Once a King or Queen...

Just saw The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardobe.

Must admit to being very excited about the movie, but nervous as well. Beyond the fact that this is just too important a story to mess up from a Christian standpoint, this story holds several other connections for me.

1. First true play that I ever performed. Played the part of Mr. Tumnus in our high school one act play as a freshman (we went to state, placed third....)

2. First musical that I performed at the Waco Civic Theatre. (Lots of great people, not much else...the show went on, and that about all I can say...)

3. First play that I ever directed (also at the Waco Civic Theatre). Lots of great kids fun adults and overall a pretty strong show (even if I do say so myself).

So with all these memories and a good deal of trepidation, Jill and I attended a viewing Tuesday night to celebrate my survival as my first semester as an assistant principal and more importantly, Jill's birthday. (Happy birthday, honey.)

Quite simply, I was very impressed.

It was very good. Well done. Not word for word, page for page literal, but very close to the original story. The animals were fun without being funny and the battle scenes were very Lord of the Rings-like.

It was fun to watch with Jill as she was not as familiar with the story. Watching her make the connections as the movie progressed was a joy.

So catch it if you can this holiday season. See if you can drag along that friend that is on the fringe of seeing Jesus. This movie may be able to do what you haven't been able to yet, or at least provide a great conversation starter. Definite thumbs up from the Borland household.

(Don't worry Scott, the multi-part list is under construction.)

Chris