe* to ever commit a sin, He still would have made the same sacrifice.
Thanks for a great reaction!! Narnia is not exactly an allegory, but rather a case of C S Lewis wondering "what if?" What if there was this other world? What might the Son of God be like in that world? He said it all began with an image of a faun holding an umbrella in the snow; then Aslan Himself came bounding into it. I'm not a huge fan of the Narnia stories, but I do appreciate that Lewis didn't pull any punches. Spoiler alert: In the final book everybody dies and the world ends. But after that . . . well, you'll have to find out for yourself.
he does this in the Space Trilogy too, in an even deeper way.. Perelandra is especially interesting because he paints a really interesting picture of what a world would have been like if it had never fallen
I love the review! But then it is so much better because you are a Christian and pulling out the Gospel through it all and that is so nice!! Keep it up!!!
I love ur REACTION TO THIS BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC MOVIE 🎥🍿 LOVE IT ♥️😍♥️😍 ITS A LOT OF SYMBOLIC SIGN IN THIS MOVIE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL THE LION 🦁 REMINDS ME OF THE LION OF JUDAH I SEE U HAVE A BIBLE UP THERE BEFORE U REACT MY TYPE OF WOMAN 😘
You were closer when you said it paralleled Christianity than when you called it an allegory. C.S. Lewis (who was a major Christian theologian and a close friend of JRR Tolkein) built this world around the idea that in any world, God would need to send Christ into that world, and that it would work differently in each world. So Lewis intended for Aslan to be the Narnian Christ, instead of a metaphor. You should read the books, there's only 7 and they're quick reads.
The similarities with The Lord of the Rings are not entirely surprising. CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien were friends, and would read excerpts from their respective books to each other, while writing them. Tolkien felt that Father Christmas should not have been in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe because it was mixing the mythologies. He also wasn't generally in favour of allegories, and felt that Lewis strayed too far into that territory. Also, yes, there are two more movies, but there are six books in total. I don't believe the films were sufficiently successful at the box office to justify making movies of the other three.
Close, but you got them reversed. Lewis was Anglican (a member of the Church of England), his good friend Tolkien was Catholic. Even though Britain went through some interesting times regarding relations between the two churches, it isn't as if Catholics in the 20th Century had to use separate drinking fountains. Not what most people would consider a second class citizen.
When you think about it, they're all "trapped in the closet". Once you've got that in mind, you can't help but laugh throughout the whole movie. Especially every time another character gets "trapped in the closet" 😂
Aslan I'd Jesus. the stone table is the ripped curtain that gave us humans direct access to God and got rid of the need for anybody between us and God (sorry catholics). "The lion of Judah" this is filled with the bible stories and histories.
15:10....I think it was turkish delight, at least that's what it was in the book. I"m not sure if you've had some in real life, but they're definitely not worth selling out one's own family, lol. Edmund was definitely tripping.
To be fair 1) it was enchanted and 2) there was sugar rationing during the war, so Edmund probably hadn't had anything sweet in a long time But yeah, I remember when my mom brought some Turkish Delight home, and I was so excited to try it because of the book, and being really disappointed
The reason that the human children were the Chosen Ones is that the ancient Narnian royalty were humans, and there had never been a legitimate monarch of Narnia who wasn’t human. The White Witch pretends to be human, but she is actual a giant/genie hybrid. Only the restoration of a human bloodline to the Narnian throne could restore peace and balance to Narnia.
I never watched the lord of the rings, nor do I have any desire to, but the cronicles of Narnia is I pray NOTHING like the lord of the rings, C.S. Lewis wrote all 7 of the books between 1950 and 1956, I do not know when the lord of the rings was written, I do know that it is supposed to be some sort of adeptation from the book written in 1937 by Tolkien called "The Hobbit" the titles of all of the books of the Chronicles of Narnia go in this order, #1. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, #2. Prince Caspian, #3. Voyage of the Dawen Treader, #4. The Silver Chair, #5. The horse and his boy, #6. The Magicians Nephew. and #7. The Last Battle. if you are interested in reading them, I read them a very long time ago, when I was in the 4th grade, it is a terrific story, unfortunately, Twice have there been movies made of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, the first time when i was very young, it did not do well in the theaters, the second time was this one, and it did very well, Prince Caspian was filmed within a couple of years, and so was Voyage of the Dawn Treader, it is "RUMORED" that The Silver Chair is in pre production, but I do not know, I do hope that they do produce it though.
