On Dec. 20 Holy Cross School’s 6th, 7th and 8th grade classes went on a held trip to Flagship Cinemas in Lewiston, to see the Chronicles of Narnia, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Many schools also went to see the movie but Holy Cross went for its religious references. It touched on many different points on the death and resurrection of Jesus, or a.k.a. “Azlan.” For example they shaved “Azlan before trying him to the stone table, just as they stripped Jesus of his clothes before he was put onto the cross. Also after Azlan was killed Susan and Lucy stayed by Azlan’s side just a.s Mary ( Jesus’s mother) and Mary Magdalen did next to Jesus’s tomb.
Out of 69 kids from Holy Cross who attended the movie, there is bound to be a diversity of opinions about the film itself. So Holy Cross 8th graders Elise Applegate and Katie kennedy took a survey on what people thought of the movie. The students had four options to chose from on the survey sheet, “loved it, OK, disliked it, and undecided.” The results were 28 said they loved it, 29 said it was OK, 6 said they disliked it and 5 said they were undecided.
Katie and myself asked some opinions on the movie. A quote from Ben Wigant a seventh grader, “I loved it because it had a great story line. It was action packed, and I give the special effects a BIG 10!” to go along with the major fans, there are also the ones who believe differently. A quote from Jon Letourneau an 8th grader said, “I disliked it because I just didn’t like it, I thought it was boring and I think they copied the battle scene from “Lord Of The Rings.” The kids at Holy Cross School may have many different opinions on the movie but none of them can say they walked out of there without learning about their religion.
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