The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe proved especially tricky to this weekend’s headline writers. Most reviewers had a hard time coming up with a good pun on the movie’s cumbersome title; better to reference the plot, with its magical closet portal to a fantasy world of perpetual winter, and its allegorical Christ-figure hero, the talking lion Aslan. Many critics noted the C.S. Lewis adaptation’s resemblance to another recent fantasy-epic franchise, one based on the books of Lewis’ pal J.R.R. Tolkien. (Full disclosure: I reviewed the movie this week for the Boston Phoenix, so I’m partial to the headline I wrote.) But there were a couple other reviews (in the Village Voice and the New York Post) whose headlines were even funnier. Read on and see if I’m lion.
‘Lion’ Kings:
New York Newsday: In with a roar, out with a yawn
East Valley (Ariz.) Tribune: ‘Narnia’ could use sharper teeth
Chill out:
Las Vegas Weekly: Winter Wonderland
Dallas Observer: Lion in Winter
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Cold case
Allegory details:
Arizona Daily Star: An epic of biblical proportion
St. Paul Pioneer Press: Laying down the awe
Calgary Sun: ‘Narnia’ can’t myth
The Stranger (Seattle): Lionizing Jesus
The Hook (Charlottesville, Va.): Narnia 1: The passion of the lion
Hanging in the closet:
USA Today: ‘Narnia’ opens the door to excitement
New York Post: Wardrobe Malfunction
Boston Phoenix: Knights in armoire
Which other fanciful epic does this remind you of?
La Cañada (Calif.) Valley Sun: Lord of the Rings with a Lion
L.A. Weekly: Lions and Witches and Wardrobes — Oh My!
Village Voice: Trapped in the Closet: Robust Rendering of a Fantasy Classic
Wow, the paper from my city made the list! I’m surprised they even looked at Canadian papers. Go Calgary Sun!
This was a really great movie – it did have a JRR Tolkien feel to it, but Lord Of The Rings did set the “bar pretty high” and this movie reached it. Plus, it was shorter! PS – I am a Calgarian too, thanks for noticing us!!
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oi americanos do norte eu sou do sul(brasil)eu tenho o livro das cronicas de narnia e é muito show!!!!E o filme também só que o do caspian ”eles” mudaram muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuito!!!E o que eu mais gostei foi que tem aver com o cristianismo!!!!!!!!!!!!
aahhhhhh!!Mais uma coisa eu naão entende nadica de tibiricas do que voces falaram…me mande mensagens em portugues plys..ok?