Product: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Two Disc Edition + BD-Live) [Blu-ray] (2008)
Rating: 5.0
An Older, Wiser, But Still Beautiful Narnia
In this movie version of C.S. Lewis' second Chronicle of Narnia, all is not well in that land. Hundreds of years have passed since the Kings and Queens of Narnia vanished, and now savage men focused only on war and violence rule. Fortunately, there is a rightful heir, and even more fortunately, he can call on the Pevensie children to return and fight once more.For some reason I missed the Chronicles of Narnia as a child, and on first reading them as an adult I found them enjoyable but feeble compared to J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle earth. I feared that I would have the same reactions to the movies, but I am glad to report that Prince Caspian, like its predecessor, fully depicts the grandeur, beauty, and emotions that C.S. Lewis intended. The movie faithfully depicts the story, with some violent battle scenes, and faithfully transmits the symbolism as well. This comes in for criticism from those who dislike the Christian message and for misinterpretation from those who claim to be "Christian" but wish to hijack the religion to meet their own social/political agendas. What I find most appealing about both Narnia films thus far is that they show Christianity as an ideal, the way Lewis wished to depict it, and not as self serving types would want to misuse it.