Something new....

Well I did something new yesterday...I went to the cinema by myself. I wanted so much to see The Chronicles of Narnia and all my friends had already seen it with their family. There was much internal deliberation as to whether I was going to go or not as I didn't want to look like a sad billy-no-mates.
After the decision was made that I was going to go, it wasn't all that bad and in a way was quite liberating...to know that I could spend that amount of time by myself, doing something that goes against our societies rules so much, yet not just survive it, but enjoy it. At least I know now that if there is a film that I really want to see, there is no need to think that I have to miss out on something because no one wants to go. I feel like I discovered something new about myself if that makes any sense!

If you haven't seen the film yet, then I would highly recommend it. I thought it was awesome. Firstly it was great to see that they had kept to the original story in the book. I wanted to go home and read all of the books all over again. Secondly it was so much like the BBC version in 1988, it was great. It made me return to Sunday afternoons in front of the fire, with the light off falling in love with C S Lewis' work. The set was similar, but so much bigger and better, I loved it.

I suppose the thing that I loved the most was the symbolism that Lewis incorporated from the Christian faith. To see the promises that the Queen gave to Edmund, promises that she had no legal right to give, took me back to the story of Adam and Eve and also the temptation of Jesus in the desert. The way in which the devil will twist things and try and promise us things (like he thought he could give Jesus the world if Jesus would bow down and worship him) that he has no legal right or ability to give. Also the way Aslan sacrificed himself -

"It means," said Aslan, "that though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back, into the stillness and the darkness before Time dawned, she would have read there a different incantation. She would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."

This is exactly what Christ did for us. To see the symbolism on the screen was awesome and sent goose-bumps all over me. To know that Lewis was trying to convey the central point of the Christian faith in such a great way for all ages was great.

Go and see it if you haven't. It's even worth going by yourself!!