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Year: 2008
Director: Andrew Adamson
Plot: The adventure continues as producer/director Andrew Adamson teams with screenwriters Christopher Markus and Steve McFeely to tell the tale of the dashing Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) - who sets out to defeat a tyrannical king who has overtaken Narnia and secure his rightful place on the throne. One year has passed since the events of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, and now the Kings and Queens of that land have returned to make a shocking discovery. Though by their calendars it has been only twelve months since their last voyage into Narnia, the four children are aghast to realize that 1300 years have passed in the wondrous alternate universe. The Golden Age of Narnia has come to an end, and now the malevolent King Miraz rules over the land without mercy or compassion. Miraz is determined to ensure that the power stays in his bloodline, even if that means killing his nephew Prince Caspian so that Miraz's own son will be next in line for the throne. Fortunately Prince Caspian has the Narnians on his side, and with a little help from the Kings, the Queens, and some loyal old friends he may be able to ensure that peace and prosperity are restored on the once beautiful realm of Narnia. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:37:16 GMTThe Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian2008Andrew AdamsonThe adventure continues as producer/director Andrew Adamson teams with screenwriters Christopher Markus and Steve McFeely to tell the tale of the dashing Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) - who sets out to defeat a tyrannical king who has overtaken Narnia and secure his rightful place on the throne. One year has passed since the events of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, and now the Kings and Queens of that land have returned to make a shocking discovery. Though by their calendars it has been only twelve months since their last voyage into Narnia, the four children are aghast to realize that 1300 years have passed in the wondrous alternate universe. The Golden Age of Narnia has come to an end, and now the malevolent King Miraz rules over the land without mercy or compassion. Miraz is determined to ensure that the power stays in his bloodline, even if that means killing his nephew Prince Caspian so that Miraz's own son will be next in line for the throne. Fortunately Prince Caspian has the Narnians on his side, and with a little help from the Kings, the Queens, and some loyal old friends he may be able to ensure that peace and prosperity are restored on the once beautiful realm of Narnia. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide62Tag Target (>10)191153http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s276762.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia_Prince_Caspian/276762/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/the_mow/archive/2009/9/8/43821.aspx Post By: The_MOW
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Body: Four siblings (William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes and Georgie Henley) are whisked back in time to the magical land of "Narnia" when the four are waiting for a train.They find the land, in which they were declared royalty hundreds of "Narnia's" years before, in ruins.They eventually learn that the prince (Ben Barnes) of the neighboring "Telmar" summond them with a magical horn, and decide to help him get to the throne as he was destined.However, the uncle (Sergio Castellitto) of the prince, who is king of "Telmar", wants the prince dead. But, the siblings and the prince rally the "Narnians" into battle.Let me say this first that this, and the last one in the series I watched (I think it was the first movie in the series, but that was long ago) is not making me want to read the books they are based on. I usually lean more toward science-fiction than fantasy, so that could be the reason as to why I don't want to read the source material.I found the story long, and dragged on fairly slow. However, it never slowed to a crawl. In fact, though the pace was pretty slow, it was just fast enough to keep you from getting too bored. The begining of the movie was really slow, and made me want to turn it off. However, once the siblings got to "Narnia," the movie's pace picked up to something more bareable.I wasn't really impressed with the performances in the movie, but the actors did a fine job. I did like how the chemistry between the actors worked out, especially those who were in the previous film.One thing that must have looked amazing on the big screen was the scenery and special effects. From what I have read about this film, a good majority of the film's budget went to the special effects -- of which there is alot. In fact, this film heavily relies on special effects.In this film, you get scenery that would be impossible, if not too expensive to make. You also get at least 99% of the cast as CGI characters.I usually hate characters made entirely by a computer, but the ones in this film are simply the best I've seen. Usually, human actors aren't looking into the CGI characters' eyes when they are together on screen. However, it appeared to me that the CGI characters are lined up perfectly.The only downside of the CGI characters is that hair and fur do not look realistic ever. Look at the animals in this film on close-ups, and you will see what I mean. This is especially evident with the lion "Aslan" (voiced by Liam Neeson). In close-ups, the fur on his body, not to mention his eyes, don't look realistic. However, the animation is amazing with all these characters.The voice actors worked very well, including scenes with real people. Many times, I forgot that I was looking at a talking lion or mouse. I have to give props to the human actors who had to perform with the CGI characters. Their performances helped bring the CGI characters into reality really well.I wasn't really impressed with character development with new characters in this film. The lead villain had only enough screen time to explain to the audience why he does what he does, but he doesn't get enough time on-screen to develop in a way to where you would not like him the instant he returns to the screen.If I remember correctly, the actors portraying the siblings were pretty bad in the first film. There was some big improvement, especially with the youngest actors. If you ask me, the human actors really didn't stand out from each other.Wardrobes in this film were great in this film. Human clothing mainly consisted of darker tones. There were no brightly colored outfits that stood out like a sore thumb. The clothing seemed to be really accurate for the time period.The action was spread out through the entire film. None of which built to the battle between the forces of good and evil. There was one major battle, followed by a sword fight that was really hurt by it being placed right after the battle.Because the world of "Narnia" is over a thousand years ago, you deal with weaponry that does produce blood. However, there is no blood where there should be. Parents will not have to worry about any serious amounts of blood, nor will they worry about any foul language.Except for one particular piece of music, I really don't remember the soundtrack in this film. I do remember one song near the end of the movie because it's the only one I noticed with singing. Most of the music is just insrumentals that did help enhance the scenes. It was nothing memorable though.Catch this on HBO if there is nothing else on. This movie, in my opinion, is not good enough to skip a favorite television program over. It almost comes close though.
