Product: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Two Disc Edition + BD-Live) [Blu-ray] (2008)
Rating: 1.0
Prince Caspian Dethroned by Hollywood
Succintly? Too much Lord of the Rings, not enough Chronicles of Narnia.Events in the book are not really rendered faithfully, but used more as a barebones plot to make a straightforward "Return of the King"-esque action showdown, and much of the charm that made the book an interesting read is ditched for simplistic Hollywood-style action.It's as if all the uniqueness and charm of the original is traded for a formulaic Hollywood plot that values cuteness over charm. Watching the 3 stage battle/siege at the end with 3 types of deus ex machina made me wonder if I wasn't actually watching "Return of the King" again.I think after awhile all fantasy action-movies with walking trees and CGI creatures start to look the same. And pretty much all the lame Hollywood jokes and romance angles are the same too. And who, reading the original book, would have imagined Prince Caspian as looking like a young Antonio Banderas? Or Peter as a Justin Bieber?Filmmakers making a movie of a classic children's book like this should really stay true to the original - not try to shape it into something they think is going to sell more tickets. Even if the big CGI battle scenes and one-liners do sell more tickets, you're still left with a mediocre movie.