Insightful Quote on Narnia

Here is a comment from Tim Keller via Justin Taylor's blog.

Dear All: I guess it depends on what you wanted the movie to accomplish. Everytime I pick up the Narnia books to read again after re-reading Lord of the Rings, I’m struck by how much thinner it feels at first then the super-thick, rich imaginative world of Tolkien. Then I remember this is mythopoeia for children, not adults. We should remember this when coming to the Chronicles movie. Our hope has been that the movie would re-inject Narnia into the imaginations of the world's children, where it could bear enormous fruit. In order to do this, the movie had to first and foremost enthrall children--and it does. It couldn't possibly be as overwhelming as Lord of the Rings or King Kong. The children I've polled find Narnia rather scary and intense at places, but not traumatizing. Georgie Henley draws the children in so they experience the narrative arc through her. If 100 million more kids get their imaginations baptized we will be well served by the movie. And, as Lewis himself pointed out, it's not the production values but the story itself that effects the heart. You could do it with sock puppets and still get it. --Tim and Kathy Keller