We watched The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe last night with the boys. This is significant because both B and I have been looking forward to this for a long time (about 2 years, since the movie came out!). Two years ago we didn't think the boys were ready to watch this movie and we knew that we wanted them to be able to watch it together. They do most everything together. Since then, I have read the entire Chronicles of Narnia series to the boys twice, Owen has read it through at least twice on his own, and we have listened to the excellent Focus on the Family audio theater production. Since the boys have just had birthdays (and I saw the movie at the library), we revisited the discussion and decided that we thought it would be okay to watch this together, with us keeping a special eye out for scenes that may be too scary or confusing. (I was thinking about the possibility of bad dreams and indelible images of ogres and such.)
Well, not to worry, I guess. A few times the boys edged up on their seats or grabbed our hands, but when we asked if it was too scary they said, "No, it's GREAT!"
The movie comes to a climax at the battle scene. It is intense, so I looked over at Rhyle. "Yeah!" he said, "Now they are going to kill those bad ones!"
So much for trepidation.
The best part of the whole night was, for me, the very end of the movie. As the music fades away, Owen punched his fist into the air and cheered, "YES!" That's how my heart resounds with The Chronicles, too.
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