Product: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Two Disc Edition + BD-Live) [Blu-ray] (2008)
Rating: 2.0
Crestfallen, 1.5 stars if they had halves
Due to overseas travel I missed the chance to see this movie in the theaters and had been eagerly anticipating it for a Christmas present. Now I wish I had asked for something else.I have read and cherished the Narnia series for many many years and Prince Caspian has always been one of the ones I loved the most.This was *not* the book I know and love. While the costumes and the scenery and the music were very well done (except for that god awful atonal yodeling song that starts up at the end of the movie).. I really didn't feel any love for the book in the movie. They changed *so* much of the dialog and the story I really felt they had missed the sentiment behind it... if I was a teacher I'd ask the director if he really read the book or if he just looked at the Cliff's notes.*** Spoilers ***The constant posturing between Peter and Caspian and in fact the aggressive and hostile personality they gave Peter... Where did that come from? And the trumped up romance between Susan and Caspian? bleh... Where was *that* in the book?? What *was* in the book was Aslan who was mostly missing in the movie, the sentiments and the lessons and the blossoming of the Pevensies into their older selves and their reunion with Aslan .. all of that was left out. Trumpkin was reduced to a bit player in the background which really irritated me. They skipped the freeing of the town of Beruna in favor of *more* unneeded combat/battle scenes. It seems the movie was mostly made by a bunch of guys who really like medieval(ish) warfare reenactments and had been given carte blanch to go nuts with a large movie budget behind them.The whole siege the castle bit as well was entirely fabricated and unnecessary. At the end of the movie I was left with a feeling of "ok now where is the rest of the book?" Quite a letdown and very sad because the Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe was done pretty well and had stayed fairly true to the book- it really got my hopes up for Caspian which promptly dashed them.I can only hope they learn from the mistakes they've made and do not butcher the Voyage of the Dawntreader in the same manner.I'd give it 1.5 stars if there were halves available.