The Passion of Narnia

I was reading this review of the Chronicles of Narnia in the Donga-Ilbo and I had to wonder about this comparison:

In the aspect of making a children’s fantasy novel into a movie, the “Narnia Chronicles” are often compared to the Harry Potter series, but in reality, it is closer to a mixture of “Lord of the Rings” and “Passion of Christ.” In addition, the normal ingredient in Disney films, “family love,” makes it a typical Disney-style movie. Although the thrills and scariness of the movie are dull for adults, for children, they are quite adequate.

How can the reviewer compare Narnia to the Passion of the Christ and then say the movie’s scares are dull. For those who haven’t seen Passion it is a grueling movie to watch because the whole movie depicts Christ’s suffering before his cruxifiction in great detail. Very graphic movie.

Some how I doubt Narnia shows graphic suffering comparable to Passion, yet the reviewer makes this comparison anyway. Why you may ask? IMHO it is just an attempt to marginalize the movie early on due to it’s Christian analogies that some people feel offended by for some reason, especially the media. Now it seems even the Korean media is picking up on the controversy.

However, the controversy just makes me want to go see the movie even more now.