I love this movie, but i have to say LWW is one of my least favorite Narnia books. It's a bummer they never got around to making movies of The Horse and His Boy or The Magician's Nephew, which are my favorites
❤BIBLE VERSES OF THE DAY❤
ROMANS 10:9-10 NIV
9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
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Great reaction to a good movie. You should read the full series of the books. They're meant for older children, so they read fast for adults. But there's more depth to the world and you see very clearly, it's like an allegorical biblical story (a fantasy alternative version with similar stories/plots/themes) including the creation story for narnia (and our world). Narnia is sort of like the garden of eden, or "a perfect sin-free place created by god" but a human came in and brought sin into it, and thus it can never leave. the prophecy is that one day he'll return and make right the sins/mistakes made by man. C.S. Lewis' other books are great, especially his philosphical/theological books.
Keep being a great and lovely role model for the next generation. They're needed.
Not all who wanders are lost. ~Bilbo Baggins The Lord Of The Rings. Book 1, chapter 10.
You absolutely nailed this. God did indeed send His Son, to pay the price for our sins, even he has committed no sin himself. God bless you and your channel. Keep up the awesome work.
Amen to that!
25:56...You got it all right. Aslan is a metaphor for Jesus. And yes, his death was supposed to mirror the crucifixion in the New Testament.
Narnia is less like an allegory of Christianity, but more like Christian fanfiction. Aslan isn't like Jesus, he IS Jesus, if he also created a world called Narnia and if he wandered around there as a lion. While there are parallels to the Bible, Narnia is a living breathing world.
Not only is this an allegory for the crucifixion of Christ, CS Lewis was actually led to Christ by JRR Tolkein. The two of which were close friends and part of a small writing circle.
Actually, no, I don’t think Tolkien actually brought him to Christianity as CS Lewis have been brought up in a strict Christian family anyway. But it was implied that he was with JRR Tolkien when he suddenly came to realisation that he did believe in God.
My mom died this past Friday. And never read the books, but she truly loved this movie, we didn’t watch it every Christmas but we watched it often. She was a Christian woman in her heart (even when she was hard to get along with), and I feel inspired to hear that you understood its message so well. God bless.
"Father Christmas" is not like your Santa. He is a British mythological figure from before the 17th century. He is probably based on pagan icons of the winter solstice.
He's also part of the Christian motifs in the film. Aslan is the Christ figure in Narnia. Christmas is really Christ's Mass, celebrating the birth of Jesus.
Edmund is manipulated into betraying Aslan but Aslan forgives him and goes to the stone table to be executed, to save Edmund's from the Witch. Later, Aslan is resurrected.
Wiki - "C.S. Lewis often capitalizes the word lion in reference to Aslan since he parallels Jesus as the "Lion of Judah" in Christian theology."
i mean we base our santa on saint nicholas, you dont?
Just started the video, i really hope you watch the whole series it was such a huge part of my childhood and understanding that god is always there with you even if you can’t see him and that he’ll make himself more known when the time calls for it (just as aslan does)
This isn't the first time The Chronicles of Nornia have been adapted. The BBC also adapted 4 books of the series. They always start with this one, but the first book in the series really sets the Christian tone for the series with the creation of Narnia and the coming of evil into the world, represented by the White Witch. The last book culminates with the end of the world. The books are well worth the read, and none of the books are very big. 💖 Loving your reactions, and I can't wait to see if you continue the series.
Actually, this is the first book. Most modern copies reordered the books in a chronological order, but "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" was the first released. "The Horse and His Boy" was the fifth book and "The Magician's Nephew" was the sixth. I prefer it in release order because you get to see better how the series developed. And certain details, like why when "The Horse and His Boy" was mentioned in "The Silver Chair," C. S. Lewis didn't say anything about it being written in a book yet - because it hadn't been, it was the next book.
As a teenage Christian the Christian analogy’s give me so much joys.
Here’s a few I’ve picked out that truly just shows the message of these movies.
