Product: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Two Disc Edition + BD-Live) [Blu-ray] (2008)
Rating: 2.0
Should have been called LORD OF THE RINGS FOR KIDS ...
... which is not meant as a compliment.I love the Narnia books, and enjoyed the first movie. Just saw "Caspian" last night with my daughter (she for the second time).I tend to agree with people who gave this 1 or 2 stars ... boring ... too violent, yet strangely bloodless ... characters made choices that seemed to make no sense... I often found myself thinking, "Wait. Now why is s/he doing that?".Given that, I'd like to add my ...RANDOM THOUGHTS:Not only was this movie dark (in the sense of violent), I found it to be just plain dark (as in hard to see). The beginning scene and the raid on the castle were too dark for me to see parts of it.I was bored.The young man who played Prince Caspian was apparently trying to channel Antonio Banderas. The accent was not needed.At almost 2.5 hours, "Caspian" was far too long and boring.Peter is the High King. He lives a grown up life in Narnia. Now we see him back in London, yearning not to be "treated like a kid" (or words to that effect). He returns to Narnia, only to constantly act like a wounded adolesent, getting into (pardon the expression) p*ssing matches with Prince Caspian time and time again.The young woman who played Queen Susan appears to be a foul mood most of the movie, which is too bad as she seems like a capable actress.The machismo especially seemed very opposite of the spirit of C.S. Lewis' writings. (Note to script writer: If you're going for the macho look, at least make it consistent. A Peter who couldn't handle a high school brawl suddenly turns into a killing machine on the field of battle?!? That made NO sense ...)The movie became considerably less boring once I realized I was watching "Lord of the Rings for Kids," which gave me something to look for in the movie. There were so many scenes stolen from the LOTR trilogy that Peter Jackson should have been on the payroll. If you have to watch this movie, you can entertain yourself by asking, "What scene from LOTR are they stealing now?" throughout the movie. You'll be surprised what you come up with.Queen Susan needs to be rescued by Prince Caspian? Please. This is the 21st century!THE BRIGHT SIDE ...CASPIAN wasn't as bad as THE GOLDEN COMPASS.I'm a big Eddie Izzard fan, but I wasn't sure his voice was right for Reepicheep. I was wrong. Eddie Izzard was awesome! In the more boring moment of the movie, I found myself wanting more Reepicheep on screen. (Or maybe I was rooting for him to stab either Peter or Caspian ... or both). Go Eddie!The young lady who plays Lucy continues to be a delight to watch. She's quite talented. I look for big things from her as she grows as an actress.All in all, I'd suggest skipping this movie. Even the BBC version is better.