Posted by
Jason Cunningham on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 11:24:48 PM
Prince Caspian, the second book C.S. Lewis wrote in his Narnia series, isn't quite as compelling as The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe -- for Christians such as myself, it's hard to beat the blatant redemption message of and Aslan's obvious Christ-likeness in LWW.
It's the same regarding the two movies. The plot of Caspian is solid -- but nowhere near as compelling as someone dying for mankind. And though all the main characters are back -- and performing just as well as before -- Caspian's title character is less intriguing than I'd like him to be. And on the lighter side, though Caspian involves a lot of funny lines, it seems that the movie's producers may have tried a bit too hard in a couple places, not to mention that LWW outdoes Caspian by one in the "cute and funny show-stealing character" category: LWW's Mr. Tumnus and Mr. Beaver versus Caspian's Trumpkin.
On the whole, Caspian is a good movie -- wholesome, family friendly, engaging, action-packed adventure free of sex and bad language. It may a bit too violent for some youngsters, and purists will probably dislike the creative liberties taken with it (particularly the "storm the castle" battle sequence towards the end), but it's certainly a good piece of entertainment.