1. How Aslan appointed the Humans as the rulers of Narnia. God tells Adam that the creatures who dwell on the earth are his and his descendants responsibly. Just like the Kings and Queens have a responsibility to their non-human subjects.
2. The Stone Table cracking. Now I have a few interpretations of this. It could symbolize when Moses threw the first commandments to the ground when he saw the Israelites worshiping the golden calf. It could represent the 10 commandments stones in general (as they’re broken in two and the inscription or “convent” on them) which is a likely example. It could also even refer to the Vail being torn when Jesus rose signing the “breaking” between Heaven and Earth’s barrier.
3. Aslan being a lion. First of all lions are know as the “King of the Jungle”, but the most likely reason is since Aslan is Jesus, one of Jesus’s names is “The Lion of Judah”.
4. Jadis (or the White Witch) who is obviously a symbol of the devil. What I love about this is that Jadis comes off as maternal, kind, fair, and beautiful, which makes her seem trustworthy. However we see her true colors emerge and as it says in 2 Corinthians 11:14 that even Satan masquerades as an “Angel of Light”. It also shows how her promises of “high end things” for Edmund were all void and only a tool for her to control him (much like Satan).
5. As you said Lucy and Susan being symbols of the woman in the tomb and how the outside of the slab that Aslan comes out of looks like a rocky doorway or a “tomb” opening.
I also love how Lucy is a “little child” and she has the most faith in Aslan. Jesus even says you must be like “one of these little children” to become closer to him.
I love these movies SO MUCH.
God bless
You got it.. This is the Gospel of Jesus..🙏🙏🙏
I like to think the stone table cracking is like the vail being torn in two between us and god.
Chronologically, I think it more closely relates to the stone being rolled away at the tomb
@@joemckinley754 very true
Sadly, one thing that the movies never got to is that the Professor actually knew more about Narnia than any of the kids suspected. You see, the Professor's name was Digory, and about fifty years before the events of the movie, he had his own adventure where he saw the creation of Narnia, as covered in the novel "The Magician's Nephew", and the Wardrobe was actually made of wood from a tree that grew from a seed that came from Narnian world.
There's actually a lot of solid fantasy and science fiction worldbuilding within the Chronicles of Narnia, in fact, some ideas that only recently became popular in pop culture were in the Chronicles, for instance, Narnia is explicitly part of a Multiverse of many parallel worlds of which our world and Narnia are but two (we see a third in The Magician's Nephew" as well as a crossroads dimension the "Wood Between Worlds" where there are ways to many other worlds beyond).
Not to put a damper on your enthusiasm for narnia, but there are still people who haven't read the books so maybe put a spoiler alert before the revelation ❤
Amen! May God bless you and your loved ones abundantly!
Your rection was lovely and to hear you talking about the Gospel so passionately was a real blessing.
The line in this movie that probably gets me the most is, "Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia." In Christ we are sons and daughter of the King and we will reing with him. No one can snatch us out of our loving Father's hand (John 10).
The book series is SO good and SO more in depth and answers/ finishes the story perfectly.
reminds you of LOTR, because the writer wasdrinking buddies with Tolkien......both famous academics.
Loved this movie!! God Bless to you from my mom and I in So. Cal USA 🇺🇸 CS Lewis was good friends with Tolkien who wrote Lord Of the Rings ❤️❤️🙏 Liam Neeson voiced “Aslan.” Keep up the amazing work ❤️❤️
C. S. Lewis was a famous apologist for Christianity. He also was a friend and co-worker of J. R. R. Tolkien.
Makes sense
Got nothing to apologise for. Its humans who do bad things. I'm not religious at all but I 100% know the message in jesus teaching are fine.. but humans are not perfect.. just like communism is not bad in theory until humans use it for there advantage..
