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Saturday, May 24, 2008

Prince Caspian

Very nice movie. In fact, I will go as far as to say that it is as good as the book, which is high praise for an adaptation.
About a hundred times better than the Harry Potter movies, in my opinion, though maybe the balance is tilted. Narnia is this wooded paradise, so you can have all these gorgeous bright green and blue locales, while Hogwarts is sort of dark. Anyway, good graphics and maybe the movie also profits because I don't completely remember the story of the book, and the changes they made didn't rankle so much. The actors are quite apt. I loved Reepicheep in the books, and he was great in the movie too.
Completely unnecessary romantic track, but I'm glad that they didn't portray Susan as misogynistically as Lewis had. She's actually quite bright and brave in this one. Go watch it!

P.S. The book is very good too. I've just re-read it.