Yes! I just saw Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian two days ago! Finally! Yay!
Anyways...
I'm going to review the movie, posting my opinions in three different categories. Here they are:
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The Good...
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Definitely worthy to bear the title of 'The Chronicles of Narnia'. An awesome sequel to an awesome series.
The acting was good, the characters portrayed right, the format decent... overall, a very good movie.
I thought I saw improvement and growthy in acting by all of the children.
Edmund has grown, not only in age, but also in acting. In this one, he's also stronger character, alot more willing for sacrifice, and braver, too.
Lucy has grown older, quite visibly, but that hasn't effected her innocent nature. She acts better, though not as emotionally as in the first one.
Susan was better, also. It's sad that she won't be in the next one. She's grown up even more, and is also a little more happier in this film.
Peter was a great actor, though they portrayed him as grumpy, and self-confident, to the point of sacrifice of others. It's sad that he also won't be coming back in the next movie.
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The movie was very well shot, in very good locations. They animated it almost perfectly, and all the characters were casted correctly, in my opinion.
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The Bad...
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They did not, however, give enough screen time to many people. They ditch Trufflehunter halfway through the movie, and don't tell anything about her afterwards.
They also did not give Cornelius enough screen time. He's a key character, and yet they also kind of forget him halfway through the movie.
Caspian did not have enough of a personality. They showed him enough, but they did not give him a specific personality. You could not tell if he was a happy person, a sad person, a troubled person, or anything. He just doesn't have anything to distinguish him.
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The Warnings:
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I don't think this movie was any worse than the first one, though it is obviously darker.
Things to watch out for in Caspian:
1. The scene with the Werewolf might be disturbing to younger audience. The Werewolf looks quite evil, and the hag is disgusting. I also think that it would be disturbing for a younger child to see when Edmund breaks through the ice which entraps the White Witch. I won't go into detail, but it shows something that is just slightly disturbing...
2. The factor that they are actually killing human men in this movie. In the first movie, they were killing beasts, but in this movie, they are slaughtering men.
3. Yes, they use more blood in this movie. I'm glad they did, though, because in the first one, since they put no blood in, you could not tell if someone got hurt. In this one, they use it to show that someone has been hurt, though they don't use it excessively.
4. They stab both Miraz, and the reflection of the White Witch, which are both slightly disturbing.
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Overview...
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A very good movie, with very good actors. They were given a hard movie to make, and they did it! They portrayed it very well.
I would not suggest this movie to a certain age group. I think that parents should, instead of following the rating, see this movie first, and discern if their kids can see it.
As I've said, there's only two really disturbing scenes, which are the stabbings.
Other than that, the movie, I believe, earns 9.5 stars out of ten!
~Nick
• Jun. 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment