 The
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Theatrical - 2008)
Walt Disney Pictures / 2008
Directed by: Andrew Adamson
Written by: Andrew Adamson & Christopher Markus
Cast: William Moseley, Skandar Keynes, Anna
Popplewell,Georgie Henley, Peter Dinklage, Warwick Davis &
Ben Barnes
Review by: Adam Tracey
A thousand years since they left, Narnia is now in ruins.
It’s lands overthrown by the Telmarine Kingdom and it’s
people forced into hiding and now thought to be only legend.
.Prince Caspian, on the run, now that his uncle’s wife has
given birth to a son and heir, is now a threat to the
throne. Peter, Edmund, Susan and Lucy are called back by
Susan’s old horn, when Caspian blows it. Now back they must
find Caspain, defeat the Telmarine and return Narnia’s lands
to the rightful people.
When a movie has good source material there is a fair chance
it will be a good movie. All the director has to do is not
muck it up. That is a big reason movies like Harry Potter
and Lord of the Rings did so well and others did not. The
books were good and caught people’s imagination.
This movie is fantastically done. Probably a better overall
movie than the first. Story is only a bit confusing, but
easy to catch up with. The action is top notch and the
effects are on point.
The thing that plagues movies where a kid or kids begin as
nobodies and end up as heroes is the directors/writers use
of having them be a bunch of whiny cowards only to end up
brave and noble to show their change. The problem is that
whininess is horrible and is a total buzzkill. That was the
problem with the first in the Narnia series, but not here.
All the kids jump back into their roles and the story
quickly moves along making this an amazingly enjoyable
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This movie is
actually quite dark. Yes, it still has humor and tons of
talking animals and still has a creamy yummy center, but you
get a lot of raw anger and a fair amount of on screen
killings. The character of Edmund is turning into quite the
badass of this group. He is just a no nonsense of a sword
master. I now eagerly await to see him in the next episode. |
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“…better than the
first!” |
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