New Movies: 'Prince Caspian' and 'Married Life'

Prince Caspian was a good movie. Not great, but good! However, it was not the book. At the beginning where it says: "based on," that's exactly what it means. They certainly took some liberties with the original story.

And as far as random pop culture associated with Narnia, there's plenty more out there. A band called "After Edmund" for example. And then there's this from ccmmagazine.com:
Annie Herring, founding member of 2nd Chapter of Acts, who was introduced to “The Chronicles” by her pastor, Jack Hayford [who penned the modern worship classic “(Worship His) Majesty”] .

“I never planned to write a song about it,” she recalls. “I was in a worshipful mood, and I hit this chord and started singing, ‘Are you going to Narnia? Take me along with you.’ It came out just like that. I didn’t think anyone would want to hear it, so I just kept it in my heart and would sing it to myself. But the more I did, the more other songs came forth. It was a real private affair, a very intimate time. I think it took four or five years before all the songs were there. It wasn’t a project. It was just for me.”

That private non-project eventually turned into 2nd Chapter’s phenomenal The Roar of Love, which many fans still consider among the group’s finest albums.

Dozens of other artists have been inspired by C.S. Lewis’ fanciful vision of good vs. evil. Michelle Tumes sings of an “Untame Lion” on her debut project Listen. Andrew Peterson alludes to the great lion on “Little Boy Heart Alive” from his latest, The Far Country. European hard rockers Narnia draw both their band name and lyrical inspiration from “The Chronicles.” And prog-rock indie band Glass Hammer points to Lewis as its mentor and example.

“We like to think of Glass Hammer as the Narnia of progressive rock,” says Steve Babb, the band’s composer/bass player. “We use myth, fantasy and allegory within our lyrics and music to show the message of the cross. We touch on a great deal of sorrow and darkness on our albums, but the happy ending is always there: the joyful turn, or the eucatastrophe as Tolkien called it. We learned that approach from C.S. Lewis and apply it to the composition of each Glass Hammer album.”

Grammy award-winning group Jars of Clay also cannot remain silent on the subject of Narnia.

“The land of Narnia and Aslan is so good for our stubborn minds—it’s not what we would ever come up with,” says keyboardist Charlie Lowell. “It challenges us to let God out of the box and remember a wild and unbridled love. We need these fresh stories and images to fill us with that childlike wonder.”

Frontman Dan Haseltine echoes Lowell’s opinion. “I think we fight a gruesome battle every day to keep our imaginations running wild,” he says. “The characters of Narnia give us a chance for higher ground as we strive to believe that love is wild, darkness is sinister and redemption can take form in the most unlikely places.”

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