Andrew Adamson

I'm very impressed with this movie. It manages to find an arc for most of the children (Edmund not so much, but he has the biggest arc in the first film, so that's probably fine), really mines the novel's rather small hints of political intrigue for all its worth, and provides a story that combines two difficult things: feeling like a natural progression of the story, while also being much more mature and grounded in tone and themes than that of the more fairy tale-esque first installment. show more My favourite of Disney's three Narnia films by quite a huge margin. show less

After the opening scenes - which I very much enjoyed - there seemed to be one battle after another, played out in rather too much detail. The book did have a lot of fighting; but one can skim the detail in a book, or just accept that it happened, whereas it has to be shown in a movie. Some of it was rather violent, and I'd have personally given the film a '12' rating rather than the 'PG" which both the UK an US censors decided was appropriate.

I suppose the film could have made sense to show more someone who had not read the book, but think it would be hard to understand if one hadn't already read (or at least seen) 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'.

Certainly worth seeing as part of the series, but it's not a film I'll be coming back to regularly.

Full review: https://suesdvdreviews.blogspot.com/2012/01/film-review-prince-caspian-chronicle... show less

I thought this was wonderful!

It's the first film I'd seen in the cinema for at least two years, and despite my dislike of cinemas in general, it was well worth it. A Brilliant adaptation of 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' that looks far more modern and believable than the 1980s BBC version, good though that was.

Highly recommended - and we bought the DVD as soon as it came out. I watched it twenty years after seeing the cinema version, and enjoyed it all over again. It's veers show more somewhat from the book in places, and I didn't much like the battle scene. The beavers are a tad too 'Disneyfied' too. But overall, it's a very good adaptation, and I would recommend it.

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This book is a classic portal fantasy for children starting to read chapter books. The book's setting creates a contrast between Britain and Narnia, a land trapped in a nasty and endless winter. The plot seems to focus on a big theme of betrayal and forgiveness. Edmund makes a mistake by siding with the White Witch which forces the story's heroic figure, Aslan, to make a big selfless act to break the curse and bring back spring. The characters are simple archetypes like the noble hero, the show more greedy traitor and the evil tyrant, making the book an great example of fantasy structure where the fight between good and evil is clear and immediate. This seems to be a popular option for later elementary students and I would definitely recommend it. show less