The Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian

Place - Pavilion

Ate- Crappy popcorn

Looking at the movie poster, you get the sense of ohhh and ahhh’s! The title still reminds you of the previous Narnia of which you had desperately tried to stop yourself from committing suicide in a public area. Still, one thought about the 2nd film is that how and why would anybody make a film where one army has blades and swords and the other has felines, bears and rodents.

Movie starts out with Prince Caspian (being the next heir to the throne), running for his life as an assassination attempt is being made on his life by his uncle. Caspian is then handed a golden horn by his teacher (who oddly enough looks like Santa Claus) and is told to only use it if things start to get a little desperate. The prince then runs into the woods where the people of Narnia stay. Once inside and predictably cornered by the murderers who were sent to kill him, Prince Caspian takes the horn and blows it. Fast forward to another dimension, Peter and his siblings are then suddenly transported back to Narnia. However, all is far from rosey. Narnia is a far cry from the world from which they were hailed as Kings and Queens 200 years ago. They eventually meet Prince Caspian and start to plot on how to take back his Kingdom as well as restoring order to their fellow Narnians against the armies who had taken their land from them.

Where's wally?

If you’re going on the basis of “please let this be better than the first one” then you’re actually in for a treat. The movie does have an added dark side to it (you actually see various Narnians dying) and will probably keep you on the edge of your seat till the end. That should first and foremost be the criteria of any would be action or fantasy movies. They should be keeping you on the edge of your seat. Fight scenes are pretty much average but are probably better than Harry Potter and his little stick. You will also start to see different sides of the Kings and Queens as they show their fears and insecurities in the film.

I laugh in the face of danger. Jolly good.

The movie was trying to bring over the kiddy fantasy element into a LOTR type of scenario. However the only problem with that is that LOTR was actually cool. It would be hard to believe that unless you are aged 8 and under, you would be aspiring to be King Peter, one of the horse people or other assorted fantasy animals. Every scene involving the heros was a corny moment waiting to happen. Throughout the whole movie, you’d be hoping that one of the mystical creatures would suddenly get hungry and start eating its human foes. It is a kid’s fantasy book so I don’t think anyone should expect too much from Narnia especially after the first one.

So if you’re gonna watch this for the first time it’s not really gonna be that good. However if you actually survived after watching the first one, then you’ll probably be quite entertained with this one. However bear in mind that if you can’t stand the fact that children are beating the crap out of older men, then skip it and go watch LOTR trilogy all over again.

Stars – 2.9/5

Most common quote – “FOR NARNIA!!!” …. good grief…

Is Nothing Like – Gimli from LOTR. Now that’s a badass dwarf.