Narnia - Prince Caspian

[birdofthunder]

Too true. And the wit of Reepicheep wasn't lost in the movie either was amazing!

 

[MrSnow]

I was extremely pleased with the LWW movie. It was incredibly accurate per the book and was a great movie over all. Based on that I had some VERY high hopes for the PC movie. But after seeing it I was pretty displeased and let down. Although LWW followed the book almost to a T, PC diverged incredibly. Plop lines were taken out, with new ones added in.

Now, as a movie in and of itself it was decent. As a representative of the book, compared to how LWW fared, it was a let-down. I give it one thumb up and one thumb down. I don't plan to see it again. And I now have pretty low hopes for VDT. I predict that it will diverge even more than PC, and it will destroy the ending. I foresee that if they do all the movies, they'll get worse and worse.

 

[The Theory]

I was extremely pleased with the LWW movie. It was incredibly accurate per the book and was a great movie over all. Based on that I had some VERY high hopes for the PC movie. But after seeing it I was pretty displeased and let down. Although LWW followed the book almost to a T, PC diverged incredibly.

Really? I thought the first one was VERY divergent. Perhaps plot was it was less divergent than a lot of book-to-movie adaptations... but the feel was just totally wrong.

Now, as a movie in and of itself it was decent. As a representative of the book, compared to how LWW fared, it was a let-down. I give it one thumb up and one thumb down. I don't plan to see it again.

I think you should see it a second time. As I posted earlier, I was so-so on it first time through, but second time through I liked it quite a bit.

 

[MrSnow]

Really? I thought the first one was VERY divergent. Perhaps plot was it was less divergent than a lot of book-to-movie adaptations... but the feel was just totally wrong.

I'll rephrase that. Of all the book-to-movie movies that I've seen, LWW is the closest to the book, IMHO.

 

[ciaradawn]

I haven't read the books since I was young so I don't know how well the movie played along with the book. I was really confused because I didn't remember anything from the book & I was hoping stuff would come to me as I watched the movie, but nothing really came. I recognized a few names and maybe a few scenes, but that's about it. There were some things that I definately DIDN'T remember for the life of me!

But I thought the movie was incredible. Maybe it's because I wasn't comparing it to the book the whole time, but I thought it was very very good. I thought the acting was good too. That kiss was a little weird, but that's Hollywood I guess.

Here's a book some of you might be interested in...
http://www.amazon.com/Keys-Chronicl...r_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212290913&sr=1-12

I'm definately planning on reading them all over again very soon! Seeing the movie has really made me want to revisit them.

Thanks for all the responses everyone!

 

[birdofthunder]

I like the responses too. Glad to have read 'em. Hhhmmm, alot of books don't quite make it to the movies wholey intack. Yet, considering that, and the fact that they did keep several major things in the movie from the book, I'm happier with it than most adaptations...

 

[KGirl]

I felt that the entire movie was Christian based. I mean from how Christians are rare and have a high calling, to how Aslan represents God and even when He is away He wants us to trust Him and He is still working. Also, the WATER! It was God's figure in the water.. I loved that!

 

[birdofthunder]

Oh, I hadn't thought that about the water.

 

[Lubiana]

Oh, I hadn't thought that about the water.

Me either! I thought it was the Greek water myth dude. Actually that whole part kinda reminded me of the Egyptians being swallowed up by the Red Sea. I just saw Narnia this weekend, and I REALLY enjoyed it very much!

 

[birdofthunder]

I was thinking Greek god/myth thing myself when I saw the water effect, but I like that better! And seeing the movie a second time, just to take in the movie for itself, and NOT with the book, does make it worse seeing again. I know it diverted more than the LWW one, but over all, I was happy with it.

 

[ciaradawn]

I thought the guy in the water reminded me of someone from Lord of the Rings! lol

 

[birdofthunder]

Oh, he did? I'm probably the only person I know who hasn't seen those movies yet, so I'll take your word for it!

 

[owenwatkin60]

I saw Prince Caspian the other day and really enjoied it.

 

[birdofthunder]

Good for you, and glad ya did!

 

[search4Christians]

I really want to see this movie!!!!

 

[birdofthunder]

Ya haven't seen it yet, eh? You'll like it, I believe.

 

[*YouKnowWho*]

I enjoyed this movie. I think I liked the 1st one better though.

 

[Kyrisch]

What's especially funny is that, despite the wholehearted excitement for the movie as betrayed in this thread, my original avatar (which was the Satyr as depicted in this movie series), got me nothing but condemnation as a Demon, or even the Devil himself.

How's that for irony?

 

[birdofthunder]

I'm sorry you had that happen to you, Kyrisch.

 

[ciaradawn]

What's especially funny is that, despite the wholehearted excitement for the movie as betrayed in this thread, my original avatar (which was the Satyr as depicted in this movie series), got me nothing but condemnation as a Demon, or even the Devil himself.

How's that for irony?

seriously? that's just stupid & yes, ironic.

I looked up a picture though, and some of them are quite frightening!