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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

May. 16,2008
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6.5
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PG
| Adventure Fantasy Family

One year after their incredible adventures in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan Pevensie return to Narnia to aid a young prince whose life has been threatened by the evil King Miraz. Now, with the help of a colorful cast of new characters, including Trufflehunter the badger and Nikabrik the dwarf, the Pevensie clan embarks on an incredible quest to ensure that Narnia is returned to its rightful heir.

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morganstephens512
2008/05/16

This movie was okay. I read the book recently and I wonder now how could you make a 150 minute movie out of a book that feels like it's no more than 220 pages. I don't know but for movie reviews I try not to compare books to the films unless if a change really makes me mad. Anyways, so the movie takes place one year after the previous film does with the same main four people going to Narnia. Sounds basic enough which is good. I remember there being a lot of fighting for parts of the back story of the events of Caspian. Prince Caspian was a decent character in this movie played by a decent actor. Nothing more than that but also nothing less than that. There was also this love story between Susan (the older girl of the four kids) and Caspian but at the end she didn't want to be with him anymore. The most sad part of the movie to me was when Peter and Susan, the two oldest, found out that they were two old to even go back to Narnia anymore while Lucy and Edmund, the two youngest, still could. Like I said, this movie was decent. Throughout it felt like a average movie that wasn't either edging towards terrible or great. Just sort of in between. Which I find to be nice. How it seemed in the middle of the road.

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trixiestomp
2008/05/17

If you have read the book, the movie will be awful. If you have not, you may enjoy it. The movie left out many of the important elements from the story and changed many parts completely. Peter portrayed himself in such a different way in the book from the movie. The importance of the other children not seeing Aslan but still following Lucy the second time around was left out completely from the movie. The entire fight scene in Miraz's castle did not happen in the story and pitted Peter and Caspian against one another, another thing that was not in the original story. We were very disappointed throughout much of the movie. I understand the writers need to appeal to the masses, but the original story by C.S. Lewis would have done that on their own.

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orourkec-292-269155
2008/05/18

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a spectacular (and more spectacular than its predecessor) and entertaining family adventure, worthy of the standard set by its predecessor, as well as darker. It has a great beginning, good continuation and a great and emotional ending which left me shattered and in tears. The movie is overall nicely done. However, one thing which I think could have made this second Narnia chapter better would have been to make it into a film which has a bit or some of the Lord of the Rings elements combined with the Narnia elements in order to have a slick and more delicious genre result for the Narnian universe. Also, this second Narnia chapter, while fun to watch, is still (in connection to the first chapter) not good enough in quality to out-rival other similar fantasy movies that have a chance to beat it in genre quality. Nevertheless, it is another well but better done Narnia movie. My rating: 7.2/10

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Gavin Cresswell (gavin-thelordofthefu-48-460297)
2008/05/19

In 2005, when the The Chronicles of Narnia book series still became one of the best-selling novels since the 1950s, Disney adapted the second book into a feature film titled "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe. When it was first released in December, it received a critical acclaim from critics and fans approved of it for being faithful to the source material. Despite it's expensive budget, it became a huge hit at the box office with only 745 million worldwide and with that, the production for Prince Caspian began in 2007. Then, on May of 2008, when it was first released, it received positive reviews as well, but not as high as the LWW's score.As a fan of the books, I was ashamed for not seeing the first Narnia movie in theaters, but seeing as how I now have, I had much anticipation to see this back at 2008. When I saw it with my brother, we apparently enjoyed it and while I prefer The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe to be the best of the film series, I think this is a pretty good adaption of the book that everyone thought to be the worst entry of the series.Before I would see why I understood all the hatred it had, there are some good things that I liked about the film. The title character of the film, Prince Caspian, played by Ben Barnes, is a fine character in the movie even though he's much older compared to the book. The Pevensie kids are as likable as ever, the Narnia creatures are great, especially Reepicheep, who is a funny comic-relief while serious and even though Aslan appeared near the end of the film, it's great to see him in the dream sequence Lucy had. Now, the villain being turned to a Hispanic ruler may be the reason why this movie received the bashing in the first place, but I actually liked the portrayal. Sure, his accent may have disappointed others, but his motives are solid it started to make me like him.The storyline, despite a few changes here and there, is true to the spirit and tone of the book while having a much darker & mature tone, which makes it very satisfying. The writing, however, is the strongest part of the story. It maintains the adventure elements from the book. Kudos to the screenwriters who made the script. :) The visuals are great, the scenery is beautiful to look at and the CGI effects on the Narnia creatures are awesome. Aside from it's sluggish pacing (I'm OK with two hours, but I nearly fell asleep), the direction from Andrew Adamson is solid and flows the story really well. The battle sequences are great and the music score from Harry Gregson Williams retains the same themes from the first Narnia film, but it has an epic tone to it.Overall, Prince Caspian isn't as strong as LWW and I understood the hatred it had, but I personally think this is an underrated sequel to an epic film. Totally recommended to others who haven't seen it yet. I hope you Narnian fans out there won't hate me for saying this. I just think it's that good.

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