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an princely outing
PostedMay 19, 2008
akie
from Brooklyn, NY
Prince Caspian is full of sumptuous sights and sinuous sounds. it is Disney returning to the grace it lost somewhere in the mid-late 90s. With the fall of the animated musical and the rise of Pixar's eye-teasingly cool animation.
When the first Narnia came out I, like many other lovers of fantasy fiction, felt like Disney was merely trying to get a piece of the LOTR/Potter pie. So many movies based on successful fantasy novels have been the vogue since the century's turn. But Narnia had something the other rip-offs did not possess. the Disney sensibility for epic adventure. Epic adventure. and the epic-ness, while slightly less pronounce in the sequel, is still what sets it apart from the rest of lot. Watching Prince Caspian one is granted the feeling of going on a long march to a great battle. finding love and coping with loss along the way. its the stuff OF epics. and it is sure to keep an adults mind thoroughly amused (though an adult with a child may find themselves having to explain somethings throughout. not a bad thing.) and keep younger children riveted.
what the movie lack in wonder and amazing-ness, it makes up for in frequent action sequences. the main complaint i hear is that the action isn't gory enough. well... what can i say? its disney! but its still action. i don't need to see every foot soldier done away with in gritty, bloody reality. i am quite entertained with the bloodless clashing. blades stay miraculously clean. dying soldiers are simply dead inert bodies or jumbled carnage-implicating shadow-bulks. the true drama is not in the blood spilled... not in the carnal-violence that a more graphic film might have, but in the triumph of the spirit when a foe is beaten back. and the wide angle shots are simply, as our president would say, awesome. it is a movie to be enjoyed. and it was thoroughly enjoyed by yours truly. the only minute detraction would have to be the too often, too expected comedic one-liners. some where positively well-done. others seemed totally forced. fortunately, they ARE one-liners and the distaste the bad ones bring dissipates quickly. and the good feelingness is unbroken. my one regret: we should have gotten a bigger popcorn. it was done too soon. far too soon.
When the first Narnia came out I, like many other lovers of fantasy fiction, felt like Disney was merely trying to get a piece of the LOTR/Potter pie. So many movies based on successful fantasy novels have been the vogue since the century's turn. But Narnia had something the other rip-offs did not possess. the Disney sensibility for epic adventure. Epic adventure. and the epic-ness, while slightly less pronounce in the sequel, is still what sets it apart from the rest of lot. Watching Prince Caspian one is granted the feeling of going on a long march to a great battle. finding love and coping with loss along the way. its the stuff OF epics. and it is sure to keep an adults mind thoroughly amused (though an adult with a child may find themselves having to explain somethings throughout. not a bad thing.) and keep younger children riveted.
what the movie lack in wonder and amazing-ness, it makes up for in frequent action sequences. the main complaint i hear is that the action isn't gory enough. well... what can i say? its disney! but its still action. i don't need to see every foot soldier done away with in gritty, bloody reality. i am quite entertained with the bloodless clashing. blades stay miraculously clean. dying soldiers are simply dead inert bodies or jumbled carnage-implicating shadow-bulks. the true drama is not in the blood spilled... not in the carnal-violence that a more graphic film might have, but in the triumph of the spirit when a foe is beaten back. and the wide angle shots are simply, as our president would say, awesome. it is a movie to be enjoyed. and it was thoroughly enjoyed by yours truly. the only minute detraction would have to be the too often, too expected comedic one-liners. some where positively well-done. others seemed totally forced. fortunately, they ARE one-liners and the distaste the bad ones bring dissipates quickly. and the good feelingness is unbroken. my one regret: we should have gotten a bigger popcorn. it was done too soon. far too soon.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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