Product: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Two Disc Edition + BD-Live) [Blu-ray] (2008)
Rating: 3.0
Wizard World 2
Lets be frank: most of the fans of Narnia want the movie to be successful. And that bias may be contributing to the high rankings here. Take the name "Narnia" away from this movie and it's really a scattered story with special effects that drive the plot (and not the other way around) with very little going for it. If this were Wizard World 2 we would all be rating this a 2 or 3 at most.There just isn't a reason for this movie; there is no moral. The first movie is a clear allegory of the cross, Christ, and salvation. Aslan makes sense to us and his sacrifice means something. In this movie, there isn't a clear explanation for most of the story.This one question ruined the movie for me: why is Aslan missing and allowing his people to suffer? I've heard that this is an allegory of our world where God allows pain, suffering etc. In this movie Aslan shows up at the end (like he did last time) and saves the children and (few) surviving Narnians. Is this an allegory for the Return of Christ? It doesn't make sense. I don't think this can be an allegory for the End. It just doesn't fit.Other questions: why are there Spaniards in Narnia? How is that a part of the plan? Why did the children have to come back?It just wasn't impressive and the direction of these films is suddenly very much in question.I can't recommend this to anyone other than Narnia fans or people who want to be fans of Narnia (ie, Christians.)