Product: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Two Disc Edition + BD-Live) [Blu-ray] (2008)
Rating: 4.0
I enjoyed it
I didn't read the book beforehand and I didn't see the movie when it first came out. I did rent it when it came out as a DVD and ... I LIKED IT :). I didn't see it initially because I heard that it's a darker story than the first (so I didn't take the kids to see it). I'm glad I didn't read it before seeing the movie because it did introduce new ideas which I might not have welcomed.I liked the conflict between Caspian and Peter ... I would expect Peter to act that way since he was King for 15 years before going back home for a year, .. back to being a kid and taking orders rather than giving them. Lewis didn't expand on how they could have been bored during that year back home and I liked seeing that in the movie. Peter is still a lovable character though.They could have drop the little romance between Caspian and Susan though. The battle scene may have been long, but the sword fight scene was great.I feel that the little things like Caspian trying to rescue Dr. Cornelius (shows his strong bond to his tutor), or confront his uncle during the castle raid (and when his uncle lost to Peter with the sword fight), or the fail attempt during the castle attack, or blowing the horn at the moment when he's down instead of planning to blow it as it the book is a better choice, or the tense scene when the White Witch is summoned etc... did enhance the story.The whole family enjoyed it.