Product: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Two Disc Edition + BD-Live) [Blu-ray] (2008)
Rating: 3.0
Good movie, but disappointing when compared to the book.
I was very excited to have this movie came out, and I even re-read all the books in the Narnia series prior to seeing it during it's first weekend out. All in all it was an excellent movie. The actors/actresses were fantastic, the special effects were even better than the first, and the scenery was awe-inspiring.Here's where you should stop reading if you haven't read the book or if you want to be surprised about the movie. There were many notable differences that irked me:1) They did not show a quarter of the beginning of the book where they showed Prince Caspian growing up and his learning of the old times and his relationship with his mentor.2) The soldiers did not find him in the forest the way it was projected in the movie, which also means that the circumstances around him blowing the horn is completely unrelated to the way it "really" was in the book.3) The Pevensie children did not feel responsible for everything that happened while they were gone, as the movie shows it.4) Susan was not present in the battles.5) They added a battle in the castle purely for ratings sake, that battle never happened.6) There was no rivalry between Peter and Caspian.7) There was no romance between Susan and Caspian.8) The White Witch, who makes an appearance in the movie, did not make an appearance in the book. Yes, they talked about bringing her back, but she never appeared and they did not even consider bringing in the dark magic like the film portrays them (in the movie they came really close to accepting the black magic, not so in the book).9) The fight in the beginning with Peter was purely fictious, not in the book.10) Aslan makes Lucy go back to the rest of them at camp and make them follow her back into the woods to meet Aslan. That does not happen in the movie. In the movie Asland just lets her off with it, doesn't make her go back and bring them with her.The list could go on, but I just stuck with the 10 biggest differences. When I left the theatre I was very disappointed that the movie I just saw was practically no relation to the book I so dearly love.In conclusion, if you can watch the movie and not read the book, or not compare it to the book, and simply enjoy it for what it is, then I'm sure you'll love it. If you're watching it because you expect it to be the cinematic reproduction of Prince Caspian the book, I'm afraid you'll be sorely disappointed.