What's there to apologise for?
in order to be an apologist he would need to defend something that is controversial, or unpopular. it has 2.4 billion christians around the world my friend. God bless you!❤️
@@chrisvibz4753 Yes, but that's what they call someone who advocates and argues for Christianity.
the whole narnia series of books are great reading, even as an adult. voyage of the dawn treader was always my favorite (Magician's Nephew a close second), and even though the Dawn Treader movie was considered a bomb or whatever, I still enjoyed it. it's a shame they didn't get to make a Magician's Nephew movie. the Silver Chair was in the works but fell through, I heard. I'm rereading C.S. Lewis's space trilogy again and it's even more compelling. Lewis had a knack for allegory, I'll say. That Hideous Strength is actually pretty striking how much it relates to what's going on in the world today. C.S. Lewis is a wonderful author in general for those who are interested in deeper christian concepts but aren't huge readers. Mere Christianity is still a wonderful book for anyone wanting to learn more about what christianity is all about, and why people like me think it's true (or more accurately, Jesus Christ is Truth), especially in these post-modern days in which we live
I highly recommend reading The Chronicles of Narnia from beginning to end. they're still my favorite books.
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Aslan knew he would come back stronger than before but the witch did not. The look on her face is priceless when she saw him come! He is the true king. Just as Jesus is king over all.
Just to clarify something : Aslan is not a metaphor for Jesus, he is Jesus in the most literal sense. This is a quote from the book The Voyage of the Dawn Trader [spoiler for those who didn't read it] where he mention that he also exist in our world : "There I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there"
I remember seeing this when it came out in theaters, it was definitely a much different experience as a(n older) kid than it is now as an adult. Still enjoy it though! And the special effects even then were something else!
Me too
The girls accompany Aslan like the Apostles to the Gethsemane but He must go on alone. The stone table beaks like the Veil is torn in the Temple earthquake. And "death is swallowed up" like Aslan "swallows" the white witch. The "Deep Magic" is like the Life of God, responsible for all life, grace & the 'rules' of creation. There's so many biblical correlations.
Great reaction.
Read the books, theyre a great meditation on the conflict and action of sin & grace in the human soul.
Absolutely loved your reaction, not only were you so fun and energetic to watch, your comments were so insightful as well. Despite not knowing the story you got so many of the allegories and nuances. Thank you for the awesome video!
I read these books to my children many years before the movies were made. They loved the stories as I read them to them with full voice changes. They loved it at bedtime. When the movies came out they were excited to watch them with their mother. I couldn't be there as I was out of town for months working construction.
Looooove your reaction. C.S. Lewis always gave us a Christian allegory. Love you reminding us of God's love and Sacrifice for us. To God Be The Glory!!
The book series that made me enjoy reading
You should read C.S. Lewis' "Screwtape Letters". He is a bright fellow.
I could listen to you talk about Christianity in film all day. You should consider reacting to Martin Scorsese's "Silence" (2016), it's an exceptional film about faith and persecution that doesn't get the attention it deserves.
Great reaction! I’m happy you liked it so much! I hope you’ll watch the 2nd movie Prince Caspian as well.
The time line between our world & Narnia is like the Time between our time vs heaven's time is like that. Thats why when they were in Narnia a lot of time passed but in our's it wasnt that long.
Love your reactions! You rightly point out from our side that we were traitors to God before accepting Christ. But looking from His side... Romans 5:8 declares that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Also, the stone slab cracking seems clearly to be the stone being rolled away at the tomb. God bless you young lady and keep up the good work.
Love the books. If you read all the books you find out how Narnia came to be.
These books were what started me looking for allegories in books and movies.
I have the DVD and I watched it on Disney Plus and Hulu Aslan is a symbol of King JESUS and I have a Lion in my room and it reminds me that King JESUS is THE REAL Lion of Judah and the REAL Aslan Blessings and Hugs 👑💜
Lewis was writing the Chronicles at the same time Tolkien was writing the Rings. They shared chapters and chatted about their stories. Both are Christian allegories with Gandalf the Gray/White also in the role of Jesus. So it's natural you get similar vibes from the movies. Prince Caspian and Voyage of the Dawntreader are great follow up movies in the Chronicles narrative.
C.S Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were fellow members of the Inklings, an informal literary discussion group at the University of Oxford whose works are the high bar of fantasy. Lewis studied classics, which is why Narnia is full of creatures from Greco-Roman mythology. Tolkien studied language, hence all the variations of Elvish. Tolkien also helped Lewis find his faith in Christ. Lewis called himself, "the most reluctant convert." Aslan is not an allegory of Christ; He is Christ as Christ would appear in a world inhabited by talking animals.
