Movie: The Chronicles of Narnia II: "Prince Caspian"

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Better than the first one! Double the emotional gravity and half the religious pretentiousness.

It also had its share of flaws, though...in terms of plot it was riddled with plot holes and wasted opportunities. But I had fun laughing at the plot problems in this movie whereas I was put off by them in the first movie... I think the characters took themselves less seriously this time even while the movie was more serious.

The dwarf character, Trumpkin, was my favorite. Good actor, that guy. I thought Caspian was adorable, if slow in the head. Not going to win any prizes for genius is he. Speaking of which, I was very, very amused by the romance angle that spontaneously appeared halfway into the movie without any build-up. I cracked up.

My overall opinion of Prince Caspian... not high cinema, but it was fun to watch, and much more entertaining all around than The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Enjoyable despite its flaws. Pretty animation, fun characters, and some ridiculous stuff that makes good crack. Makes me wish we were getting a third one, because I'd like to see Caspian and Edmund having their kooky adventures on the high seas.

Comments

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

Makes me wish we were getting a third one, because I'd like to see Caspian and Edward having their kooky adventures on the high seas.

You just may. FOX picked up the rights to it.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Cool. They better hurry before the actor for Edmund gets too old.

[mathkid.livejournal.com]

Wow, really? I rather liked the first one, but Caspian had me throwing things at the screen (the wall in our basement). I was rather upset. Both movies so far have been obviously cinemized-- everything is faster, more dramatic-- which can't be helped, but I felt like the second one went too far from the book (in totally needless ways! The book was plenty dramatic! Caspian is supposed to be Peter's age, aka 13-14! ARGH.) What can I say? I'm a purist.

P.S. Edmund, you mean Edmund, not Edward.

P.P.S. Fox has picked it up. VDT is my second-favorite book of the series (and they probably will not make my favorite) so I will be even more upset if they do what they did to Caspian. It is also the book that lends itself least to cinema, so I am worried.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Luckily it's been so long since I read the books that I didn't remember this one at all, and judged it as a movie alone.


P.S. fixed, thanks!

[mathkid.livejournal.com]

Ahh, indeed, sometimes that is the more enjoyable way to watch a movie. =)

[ryanitenebrae.livejournal.com]

Really? Interesting! I'm surprised, you're the first person I heard day that. I personally really enjoyed the first movie, particularly since it was just generally well-done and didn't change all that much from the book. Also, Tilda Swinton as the witch was amazing. Caspian was okay, I guess, particularly the beginning, but mostly just has me crying out, "What happened? What on earth happened? Why is Caspian inexplicably Spanish? Why the random romance?" And yeah, it was a fun movie, I guess, but it should have been a lot more than that, honestly.

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

Oh cool, the heavy-handed religious symbolism and wooden acting completely threw me out of the first movie, so I've been afraid to see this one (always liked Caspian, the book, better than Wardrobe, the book). Maybe I will see it now.