The Chronicles Of Narnia Movies: Prince Caspian

Amael · 05-17-2008, 03:50 AM

I went to see it yesterday and it was quite good!! They got some of the stuff wrong if compared to the book, but itt stands well on its own. The ending scene just seemed a little, well, rushed. 'Well we are victorious yet again, let's leave our friends and live in a boring world that is not full of magic.' They had to leave and everything but it just seemed so quick. I was thinking the whole time, if I were there, I'd choose to stay. Where else do you have a lion as a best friend? But the movie was pretty good.

tolkienfan · 05-17-2008, 09:42 AM

Now that I've simmered down, I'll say that I have a higher opinion of it as a movie than I did before. It just could have been so much better, as a movie and as an adaption...

Nautipus · 05-17-2008, 10:54 AM

It seemed to me they tried to "pop-culture" it up a little bit, especially at the end with th you know what and that idiotic song. Overall, though, I rate it pretty high, but not as good as the first one, definately.

inked · 05-18-2008, 10:03 AM

tolkienfan, your criticisms are apt.

I was very disappointed.

It is a movie and therefore not the book. But this is sooooooo NNNOOOTTT the book.

I will have to re- view it with the cathartic purgations induced by the first viewing before I can further comment. But I will say I am vastly disappointed in the Director Adamson and Douglas Gresham. The script "writers" should be sent to remedial reading classes or vats of boiling oil, I have not yet decided which...

ayra · 05-22-2008, 09:18 PM

I agree with tolkienfan. I not only saw it friday, i also saw it sunday. If i had not expected it to be like the book, i'd of liked it very much. even so, i still do. I guess i just have to call it not a part of the Narnia series. Really good movie, not a good series-continuer.

Ingwe · 05-27-2008, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Amael

I went to see it yesterday and it was quite good!! They got some of the stuff wrong if compared to the book, but itt stands well on its own. The ending scene just seemed a little, well, rushed. 'Well we are victorious yet again, let's leave our friends and live in a boring world that is not full of magic.' They had to leave and everything but it just seemed so quick. I was thinking the whole time, if I were there, I'd choose to stay. Where else do you have a lion as a best friend? But the movie was pretty good.

Yea I liked it too, Amy, but it's obvious that there were a number of flaws. Watching it with you made it quite worth it though, so I could easily over-look the problems with it. It's not always what you're doing, it is usually who you're with.

Want a movie series with an obvious number of problems (like 500), try the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. It was great too, no doubt, but GOD, did they screw so much of it up.

Next movie based on a popular book series should have a disclaimer like "the events outlined in this motion picture do not necessarily reflect the actual events of the books on which it was based." Then it may just be a slight bit easier to 'inhale'. Food for thought though.

05-17-2008, 09:42 AM	#2
tolkienfan Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Internet Posts: 803	Now that I've simmered down, I'll say that I have a higher opinion of it as a movie than I did before. It just could have been so much better, as a movie and as an adaption... __________________ Don't be hasty! Thanks so much to Last Child of Ungoliant, Twista, and BeardofPants for my avatar!

05-17-2008, 10:54 AM	#3
Nautipus Kraken King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Under the sea Posts: 2,714	It seemed to me they tried to "pop-culture" it up a little bit, especially at the end with th you know what and that idiotic song. Overall, though, I rate it pretty high, but not as good as the first one, definately. __________________ Being the King of these Beings, This is my Child One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons One of the best Global Warming Messages out there

05-18-2008, 10:03 AM	#4
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	tolkienfan, your criticisms are apt. I was very disappointed. It is a movie and therefore not the book. But this is sooooooo NNNOOOTTT the book. I will have to re- view it with the cathartic purgations induced by the first viewing before I can further comment. But I will say I am vastly disappointed in the Director Adamson and Douglas Gresham. The script "writers" should be sent to remedial reading classes or vats of boiling oil, I have not yet decided which... __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

05-22-2008, 09:18 PM	#5
ayra Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kalia. YOU HUMANS CAN'T GO THERE! Also land of boredom Posts: 230	I agree with tolkienfan. I not only saw it friday, i also saw it sunday. If i had not expected it to be like the book, i'd of liked it very much. even so, i still do. I guess i just have to call it not a part of the Narnia series. Really good movie, not a good series-continuer. __________________ I am Queen Tallie Falcon. Do not mess with me. US KALIANS WILL RULE THOSE FROM THE REPUBLIC! Kalia rocks!

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05-17-2008, 03:50 AM	#1
Amael Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Somewhere Between Here and There Posts: 237	I went to see it yesterday and it was quite good!! They got some of the stuff wrong if compared to the book, but itt stands well on its own. The ending scene just seemed a little, well, rushed. 'Well we are victorious yet again, let's leave our friends and live in a boring world that is not full of magic.' They had to leave and everything but it just seemed so quick. I was thinking the whole time, if I were there, I'd choose to stay. Where else do you have a lion as a best friend? But the movie was pretty good.