Very astute observations!!! You're correct about the allegory. One note to point out... What was the name of the highest ranking human among them under Aslan? ... Peter. 👊😎
C S Lewis also wrote three "science fiction" novels but all of them are Christian allegories, too.
In these novels, the Earth and humans are the only people who killed their Christ and now Earth is cut off from the rest of the universe, watched over by angelic spirits of space. The second novel has a "garden of eden" on a new world and there is a man and a woman there... also an evil man intent on destroying everything.
I do think there is a lot of christian/ biblical "references" throughout this movie. I always appreciate your perspective and your correlation with God's word with these reactions. God bless you! 🙏🏾
The sacrifice scene really reminded me of The Passion of The Christ, very evocative. The White Witch was the accuser of the brethren.
Please could you read the first two books in the Narnia series, that will get you caught up to now. 'The Magician's Nephew' and 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe'.
Been watching this movie since i was 3. Still my favourite movie of all time
“Your own brother is an opp on the radar.” 😂😂😂
I so appreciate you and your testimony 🙏 This is exactly what this movie was about. You so blessed me. C.S. Lewis book is even the more intricate. There were several more books all related to The Chronicles of Narnia. God bless 😊
Like LOTR you say? Just happens CS Lewis who wrote the Chronicles of Narnia was a good friend of JRR Tolkien who wrote the Lord of the Rings.
C.S. Lewis knew what he was doing, y'all. And in a post-WWII society.....pshhhh.... Sufice it to say it was sorely needed, in more ways than one. He and J.R.R. Tolkien were friends and wrote their respective magnum opus...es ( opii? 😅) around the same time, and both are chock-full of religious and specifically Christian metaphor and symbolism, though The Chronicles were more blatant. Both literary masterpieces, though I personally prefer LotR. Glad you enjoyed this! Did you recognize the voice of Aslan? It was Liam Neeson ❤
P.S. you are absolutely gorgeous, girl! 😍 Rockin the red today! And I love how animated you are! You do all kinds of accents and voices, you're never afraid to be goofy and silly but you also don't shy away from expressing more serious emotions as well, like when you're preaching the Word of JC, Our Lord and Saviour. Your entire being lights up when you speak of God's love. You would make such an excellent Minister/Preacher! Your voice is so chameleon-like, you could be silly when talking to the kids of the congregation, soft and soothing and joyful when speaking of His love for us, but also more srrioys and sombre when called for. Have you given that career psth any thought? In my First Congregationional UCC church growing up we were blessed with a married couple who co-pastored and they were great. The church is still good and all but ever since thry retired it's just not the same. We are most fortunate to have this beautiful, intelligent, funny, well-spoken Christian woman as our hostess ❤ There is indeed a nice, balanced 'blend' of everything in these truly special and splendid reactions. I just love them so much, I'm so glad to have stumbled upon this channel! And in Cali, as well? I'd love to run into you someday ,we could get coffee and talk movies and the Bible! 🥰
There are similarities but also differences to Lord Of The Rings. But one link between the two. C S Lewis and J R R Tolkien both taught English Lit. at Oxford. Lewis had been an atheist who thought that Christianity was for unintelligent people, God put intelligent people in his life one of whom was Tolkien. Tolkien was instrumental in the conversion of Lewis to Christianity. Lewis would have friends get together at a local pub called 'The Eagle And Child (nicknamed The Bird And Baby) where they would share the projects they were working on. Tolkien would often share the stories he was writing about elves, dwarfs, wizards and hobbits. They were published as T.L.o.t.R.
Well, the person who wrote Lord of the rings and the person who wrote the chronicles of Narnia books are actually friends
The Lion didn't just lie down with the lamb, He was the Lamb to be sacrificed.
CS Lewis & Tolkien were both Oxford professors. They were also 2 of ~12 members of The Inklings, persons with a strong literary interest that met at a local pub on Tuesday mornings. They discussed local tidbits and would use the group to get initial feedback on essays, poems, and other stuff they were writing.
So yes, CON & LOTR were slightly influenced by the author of the other work. CON is an allegory of the Christian experience - while LOTR reflects the ravages of surviving WWI, There and Back Again.
Everyone that reacts says Peter is on a white horse but if you look closer you will see it has a horn. It is a unicorn. The half human half horse creatures are centaurs.
Preach it Sister!