]]>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:28:03 GMTThe_MOWThe_MOW Blog9/8/2009 6:28:03 PMFour siblings (William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes and Georgie Henley) are whisked back in time to the magical land of "Narnia" when the four are waiting for a train.They find the land, in which they were declared royalty hundreds of "Narnia's" years before, in ruins.They eventually learn that the prince (Ben Barnes) of the neighboring "Telmar" summond them with a magical horn, and decide to help him get to the throne as he was destined.However, the uncle (Sergio Castellitto) of the prince, who is king of "Telmar", wants the prince dead. But, the siblings and the prince rally the "Narnians" into battle.Let me say this first that this, and the last one in the series I watched (I think it was the first movie in the series, but that was long ago) is not making me want to read the books they are based on. I usually lean more toward science-fiction than fantasy, so that could be the reason as to why I don't want to read the source material.I found the story long, and dragged on fairly slow. However, it never slowed to a crawl. In fact, though the pace was pretty slow, it was just fast enough to keep you from getting too bored. The begining of the movie was really slow, and made me want to turn it off. However, once the siblings got to "Narnia," the movie's pace picked up to something more bareable.I wasn't really impressed with the performances in the movie, but the actors did a fine job. I did like how the chemistry between the actors worked out, especially those who were in the previous film.One thing that must have looked amazing on the big screen was the scenery and special effects. From what I have read about this film, a good majority of the film's budget went to the special effects -- of which there is alot. In fact, this film heavily relies on special effects.In this film, you get scenery that would be impossible, if not too expensive to make. You also get at least 99% of the cast as CGI characters.I usually hate characters made entirely by a computer, but the ones in this film are simply the best I've seen. Usually, human actors aren't looking into the CGI characters' eyes when they are together on screen. However, it appeared to me that the CGI characters are lined up perfectly.The only downside of the CGI characters is that hair and fur do not look realistic ever. Look at the animals in this film on close-ups, and you will see what I mean. This is especially evident with the lion "Aslan" (voiced by Liam Neeson). In close-ups, the fur on his body, not to mention his eyes, don't look realistic. However, the animation is amazing with all these characters.The voice actors worked very well, including scenes with real people. Many times, I forgot that I was looking at a talking lion or mouse. I have to give props to the human actors who had to perform with the CGI characters. Their performances helped bring the CGI characters into reality really well.I wasn't really impressed with character development with new characters in this film. The lead villain had only enough screen time to explain to the audience why he does what he does, but he doesn't get enough time on-screen to develop in a way to where you would not like him the instant he returns to the screen.If I remember correctly, the actors portraying the siblings were pretty bad in the first film. There was some big improvement, especially with the youngest actors. If you ask me, the human actors really didn't stand out from each other.Wardrobes in this film were great in this film. Human clothing mainly consisted of darker tones. There were no brightly colored outfits that stood out like a sore thumb. The clothing seemed to be really accurate for the time period.The action was spread out through the entire film. None of which built to the battle between the forces of good and evil. There was one major battle, followed by a sword fight that was really hurt by it being placed right after the battle.Because the world of "Narnia" is over a thousand years ago, you deal with weaponry that does produce blood. However, there is no blood where there should be. Parents will not have to worry about any serious amounts of blood, nor will they worry about any foul language.Except for one particular piece of music, I really don't remember the soundtrack in this film. I do remember one song near the end of the movie because it's the only one I noticed with singing. Most of the music is just insrumentals that did help enhance the scenes. It was nothing memorable though.Catch this on HBO if there is nothing else on. This movie, in my opinion, is not good enough to skip a favorite television program over. It almost comes close though. http://www.spout.com/blogs/apulrang/archive/2009/5/9/42224.aspx Post By: apulrang
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Post Date: 5/9/2009 7:47:00 PM
Body: The fatal flaw in this second installment in the Chronicles of Narnia series is the completely unnecessary addition of a sort of love story between Caspian and Susan. It's not at all even hinted at in the book, and adds nothing to the movie. In fact, it overshadows and ruins what would otherwise have been a fairly decent depiction of one of my favorite of the Narnia books. "Dawn Treader" could be outstanding, or horrible.
]]>Sat, 09 May 2009 23:47:00 GMTapulrangapulrang Blog5/9/2009 7:47:00 PMThe fatal flaw in this second installment in the Chronicles of Narnia series is the completely unnecessary addition of a sort of love story between Caspian and Susan. It's not at all even hinted at in the book, and adds nothing to the movie. In fact, it overshadows and ruins what would otherwise have been a fairly decent depiction of one of my favorite of the Narnia books. "Dawn Treader" could be outstanding, or horrible. http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/Re_One_good_one_bad_one_maybe_New_movies_week/216/37789/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: SkyPilot
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Post Date: 12/1/2008 2:22:25 PM
Body: New DVD Highlights -- 12/2 1. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian -- Watch trailer. I haven't seen this one, would anyone recommend it? 2. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor -- Watch trailer. I liked the first Mummy, but I was pretty disappointed with Mummy 2. I'm inclined to ignore this one. 3. Speed Racer -- Watch trailer. Eye candy! 4. Step Brothers -- Watch trailer. While not as good as Talladega Nights, the chemistry of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly makes for some great scenes. 5. Wanted -- Watch trailer. Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy were great in this. It was so much fun, I didn't even care that it felt derivative of The Matrix. 6. The Longshots -- Watch trailer. Fred Durst (yep, the Limp Bizkit guy) directs this battle-of-the-sexes sports comedy starring Ice Cube and Keke Palmer. 7. Meet Dave -- Watch trailer. The one with all the little Eddie Murphy astronauts inside the Eddie Murphy spaceship.
