SummaryOne year after the incredible events of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the kings and queens of Narnia find themselves back in that faraway, wondrous realm, only to discover that more than 1,300 years have passed in Narnian time. During their absence, the Golden Age of Narnia has passed, and Narnia has been conquered by the Telmar...
SummaryOne year after the incredible events of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the kings and queens of Narnia find themselves back in that faraway, wondrous realm, only to discover that more than 1,300 years have passed in Narnian time. During their absence, the Golden Age of Narnia has passed, and Narnia has been conquered by the Telmar...
I really loved Prince Caspian. While The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe focused on telling the story of Narnia and appealing to kids, Prince Caspian is very much different. The tone of the movie is much darker. There is more action and more drama. There is even a hint of romance set in the story. In the round two of Narnia Tales, the Pevensie siblings are back in Narnia because a troubled Prince used the famed horn to call them. Along with Caspian and the Narnian folks, the Pevensie siblings must defeat the tyrant Lord Miraz. This movie is so much better than the first film. The acting is better and the action has also gotten better. The evil Miraz really brings something to the movie. I liked the music by Harry-Gregson Williams. Overall, this is a great movie with a darker tone. I rate this movie 12/10 if I could. But it will have to be 10/10. Final Verdict: pretty awesome movie..
Wonderful movie, which unfortunately cannot reach the too high levels of its predecessor. Prince Caspian is the non-trivial continuation of the events of the first film. It has a lot more action and intrigue than the previous one, but also less magic and less fidelity to the book. However, this film remains great and those who loved the former will undoubtedly love the latter, which keeps alive the very strong passion of the world of Narnia and its being a sort of meta-narrative. Another masterpiece by Andrew Adamson.
An elaborately presented feast that will taste familiar to the 'tween and teen audience for whom it is served. The four courses are love, war, faith and humor, served in no canonical order, and sometimes, simultaneously.
Adamson's pulled a more morally nuanced rabbit (or badger, actually) out of his directorial hat this time out, and the result is a far more engrossing film than its predecessor.
Junkies for dark humor should prep for going cold turkey, despite the efforts of director Andrew Adamson to spice things up with combat and a rivalry between Caspian and Peter (good on Moseley for showing some backbone) that Lewis never imagined.
I wish I could be more enthusiastic about Prince Caspian, an honorable and attractive adventure for children and families. But scenic beauty and spirited action can't conceal its dramatic defects.
Classic!Epicness and perfectness at its best great music,great screenplay literally every second of it is entertaining and felt like living in narnia!amazing acting prince caspian was like prince of persia but amazing acting by every one!great action at 3rd act.nice to watch little glimps of tilda's character.climax was literally heart melting and amazing every thing was literally perfect amazing to watch overall a relaxing adventure A MASTERPIECE.
As a little girl, I adored the Chronicles of Narnia books, and I still do. I also liked the BBC adaptations, done in mini-series format, they weren't amazing, but they were enjoyable and stuck to the books' spirit. As far as these film versions go, I haven't yet seen Voyage of the Dawn Treader, but I enjoyed Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Prince Caspian was not a bad film, but it could have been better.
Visually, the film is very well done. I loved the cinematography, while the scenery and costumes are gorgeous. The effects are also good, and Aslan still looks brilliant. The music is beautiful too, with lovely melodies. The end credits song was nice, but I think it should have stayed as an end credits song, it didn't seem right placing it in the final scene to me. The direction is decent too, while the battle sequences are riveting, and the film did begin well.
As far as the acting goes, it wasn't bad but it wasn't amazing either. The best are Eddie Izzard who is spot on, Peter Dinklage who comes close to stealing the film with his eyes alone and Liam Neeson who lends his majestic voice to Aslan, and while her appearance is very brief Tilda Swinton is quite chilling. The four leads are good enough, and in Georgie Henley's case improved. Edmund also has potential. I had mixed feelings on Miraz though, more to how he was written than how he was acted. Sergio Castellitto does make an effort to make Miraz dark and charismatic for the villain of the piece, but the way Miraz is written and developed makes him come across as insipid. The weak link is Ben Barnes. He is handsome and has his moments, but he is rather bland on the whole.
My real problems with Prince Caspian are in the storytelling and pace mainly. The story has a tendency to become too unengaging, the more involving scenes are well done but the slower scenes are close to ponderous. The pace is rather lethargic this time round, while I don't think the film really needed to be as long as it was and the characters come across as shallow. Also particularly with Caspian and Miraz, some of the dialogue is stilted.
All in all, Prince Caspian is not a bad film, but it lacked something. I also forgot to say as an adaptation of the book it is not great, granted the book was not my favourite of the series but I felt sometimes there was a bit too much padding that could have been excised slightly. A disappointment, but on its own terms and for the visuals and music it is worth a look. 6/10 Bethany Cox
I loved the first installment of The Chronicles of Narnia and was all the more disappointed with the sequel. Unfortunately, I can't really say why this film isn't as good as the previous one. Maybe it's the plot that no longer revolves around the mysterious wardrobe and the witch, which I just liked better. I don't know. Prince Caspian somehow didn't appeal to me, and I didn't like the second installment in the Chronicles of Narnia series as much. Personally, I rather don't recommend it and if anything, only to fans of the series.