Moviegoers Lineup to See Narnia
Opening weekend numbers look magnificent for the first Narnia movie.
The well-reviewed fantasy-adventure film, helmed by Andrew Adamson and based on the first book from the beloved series by author C.S. Lewis, generated the biggest debut ever for the comparable weekend and the second-highest December opening of all time. Only New Line Cinema’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,†the final film in the “Lord of the Rings†trilogy and based on the series written by Lewis’ friend, J.R.R. Tolkien, opened higher ($72.6 million).
Now, let’s watch and see which critics allow their anti-religious viewpoints color their reviews. Ding! Ding! We have a winner. It looks like Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel of Time take the lead.
Update: Perhaps I was too hasty, have you read Polly Toynbee’s review of the film? She begins with the movie but quickly goes into how wrong it is for Christians to use the medium of film to push their agenda. Amazing.
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I couldn’t read much beyond Polly’s assertion that “Disney may come to regret this alliance with Christians, at least on this side of the Atlantic. For all the enthusiasm of the churches, Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ bombed in Britain and warehouses are stuffed with unsold DVDs of that stomach-churner.” Eesh. No wonder we don’t want our nation to become as secularized as woefully church-less Europe!
The Holy Spirit’s message on The Christian Prophet blog seems to indicate that really good selling films will be those which meet spiritual needs (not necessarily religious) and films made for the purpose of pushing agendas really don’t go over well. It’s the old saying: keep climbing the mountain. As you go up, you’ll create a vacuum and others will be pulled up into the vacuum. Don’t stop, turn around, and look back to help others. You’ll turn into a pillar of salt.
Yeah, when it’s the Christian message that’s part of a film it’s an “alliance” and related movies “bombed” . Her word choice says a lot about her position. I believe she could have written 80% of that review without even seeing the film.
Prophet: Nice pillar of salt reference. ;^)