]]>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:22:25 GMTSkyPilotComing Soon12/1/2008 2:22:25 PMNew DVD Highlights -- 12/2 1. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian -- Watch trailer. I haven't seen this one, would anyone recommend it? 2. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor -- Watch trailer. I liked the first Mummy, but I was pretty disappointed with Mummy 2. I'm inclined to ignore this one. 3. Speed Racer -- Watch trailer. Eye candy! 4. Step Brothers -- Watch trailer. While not as good as Talladega Nights, the chemistry of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly makes for some great scenes. 5. Wanted -- Watch trailer. Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy were great in this. It was so much fun, I didn't even care that it felt derivative of The Matrix. 6. The Longshots -- Watch trailer. Fred Durst (yep, the Limp Bizkit guy) directs this battle-of-the-sexes sports comedy starring Ice Cube and Keke Palmer. 7. Meet Dave -- Watch trailer. The one with all the little Eddie Murphy astronauts inside the Eddie Murphy spaceship. http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/Thanksgiving_movies_the_good_and_the_sucky_in_th/216/37542/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: SkyPilot
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Post Date: 11/21/2008 2:57:23 PM
Body: The new movies I mention are coming out on Thanksgiving, which is Thursday the 26th. Getting Bigger All the Time: The Vince Vaughn Chronicles Let's trace his growth in reverse order. 5. Four Christmases (NEW) -- Vaughn is now over 12 feet tall. Needless to say, Vince was filmed separately, in front of a green screen. He only held a real prop once: Inside the box is a 52" flatscreen TV. 4. Wedding Crashers (2005) -- Watch the trailer. Vince is nearly 9 feet tall. To make him appear only slightly larger than Owen Wilson, Director Peter Jackson is hired to pull out all the perspective tricks he used with the Hobbits in LOTR. 3. Dodgeball (2004) -- Watch the trailer. Vince is seven and a half feet tall. It becomes clear that Vince can't throw a dodgeball without giving his target a concussion. Their solution: preceding all action scenes, the studio weakens him by shooting him with a moose tranquilizer. 2. Made (2001) -- Watch the trailer. My favorite Vince Vaughn movie! Vince and actor/director Jon Favreau (of Iron Man) are entry-level mobsters trying not to blow their new career in crime. Peter Falk is great as the mob boss. With Vince measuring 6'11", it's clear why Falk would want him as a thug. 1. Swingers (1996) -- Would anyone who used Vince's catchphrase, "That's money!", in 1996 please confess in this discussion? I was too young to see this movie when it came out, and when I finally saw it about two years ago, I couldn't get why it became a craze. Can someone please help me understand? Swingers is the last time Vince was nearly normal-sized, at 6'5". New Movies That Sound Like Musicals When You Add An Exclamation Point 1. Australia! -- Watch the trailer. Starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman, set in Pre-WWII Australia. The director Baz Luhrmann has made films like Moulin Rouge! and Romeo + Juliet, so I think this will be good. 2. Milk! -- Watch the trailer. Based on the true story of gay activist Harvey Milk. With Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Emile Hirsch. When Jason Statham is More Badass Than Usual 1. Transporter 3 (NEW) -- Watch the trailer. The trailer's exciting. I didn't see the first two movies because I heard they weren't very good. Are there any fans of them out there? 2. Crank (2006) -- Watch the trailer. Statham wakes up to find that his arch-enemy has poisoned him. He only has about an hour to find an antidote and/or avenge his murder. It's filmed in real time, and it makes Run, Lola Run feel like a walk in the park. Orthodox Jewish Film: I Don't Have a Clever Title for This List 1. The Secrets (NEW) -- Drama about students in an all-female seminary in Safed, Israel. 2. Ushpizin (2005) -- Watch the trailer. This was really fantastic. Moshe and Mali are delighted to let Moshe's old friends stay with them for a time, but their stay turns sour when the friends' presence seems to awaken some old bad habits in Moshe, like binge drinking and barroom brawling. A gorgeous film about patience, change, and hope. New to DVD Highlights 1. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (11/18) -- Watch the trailer. I haven't seen this one yet, but I'd like to. Did you like it more than the first one? 2. Tropic Thunder (11/18) -- Watch the trailer. Good but not great (in my opinion). Ben Stiller was my favorite character. 3. Hancock (11/25) -- Watch the trailer. Seeing it once was too much. 4. Mamma Mia! (11/25) -- Watch the trailer. That musical with Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, and Colin Firth. 5. X-Files: I want to Believe (11/25) -- Watch the trailer. I want to believe this is good, but I can't. Does anyone remember that old episode where the guy elongates his body and slithers through heating ducts? He uses his power to enter peoples' homes and eat their livers? Remember? 6. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (11/18) -- Watch the trailer. I'm not sure, but I think this movie is about Johnny Appleseed's groupies. They followed him on foot all over America, even in winter! That showed a lot of determination, especially considering that they were so poor, they only had one pair of pants to share among them. In this second installment, several of the girls get frostbite, all of them get snakebites, and one of them bites a woodchuck and gets rabies.