Aslan is the Son of the Emperor Over the Sea.
The prophecy was that, the White Witch would fall and Narnia would be free when 2 Sons of Adam and 2 Daughters of Eve sat enthroned at Cair Paravel.
Jadis, the White Witch was not a Daughter of Eve, and thus not human. She was supposedly a Daughter of Lilith. Making her a essentially a demon.
It’s ironic that you kept comparing it to Lord of the rings considering that JRR Tolken and CS Lewis were the deepest of friends and often shared each other’s ideas. It’s also worth noting that CS Lewis was the inspiration for the character tree beard in Lord of the rings and that Tolkien what is the inspiration of the professor in the Chronicles of Narnia that you see in the film. So both friends ironically make a cameo of sorts in each other’s works.
I always think the professor is being less than honest with them since he is Digory Kirk, "The Magician's Nephew" and has been to Narnia himself as a boy. C.S. Lewis would have enjoyed this movie but not so much the other two in this series. I read the books as a small child but they really are profound and well worth reading as an adult.
Thanks for sharing the Good News!
Religion had always been an important tool, a philosophical argument on the topic of morality, order of life.
The problem lies in how religion evolved to be imposed as unquestionable "objective" foundation instead of a philosophical argument. I don't understand how religious people fail to see themselves being aggressive with their uncalled-for preaching (which is perceived as uncalled-for and dangerous by a somewhat wary person). I'm confused as to what is right because freedom of speech is a blurry concept. Preaching about simple moral points like "don't do bad things" is understandable. Preaching about "accept an unquestionable authority above" is already sound like a scam for taking control over gullible people.
So yeah. My point is - religion teachings are totally understandable as an argument in search of truth about human nature. But people were using them for scamming others throughout the entire history, so I don't understand how today someone can in good conscious preach about following a religion.
And this type of question is met with anger and aggression where ever I try talking about it. Which, to my understanding, furthermore proves hypocrisy of a religion.
But I very much enjoy content on this channel, and I was caught off guard by preaching in the end. So I just couldn't keep this in. If anyone replies, I can already see the ESL language barrier worsening things.
2 Corinthians 12:9 - Happy New Year! Another great movie choice. Thank you for these reactions. Stay blessed.
Not the cenotaur🤣 is that what happens when a minotaur and centaur make bebe?
Based on British Santa is called Father Christmas
9:25 - "You know what it feels like.. why would you do that?" One of my personal pet peeves in people is those who know *exactly* what it is like to be.. bullied, looked down on, treated differently, condescended to, etc. and yet do those exact things to other people. Those who have never experienced something can be *somewhat* forgiven for not realizing how hurtful it can be (no excuse of course, but ignorance can be cured). But when someone KNOWS what it feels like, and intentionally makes others feel that- out of , what- a sense of power, or because they cannot get revenge on their tormentor, they pass it along to someone else... I don't understand the reasoning or rationale. It's lousy, is what it is. On one hand, I always feel badly for those where "hurt people hurt people" is true. But it is also SO frustrating to watch hurt people turn and hurt other people. In some cases, it's all they know; if it's how they were raised, maybe they simply think that's how the world works. But when you have good role models and you choose to act out.. it makes me sad. It's always better when "hurt people are extra kind to people, because they know what it's like."
Great reaction young lady and loved your comments.
Regarding the "allegory":
"Although Lewis did not consider them allegorical, and did not set out to incorporate Christian themes in Wardrobe, he was not hesitant to point them out after the fact. In one of his last letters, written in March 1961, Lewis writes:
Since Narnia is a world of Talking Beasts, I thought He [Christ] would become a Talking Beast there, as He became a man here. I pictured Him becoming a lion there because (a) the lion is supposed to be the king of beasts; (b) Christ is called "The Lion of Judah" in the Bible; (c) I'd been having strange dreams about lions when I began writing the work. The whole series works out like this.
The Magician's Nephew tells the Creation and how evil entered Narnia.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe the Crucifixion and Resurrection.
Prince Caspian restoration of the true religion after corruption.
The Horse and His Boy the calling and conversion of a heathen.
The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader" the spiritual life (specially in Reepicheep).
The Silver Chair the continuing war with the powers of darkness.
