Symbols

Rating: 9/10 (11 January 2006)

When I was watching this film I concentrated more to things behind the story than the story itself. Even it was perfect and better then "classical" present Hollywood films with predictable story. Symbols I've found:
The tree on the wardrobe. Tree - Yggdrassil was in Viking mythology the place of the Middle where heaven, hell and our world meet together. The tree symbolizes the gate. The mythology of the Middle we can find in many other religions - Babylonian, Indian, Chinese, etc. So that the tree symbolizes the gate.
Santa Claus. In our country little Jesus is said to give the gifts. In other countries e.g. U.S. there these presents give Santa Claus or anyone else. But in fact it is the same person. When Jesus was born three kings had come to him and gave him the three gifts. Gold, myrrh and incense. In Narnia there Santa Claus gifts actually three kings with three different gifts. The healing potion, the bow and the sword. In figurative sense these gifts are the same gifts but they are given back from Jesus to the kings.
There is also lot of Christian notation. Self-sacrifice and resurrection of Aslan, temptation of Edmund.
It is very good and unusual film. I'm gonna read the book.