Are We There Yet?

Just got home a while ago from seeing Prince Caspian with the family. Here’s my $0.02.

Overall, a good movie and entertaining. Douglas Gresham, stepson of C.S. Lewis and one of the movie’s producers said in an interview that he thought that Caspian was not as good a book as The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe but made for a better movie. I thought that was an interesting comment.

This movie departed markedly from the book. I realize that turning books into film is not an easy task and that changes have to be made. In fact, some of the changes actually made some sense and added to the drama and message of the film so I wasn’t too frustrated. However, at one point in the film the question is asked why it’s taking Aslan so long to help and the comment is made that perhaps he is testing them to see if they’re worthy (something to that effect). That comment was the departure that bothered me most.

I give it a B+ as a book adaptation and an A- as a film.

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