The Last Battle the coming of the Antichrist (the Ape), the end of the world and the Last Judgement."
- Paul Ford, Companion to Narnia: Revised Edition (2005)
Nowadays when the seven Narnia books are sold as a boxed set The Magician's Nephew is marked as No. 1 and it seems people start with that. But it was published later as a prequel to the rest of the series. To me The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe comes first and I would recommend anyone (and especially young children) to read that and probably three or four of the others before The Magician's Nephew.
Centaur & minotaur. Btw you have the most beautiful smile ❤
Good on you, Sister! That's a good word.
Absolutely beautiful reaction.
Knew the allegory already, but just loved your reaction to this beautiful, well done movie 🙂
Thank you so much !
Thank you so much for this reaction! Watching this film introduced me to the world of Narnia. I’ve read every book, seen every screen adaptions, and I was Fenris Ulf (Maugrim) and Father Christmas for a stage play of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe . Unfortunately, complications and Covid prevented us from performing; I hope to finally perform it one day. I would love to see you react to Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I hope this franchise can get a tv series treatment where each season is a book. Also I don’t know if it’s been mentioned that this entire chronicles was an allegory based on the Bible. Also that C.S. Lewis was friends with J.R.R. Tolkien the author of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and the Hobbit. The way it works is that while in Narnia, time on Earth is frozen. When you return, only a second has passed. Also you don’t go to Narnia when you want to; you’re called to come when you’re needed.
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The prophecy refered to in the movie is what God promised to Satan in the garden of eden. He told satan that through her (Eve) seed a child will be born and He (Jesus) will crush your head and you will bruise His heel.
It could also mean the millianial kingdom God promised Abraham and his descendants. Where he will dwell among His people with no pain, no sorrow and no tears. Just complete peace. And we through Christ will reign as Kings & Queens for eternity
Please, watch the second and third Narnia films
Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those things-trees and grass and sun and moon and stars and Aslan himself. Suppose we have. Then all I can say is that, in that case, the made-up things seem a good deal more important than the real ones. Suppose this black pit of a kingdom of yours is the only world. Well, it strikes me as a pretty poor one. And that's a funny thing, when you come to think of it. We're just babies making up a game, if you're right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That's why I'm going to stand by the play world. I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia. So, thanking you kindly for our supper, if these two gentlemen and the young lady are ready, we're leaving your court at once and setting out in the dark to spend our lives looking for Overland. Not that our lives will be very long, I should think; but that's a small loss if the world's as dull a place as you say.
― C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair
Puddleglum is by far my favorite Narnia character.
It's one thing to know that Christ's sacrifice was to take away the sins of the world - but the mind-blowing part comes when you consider this: If you were the *only person in the history of the Universe* to ever commit a sin, He still would have made the same sacrifice.
Thanks for a great reaction!! Narnia is not exactly an allegory, but rather a case of C S Lewis wondering "what if?" What if there was this other world? What might the Son of God be like in that world? He said it all began with an image of a faun holding an umbrella in the snow; then Aslan Himself came bounding into it. I'm not a huge fan of the Narnia stories, but I do appreciate that Lewis didn't pull any punches. Spoiler alert: In the final book everybody dies and the world ends. But after that . . . well, you'll have to find out for yourself.
he does this in the Space Trilogy too, in an even deeper way.. Perelandra is especially interesting because he paints a really interesting picture of what a world would have been like if it had never fallen
I love the review! But then it is so much better because you are a Christian and pulling out the Gospel through it all and that is so nice!! Keep it up!!!
I love ur REACTION TO THIS BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC MOVIE 🎥🍿 LOVE IT ♥️😍♥️😍 ITS A LOT OF SYMBOLIC SIGN IN THIS MOVIE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL THE LION 🦁 REMINDS ME OF THE LION OF JUDAH I SEE U HAVE A BIBLE UP THERE BEFORE U REACT MY TYPE OF WOMAN 😘
I LOVE THE WAY YOU FIGURED OUT IT HAS SYMBOLISM OF JESUS IN THIS MOVIE 🎥🍿 You SMART FINE LADY YOU 😘 AWESOME 😎
You were closer when you said it paralleled Christianity than when you called it an allegory. C.S. Lewis (who was a major Christian theologian and a close friend of JRR Tolkein) built this world around the idea that in any world, God would need to send Christ into that world, and that it would work differently in each world. So Lewis intended for Aslan to be the Narnian Christ, instead of a metaphor. You should read the books, there's only 7 and they're quick reads.
