Prince Caspian, What'd you think.

[glo-unit]

It changed quite a bit from the book and IMO isn't as good as the first, but I liked it. The action scenes were well done, and it was worth it just to see Ben Barnes as Caspian.

 

[Glafna]

Sounds like a good review, I'll probably see it in the next week.

 

[xwings]

I loved it. A couple of things were out of order from the book, but in general it was really really good. It was worth the $6.50.

What state do you live in ? $6.50 for movie admission. mine is like $10.50

 

[MystikWizard]

What state do you live in ? $6.50 for movie admission. mine is like $10.50

$12 here in California.

 

[SUP3R B0i]

Ahhhhhh BenBarnes is sooooo cute

 

[Glafna]

Mine is 8.75, matinee 4.25

 

[Corny]

I want to see it. Looks action-packed.

so did the trailer for the first movie. which was why i went to see the movie.
and it was one of the WORST movies i ever saw. and i don't even know the books.

 

[neoachilles]

I enjoyed it. IMO, it wasn't quite on the level of the first movie--but the action sequences were much better. Ben Barnes as Prince Caspian was just gorgeous. For that matter, so was William Moseley as Peter. They're both just so pretty. I'll reserve my judgement of Skandar Keynes until after the next installment.

 

[chillyboi]

saw it loved it only paid $5.00+ $3.00 parking

 

[tHaTeViLmOnKeY]

Ha. I know what you mean. The same happened with me and the last Harry Potter. Apparently people say the best stuff happens at the end but by then I was already asleep. Aren't movies supposed to avoid being long just to be long?

 

[Swellegant]

It was FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC! I just got back from it ($10.25, to add to that end of the discussion), and am still kind of keyed up. There was so much action! And the scenery and art direction was really well done, and the adaptation from the book was really good (though I really didn't understand why Aslan appeared when he did, nor why not earlier...I think the book was a little clearer on that point).

Much has been said about Ben Barnes' Spanish (which we should read as Telmarine) accent. I didn't mind it so much, except that Ben didn't hang on to it very completely. And degorgeous as he is, he's a trifle old for the role... in the book, Caspian was fifteen.

But still and anyway, I completely enjoyed the film, was on the edge of my seat for a lot of it, and will probably pay retail for the DVD. And I'm curious to see how the writers and producers are going to handle The Voyage of the Dawn Treader when the time comes...there wasn't a lot of action in that book, and absolutely no epic battles. We shall see.

 

[Just_Believe18]

I liked it better than the first one. The Spanish villainy was a nice touch and a breath of fresh air from the typical English sounding bad guys.

 

[JayHawk]

Didn't see the first one but this was fantastic. KNowing our modern day ills I might have stayed in Prine Caspian's world as he now became king.

 

[jcojax78]

It was entertaining. About the same as the first. A bit too long though. The scenery was amazing though!!

 

[ILLBFIRE]

Ben was so HOT in this movie!!!

The only part I did not like was that little bitch Lucy.....

I was hoping the bear would have eating her alive or something...

By the way I saw the movie twice and both times it was free

 

[G-Lexington]

SPOILERS CONTAINED WITHIN.

Finally got around to seeing it. (Actually, for me, this is fast. )

Yes, many changes from the book. I wondered how they were going to frame it, seeing as almost half the book is a flashback as Trumpkin fills in the children on the backstory. They did a pretty good job of reordering that, although I think I had a step up because I had read the book - I'm not sure other people knew precisely what was going on.

One of the biggest changes, of course, was with the battles. In the book, the first battle is discussed briefly in a shortish paragraph. Caspian leads it (Peter et al haven't shown up yet), and it's fought on open country. In the movie, Peter leads an attack on Miraz's castle, and appears to retreat at a random moment - weren't they THIS close to killing Miraz and his ministers? Still, it was an exciting and powerful scene. The second battle was more inline with the book, although much more detailed and longer.

It was interesting changing the personalities of the kids from the book. In the book, Peter's a rather nervous but calm leader, and Susan's the whiny complainer. The movie instead cast Peter as a vain leader, overconfident in his abilities and unable to take the hint, and Susan is a pleasant if rather banal person for Caspian to cast goo-goo eyes at. (Which, in my mind, certainly added nothing to the story.)

Most of the changes worked very well, though. Trumpkin taking the fall for Caspian early on, Aslan not showing up until the end, the expanding of the attempted resurrection, and so forth. And that transformation from train station to cave was brilliant. I may see the movie a second time just to see THAT again.

I'm looking forward to Dawn Treader, myself, because like our ivory-tickling friend here, that's my favorite book as well. And unlike Prince Caspian, it's a straight-forward narrative. A well-written overriding plot with several short "episodes" tying them together. It should need a lot less in the way of rewriting.

Lex

 

[Spellbound]

I'm thinking of going to see this just to see Ben Barnes, but I hated the first one and never read the book. And I didn't think much of the LOTR trilogy of the Harry Potter series. Should I still go?

 

[G-Lexington]

No. You won't like it. Buy a poster instead.

Lex

 

[Spellbound]

Hhahaha!

 

[socalistud3]

loved the movie i was so good...Ben was so freaking hott...the whole time i kept on praying that he would be shirtless at some point and it never happened....and lets not forget William was extremely hott too...all grown up...haha