| Studio: | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Release: | May 16, 2008 |
| Genre: | Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Adaptation |
| MPAA Rating: | PG for epic battle action and violence. |
| Overall Grade: | B |
| Story: | B- |
| Acting | B |
| Direction: | B |
| Visuals: | B |
The director of this movie must be in love with battle scenes. They're probably the best portions of the movie. Story development is a bit neglected.
The movie starts with Prince Caspian's escape from the castle at the birth of his cousin. Just by starting here, the wonder of discovering Narnia's secret history, experienced by the reader through the Caspian character, has been deleted from the movie. In my opinion, a really good portion of the book is this re-discovery of Narnia's golden years.
Magic is injected here and there ... but the flow of the story is not fluid enough for the magic to stay with the audience even after the scene is finished. I am not sure if this is a result of writing or editing.
Visuals, at least in the theater where I watched this movie, wasn't clear. The "Telmarine scenes" were mostly in gray, which is drab and maybe supposed to add to the mood. I would have appreciated sharper visuals, for gray need not be blurry.
The kids have grown into their characters, and are more confident.
I find it interesting that they chose to give the Telmarines an "accent" to distinguish them from Narnians.
Once more, the movie's plot has deviated from the one in the book it was based on. However, the main characters go through challenges that develop their personality in a similar fashion to what they experience in the books.
The movie starts out putting you to sleep, but hang on for it gets interesting at the middle and more so near the end at the last battle scene.
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