Customer Reviews

Ripping Yarn - By: K. Holland, 26 Nov 2008
Ripping yarn but lacks the charm & magical nature of the Lion the Witch & the wardrobe. Narnia has been ruled by a brawling warlike people when Susan, Edmond, Lucy & Peter find themselvesin Narnia they find it a shadow of it's former self with many of the animals wild & unable to talk. A battle rages at the end & the four band together again & use each others strengths to conquer evil. Good family film if a little old fashioned.

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Saved by the mice and Lucy - By: Mr. A. Whiteside, 19 Nov 2008
The first thing that I have to say is that this isn't a great movie,not by a long way. It's too long,boringin parts & I had the same problem that I had with the first filmin the series. Namely,three of the four children are a charmless bunch bereft of any personality. Apart from Georgie Henley that is who plays Lucy. She gave the best performancein the first film & is also the best thing about 'Prince Caspian'.As the Prince,Ben Barnes certainly looks the part but his accent varies between Spanish,French & Scottish. I also felt that this film was aimed directly at the children's market.

So why have I given it a reasonable three stars? I was toying with giving it two butin fairness it does look great & some of the CGI is very well done. I especially liked the water giant near the end.If I could give this two & a half stars I would but because of Miss Henley,the water giant & the mice(cute) I will give it a maybe too generous three. This is not a movie that I would watch again but children will probably love it.

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Good sequel - By: chuckles, 19 Nov 2008
I was looking forward to this movie, this was one of the iconic books from my childhood. I have to say that I very much enjoyed it, however maybe not as much as the first film. The filming was excellent, with beautiful backdrops & surroundings, very good CGI & good acting. It's been so long since I read the books however, that I can't remember if this was faithful to the original though... will have to re-read them I think! The things that let it down for me were the comedy elements, the mouse-knights & alike fitted very much with a Disney film, however I thought that they were not necessary, & detracted from the story. Word of warning though, not sure if I would let very small children see it though as there is quite a lot of violent deaths albeit no blood.

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Prince Caspian - By: Gloria Mundi, 18 Nov 2008
This has to be one of the most disappointing films I've ever seen. The books enthralled me as a child and, as an adult I have read them to childrenin my family who were equally delighted by them, so the liberties taken with the story were a total disaster for us.

It starts off well enough, but then the film-makers apparently think they have to add plot twists with a very silly a subtext where Caspian & Peter are so jealous of eachother that they almost bring about the downfall of Narnia by it.

Yet again Hollywood has tinkered with the original & wonderful story, & lost the magic on the way, & because the special effects are fantastic it's a real let down. This is not a film I'll be buying or would want to own under any circumstances. Don't waste your money.

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what happened to... - By: Mr C Goble, 16 Nov 2008
I did enjoy the film - & thought it stood up well against The Lion et al, but what happened to 'a Horse & his boy'? (The 3 chronicle) also will we go back to the Magician's Nephew at a later stage?