]]>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:57:23 GMTSkyPilotComing Soon11/21/2008 2:57:23 PMThe new movies I mention are coming out on Thanksgiving, which is Thursday the 26th. Getting Bigger All the Time: The Vince Vaughn Chronicles Let's trace his growth in reverse order. 5. Four Christmases (NEW) -- Vaughn is now over 12 feet tall. Needless to say, Vince was filmed separately, in front of a green screen. He only held a real prop once: Inside the box is a 52" flatscreen TV. 4. Wedding Crashers (2005) -- Watch the trailer. Vince is nearly 9 feet tall. To make him appear only slightly larger than Owen Wilson, Director Peter Jackson is hired to pull out all the perspective tricks he used with the Hobbits in LOTR. 3. Dodgeball (2004) -- Watch the trailer. Vince is seven and a half feet tall. It becomes clear that Vince can't throw a dodgeball without giving his target a concussion. Their solution: preceding all action scenes, the studio weakens him by shooting him with a moose tranquilizer. 2. Made (2001) -- Watch the trailer. My favorite Vince Vaughn movie! Vince and actor/director Jon Favreau (of Iron Man) are entry-level mobsters trying not to blow their new career in crime. Peter Falk is great as the mob boss. With Vince measuring 6'11", it's clear why Falk would want him as a thug. 1. Swingers (1996) -- Would anyone who used Vince's catchphrase, "That's money!", in 1996 please confess in this discussion? I was too young to see this movie when it came out, and when I finally saw it about two years ago, I couldn't get why it became a craze. Can someone please help me understand? Swingers is the last time Vince was nearly normal-sized, at 6'5". New Movies That Sound Like Musicals When You Add An Exclamation Point 1. Australia! -- Watch the trailer. Starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman, set in Pre-WWII Australia. The director Baz Luhrmann has made films like Moulin Rouge! and Romeo + Juliet, so I think this will be good. 2. Milk! -- Watch the trailer. Based on the true story of gay activist Harvey Milk. With Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Emile Hirsch. When Jason Statham is More Badass Than Usual 1. Transporter 3 (NEW) -- Watch the trailer. The trailer's exciting. I didn't see the first two movies because I heard they weren't very good. Are there any fans of them out there? 2. Crank (2006) -- Watch the trailer. Statham wakes up to find that his arch-enemy has poisoned him. He only has about an hour to find an antidote and/or avenge his murder. It's filmed in real time, and it makes Run, Lola Run feel like a walk in the park. Orthodox Jewish Film: I Don't Have a Clever Title for This List 1. The Secrets (NEW) -- Drama about students in an all-female seminary in Safed, Israel. 2. Ushpizin (2005) -- Watch the trailer. This was really fantastic. Moshe and Mali are delighted to let Moshe's old friends stay with them for a time, but their stay turns sour when the friends' presence seems to awaken some old bad habits in Moshe, like binge drinking and barroom brawling. A gorgeous film about patience, change, and hope. New to DVD Highlights 1. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (11/18) -- Watch the trailer. I haven't seen this one yet, but I'd like to. Did you like it more than the first one? 2. Tropic Thunder (11/18) -- Watch the trailer. Good but not great (in my opinion). Ben Stiller was my favorite character. 3. Hancock (11/25) -- Watch the trailer. Seeing it once was too much. 4. Mamma Mia! (11/25) -- Watch the trailer. That musical with Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, and Colin Firth. 5. X-Files: I want to Believe (11/25) -- Watch the trailer. I want to believe this is good, but I can't. Does anyone remember that old episode where the guy elongates his body and slithers through heating ducts? He uses his power to enter peoples' homes and eat their livers? Remember? 6. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (11/18) -- Watch the trailer. I'm not sure, but I think this movie is about Johnny Appleseed's groupies. They followed him on foot all over America, even in winter! That showed a lot of determination, especially considering that they were so poor, they only had one pair of pants to share among them. In this second installment, several of the girls get frostbite, all of them get snakebites, and one of them bites a woodchuck and gets rabies. http://www.spout.com/blogs/aidanbrack/archive/2008/7/15/32595.aspx Post By: aidanbrack
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Post Date: 7/15/2008 7:12:51 PM
Body: The release of the latest film in Disney's Chronicles of Narnia series, Prince Caspian, was a cause of some joy in my household. At least as far as this movie fan was concerned. Whilst I certainly was not bowled over by the first of the Narnia movies, Prince Caspian is a story I find really quite enjoyable. It is its story however that clearly has caused problems for the production team. Simply it has a very linear structure and lacks the incident of the earlier film. Andrew Adamson, who returns as director, seems to grasp this issue and the screenplay is quite liberal with the original text, moving the two threads of story to run parallel to each other. He and the other screenwriters have also added more action to the story, writing in a petulant streak for the High King Peter that results in a big battle sequence before the final encounter with Miraz. By and large the additions work and provide a much needed boost in the second half of the film. I am not quite so positive however on the issue of the first half. Whilst the opening with Caspian escaping from his Uncle's assassins works nicely as an intro, the scenes in which the four Pevensie kids discover they are in Narnia drag far too uncomfortably. Yes, they are delighted to have returned to their old stomping grounds but tracking shots of them playing in the sand feel twee and totally out of pace with the action occurring elsewhere. Also, the Pevensie kids are decidedly out of sorts. Peter has become even more smug and full of himself than before whilst Susan is now swept up into a vaguely disturbing romance with Ben Barnes' Caspian. Fortunately we have the actors playing Edmund and Lucy, both of whom are excellent and seen far too little. The quality of these two actors gives me great hope for the next film in the sequence, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, where they will play a central role. The supporting cast are all quite good and there is an interesting Conquistador theme to the Telmarines costuming and accents, presumably making the Narnians into Aztecs. It's an unorthodox approach to those characters that mostly works. Occasionally the accents would distract me but it did help me get some sense of a culture - a pleasing change to the bland portrayals in the novel. Sergio Castellitto makes for a pleasing villain, the scheming Miraz (later King). Key aspects of his character become more pronounced in this script, his cowardice being emphasised. He is a villain because of his attitude, not because of his competency - rising to the top because of his ambition. He and Ben Barnes spark well off each other and I found him more interesting and more layered than I had expected. Did I adore Prince Caspian as much as I hoped? Really I didn't. It is a beautiful, textured film but at key moments I was uninvolved and unexcited. However I certainly enjoyed it more than I expected. Whilst the first film had been fun, the structural issues this film had to resolve had already made me uneasy. Whilst change to the story would be necessary for it to work as a film I did worry whether those changes would fit comfortably alongside the original text. For the most part they did. If the next film can continue the darker feel of this story (and given that it deals with slavery, greed and selfishness that ought not to be difficult) then I think this series could well improve further. There is certainly much to build on here.
