Prince Caspian: what a good fantasy flick! by chrisisall

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Prince Caspian: what a good fantasy flick!

POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
UPDATED: Friday, January 9, 2009 13:08
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Saturday, December 6, 2008 1:08 PM

This movie reminds my why the Potter movies leave me so cold: magic. Not contrived broomsticks n' s**t, this is magical film-making (apologies up front to fans of Harry- I just thought Willow & Tara did the whole witch thing better

). My son said they left too much out of the book and that the first one was better, but not having read the books, I just thought it was great. It brought me to another world, and the performances were excellent from a mostly young cast- even the CGI characters were convincing.

Anyone else see this near-masterpiece?

The White Witch Chrisisall

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Saturday, December 6, 2008 3:47 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

I haven't seen Caspian yet, but really liked Lion, Witch and Wardrobe. Thanks for the recommendation.

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Saturday, December 6, 2008 8:26 PM

HKCAVALIER

Chris, this is so weird, you and I must have identical Netflix queues. When you posted about Hancock, I'd just seen it. And I saw Prince Caspian last night. Oooooooh...spooky. Next for me is an older movie, The Game. If you've got that lined up I'll be buying a lottery ticket tomorrow with your birthday on it.

Anyway, yeah, it was good. The movie had me from the scene in the Badger's house.

HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

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Sunday, December 7, 2008 5:17 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by HKCavalier:
Next for me is an older movie, The Game.

Oohhh, that's a good one- I haven't seen it since it came out, may be time again now that the details are a little obscured by the years...

The thing I really like about the Narnia movies is that while they have a grandness to them, they're not attempting to out-grand all other movies preceding them, a problem I had with the LOTR movies. I felt Jackson took the story & blew it up as big as he possibly could to the point where orks were crawlin' the freakin' walls- if they were THAT physically strong, how could a mere human or elf hope to combat one?
I appreciated the restraint in Narnia. Sort of made for an old-fashioned good time.

The understated Chrisisall

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Sunday, December 7, 2008 10:24 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by HKCavalier:
If you've got that lined up

Actually the Misses & I just watched The Fountain...whoah, what a head trip. Haven't been that messed with since What Dreams May Come.
Definitely a provocative piece. Jackman was superb.

Select to view spoiler:

When Tommy let go & went out with Izzy into the snow, I lost it...

my shirt is still wet.

The teary Chrisisall

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Sunday, December 7, 2008 11:04 AM

FREELANCERTEX

ha, have you read the books though?

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Sunday, December 7, 2008 11:08 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
ha, have you read the books though?

No, my son is reading them for me.

The seemingly printed-word-challenged Chrisisall

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Sunday, December 7, 2008 11:15 AM

FREELANCERTEX

lol, should read them. good read. havent read em in a *very* long time

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Sunday, December 7, 2008 11:18 AM

CHRISISALL

Currently workin' on Edgar Rice Burroughs Martian Trillogy- got a full plate at the moment.

The Barsoom-travelling Chrisisall

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Sunday, December 7, 2008 11:19 AM

FREELANCERTEX

cool. well when ur done... :-P *too many books to read in one lifetime*

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Sunday, December 7, 2008 11:22 AM

CHRISISALL

I have no clue why some folk think retirement is boring- I'll be reading like a nut come time for ME to stop workin', when I'm like 90 or something

The bookwormwannabe Chrisisall

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Sunday, December 7, 2008 12:34 PM

FREELANCERTEX

lol, i know what u mean. i guess reading just aint popular anymore. people see me reading and theyre like "whatcha readin for?" "just readin." "....u mean like...for fun?" "...yeah." "..........but why?" at that point i just give them a blank stare and go back to reading.

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Sunday, December 7, 2008 12:44 PM

CHRISISALL

Yeah, it's lost on most folk these days...my Wife & I got our son to readin', he comes off a book all excited & such (like he was just when he finished the book of Prince Caspian- before we rented the movie)- it's a treat to behold in a child these days.

The literary Chrisisall

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Sunday, December 7, 2008 2:25 PM

FREELANCERTEX

yeah ^_^ my mom got me into reading, same with my brother. people ask her how she got me to like reading so much (the whole "i cant even get my kids to read a page" thing) "well, i read to my kids since they were babies and they grew up loving it." best thing i think a parent can do for a kid.

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Monday, December 8, 2008 1:26 PM

LWAVES

I used to read all the time when I was a kid/teenager. I even took a book to work when I started so that I could read it at lunchtimes (that got some strange looks). That's now got me thinking of 'Time Enough At Last', what a classic TZ episode that was.

These days I haven't given up on reading but tend to go the audiobook route. Took some getting used to but now I find I can listen and do some other (minor) things as well. Currently working my way through Potter and Good Omens (again).

As for Prince Caspian I thought it was alright and definitely aimed more at the kids market. It looked great, some of the acting was a bit ropey, but some of it was good.
Kind of the same reaction I had with TLTHWATW.
I've never read the second book onwards but felt that the film could have explained more about why time has moved on and that each doorway takes them to a different time.

I have to disagree with you about Potter though Mr IsAll. I think the films are fantastic and very well done. Although they are a lot darker in tone these days than the Narnia films so maybe that explains the cold feeling a little?
I'm really looking forward to the next Potter one. I just can't decide whether to listen to the audiobook first or see the film first (on all the others I saw the film first).

