Product: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Two Disc Edition + BD-Live) [Blu-ray] (2008)
Rating: 5.0
Low Expectations but this movie WON ME OVER!
***WARNING: There are SPOILERS in this review!***Here's the deal. This was my LEAST favorite book in the series. As a kid, I found this book to be slow and boring. So my expectations were oh so low. I even forced myself to re-read it before the movie came out. As an adult, I found the book to be much better than I remembered it to be, probably because the plot was more mature, involving a power struggle over the throne and war, which I didn't really get as a kid, and it had little character development.The movie actually improved on the book! I liked that they made Price Caspian older by about 5 or 6 years, and I liked the subtle crush Susan and Caspian had on each other in the movie. I even liked the failed attempt to take over the castle. I was on edge the whole time and the end of that scene was so sad. Those who didn't like any changes were purist and didn't like it when film makers took such liberties, but in this case, all of the changes really helped to improve the movie to be more interesting and enjoyable than the book. The first movie was more innocent and magical. This movie was definitely darker primarily because CS Lewis wrote it that way. The film makers made it even darker by adding a surprise threat from the White Witch.My favorite book is the Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which is also the next movie in the series. This next one will have the harshest judgment from me because my expectations for it are so high. It makes complete sense for Prince Caspian to be older (like 19 or 20 yrs. old) in the movie since he's supposed to get married at the end of the next movie if they stick to the book. In the book, Caspian is only around 15 or 16 yrs old, too young to marry, in my opinion.Ignore those negative reviews! The battle scenes and the end were oh SO WORTH it! I love Prince Caspian as much or more than the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, which I didn't think was even possible. Five STARS for Prince Caspian the movie!