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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
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Didn't make me want to read the ...
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"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 dragge ... "
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"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. "
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"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 ... "
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"All the magic of the first film is gone in Prince Caspian, the second screen adaptation of C.S. Lewis's beloved Chronicles of Narnia series of juvenile novels. The first movie was endowed with an epic spiritual significance. This one pushes most of its allegory to the side and is more of fantasy adventure film, to its detriment. Perhaps the movie obvious problem is with the villain. In the first picture, it was the White Witch (Tilda Swinton), who was a clear metaphor for the Devil. In this film, the bad guy is Miraz (Sergio Castellitto) who is merely trying to steal the throne of the Telmarine Kingdom, which rightfully belongs to Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes). There is step down in the gravity of the conflict from the literal embodiment of evil to an over ambitious monarch. The second kind of story has been told better in many times, from Shakespeare to Robin Hood to Braveheart Returning director Andrew Adamson certainly succeeds in giving the movie an impressive look of spect ... "
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"Hear that? That is the sound of countless Botox-enhanced faces within the film industry simultaneously stretching to a smile after the opening weekend of ‘Iron Man.’ As everything else in these current economically shaky times, the film industry hobbled into 2008, weakened by a writers strike and sagging returns. Who would have thought Robert Downey Jr. would be the one to save us from this mess? But in he flew (granted, he was playing a character by the name of Tony Stark, but really, what’s the difference?), cracking $100 million in its first weekend alone. Of course, studio execs are quick to point out all the ‘firsts’ and “biggests’ for the fi "
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"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 h ... "
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Better than the first movie
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"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. "
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"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 ... "
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Narnia, Prince Caspian
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"Edmund was much more likable this time around. Each child had a couple of funny lines. This was a drama. My kids said there were more sad parts than happy parts. More angery than joyful. Sure the action was there, with the battle scene (great for boys of all ages), but in the end we left the theater feeling the need for an ice cream cone. "
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This 'Prince' is a pauper
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"Perhaps my review may be dismissed automatically by the fact that I have not revisited Narnia myself since reading them as a child, and even then, the C. S. Lewis books had none of the mental shelf life of “The Lord of the Rings” tomes or Jack London’s excursions into the wild. I approached “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” from a merely cinematic perspective. And, despite its battles and bluster, it’s rather a bore. That’s not to say it does not try to get medieval on your a** -- various armor-clanging clashes punctuate the numerous slow spots of exposition in the picture, vying for credibility in the rather noisy summer blockbuster period. In this installment, the Pevensie siblings – Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy – have busied themselves in the U.K. "
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