The Official Inheritance Cycle Thread

which is your favorite movie...

  • Narnia

    Votes: 8 36.4%

  • Eragon

    Votes: 3 13.6%

  • Harry Potter

    Votes: 2 9.1%

  • Lord of the Rings

    Votes: 9 40.9%
  • Total voters
    22
Still he's more concered about the magic than anything else...he didn't like Potc 2 At ALL, (I did get to watch it though!) and it took a long time to convince him to let me watch Lotr
 
The magic is very present in this film, more so then LOTR or Narnia. However it is no where near Harry Potter. Plus Christopher doesn't believe in magic anyway.
 
Verdict on Eragon Movie:

I saw it at 2:00 on Friday, Dec. 15th - the day it came out - with my Eragon buddies Grace, Lily, Sarah, Claire, and some other friends.
And, it was, of course, 1 1/2 hour of red-haired, blue-eyed, round-eared, non-elveness of Arya and other badness. And, they only mentioned Christopher Paolini at the very beginning in tiny font:

based on the book by christopher paolini

gosh. i mean, way to be a bad movie.
 
Elindil said:
Does it have the fortune teller in it? (I'm NOT aloud to read or watch HP...)
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*sigh* My dad used to be like that...

What I don't get is how your dad didn't exactly approve of LOTR...Tolkien was a Catholic and wrote the books as a way of getting the message of Christ out to people in an indirect manner. Narnia is the same way.

Sauron=Satan
The Ring=sin
Gollum=an example of someone seriously corrupted by sin
Frodo=Christ-like character
Gandalf=sort of like Lazarus...he is raised from the dead
Saruman=Hitler
The Witch King=Satan's right-hand man who carries out the work of Satan; in the book of Revelation, there is a mention of a "beast" that does the devil's bidding on earth
Eowyn=I'm not really sure...Joan of Arc is a good guess, and perhaps she is an allusion to the Virgin Mary, who was the only other person besides Christ who had a very personal struggle w/ Satan and was able to overcome him completely--like when Eowyn kills the Witch King

Aslan=Jesus Christ--He gives up His life to save Edmund, although He is innocent, and is resurrected from the dead
Deep Magic=laws set in motion by God since the beginning of time--basically what governs life and death
Deep Magic from Before the Dawn of Time=basically Love, which is the existence of God that is ethereal and not bound by time b/c it is eternal and has, is, and will always exist. This Magic is bound by selfless sacrifice, as is Love, for Christ said, "There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends."
The White Witch=Satan--he?she?it? appears in a pleasing form to tempt us, then immediately "imprisons" us in our own sin
Edmund=Judas, although he is a bit more like the apostle Peter b/c he repents for his sin
Lucy=not sure, I think she represents something more abstract like childhood innocence and unconditional love
Peter=the apostle Peter--High King of Narnia=Pope?Bishop?(I think)
The Wolves=the Gestapo, possibly
The stone courtyard at the Witch's castle=the "waiting place" of the dead where their souls stayed until Jesus set them free
Aslan's Breath=the Holy Spirit--this is why the people in the courtyard come alive again when He breathes on them
Susan=doubting Thomas, possibly--perhaps represents people who want to believe but who are a bit afraid of doing so
Mr. Tumnus=repentant sinner
The Phoenix (from movie only)=symbol of Jesus and resurrection--it burns itself then is "reborn" from the ashes--like Jesus/Aslan
The fire from the Phoenix that stops the Witch's army temporarily=I think this was a biblical allusion to when God sends a pillar of fire to temporarily stop Pharaoh's army from catching up to the Israelites before they crossed the Red Sea

As you can see, CS Lewis and Tolkien loaded their books w/ biblical imagery to get a point across. If your dad can read some of their other writings that are not fiction or fantasy, he may understand where the basis of their fantasy comes from. Fantasy is often used as a "channel" thru which authors try to convey certain ideas; often, Christian authors use it to spread the Good News to people who would otherwise not bother to read a book on religion. Fantasy is something that grabs people's attention, and Lewis and Tolkien took great advantage of this. Fantasy does not overtly portray certain ideas, but it implies them in symbolism. Now, granted, some people like Phillip Pullman may use this in a negative way, but there are far more people who actually have a moral lesson--even religious lessons to teach thru their fantasy. Like Lewis or Tolkien or Madeline L'engle or even GP Taylor (Shadowmancer, Wormwood).

Why do we tell little kids fairy tells? So they can learn important moral and life lessons. If you tell a kid straight out, "Don't talk to strangers," he/she may not listen, but tell him/her the Little Red Riding-Hood story, and they'll pick up the message for themselves. Jesus used the same idea when He told parables; he knew that humans, by nature, do not like to be preached to, so He told stories thru which He knew that people would learn the lessons He wanted to teach.
 
Honestly i hated the angela/fortune telling part. I couldnt wait till that part was over. Me and my sister both thought the same about the Angela scene, i dont like the acrtess they chose for Angela either.
 
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