So, ultimately, did Doug Gresham, who is still living, who is a committed Christian (and with whom I recently exchanged emails). While Lewis’s book A Grief Observed certainly reflects the depth of his questions of God (much as Job does), Lewis clearly emerged on the other side of it with a strong faith. I ask myself, why would you choose to leave out a fascinating and famous person like Tolkien, whose Lord of the Rings trilogy was been voted by readers the most significant work of literature in the 20th century? Especially when so little else has been done to portray Tolkien? Why wouldn’t you show the animated Inklings, like Charles Williams and Tolkien, really getting into it, instead of these invented stodgy characters sitting rigidly in a pub? Why invent characters when they are so much less interesting than the real ones?! Tolkien and others of deep Christian faith was ignored. (He was the furthest thing from a one note instrument which the movie tends to portray him as-the astonishing breadth of his interests and expertise was largely ignored.) Lewis’s close friendship with J.R.R. This was somewhat out of context, and was really just one of many subjects Lewis addressed, and one which his writings and lectures show he was not obsessed with. Joy is portrayed as his sort of American savior, which is not how it really was.Įvery time Lewis spoke publicly in the movie it was implying suffering is really okay, and is God’s will. Lewis is made to look relationally shallow and inept. There were two sons of Joy who Lewis took in, rather than one, yet only Douglas is portrayed, not David. On the other hand, there were fundamental alterations of reality that were inexcusable.
On the one hand, I very much liked certain aspects of it. Lewis, an accurate portrayal of his life and his relationship with Joy Davidman? Was the Shadowlands movie, starring Anthony Hopkins as C.S.
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