Great reaction to a wonderful movie. :)
4:35 WAIT NO!!!! :D
The similarities with The Lord of the Rings are not entirely surprising. CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien were friends, and would read excerpts from their respective books to each other, while writing them. Tolkien felt that Father Christmas should not have been in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe because it was mixing the mythologies. He also wasn't generally in favour of allegories, and felt that Lewis strayed too far into that territory.
Also, yes, there are two more movies, but there are six books in total. I don't believe the films were sufficiently successful at the box office to justify making movies of the other three.
Seven books.
@@authorhenrypatterson I stand corrected! 👍
GOOD REVIEW ! ILL BE WATCHING MORE !
Preach it!
I loved Narnia
13:48 You react so much to everything that, although I'd like to recommend Saving Private Ryan, you would probably totally freak out.
have you see all three movie
Life flows from the Son John 1: 1-2. Thus, Aslan provides the breath of life.
There are two more movies
C.S. Lewis was CATHOLIC. 1930s British 2nd class citizen but followed his conscience Catholic. He was friends with Tolkien.
Close, but you got them reversed. Lewis was Anglican (a member of the Church of England), his good friend Tolkien was Catholic. Even though Britain went through some interesting times regarding relations between the two churches, it isn't as if Catholics in the 20th Century had to use separate drinking fountains. Not what most people would consider a second class citizen.
Bravo.
25:40 ight imma head out
When you think about it, they're all "trapped in the closet". Once you've got that in mind, you can't help but laugh throughout the whole movie. Especially every time another character gets "trapped in the closet" 😂
Aslan I'd Jesus. the stone table is the ripped curtain that gave us humans direct access to God and got rid of the need for anybody between us and God (sorry catholics). "The lion of Judah" this is filled with the bible stories and histories.
Can you react lion king 2 ? Pleas
Watched
15:10....I think it was turkish delight, at least that's what it was in the book. I"m not sure if you've had some in real life, but they're definitely not worth selling out one's own family, lol. Edmund was definitely tripping.
To be fair 1) it was enchanted and 2) there was sugar rationing during the war, so Edmund probably hadn't had anything sweet in a long time
But yeah, I remember when my mom brought some Turkish Delight home, and I was so excited to try it because of the book, and being really disappointed
@@ntertanedangel Turkish Delight is something I would never want anyone to try....it's a sugary, nightmare.
The reason that the human children were the Chosen Ones is that the ancient Narnian royalty were humans, and there had never been a legitimate monarch of Narnia who wasn’t human. The White Witch pretends to be human, but she is actual a giant/genie hybrid. Only the restoration of a human bloodline to the Narnian throne could restore peace and balance to Narnia.
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I never watched the lord of the rings, nor do I have any desire to, but the cronicles of Narnia is I pray NOTHING like the lord of the rings, C.S. Lewis wrote all 7 of the books between 1950 and 1956, I do not know when the lord of the rings was written, I do know that it is supposed to be some sort of adeptation from the book written in 1937 by Tolkien called "The Hobbit" the titles of all of the books of the Chronicles of Narnia go in this order, #1. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, #2. Prince Caspian, #3. Voyage of the Dawen Treader, #4. The Silver Chair, #5. The horse and his boy, #6. The Magicians Nephew. and #7. The Last Battle. if you are interested in reading them, I read them a very long time ago, when I was in the 4th grade, it is a terrific story, unfortunately, Twice have there been movies made of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, the first time when i was very young, it did not do well in the theaters, the second time was this one, and it did very well, Prince Caspian was filmed within a couple of years, and so was Voyage of the Dawn Treader, it is "RUMORED" that The Silver Chair is in pre production, but I do not know, I do hope that they do produce it though.
I love this movie, but i have to say LWW is one of my least favorite Narnia books. It's a bummer they never got around to making movies of The Horse and His Boy or The Magician's Nephew, which are my favorites
Lol! How you only gonna count to 25 when you supposed to count to 100 ? 😂😂 U b cheating