Product: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Two Disc Edition + BD-Live) [Blu-ray] (2008)
Rating: 4.0
Pretty violent
You can tell this is a Disney film: it starts and ends at a castle, with fireworks. In between, though, is a movie too violent for kids under 13.There's no blood, but the violence of the battle scenes in this sequel toThe Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobemakes it seem like it should be rated PG-13. There's even a beheading. A truly disturbing scene shows how when the heroes escape, many of their compatriots are slaughtered with arrows shot from above. As the Pevensie kids look back, their dying friends meet their eyes. You hear the arrows hitting their flesh.Compared to the first film this one is certainly well put together, but as an adult I found many of the scenes just too familiar, as if the producers were simply working from the same Big Book of Medieval Movies that every parent by now is plenty familiar with. When the god-like lion Aslan says "Things never happen the same way twice, dear one," the screenplay seems to disagree.Other problems: It's hard to understand what the characters are saying (most have thick accents) and the whole thing seems to have been filmed with a gray filter. All the colors are dull, even the whites.So why four stars? Because the production values are good, the prince is cute and the story's not bad. The flying monkey-birds made me think ofThe Wizard of Oz. The centaurs are seriously hot. I like that little girl Lucy is the leader and redeemer. I think older kids will enjoy this movie. At least those who haven't overdosed on all the earlier spawn ofThe Lord Of The Rings.