Tim and Judy Gordon had extra tickets to The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe and invited us to see it with them this evening.

It’s well done (the computer work isn’t quite as spectacular as The Lord of the Rings but is good, solid work.) Above all, it’s true to the original intention of Lewis. See it this weekend if you can. Seanne (our oldest) tells us that it’s the first weekend that really counts in the evaluation of the success or failure of a film, and it’s in the interest of the Kingdom that this one succeed so that more may follow! Why go to Narnia at all?

Aslan himself said it:

‘You are too old, children,’ said Aslan, ‘and you must begin to come close to your own world now.’
‘It isn’t Narnia, you know,’ sobbed Lucy. ‘It’s you. We shan’t meet you there. And how can we live, never meeting you?’
‘But you shall meet me, dear one.’ said Aslan.
‘Are - are you there too, Sir?’ said Edmund.
‘I am,’ said Aslan. ‘But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name.
This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.’”
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, p. 216