The Chronicles and Over-critical Christians

It's been a while since I've last posted, but the stresses of the end of the semester have been in full force. I just recently finished a 10-page exegetical paper on James 5:1-6 along with a 30 minute presentation on it. Now, all I have left in my undergraduate college career are three finals, which really are no big deal after finishing my exegesis project on James. To celebrate my last college class and no homework, Melissa and I went to see The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe last night. I thought the film was very well-done and quite accurate to the classic book by C.S. Lewis. I really enjoyed the film overall and would definitely recommend it to anyone. Unfortunately, earlier in the day I read a review of the movie in the Wheaton College newspaper that bothered me. The reviewer gave the movie an overall good rating except when he reviewed the movie "theologically." The reviewer said the movie didn't quite live up to its theological potential because it didn't emphasize heavily enough some of the "symbolism" in the story, especially the symbolism of turkish delight and sin. I almost gagged when I read this. I understand that there is subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) symbolism and metaphor throughout all of the Chronicles of Narnia, but why do some Christians feel like this is an automatic ticket to criticize a non-theological work theologically? Why can't we just enjoy and ponder Lewis' magical world apart from how it stands up theologically? I love the Chronicles of Narnia, and I appreciate its value as fantasy literature written by a Christian man who didn't separate his worldview from his work. I also loved the movie because it portrayed well the important themes from the book. I just don't understand why some Christians, especially many of the students at Wheaton College, have to theologically criticize a magical work of art that needs no "theological" framework to have merit in itself. Anyways, that's enough of my soap box. Go out and see the movie everyone, it is really good.