]]>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:12:51 GMTaidanbrackThe Bigger Picture7/15/2008 7:12:51 PMThe release of the latest film in Disney's Chronicles of Narnia series, Prince Caspian, was a cause of some joy in my household. At least as far as this movie fan was concerned. Whilst I certainly was not bowled over by the first of the Narnia movies, Prince Caspian is a story I find really quite enjoyable. It is its story however that clearly has caused problems for the production team. Simply it has a very linear structure and lacks the incident of the earlier film. Andrew Adamson, who returns as director, seems to grasp this issue and the screenplay is quite liberal with the original text, moving the two threads of story to run parallel to each other. He and the other screenwriters have also added more action to the story, writing in a petulant streak for the High King Peter that results in a big battle sequence before the final encounter with Miraz. By and large the additions work and provide a much needed boost in the second half of the film. I am not quite so positive however on the issue of the first half. Whilst the opening with Caspian escaping from his Uncle's assassins works nicely as an intro, the scenes in which the four Pevensie kids discover they are in Narnia drag far too uncomfortably. Yes, they are delighted to have returned to their old stomping grounds but tracking shots of them playing in the sand feel twee and totally out of pace with the action occurring elsewhere. Also, the Pevensie kids are decidedly out of sorts. Peter has become even more smug and full of himself than before whilst Susan is now swept up into a vaguely disturbing romance with Ben Barnes' Caspian. Fortunately we have the actors playing Edmund and Lucy, both of whom are excellent and seen far too little. The quality of these two actors gives me great hope for the next film in the sequence, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, where they will play a central role. The supporting cast are all quite good and there is an interesting Conquistador theme to the Telmarines costuming and accents, presumably making the Narnians into Aztecs. It's an unorthodox approach to those characters that mostly works. Occasionally the accents would distract me but it did help me get some sense of a culture - a pleasing change to the bland portrayals in the novel. Sergio Castellitto makes for a pleasing villain, the scheming Miraz (later King). Key aspects of his character become more pronounced in this script, his cowardice being emphasised. He is a villain because of his attitude, not because of his competency - rising to the top because of his ambition. He and Ben Barnes spark well off each other and I found him more interesting and more layered than I had expected. Did I adore Prince Caspian as much as I hoped? Really I didn't. It is a beautiful, textured film but at key moments I was uninvolved and unexcited. However I certainly enjoyed it more than I expected. Whilst the first film had been fun, the structural issues this film had to resolve had already made me uneasy. Whilst change to the story would be necessary for it to work as a film I did worry whether those changes would fit comfortably alongside the original text. For the most part they did. If the next film can continue the darker feel of this story (and given that it deals with slavery, greed and selfishness that ought not to be difficult) then I think this series could well improve further. There is certainly much to build on here. http://www.spout.com/blogs/dibot/archive/2008/7/1/31972.aspx Post By: dibot
Post To: dibot Blog
Post Date: 7/1/2008 1:33:19 PM
Body: I haven't read the Chronicles of Narnia, nor have I revisited the first film sine it came out. So, Prince Caspian seemed a little disjointed to me. But I did enjoy the story of a young prince trying to retake his kingdom from his evil uncle, with the help of those four kids from the first movie. The action was very good, as were the special effects. The message got a bit heavy-handed at the end, but I liked this better than the first, despite the special-needs bear. "For Aslan!"Coming Home stars Jane Fonda ("Georgia Rule") as the wife of an army captain who begins volunteering at the Veteran's hospital when her husband goes off to Vietnam. There she meets Jon Voight ("National Treasure: Book of Secrets"), who has returned from the war wounded and angry. He opens her eyes to the darkness and love. Voight is amazing, totally earning his Oscar with a couple of outbursts and an inspirational speech. All in all, I enjoyed the movie, but felt it moved a little slow. Good examination of how war affects people.Adam's Rib is worth seeing if only for the back-and-forth between Katharine Hepburn ("Love Affair") and Spencer Tracy ("Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"). The two star as married lawyers who end up on different sides of the same case. While much of it is amusing, the court case raises some interesting issues about morality and sexism. Tracy and Hepburn also explore how professional life can affect personal. Very good.I found Flawless to be quite boring. Demi Moore ("Mr. Brooks") plays an executive in a diamond company in the 1960s. She's bitter about getting passed over for promotions because she's a woman. So when the janitor, Michael Caine ("Sleuth"), proposes theft, she agrees. But the heist isn't that exciting and the puzzle of what happens to the diamonds isn't that interesting. Then there are the bookends with Moore in the future. Not really needed for the story and a bit cheesy.P2 was part of my Friday the 13th bad horror movie tradition and it was awful. A not-very-nice, nor very interesting woman gets trapped in the parking garage by a whiny, lonely, deranged parking attendant on Christmas Eve. He tries to teach her to be thankful while tormenting her, and she continually does stupid things. Just skip it.
]]>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:33:19 GMTdibotdibot Blog7/1/2008 1:33:19 PMI haven't read the Chronicles of Narnia, nor have I revisited the first film sine it came out. So, Prince Caspian seemed a little disjointed to me. But I did enjoy the story of a young prince trying to retake his kingdom from his evil uncle, with the help of those four kids from the first movie. The action was very good, as were the special effects. The message got a bit heavy-handed at the end, but I liked this better than the first, despite the special-needs bear. "For Aslan!"Coming Home stars Jane Fonda ("Georgia Rule") as the wife of an army captain who begins volunteering at the Veteran's hospital when her husband goes off to Vietnam. There she meets Jon Voight ("National Treasure: Book of Secrets"), who has returned from the war wounded and angry. He opens her eyes to the darkness and love. Voight is amazing, totally earning his Oscar with a couple of outbursts and an inspirational speech. All in all, I enjoyed the movie, but felt it moved a little slow. Good examination of how war affects people.Adam's Rib is worth seeing if only for the back-and-forth between Katharine Hepburn ("Love Affair") and Spencer Tracy ("Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"). The two star as married lawyers who end up on different sides of the same case. While much of it is amusing, the court case raises some interesting issues about morality and sexism. Tracy and Hepburn also explore how professional life can affect personal. Very good.I found Flawless to be quite boring. Demi Moore ("Mr. Brooks") plays an executive in a diamond company in the 1960s. She's bitter about getting passed over for promotions because she's a woman. So when the janitor, Michael Caine ("Sleuth"), proposes theft, she agrees. But the heist isn't that exciting and the puzzle of what happens to the diamonds isn't that interesting. Then there are the bookends with Moore in the future. Not really needed for the story and a bit cheesy.P2 was part of my Friday the 13th bad horror movie tradition and it was awful. A not-very-nice, nor very interesting woman gets trapped in the parking garage by a whiny, lonely, deranged parking attendant on Christmas Eve. He tries to teach her to be thankful while tormenting her, and she continually does stupid things. Just skip it. http://www.spout.com/blogs/tab16/archive/2008/6/5/30530.aspx Post By: TAB16
Post To: TAB16 Blog
Post Date: 6/5/2008 9:46:25 AM
Body: Maybe because my boys liked having more action, but we all agreed that we liked this film better than the first Narnia film. It did stray from the book some, but I did not feel the overall message was ruined (as other reviewer stated). This is not a classic movie, but still enjoyable.
