Product: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Two Disc Edition + BD-Live) [Blu-ray] (2008)
Rating: 2.0
Not C.S. Lewis' "Prince Caspian"
I was very disappointed with how far this movie strays from the actual story!It is "roughly" Prince Caspian but is lacking a lot of major elements.Number one, they left out Aslan almost entirely until the very end. Those who are familiar with the book will remember that Aslan is the most important part of the story's strength and development. It was he who called the children into Narnia for his purpose an plan. Half of the book is about Aslan and the children, so the fact that they left his importance out of the movie really ruins the story.No Aslan, no Narnia!There are a number of other aspects that do not stick to the book, but some of these could be more easily overlooked if they had not strayed from the real "Heart" of the story.The other big disappointment for me was how they altered Peter's character. His whole attitude changed. You never get a chance to warm up to him and in the end are almost glad that he will not be returning to Narnia. (The same can be said for Susan.)The story line seemed very weak, and the relationship that they tried to create between Caspian and Susan was totally unnecessary and I felt, helped a great deal in ruining the film as well.But if you are not interested in the faithfulness of the story, Andrew Adamson's "Prince Caspian" is an action packed adventure with many wonderful visual, and special effects.However, I would highly recommend that you read the story. The book has so much more richness and purpose.I wish they had stuck to this story as well as they had the "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe".I hope that they will do better on "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader". We will see...!These are just a few of my thoughts. Needless to say, I feel that they could have made this film a lot better.