Skip it and read the book to your children!
character-lover, married, watching with kids, a woman, noticing the details
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MAY
19
2008
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian —
My husband and I are surprised to find any positive reviews of this film by people who have actually read C.S. Lewis's book. "Prince Caspian" the movie basically borrows character names and a few scenes from the book and changes everything else, including the strong Christian themes of nobility, chivalry, sacrifice, and courage. Instead we are left with an empty shell of a story that is basically all CGI and no character development.If you are able to listen to NPR's interview with the film's director, you will find the reason so little of the movie resembles the real story. Douglas Gresham (Lewis's stepson) disagreed with all the changes made to "Caspian," and the director fully admits that he created the film based on his memories of the book rather than the book itself. The director's imagination simply cannot compare with C.S. Lewis's brilliance. What we get is a dark film with too much testosterone and too little virtue. Caspian is a shadow of himself, and the Pevensies are reduced to self-centered, bickering siblings who seem to have learned no lessons from their time in Narnia the first go 'round. And don't even get us started on Susan as warrior woman (Father Christmas is surely disappointed with this development)! Douglas Gresham gave away the store in the first film when he allowed the removal of the critical line about battles being ugly when women fight. Where's the chivalry?
This is not a film we'll be taking our children to see. Skip it, save your money, and read the book out loud to your family. What they see in their own imaginations will be far superior to anything Hollywood's CGI machine can churn out.
Vastly disappointing.
Last edited on May 20, 2008
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