]]>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:46:25 GMTTAB16TAB16 Blog6/5/2008 9:46:25 AMMaybe because my boys liked having more action, but we all agreed that we liked this film better than the first Narnia film. It did stray from the book some, but I did not feel the overall message was ruined (as other reviewer stated). This is not a classic movie, but still enjoyable. http://www.spout.com/groups/The_Imagination_of_Fantasy/THE_CHRONICLES_OF_NARNIA_PRINCE_CASPIAN/47/30235/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: pippin06
Post To: The Imagination of Fantasy
Post Date: 5/31/2008 9:49:37 AM
Body: Greetings, fantasy-lovers! Long time no talk. Frankly, I feel a bit disconnected from the Spout groups. I'm not a fan of Spout's current navigational interfaces, so I haven't been participating as much in group discussions, which, unfortunately, has left my own groups in a state of stagnation. Fortunately, I've seen a couple of movies that inspired me to revive our little Fantasy group. So: who's seen Prince Caspian? Have you read the original book? What did you think? Personally, I was disappointed beyond all measure. Not only was it boring and poorly acted, it was the most revisionist adaptation of book to film I have ever seen! It shared little in common with the book other than key plot points and characters. I thought the filmmakers had real potential to make this film a good one, but I was so disgusted by the changes and so bored when I tried to enjoy the film on its own merits, that I wasn't pleased. I may be a harsh critic because the Chronicles are among my favorite books, though. I do that with all of them. Anyone care to weigh in? Who's seen it?
]]>Sat, 31 May 2008 13:49:37 GMTpippin06The Imagination of Fantasy5/31/2008 9:49:37 AMGreetings, fantasy-lovers! Long time no talk. Frankly, I feel a bit disconnected from the Spout groups. I'm not a fan of Spout's current navigational interfaces, so I haven't been participating as much in group discussions, which, unfortunately, has left my own groups in a state of stagnation. Fortunately, I've seen a couple of movies that inspired me to revive our little Fantasy group. So: who's seen Prince Caspian? Have you read the original book? What did you think? Personally, I was disappointed beyond all measure. Not only was it boring and poorly acted, it was the most revisionist adaptation of book to film I have ever seen! It shared little in common with the book other than key plot points and characters. I thought the filmmakers had real potential to make this film a good one, but I was so disgusted by the changes and so bored when I tried to enjoy the film on its own merits, that I wasn't pleased. I may be a harsh critic because the Chronicles are among my favorite books, though. I do that with all of them. Anyone care to weigh in? Who's seen it? http://www.spout.com/blogs/pippin06/archive/2008/5/31/30234.aspx Post By: pippin06
Post To: Reel Thoughts
Post Date: 5/31/2008 9:42:41 AM
Body: My first trip to the movie theater in months (the last movie I saw there was Sweeney Todd) consisted of, well, sort of, a double feature. This is the movie I came to the theater intending to see. In all fairness, I was not over-fond of Andrew Adamson's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (LLW) when it came out. For those of you who read my blog regularly and don't already know these quirks about me, here are some qualifiers: 1) I love fantasy, and most trips to the theater involve seeing those fantasy films that appeal to me. 2) My favorite books of all time, in this order, are The Lord of the Rings (plus the Hobbit); the Harry Potter series; and the Chronicles of Narnia. 3) As a result, I hold any adaptations of said books to a stringent level of crticism. I read the Chronicles as a child the first time and was hooked. I still pull them out occasionally. CS Lewis, though he wrote the novels as allegory for various Biblical stories and events, spun some magical yarns apart from that aspect that really pique the imagination. Prince Caspian, according to the original publishing order (not the chronologically reordered HarperCollins set), is the second book, but it's probably my third favorite of the seven, after LLW and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and I know it pretty well. The trouble is, the screenwriters and director, aside from some key plot events and characters, seemed to throw the book out entirely and create their own story. The first movie (LLW) did this as well, but the revisions were more embellishments than actual revisions. Prince Caspian (PC) takes the embellishments to all new, and less preferable, levels as well as contains completely rewritten elements, and the filmmakers cannibalize other book-to-film adaptations in the process. The titular character (Ben Barnes) is heir to the throne of Narnia, until his usurping Uncle Miraz (Sergio Castellito) and Aunt Prunaprismia give birth to a son. Caspian is forced to run into hiding, as Miraz means to kill him as he did his father. Caspian is forced deep into the woods, which are feared by his people, humans called Telmarines (it's not explained, but Telmar is a land adjacent to Narnia). The Telmarines have long since conquered Narnia and banished its true inhabitants, Talking Beasts and Dwarves and Fauns and Tree-People, into hiding, though stories of them, of the ancient Kings and Queens, and of the Lion Aslan still prevail. In the film, Caspian discovers a badger named Trufflehunter and Dwarves named Trumpkin (Peter Dinklage) and Nikabrik (Warwick Davis) - but not without using the gift given to him by his tutor, Doctor Cornelius. He blows Queen Susan's magic horn for help. Fortunately, these three Narnians (through reluctantly on Nikabrik's part) accept Caspian as the savior of their people by his very possession of the Horn, nominate him to be their King, and encourage him to make war on Miraz. In the meantime, the Horn's magic