REVIEW: Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia)

I liked this one better than the first. They didn’t have to explain things as much, so it was more of a straight story with really fantastic scenery, production values and excellent action scenes. They really did CS Lewis proud.

The basic story is humans have taken over the Narnia and driven all the talking animals and fairy creatures into hiding. A young prince is about to be murdered by his wicked Uncle, and flees, only to find that the Narnians still live. They take him in, but not before he blows the magic horn that once belonged to one of the kids in the first movie. This summons them to Narnia where they help fight the evil Uncle’s army and help Prince Caspian regain his throne. As fantasy films go this was really well paced and had the right amounts of humor. Peter (The Station Agent) Dinklage and the ubiquitous Eddy Izzard (as the voice of a mouse knight) add a lot of the humorous relief, But they do not play joke characters, but serious heroes. It’s well done.

I feel this film captured the magic of the books better than the first film.

Well done. 

Sounds good.  I think we’ll go Sunday night.

Posted by  on  05/17  at  02:27 PM

Just got back from it, and I guess I wasn’t in the mood, because I didn’t like it.  Great production values, weak script.  IMHO.
So I decided to buy a ticket and catch the last showing of Iron Man, which I liked better, although the moonbat content (minor, but still there) spoiled parts of it for me.
And why is it some f***ing stupid a**holes can’t stand leaving their frakin’ cell phones turned off and in their pocket for even two lousy hours?  Some dickwad about 5 rows down from me checked his email about once every ten minutes.  It put me in a murderous rage.  Theaters should install cell phone jammers, say so at the door, and anyone who doesn’t like it is free to head back home.  Unfortunately it’s illegal, dammit.

Posted by  on  05/18  at  10:57 PM

Some critics didn’t like Narnia either. It should have been shorter, and the script could have been better, but over all, I thought it was a nice adaptation.

The anti-war “message” in Iron Man was kind of lame, but it was pretty minor. So it didn’t bother me too much.

More and more, I don’t watch films in the theater unless it’s something I really want to see. Gone are the days when I would go to see anything that looke remotely interesting. I would rather watch them at home now.

BTW: A really good film I saw recently in teh theaters I haven’t reviewed is REDBELT, which is written and directed by David Mament, It’s about martial arts, oddly enough. It’s a kind of a twisty drama, with martial arts as the backdrop.

Posted by  on  05/19  at  07:27 AM
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