And the latest is a doozy, with news thatMeryl Streep has been cast to voice Aslanin the film.
Is your Sid Sweeney now aSydney Sweeney?
Where would the madness end?
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“Less Streep, more Stallone, apparently.
(Well, I don’t agree.)
Superman inSupermanis a Christ figure, but it doesn’t make God Clark Kent.
During the World War II bombings of London, four English siblings are sent to a country house where they will be safe. One day Lucy (Georgie Henley) finds a wardrobe that transports her to a magical world called Narnia. After coming back, she soon returns to Narnia with her brothers, Peter (William Moseley) and Edmund (Skandar Keynes), and her sister, Susan (Anna Popplewell). There they join the magical lion, Aslan (Liam Neeson), in the fight against the evil White Witch, Jadis (Tilda Swinton).
- The titular alien ofE.T.
The Extra-Terrestrialis a Christ figure, butSteven Spielbergisn’t suggesting God isn’t an alien.
Iron Giant ofThe Iron Giantis a Christ figure… you get the idea.
During the World War II bombings of London, four English siblings are sent to a country house where they will be safe. One day Lucy (Georgie Henley) finds a wardrobe that transports her to a magical world called Narnia. After coming back, she soon returns to Narnia with her brothers, Peter (William Moseley) and Edmund (Skandar Keynes), and her sister, Susan (Anna Popplewell). There they join the magical lion, Aslan (Liam Neeson), in the fight against the evil White Witch, Jadis (Tilda Swinton).
Three movies out of seven books is disappointing, but not unpredictable.
Similarly, the casting choice is not one that affects the story itself or its moral themes.
(Cool, granted, but unlikely.)
Good will win out over evil as it always has.
And it’s not like Gerwig has castDavid Spade.
She is more than capable of bringing depth to Aslan with her nuanced voice inflections in her delivery.
Now that’s something absolutely inexcusable.
One day Lucy (Georgie Henley) finds a wardrobe that transports her to a magical world called Narnia.