summons Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes), and Lucy (Georgie Henley) Pevensie from, according to the film, a Tube station in London, where they sit waiting to go to school, to Narnia. What they come to realize is that hundreds of years have passed; the Narnia they knew is no more, as their former castle, Cair Paravel, lays in ruin. When Trumpkin is captured and banished to the island holding these ruins, the four Pevensies learn of the fate of Narnians at the hands of the Telmarines and Miraz,and set about helping Caspian in his quest to save Narnia. This is the bullet point plot summary. There are other layers I have not even begun to touch on. I can't say I completely hated PC, but I didn't like it, either. I have never seen a more revisionist adaptation to film in my life. Not only are events completely changed--Caspian, in the book, for example, does not blow the horn until he and his Narnian counterparts are already deep into a losing battle with Miraz and his troops--but certain aspects are created that were never in the book. In the film, for example, the Pevensie children seem to be more spectators of their own history than integral to the plot, at least until the last third of the movie. The character development is lackluster at best on all fronts, but this is what we do know: Peter is quite a heel, angry and insecure, and determined to assert his male dominance in all situations to prove to himself that he is mature (this was never in the book). Susan and Caspian have romantic feelings toward one another, and she's much calmer and gentler than in the book (the writers chose to make her a prat in the first movie, instead, I guess). Lucy never stands up for herself as she does in the book when she thinks she finally sees Aslan (voiced by Liam Neeson) when they are lost. The only true characterization of the children is Edmund, though Skandar played him as seemingly a little depressed most of the time. The screenwriters also chose to make Caspian the reluctant hero a la the hero's journey (which is flawed because he is already a prince, not an everyman) rather than a man-boy who had heard stories of Narnia all his life and was moved to fight for that cause because of his deep love for those stories. None of the Narnian characters retain the spirit of the characters as written in the book - except Reepicheep (voiced by Eddie Izzard). I just felt like I was watching something that ignored its source material most of the time and tried to force themes and situations into the story that CS Lewis never even intended. It's a sign when adapted screenplays fail to use hardly any of the dialogue written in the book; I can think of maybe three scenes that used actual dialogue from the book in PC. Let's talk about the embellishments themselves. There were lots more battles than in the book, including an attempt, led by Peter, to storm Miraz's castle. The one-to-one fight between Peter and MIraz was exciting and true to story, though it coincided with Lucy running to find Aslan (when he should have already been found by then). Susan apparently scoffs at those archaic, male-dominant conventions and fights in the battles with her bow. All of this would be well and good if the battles, as filmed, did not borrow liberally from the Lord of the Rings films in such an obvious and sort of tacky way. Lewis and JRR Tolkien were contemporaries and friends, to be sure, and likely influenced each other, but this was overboard. When Susan takes out several oncoming Telmarine soldiers with her bow, it reminded me of Legolas in the Fellowship of the Ring. The trees storming the battle at Aslan's How were reminiscent of the Ents in the Two Towers, and the whole battle with staged Narnians on the How and the oncoming Telmarines echoed of the penultimate battles in the Two Towers and Return of the King films. It felt, honestly, plagaristic. The acting was also terrible on most fronts. The only convincing actor was Georgie Henley, who played Lucy, but she was clearly given no direction past some well-timed tears and laughter at various points. That's not to say that I hated the whole film. The sets were awesome and very true to the pictures I had in my mind of the Narnian places described by Lewis. Aslan's How, with the pictograms on the walls and the Stone Table at its heart, was the best of all. Not all of the embellishments were bad: the scene in which the Hag and Werwolf beg to conjure the White Witch to face Miraz was a nice touch. The visual effects continued to be impressive. Also, Harry Gregson-Williams provided another wonderful score that far surpasses the wonder I was supposed to feel by what I was watching. When I saw LLW the first time, I felt that it was taken to places I didn't quite agree with, but I thought it was a good, exciting movie that could stand on its own, apart from the source book and other filmed adaptations of the original novel (such as the BBC version that's now almost 20 years old, gasp). PC is so much different, and not in a good way, that I gave up even trying to compare. Then, when I sat back to try to enjoy the film on its own merits, it turned out to be uninspired and, frankly, a little boring, with some wooden acting. All in all, it was a disappointing effort, though there were some scenes that were entertaining. As such, I have to rate this movie a 6 for being "cute" because that's what it was. Like I said, there were parts I enjoyed and some scenes and aspects were done well, so it gets a point for being more than just mediocre. As for the test, though, it probably passes. Like with LLW, I might like it better if I see it again. I will say that this film is more complete than the BBC's hour-long version. Also, I have this obsessive-compulsive need to complete series. Still, it won't be one I watch often because it's so different from the original novel, it made me a little sad in the end. And I don't think PC, like children's fantasy and the book it was based, was intended to be sad.
