On Friday we had the opportunity to take in the new movie in The Chronicles of Narnia series, Prince Caspian. We all enjoyed the movie (I felt like the first half was slow, but the second half made up for it), however, I was a bit disappointed in how far it strayed from the book. Going in, I was expecting some changes. I didn’t feel like the book (which I had never read until just last week) would do well as a movie unchanged. But the amount of change and the significance of the changes was, I feel, a bit much.
On the other hand, it still resulted in an entertaining movie that my family could enjoy together, and many of the messages and principles that C.S. Lewis brought out in the book still came through in the movie. So while it wasn’t all I had hoped for, I would still recommend it (with the warning that this movie is a bit darker at times and more violent that its predecessor).
Unfortunately, the movie did not seem to do as well during the opening weekend as many had projected which makes me concerned that they may not follow through with the remaining five movies (although I understand the next one is already in production). I hope that is not the case, despite its flaws, Prince Caspian is still the type of movie I’d like to see Hollywood produce more of.
