Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian
This week The Movie Club met for Prince Caspian. Again, as someone who doesn’t know anything because I haven’t read the books, I thought it was a great movie! I really didn’t remember anything about the first movie. In fact, I only remembered there being three children: Peter, Susan, and Lucy. When this other boy (Edward) went to Narnia with the other Pevensie children, I started getting curious. I whispered several times to Miles, “Who is that other kid?” Of course, this thoroughly confused him and I didn’t get an answer until I figured it out for myself. Disregarding my idiocy, this nearly three-hour movie is worth the time. Never once did I find myself wondering “I wonder if we’re half-way yet…”
The characters were well-developed and even though the actors had three years to get taller, grow facial hair, etc., they genuinely seemed to only be about a year older. Neither they nor Prince Caspian, however, were what impressed me most. It was the Narnians. The animation and modeling of these characters was strong and believable. The two I was most impressed by were the centaurs and minotaurs. The centaurs walked and galloped in life-like ways. The area where the man becomes the animal really looks smooth and makes sense. The minotaurs are almost overwhelming with their strength, height, and other physical features. They look powerful and definitely lead the way in the battles.
The battles. Oh, the battles! They were COOL. Set aside the fact that they don’t show anything gory (cutting to a new angle right before someone slices a soldier’s neck, no “gross” sound effects), these battles are really neat to watch. They’ve got a few tricks up their sleeves and that makes these scenes even more exciting. I give this a 4.5 out of 5 stars.
If you’ve seen the first one and even only sort of enjoyed it, this is recommended for you. “For Aslan!”
May 21st, 2008 at 8:53 pm
I want to see the first one and THIS one! You make movies cool agian!
May 21st, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I just saw the first one a few weeks ago for the first time. I wasn’t overly impress with the battles in that one. Though I did like Mr. Tumnus because he does look like David and I have read that book and it stayed pretty true. Prince Caspian, however, I have not read yet. If it takes me as long to see this one I’ll have it read and can comment about the second when the third comes out. Ha.
May 21st, 2008 at 9:48 pm
I saw the first one, but I was a little skeptical about seeing another one. I don’t know the story line of any of the rest of the books. I sort of assumed it would be very similar to the first, and not really worth the time. Your review changed my mind. Go “The Movie Club!”
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Maybe I should see it… I only kinda liked the first one. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever made it through Narnia without falling asleep. My brother said it was good.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
One thing I forgot to mention: A Regina Specktor song was played at the end. Though at first I thought “eh, it doesn’t really fit in”, it began to give it a lot more of an epic feel as they travel between Narnia and the real world. It was a nice touch.
Also, Switchfoot had a song in the credits, we think.
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:33 am
didn’t care for the first one so much, kinda boring I thought. This one looks more exciting.
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:34 am
oh yeah, rewatched the first one a couple days ago prepping to go to Prince Caspian hopefully today or tomorrow.
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:20 pm
For people who read the book, the movie digresses a little. There is an extra battle sequence, but it is justified. The movie also fleshes out the character of Miraz quite a bit more than the book does. All-in-all, I enjoyed it as well. ****