]]>Sat, 31 May 2008 13:42:41 GMTpippin06Reel Thoughts5/31/2008 9:42:41 AMMy first trip to the movie theater in months (the last movie I saw there was Sweeney Todd) consisted of, well, sort of, a double feature. This is the movie I came to the theater intending to see. In all fairness, I was not over-fond of Andrew Adamson's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (LLW) when it came out. For those of you who read my blog regularly and don't already know these quirks about me, here are some qualifiers: 1) I love fantasy, and most trips to the theater involve seeing those fantasy films that appeal to me. 2) My favorite books of all time, in this order, are The Lord of the Rings (plus the Hobbit); the Harry Potter series; and the Chronicles of Narnia. 3) As a result, I hold any adaptations of said books to a stringent level of crticism. I read the Chronicles as a child the first time and was hooked. I still pull them out occasionally. CS Lewis, though he wrote the novels as allegory for various Biblical stories and events, spun some magical yarns apart from that aspect that really pique the imagination. Prince Caspian, according to the original publishing order (not the chronologically reordered HarperCollins set), is the second book, but it's probably my third favorite of the seven, after LLW and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and I know it pretty well. The trouble is, the screenwriters and director, aside from some key plot events and characters, seemed to throw the book out entirely and create their own story. The first movie (LLW) did this as well, but the revisions were more embellishments than actual revisions. Prince Caspian (PC) takes the embellishments to all new, and less preferable, levels as well as contains completely rewritten elements, and the filmmakers cannibalize other book-to-film adaptations in the process. The titular character (Ben Barnes) is heir to the throne of Narnia, until his usurping Uncle Miraz (Sergio Castellito) and Aunt Prunaprismia give birth to a son. Caspian is forced to run into hiding, as Miraz means to kill him as he did his father. Caspian is forced deep into the woods, which are feared by his people, humans called Telmarines (it's not explained, but Telmar is a land adjacent to Narnia). The Telmarines have long since conquered Narnia and banished its true inhabitants, Talking Beasts and Dwarves and Fauns and Tree-People, into hiding, though stories of them, of the ancient Kings and Queens, and of the Lion Aslan still prevail. In the film, Caspian discovers a badger named Trufflehunter and Dwarves named Trumpkin (Peter Dinklage) and Nikabrik (Warwick Davis) - but not without using the gift given to him by his tutor, Doctor Cornelius. He blows Queen Susan's magic horn for help. Fortunately, these three Narnians (through reluctantly on Nikabrik's part) accept Caspian as the savior of their people by his very possession of the Horn, nominate him to be their King, and encourage him to make war on Miraz. In the meantime, the Horn's magic summons Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes), and Lucy (Georgie Henley) Pevensie from, according to the film, a Tube station in London, where they sit waiting to go to school, to Narnia. What they come to realize is that hundreds of years have passed; the Narnia they knew is no more, as their former castle, Cair Paravel, lays in ruin. When Trumpkin is captured and banished to the island holding these ruins, the four Pevensies learn of the fate of Narnians at the hands of the Telmarines and Miraz,and set about helping Caspian in his quest to save Narnia. This is the bullet point plot summary. There are other layers I have not even begun to touch on. I can't say I completely hated PC, but I didn't like it, either. I have never seen a more revisionist adaptation to film in my life. Not only are events completely changed--Caspian, in the book, for example, does not blow the horn until he and his Narnian counterparts are already deep into a losing battle with Miraz and his troops--but certain aspects are created that were never in the book. In the film, for example, the Pevensie children seem to be more spectators of their own history than integral to the plot, at least until the last third of the movie. The character development is lackluster at best on all fronts, but this is what we do know: Peter is quite a heel, angry and insecure, and determined to assert his male dominance in all situations to prove to himself that he is mature (this was never in the book). Susan and Caspian have romantic feelings toward one another, and she's much calmer and gentler than in the book (the writers chose to make her a prat in the first movie, instead, I guess). Lucy never stands up for herself as she does in the book when she thinks she finally sees Aslan (voiced by Liam Neeson) when they are lost. The only true characterization of the children is Edmund, though Skandar played him as seemingly a little depressed most of the time. The screenwriters also chose to make Caspian the reluctant hero a la the hero's journey (which is flawed because he is already a prince, not an everyman) rather than a man-boy who had heard stories of Narnia all his life and was moved to fight for that cause because of his deep love for those stories. None of the Narnian characters retain the spirit of the characters as written in the book - except Reepicheep (voiced by Eddie Izzard). I just felt like I was watching something that ignored its source material most of the time and tried to force themes and situations into the story that CS Lewis never even intended. It's a sign when adapted screenplays fail to use hardly any of the dialogue written in the book; I can think of maybe three scenes that used actual dialogue from the book in PC. Let's talk about the embellishments themselves. There were lots more battles than in the book, including an attempt, led by Peter, to storm Miraz's castle. The one-to-one fight between Peter and MIraz was exciting and true to story, though it coincided with Lucy running to find Aslan (when he should have already been found by then). Susan apparently scoffs at those archaic, male-dominant conventions and fights in the battles with her bow. All of this would be well and good if the battles, as filmed, did not borrow liberally from the Lord of the Rings films in such an obvious and sort of tacky way. Lewis and JRR Tolkien were contemporaries and friends, to be sure, and likely influenced each other, but this was overboard. When Susan takes out several oncoming Telmarine soldiers with her bow, it reminded me of Legolas in the Fellowship of the Ring. The trees storming the battle at Aslan's How were reminiscent of the Ents in the Two Towers, and the whole battle with staged Narnians on the How and the oncoming Telmarines echoed of the penultimate battles in the Two Towers and Return of the King films. It felt, honestly, plagaristic. The acting was also terrible on most fronts. The only convincing actor was Georgie Henley, who played Lucy, but she was clearly given no direction past some well-timed tears and laughter at various points. That's not to say that I hated the whole film. The sets were awesome and very true to the pictures I had in my mind of the Narnian places described by Lewis. Aslan's How, with the pictograms on the walls and the Stone Table at its heart, was the best of all. Not all of the embellishments were bad: the scene in which the Hag and Werwolf beg to conjure the White Witch to face Miraz was a nice touch. The visual effects continued to be impressive. Also, Harry Gregson-Williams provided another wonderful score that far surpasses the wonder I was supposed to feel by what I was watching. When I saw LLW the first time, I felt that it was taken to places I didn't quite agree with, but I thought it was a good, exciting movie that could stand on its own, apart from the source book and other filmed adaptations of the original novel (such as the BBC version that's now almost 20 years old, gasp). PC is so much different, and not in a good way, that I gave up even trying to compare. Then, when I sat back to try to enjoy the film on its own merits, it turned out to be uninspired and, frankly, a little boring, with some wooden acting. All in all, it was a disappointing effort, though there were some scenes that were entertaining. As such, I have to rate this movie a 6 for being "cute" because that's what it was. Like I said, there were parts I enjoyed and some scenes and aspects were done well, so it gets a point for being more than just mediocre. As for the test, though, it probably passes. Like with LLW, I might like it better if I see it again. I will say that this film is more complete than the BBC's hour-long version. Also, I have this obsessive-compulsive need to complete series. Still, it won't be one I watch often because it's so different from the original novel, it made me a little sad in the end. And I don't think PC, like children's fantasy and the book it was based, was intended to be sad. http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Games/Re_More_than_one_trilogy/598/29775/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: yojimbo73
Post To: Movie Games
Post Date: 5/22/2008 7:56:43 PM
Body: Warwick Davis-Star Wars (original and new movies), Harry Potter, Leprechaun and Narnia (older bbc version and new movie)
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