Headed downtown to meet Cindy and her friend Veejay. We were to meet at the Chapters beside the theatre at 3:30. So, I left at 2:15 to head to Don Mills station and take the subway down. Thing is, I didn’t anticipate how horrible traffic would be around the shopping centres. Also, I swear I hit red light after red light, making me scream and curse within the confines of my vehicle. In any case, I arrived at Chapters about 15 minutes late, but I was happy to Cindy waiting patiently there while browsing a book.
The three of us went to the Paramount next door to see The Chronicles of Narnia. Now, I remember reading this book about 14-15 years ago. That’s nuts. It was back in grade 4. Now, the whole class was divided into several groups, each with a different book to study. I think the skilled readers were given Harriet the Spy. Dunno. When I saw The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as one of the options, I wanted to read that book instead. I think I recall that my reasoning was that I didn’t want to read about some spy. My teacher asked me several times, “are you sure?” Well, chee, of course I hadn’t read the other book before, so was there really any reason for me to choose one over the other? I had no clue. Couldn’t she have made some sort of executive decision? I wasn’t fond of my grade 4 teacher at all. I think there was a mutual hate thing there, but whatever. Anyway, I guess I’m content with what happened, because I enjoyed the book I read. In fact, I ended up reading the rest of the series.
Now, I don’t remember too many details from the book, but the movie did trigger a lot of memories. It also made me remember the BBC TV Series version of the books. I thought that was pretty good back then. This is just as good in my mind, although, I’m sure that if you were to compare the two shows, this movie would look so much more put together.
Anyway, when I look back, I don’t recall seeing so much of the relation between the story and religious metaphors. Although, after watching this movie, it’s now blatantly obvious. It’s no wonder some Christian groups are really pushing people to see this movie. I really wonder why I didn’t see the connection long ago. Maybe I just wasn’t in a position to pick up on the subtext. Hell. I was only 10 back then. Most of it just went over my head.
Anyway, go see the movie if you have a chance. I think it was well worth the money.
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