Narnia

Well, the moment we've all been waiting for is upon us. Today, Disney's production of The Chronicles of Narnia opens in theatres across the USA. There is concern among many purists that Disney might have watered down the Christian allegory present in the story, in yet another fit of political correctness.

Of course, the movie is never as good as the book, now, is it? But people managed to sit through Lord of the Rings, which got a good spin in the Catholic press.

Then again, we're talking about Disney here, right?

So, where better to look for how the C S Lewis legacy is being handled, than his stepson, 60-year-old Douglas Gresham, who to this day is overseer of the Lewis estate and de facto custodian of the Lewis legacy.

And, while we're at it, co-producer of the film in question.

In an interview last week with John Flesher of the Associated Press, Gresham observed: "My job, I suppose, was as resident Narnia guru, to make sure everything Narnian was Narnian in the film, to make sure there weren't anachronisms and incongruities... But... the team that we have had on this film has been so good that there's been very little that I've had to complain about."

He also had some advice for viewers:

"Let the magic of Narnia work itself on you. Look at yourself in relation to what's happening on the screen. If you were one of the characters, which one would you be? When we do that honestly, we usually find that we don't measure up very well."

Sooooo.... let's save me the aisle seat, shall we?

(UPDATE: This just in from The Detroit News.)