Prince Caspian
Jul. 1st, 2008 07:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altarielWe went to see Prince Caspian last night and I enjoyed it a lot more than I was expecting. It's ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mraltariel's favourite of the Narnia books (mine's The Silver Chair) so I was a bit worried for him, but he liked it too, although it didn't quite capture the magic of the book for him. (They cut his favourite bits, which are the scenes with Doctor Cornelius at the start.)
I thought it was a surprisingly pagan film: all those conquistadores thrown down by the oppressed magic of the river and the woods. Punchy interpretation, guys! The summoning of the White Witch (my favourite bit of the book, I'm a much nastier child thanmraltariel) was BRILLIANT, especially Edmund's destruction of her. Edmund had all the best bits, I loved his cool interactions with Miraz at the parley. The assault on Miraz's castle was also strong: did this have a PG? When I was tinier I'd have been crying in my pillows for ages after seeing all those Narnians stuck behind the gate.
Caspian didn't quite do enough to prove himself a good bet for King IMHO. And Peter! What a dick. I had a feeling that the writers weren't entirely convinced by the boy-with-a-kingly-destiny archetype, which was problematic for both the stories of both Caspian and Peter, really. Perhaps it feels a bit old-fashioned now.
However, Reepicheep was adorable (I WELLED WITH TEARS when they brought his tiny wee broken body before Aslan), Susan and Lucy and Edmund were great, and I loved all the Telmarine power struggles and their BAD GUYS council chamber. Cool.
mraltariel's favourite of the Narnia books (mine's The Silver Chair) so I was a bit worried for him, but he liked it too, although it didn't quite capture the magic of the book for him. (They cut his favourite bits, which are the scenes with Doctor Cornelius at the start.)I thought it was a surprisingly pagan film: all those conquistadores thrown down by the oppressed magic of the river and the woods. Punchy interpretation, guys! The summoning of the White Witch (my favourite bit of the book, I'm a much nastier child than
mraltariel) was BRILLIANT, especially Edmund's destruction of her. Edmund had all the best bits, I loved his cool interactions with Miraz at the parley. The assault on Miraz's castle was also strong: did this have a PG? When I was tinier I'd have been crying in my pillows for ages after seeing all those Narnians stuck behind the gate. Caspian didn't quite do enough to prove himself a good bet for King IMHO. And Peter! What a dick. I had a feeling that the writers weren't entirely convinced by the boy-with-a-kingly-destiny archetype, which was problematic for both the stories of both Caspian and Peter, really. Perhaps it feels a bit old-fashioned now.
However, Reepicheep was adorable (I WELLED WITH TEARS when they brought his tiny wee broken body before Aslan), Susan and Lucy and Edmund were great, and I loved all the Telmarine power struggles and their BAD GUYS council chamber. Cool.