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

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Monday, December 8, 2008 2:45 PM

FREELANCERTEX

well actually the lion the witch and the wardrobe *is* the second book in the series >< the magicians nephew was the first.

Time Enough At Last....is that the one where the dude is the librarian and they declare him obsolete because books are obsolete?

lolz, i still take books to classes XD hide em in my lap so the professors dont see (though when the class sizes start to get smaller thatll be a little hard) and i read between classes XD always get weird looks.

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Monday, December 8, 2008 2:56 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by lwaves:

I have to disagree with you about Potter though Mr IsAll. I think the films are fantastic and very well done. Although they are a lot darker in tone these days than the Narnia films so maybe that explains the cold feeling a little?

Yeah, my feelings are definitely coloured by having a sensitive 9 year old son that gets too weirded out by them- maybe I'll get more into them as he hits his teens...

The broom-riding Chrisisall

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 10:12 AM

LWAVES

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
well actually the lion the witch and the wardrobe *is* the second book in the series >< the magicians nephew was the first.

Didn't know that. I learnt something today.

Quote:

Time Enough At Last....is that the one where the dude is the librarian and they declare him obsolete because books are obsolete?

No.
Burgess Meredith (who wears huge lensed glasses) works in a bank and is always reading (even whilst he works) and tries to get others interested but no one wants to know. The bank manager is always on at him, his wife won't even let him read the paper and they generally try to run his life for him.
One lunch he goes into the bank vault just as a nuclear war (I think??) occurs. He is the only survivor and he finds the main library intact and is completely overcome with joy....just as he trips and breaks his glasses.

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 10:47 AM

FREELANCERTEX

yup ^_^ a lot of people think TLTWATW is the first because The Magician's nephew has almost absolutely *nothing* to do with the complete rest of the series lol. except for the fact that the kid goes to Narnia like once in the entire book :P and brings back a seed from a tree, plants it in his backyard, and it becomes this world's one connection to Narnia, cuz i remember somethin about the tree swaying even when theres no wind, because its swaying to the wind in narnia. forget why he brought it back, think it had sumthin to do with his mother...*shrugs* havent read it since i was nine so i dont remember a lot from it. i should read those again......

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw that sucks. "yay! books! but i cant read them!" :'( twilight zone did always have a way of making an 'aw that sucks' ending to pretty much every episode lol

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11:16 AM

ZEROKIRYU

Quote:
Originally posted by lwaves:
I think the films are fantastic and very well done. Although they are a lot darker in tone these days than the Narnia films so maybe that explains the cold feeling a little?
I'm really looking forward to the next Potter one. I just can't decide whether to listen to the audiobook first or see the film first (on all the others I saw the film first).

Book first, it'll most likely be vastly superior to the movie. The movies are okay, but don't even compare to the books. Hell, OOtP was the shortest movie, and yet the longest book...dunno what the logic was there.

And yeah, the movies are only gonna get darker in tone. Much darker.

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Friday, December 12, 2008 7:08 PM

OUT2THEBLACK

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:

My son said they left too much out of the book and that the first one was better, but not having read the books, I just thought it was great. It brought me to another world, and the performances were excellent from a mostly young cast- even the CGI characters were convincing.

Anyone else see this near-masterpiece?

The White Witch Chrisisall

Surprised it took you so long...

Saw it at the skinny-ma..

Was even better than the first...

'Nuff said...

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Monday, December 15, 2008 12:04 PM

CHRISISALL

Off topic, but look what I made in class, HK:

The Banzai Chrisisall

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Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:46 AM

LEEDAVIDT

being a hugemungous c.s.lewis fan and having ready the whole lion,witch and the wardrobe set,(6 or 7 books) as well as his "space trilogy" i really loved the first movie...
the second,i thought was,really good but left out some things from the book...
i liked "caspian"...it brought me back to the days where i imagined i was there right with them,while reading the book i mean...

http://www.myspace.com/leedavidt

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Wednesday, December 31, 2008 1:23 PM

FINN MAC CUMHAL

Quote:
Originally posted by lwaves:
Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
well actually the lion the witch and the wardrobe *is* the second book in the series >< the magicians nephew was the first.

Didn't know that. I learnt something today.

The Magician’s Nephew is a prologue written after ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.’ In fact, I think, it was written last or near to last in the series.

I’ve read them all, and they are all great kids’ books. The books however are heavy on the allegory and thematic elements and light on everything else. The movies are right the opposite. Heavy one the story, dialogue and visual effects, but the allegory and theme are often secondary.

As for Prince Caspian, the movie, it ruled. Me and the girls saw it in the theater like 8 times. We laughed. We cried. Afterwards we went home and read the book, and then we’d go see the movies again. Now we long for the Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

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Friday, January 9, 2009 10:28 AM

CAVALIER

I'm holding out for A Horse and His Boy, but I suppose it will be a long time a-coming...

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Friday, January 9, 2009 1:08 PM

STORYMARK

Yeah, a long time, especially since Disney has backed out of financing the 3rd film in the series, and as of yet, no-one is steping up to replace them.

I've yet to see Caspian, but I can't believe how expensive the friggin thig was. It cost more to make than any 2 LOTR films, and over double the cost of the first couple Potter films. And it did worse at the boxoffice than TLTWATW. I don't really blame Disney for balking, since Dawn treader was projected to cost more than Caspian.

If a third one is made, they are going to have to scale back, a lot.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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