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Lewis would be appualled if he could see this movie, because they warped the message he really had. I'm an avid fan of the Narnia books, I've read Prince Caspian 4 or 5 times, and I was so excited when this movie came out. You can make a good war movie without overdoing the violence people. About halfway into the movie however, I realized to my dismay and anger that the movie was far off course from the book itself. I was pretty dissapointed with this movie, and I'm not buying it.
I think C.S. The violence was very upsetting, and I acutally thought a few of my young cousins might like this movie, but after I saw the constant war and unnessessary bloodshed, I knew my cousins could never stomach this brutality. The romance between Caspian and Susan I found absurd and maddening as there was no evidence of it in the book. They threw away the message of following Jesus instead of other people, and replaced it with senseless war and viciousness. Lucy never learned in this film to obey Aslan above all else, and not listen to her siblings when they doubted her, and when the other kids disregarded her warnings and travled down the road they weren't attacked as they were in the book, they never learned that Lucy was right in her forewarning.
Some of that frightening aggression was unnessessary, and never happened in the book. I know there may be plenty of critical reviews here, but I can't resist putting my thoughts in. I know this movie takes in war of course, but come on. To parents, I feel strongly oppossed to this movie, and I don't think your little ones will like it nor will you. It had non-stop battles, there was very little conversation, the storm of the castle was completly off track and never happened.
Of course that is your choice to like it, but if you like a good message and a wholesome movie, avoid this one.
They make Macaulay Culkin look like Peter O'Toole - I'm serious. It was poorly made, badly acted, with elves, dwarves, talking mice, fairies etc all thrown in just because they appeared in the book (and sometimes not even)Of course, chances are you might just love this, but my own two cents was that it was an absolute waste of time and money. I'm sure 'deadpan' is a cinematic style and all, but these kids have taken it to a whole new level.Oh yeah, and the talking lion was just ridiculous. Not to mention I could have been at home fast asleep, or better still, watching reruns of "The Nanny"Two Generous StarsPS : I see glowing reviews here for Ben Barnes who plays the Prince. Let me see, he does a 'fancy thing' with a river here, and thats supposed to be the films' big highlight. I just don't get the positive reviews for this film. As a fan of fantasy in general, if theres one franchise thats always felt artificial and fake to me, its Narnia.
All of the child actors are absolutely useless. The wonderful books have been reduced to 'Fantasy for Dummies' here, with production values and acting befitting a late night TV Special. And not in a good way.From the moment the movie began, I had trouble staying awake, only because it seemed to be a really uninspired rehash of the LOTR special effects, but only with less heart or interest. I see him as a less gifted Jesse Metcalfe (the gardener from "Desperate Housewives") minus the sixpack and half-hearted charisma.
I don't object to a love interest in a movie if it belongs. Other scenes were substituted that were not in the book at all, such as the over-long battle scene in King Miraz's castle. In this case, it was totally uncalled for. In this installment of the Narnian Chronicles, Disney has rewritten history. Finally, too many scenes were taken out that were in the book. For example, Aslan's romp with Bacchus and the Mynaids. I gave this installment of "The Chronicles of Narnia" two stars only because of the special effects.
The Disney folks only made him an adult so they could work in a love interest with Queen Susan. The story really departed from the book and could have been much better had it followed the book more closely. In the book, Prince Caspian was a young boy, NOT an adult. For shame, Disney.
It's more violent, so be sure you watch who you're letting watch it, but that's what war is about. I like both the movie and the book for themselves, without having to relate them.Admittedly, "Prince Caspian" is a much darker tone than "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe", but that's to be expected when Narnia has been living under the tyranny of the Telmarins for centuries. I've seen a lot of movies lately, but I would have to say that "Prince Caspian" is one of the better ones out there. With thrilling, absolutely dazzling music and cutting edge cinematics, this movie is on the top of my buy list.I know that a lot of people who've read the books seemed to be put out by the changes that were made from the original story, but the fact of the matter is, we live in a different world than that of when the books were originally written, and I don't like to judge movies based off of books by the books themselves. You can't expect them to tickle each other with feathers.
I was a bit upset that they added a romance between Caspian and Susan though, I felt it just didn't fit with what C.S. Lewis had written. I saw This film in theaters and I loved it. But besides that I would recommened this movie to anyone who loved The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
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