Product: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Two Disc Edition + BD-Live) [Blu-ray] (2008)
Rating: 2.0
All Violence, Very Little Story.
I know there may be plenty of critical reviews here, but I can't resist putting my thoughts in.I'm an avid fan of the Narnia books, I've read Prince Caspian 4 or 5 times, and I was so excited when this movie came out. About halfway into the movie however, I realized to my dismay and anger that the movie was far off course from the book itself. It had non-stop battles, there was very little conversation, the storm of the castle was completly off track and never happened. The violence was very upsetting, and I acutally thought a few of my young cousins might like this movie, but after I saw the constant war and unnessessary bloodshed, I knew my cousins could never stomach this brutality. I know this movie takes in war of course, but come on! Some of that frightening aggression was unnessessary, and never happened in the book. You can make a good war movie without overdoing the violence, people.The romance between Caspian and Susan I found absurd and maddening as there was no evidence of it in the book. I think C.S. Lewis would be appualled if he could see this movie, because they warped the message he really had. Lucy never learned in this film to obey Aslan above all else, and not listen to her siblings when they doubted her, and when the other kids disregarded her warnings and travled down the road they weren't attacked as they were in the book, they never learned that Lucy was right in her forewarning. They threw away the message of following Jesus instead of other people, and replaced it with senseless war and viciousness.I was pretty dissapointed with this movie, and I'm not buying it. To parents, I feel strongly oppossed to this movie, and I don't think your little ones will like it nor will you. Of course that is your choice to like it, but if you like a good message and a wholesome movie, avoid this one.