Who cried when Aslan died?

I do not cry very often during movies but I can tell you that I cried during Aslan's Death as well as in the Passion.
 
Aslan is not a kitty kat! He's the true, majestic ruler of Narnia!!!!!

(Sorry about that, I can't stand it if people call him things like that :rolleyes: )
 
As any student of ancient epics can tell you--

In most eras of history, the capacity for tears was never considered to be necessarily a sign of weakness. All sorts of gigantic invincible warriors wept unashamedly for various reasons. And of course Mr. Lewis underscored this by having Peter and Susan weep with relief after he saved her from the evil wolf-captain. "They were in Narnia, where no one thinks worse of you for that."

So now I can admit that the sacrifice of Jesus, both in its literal historical events and in its Narnian replay as the death of Aslan, repeatedly moistens my eyes and lumps up my throat. This extends to persons both real and fictional who reflect some aspect of Christlikeness (for all genuine goodness in created beings is a reflection of some attribute of the Triune God). Thus, at the end of the musical of "Les Miserables," I soak the Kleenexes as I see and hear the spirit of the sympathetic heroine Fantine calling to the noble-hearted Jean Valjean as he is dying, assuring him of the Heavenly reward that awaits him.
(While I have written elsewhere about romantic love NOT being the all-in-all for everything, yet this finale is made all the more poignant by the fact that Fantine clearly would have been Valjean's natural love interest if she had not died young. Thus, now we can tell ourselves that whatever form of love occurs between blessed souls in Heaven, Valjean and Fantine will henceforth be sharing it with each other forever, with suffering AT LAST behind them.)
 
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I cry when I watch it, in both the film and the BBC version. But not when I read the book, and I always cry at the end of sad films or books. A Tale of Two Cities had me feeling like I lost a friend. I cried when Dumbledore died because I felt like I lost my grandad again, and I cried when Cedric died because I felt that I lost a brother.

I also cry when I watch the news and see the pain and suffering going on in the world, which is why I don't watch the news very often.
 
I didn't cry, I never cry during movies, it was vary sad though, but I new he would rise, I did almost cry during the Passion though, at the end
 
I didn't cried watching film cause I did know what will happen. Every time when I'm reading book I'm almost crying, but not in the moment death of Aslan, but when Lucy and Susan are crying for him.
 
Crying?

I saw the movie on Stars: Kids and Family and when Aslan was going to his death I saw upset like Lucy was, but when that witch killed him. I thought he was faking it, but he wasn't. I was happy when he was alive again.
 
When I was very young and read the book, I cried or was very sad, I can't remember clearly. In the movie, I felt disgust and anger to the Witch's monsters.
But in the end, when aslan appeared again, Jadis' face expression was priceless :D
 
It was no disgrace to Peter that he couldn't beat the White Witch. Jadis was bigger and stronger than he, and had centuries of experience, while Peter had been a knight for all of something like maybe three days. He can hold his head proudly just for having been able to stand against her at all!

As for crying when Aslan sacrificed Himself--definitely. I also get wet in the eyes at the end of "Braveheart," and at several points in "Les Miserables."
 
Aslan's death

Yes, I did cry. I began cringing, and clutching the little piece of lion bone (from a dear departed friend) I wear around my neck at the point where Aslan is forcibly knocked over by Otmin. When they start cutting out His mane, it is very painful to me, because the mane is the glory of a lion, and they let you know that. (This is like a sign that Aslan is being stripped of his glory and dignity, just as our savior was.) The WW's words to Aslan were snide and jeering. And, when she plunged in her stone kinfe (which had to hurt terribly because they are so crude) using all her strength, I just balled up. It actually hurt me just to watch this scene. I had to close my eyes. It was only on the second or third viewing of the film (in which I reacted the same way) that I dared look to see how Aslan reacted. In any case, this is an extremely difficult scene for me to watch even now, as it helps bring home what my Lord suffered, as well as seeing a noble lion suffer in such a brutal manner.
 
Copperfox said:
It was no disgrace to Peter that he couldn't beat the White Witch. Jadis was bigger and stronger than he, and had centuries of experience, while Peter had been a knight for all of something like maybe three days. He can hold his head proudly just for having been able to stand against her at all!
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Copperfox, I agree 100% . :) I didn't say that that the battle was a disgrace, I just felt annoyed that he couldn't beat her, I respect his effort, however. Peter is a great hero! :) He did better than expected in the battle! :cool:
 
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