Aslan

I saw The Chronicles of Narnia today, and thought it was great. A couple of my friends suggested that I might be disappointed. Nope.

Aslan was awesome. Fierce, dignified, loving ... everything that one would expect of the one who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. I suspect that those who found the story lacking might have been more satisfied if the story had focused more on one hero rather than four. I'm not sure how that would have played out considering how Lewis wrote the story. Maybe they could have focused more on Edmund's selfishness before his redemption. You know ... really focused on him being a greedy little bastard with the Turkish Delight. Shown him stuffing his mouth with candy, whining when he couldn't have it, etc.

The battle scenes exceeded my expectations. I guess I began to have low expectations based on what MC told me about the movie. He said it "had no 'wow' factor." I figured he meant the battle scenes sucked. Don't get me wrong, it was no Lord of the Rings, but ... what is?