Prince Caspian trailer

[tomandshell]

Lewis himself didn't claim to be writing an allegory:

“If Aslan represented the immaterial Deity in the same way in which Giant Despair [a character in The Pilgrim's Progress] represents despair, he would be an allegorical figure. In reality, however, he is an invention giving an imaginary answer to the question, ‘What might Christ become like if there really were a world like Narnia, and He chose to be incarnate and die and rise again in that world as He actually has done in ours?’ This is not allegory at all”

Some people seem to think that I began by asking myself how I could say something about Christianity to children; then fixed on the fairy tale as an instrument, then collected information about child psychology and decided what age group I’d write for; then drew up a list of basic Christian truths and hammered out ‘allegories’ to embody them. This is all pure moonshine. I couldn’t write in that way. It all began with images; a faun carrying an umbrella, a queen on a sledge, a magnificent lion. At first there wasn’t anything Christian about them; that element pushed itself in of its own accord.

 

[Darklord Dave]

See, I was really bothered by the allegory in the first one, so with this one I went looking for it again. I saw the Talmarines as Italian and thus, Roman, who have persecuted the Narnians (Christians) into oblivion. But only the faith of the original disciples allows the Christians to triumph.

But I really like the idea that it's just a fantasy story. But I'm a bit confused - the kids lived full-length lives in Narnia and then returned to '40s England the same age they left?

 

[Captain Faramir]

See, I was really bothered by the allegory in the first one, so with this one I went looking for it again. I saw the Talmarines as Italian and thus, Roman, who have persecuted the Narnians (Christians) into oblivion. But only the faith of the original disciples allows the Christians to triumph.

But I really like the idea that it's just a fantasy story. But I'm a bit confused - the kids lived full-length lives in Narnia and then returned to '40s England the same age they left?

Yep; in the books and in the context of the Christian meaning it works. Also, the allegory in the first one was watered down to the point of it reflecting almost nothing in the books. If you read it that's the whole point of it, and in the last few books Aslan practically comes right out and says He is the Messiah. The movie washed that all out, but that's how the books go, like it or leave it. As it is it's one of the more beautiful interpretations of Christianity you can find.