Has anyone seen prince caspian?

[rengadeirishman]

I really enjoyed it, it was very well done, and while not perfect to the book, it changed things in forgivable and appropriate ways, at least i think so.

BTW, when did Susan suddenly turn warrior chick on us though? warrior women are sexy

 

[DesertPirate]

Wife and I took 2 Grandsons today! Really enjoyed the movie, it continued nicely from the last one. Another fine show of special effects in this one. Followed the book fairly well and didn't screw things up, which I consider amazing compared to what normally happens to a book.

 

[rengadeirishman]

the battle scenes i thought was much cooler as well, with some skilled blade work. I really liked the sort of spanish theme of the Telmarines, given their origin.

 

[DesertPirate]

the battle scenes i thought was much cooler as well, with some skilled blade work. I really liked the sort of spanish theme of the Telmarines, given their origin.

That was really well done. Ever swung a sword like that? Better have great arms and shoulders, it'll wear your ass out! I would recomend this movie to anyone with kids, or an interest in the books.

 

[Maeve_redux]

That was really well done. Ever swung a sword like that? Better have great arms and shoulders, it'll wear your ass out! I would recomend this movie to anyone with kids, or an interest in the books.

Oo! Oo! I have! Those things get heavy after a while...

I never did read the books (bad me!) but the movie was well done. Nice continuity with the first, and it all seemed to make sense in that twisted sort of way that happens with fantasy stuff.

 

[S-Des]

I took my daughter and had a very good time. It was a tad confusing, since I hadn't read the books (I'm still trying to figure out why two young boys from England become great swordsman without even having to practice). The ending was a bit confusing as well. I was under the impression that the series follows the four children, but that wasn't what was expressed in the end. The battles were good, the scenes were properly intense (especially the one with the hag & werewolf), and the acting was far better than in the last one. I even liked the way that things went badly and you saw negative aspects to Peter's character. Very solid job on the directing. It's going to take a hit with Indy opening this weekend, but should do solid numbers.

 

[Noira]

I went in costume. >.>

It was an excellent movie. It changed some things but it made sense with the transation to the screen. I did not like the ending that much... but most of the rest of the movie was so very amazing I forgave it. I would've liked to see more of Aslan... ah well.

The choices for the actors were great and I was so happy to hear a few quotes from the book and see many of the small details from the book as well. Very much like I imagined it as a kid... mmhmm. Gorgeous. There were some very beautiful bits of symbolism and artistic images in there. And fauns. Omg. <3

(coughs)

Yeah. Reepicheep was awesome, the main characters were amazingly well played... the choice of actor for Prince Caspian, with the accent... gorgeous. It was a movie full of personality, ties back to the book, and very vivid. It was a darker Narnia than the first one... and it came across that way.

Narnia.

Darker.

Crueler.

Grittier.

Older.

Yeah. I liked it. The action was great, the CGI was great, the acting was great! Not the best movie I've ever seen, but hey... for a book-to-movie? One of the best I've seen. And as a movie, though it definately helps to have read the book and the previous book... it was very intense, and very well put together.

Anyone else felt the Lord of the Rings feeling in it? The river scene in the beginning, Susan in the one battle... several little things.

And...

It was a tad confusing, since I hadn't read the books (I'm still trying to figure out why two young boys from England become great swordsman without even having to practice). The ending was a bit confusing as well. I was under the impression that the series follows the four children, but that wasn't what was expressed in the end.

Narnia does follow the four children... for those two books. This was just the end... for Peter and Susan.

Anyway, they became great swordsmen because a year ago they'd lived lifetimes in Narnia and learned to do such things. Technically they were still kings and queens of Narnia and the knowledge of how to fight would've still been there...

Anyway, the point of Narnia is that it 'teaches them various lessons', I suppose? And at this point, Susan and Peter are too old. In the next one, Lucy and Edmund go back to Narnia... it doesn't follow the original four children (the Penvensies) so much as it follows the tale of Narnia and the 'sons of Adam and daughters of Eve' taken from Earth to help them get through a state and back under Aslan's rule. Yeah, a bit of religious symbolism...

Of the books... two of them deal with all four of the children--the two that are movies. The next one has the other two. The next one has a character introduced in the next book...

Yeah. Read the books. Really, it'll help. The movies are full of small details from the books that make more sense if you've read them.

I'm glad to see someone who isn't a book fan enjoying them, however. I've known the books for years, so... you know. Old fan, YAY, MOVIES... I was just glad they didn't butcher them.

All right, all right, I'm done. I tried to keep this a relatively spoiler-free rant... I don't like publically going on about spoilers until a few weeks have passed and everyone's seen it... lol.

 

[Daniellekitten]

I thought it was better than the first one, and I liked how Susan seemed to come into her own. The only thing I'd have changed was Susan staying with the Prince, he was a definite hottie. I like happy endings like that.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I took my daughter and had a very good time. It was a tad confusing, since I hadn't read the books (I'm still trying to figure out why two young boys from England become great swordsman without even having to practice). The ending was a bit confusing as well. I was under the impression that the series follows the four children, but that wasn't what was expressed in the end. The battles were good, the scenes were properly intense (especially the one with the hag & werewolf), and the acting was far better than in the last one. I even liked the way that things went badly and you saw negative aspects to Peter's character. Very solid job on the directing. It's going to take a hit with Indy opening this weekend, but should do solid numbers.

Did you see the first movie? If it was comparable to the books...

They grew up in Narnia as great kings and queens before returning to Earth as children again. Then they return for the second movie. I suppose that even though they are children again, they retained their knowledge of how to fight.

* Didn't see the reply in the middle of Moira's post...