Prince Caspian was, visually a beautiful movie. (It was filmed in Prague and Poland.) Other than a few scenes where I wanted to jump up and cheer because of the symbolism, knowing my Father fights the battle for me, this movie was not nearly as good as the book.
This review said, in much more eloquence than I ever could, a lot of what I was thinking quite often throughout the movie and much more....a good read if you have the time. Luke of course enjoyed all of the battle scenes, but that made me wonder if a 10-year-old boy hadn't written the screenplay, having avoided so many of the wonderful little details and surprises in the book. This also made me wonder if Disney had even read the book and led to many questions. Mostly my questions began with "Why?". Why add so many awkward, shallow lines that were intended to be funny, but not? Why did we
not see more of Prince Caspian's love for Narnia because of the stories from his nurse and his professor? (The nurse was never even mentioned and there another sweet surprise omitted.) Why was Peter fighting at the beginning? Why did Peter and Caspian's characters seem jealous of each other? Why the weak, thrown in love story between Caspian and Susan?
...From the cover story of
World Magazine"With the nationwide opening of Prince Caspian this weekend, Chronicles of Narnia fans were expecting another film true to C.S. Lewis' original version. But WORLD's Meghan Basham says Caspian's creators have made bold departures. In addition to reordering events, amping up the action, and trimming the story to fit it into a two-hour format, entirely new plot lines are introduced and two primary characters are significantly altered."So many Why's and What in the world's that I can't say I liked this version and yet here are the basic principles I took away, having read the book and knowing C.S. Lewis knew the one true God, personally:
- To believe or not to believe is not the question. What will you do with that belief? That is the question.
- When you haven't spent time with God (at all or in a while), it's much harder to see Him when He's showing you the way.
- When we call on Jesus, He speaks to His Father for us and the Father comes in with a fury to wash away the enemy.
