Back into the closet

Mom sent me an email today telling me how excited she was about December 9th and the release of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. I've wanted this movie for a couple of decades now, but never thought it would actually see the light of day. Sure there's the BBC mini-series and all, but I wanted to see it HUGE. Seeing what was done with The Lord of the Rings concreted my desire to see it happen. How great that the design team from LOTR felt the same way. I couldn't be happier that one of my favorite actresses, Tilda Swinton, will be The White Witch, who was actually my favorite character in the book. Well, she's tied with Mister Tumnus who'll be played by the quite sexy James McAvoy. And yay for Dawn French as the voice of Mrs. Beaver!!As excited as I am about seeing it I think I'm actually more excited about seeing it with my mother. One of my fondest childhood memories is lying on her lap as she sat in the chair in our den on Bartow Avenue each evening and listening to her read The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Nothing got better than that.