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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian May 20, 2008

I saw The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian tonight; it was a good movie, and although I read the book some time ago, from what I remember I felt they did justice to the book. There were some elements I’m pretty convinced they added in, but overall it was true to the story. Some of the guys I saw it with weren’t so thrilled with it, and were making fun of it even. That bothered me a bit, but upon reflection I think it’s because I loved the books, and found the whole Narnia-verse one that I was and am able to get into and ‘be there’. To then have someone cut it down was and is hard. I suppose the thing to remember is that everyone is entitled to an opinion, and we don’t have to let someone else’s opinions or thoughts steal our own. That said, I do agree with some of the comments that the movie, from a movie making perspective, wasn’t the greatest. It was decent, perhaps an average to slightly above average rating. I say this because I think the director could have done a better job with the storyline, and I’m not talking about adding in new elements to ‘spice’ things up. The fight scenes were good, well planned out and coordinated. I did feel like the story was a bit rushed; certain poignant scenes and the development of some of the characters were transitioned through quickly. I think The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was a better movie in terms of plot development, character development, theme development, etc. But, as I mentioned before, overall I still liked Prince Caspian and recommend you go see it.

DH