Narnia...

**mylittledemon** · #1 05-19-2008, 09:44 AM

Anyone seen Prince Caspian yet? I was disappointed, yet again. The 1st Narnia was kinda "meh" for me...and I loved the books when I was younger. They just aren't translating to film well, I suppose. It feels as if they are sacrificing the story for big, drawn out fight scenes. It's missing that sprawling, big-scope kind of feel (Kind of like Lord of the Rings had).

That being said, I have seen some amazing films lately...Iron Man for one. Just caught an excellent Tommy Lee Jones film called "The 3 Burials of Melquiades Estrada"...and I'm hoping INDIANA JONES saves the summer! =)

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #2 05-19-2008, 09:51 AM

I enjoyed the first one so I'm looking forward to see Prince Caspian.

Stew_Matthews · #3 05-19-2008, 10:08 AM

I took some kids along to see it and they enjoyed it - maybe it works best for children although some of it was a bit gory. This 'fantasy' stuff doesn't really do it for me but it is beautifully filmed, as the first movie was.

But I'm no judge of what a decent film is, as you know!

GoldDustOrphan · #4 05-19-2008, 11:01 AM

I saw it yesterday and was somewhat underwhelmed, but I was tired going in. At 2 hours and 20 minutes long it was about 20 minutes too long.

Interestingly, it under-performed at the box office. It did about $56 million, but was expected to make $80 mil.

I liked the mice with swords.

Steviefan49 · #5 05-19-2008, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by GoldDustOrphan

I saw it yesterday and was somewhat underwhelmed, but I was tired going in. At 2 hours and 20 minutes long it was about 20 minutes too long.

Interestingly, it under-performed at the box office. It did about $56 million, but was expected to make $80 mil.

I liked the mice with swords.

We went to go see it Friday night, and I was disappointed as well. I loved the first one.. but to me, I also felt it just seemed to drag and drag, as I caught myself nodding off in a couple of places. I thought - imho, it was about 20 - 30 minutes too long, and had they cut it shorter, it would have been ok. I was sorta let down, as I loved the first one so much.. but as Stew said, the settings were awesome. It really did remind me of parts of England, that were really enchanting. I, too LOVED Iron Man.. and would highly recommend that one to anyone who hasn't seen it yet! WAY TO GO RDJ!!

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #6 05-19-2008, 11:19 AM

I wonder when it opens in the UK