I so agree! And, whats more, is they took out when Caspian overturned the governor's money tables... that was one part in the book that C S Lewis took straight from when Jesus overturned the money changers tables...

When Lord Bern came on screen, someone in the theatre yelled "dumbledore!!!"

Absolutely agreed. The movie was starting so well, and I was actually getting into the adventure, thinking "Yes!!! This movie won't be so bad after all!!!" but, oh no! We have to have this silly jump/fly/acrobatic thing! We have to make it "epic"!! I'm starting to hate that word--at least the Hollywood stereo-type of it!!!

Me too. I wish it was a lot closer to the book. The Lone Islands just happened way to fast. But over all I loved it.

I think they filmed more than they showed.

Wasn't there a casting announcement for a Calormene Ambassador's wife some time ago? We all speculated about some sort of party at Narrowhaven.

I think there might have been an extra scene before Narrowhaven parade (which to me also felt rushed), possibly with some introduction of Bern and some more explanations. Possibly.

I hope so...

I was glad they had the guts to make the Calormene slave-trader so blatantly Middle-Eastern looking. I know that's how he's supposed to be, but I haven't heard any cries of "Racism" yet. I have a sneaking suspicion that Disney would have sanitized that scene a bit.

I wonder if the pacing of the film would have been better and not felt as rushed if the original book scene had of been kept in the film? There would have been one less skirmish/sword fight, and probably also some slightly "slower" scenes- or ones that had substance and meaning without having a fight? That would no doubt have added to slower, nicer, pacing of the film, I believe.

I was just confused by Narrowhaven. I wondered how people were supposed to know who Gumpas was, and why, exactly, people had to be sent off to be eaten by the Green Mist. I mean, how did they know? Did the green mist talk to them? Is this supposed to be resolved in the next movie?

Blegh....

I didn't have a problem with the Narrowhaven scene, I actually liked the way it played out. I think it set the pace for the rest of the film...

When it comes out on DVD, do any of y'all know if they will have an extended version?

I am sure hoping to see one! The lone Islands scene in the book is very vivid in my head, to give it nothing but a deserted Island skirmish and it's purpose only to introduce the Green Mist was sad. The whole 'sacrificing to the green mist' threw me off, it just doesn't fit into the Narnia world. I agree with ForeverFan, the pacing would have been better if it started with how the book did, not with action. Starting with action, you aren't emotionally invested in the characters enough to care whether then win or loose.

three words: they butchered it.

I would have loved to see Caspian march in and deliver the fantastic dialogue Lewis gives for that scene in the book when he enters the governors palace and talks to Gumpas, and it would have been a lot of fun in watching the characters outwit an entire town. I think Ben Barnes would have pulled it off very nicely, and it would have given us a chance to see what Caspian is like in his element as a King, other than giving simple orders which we saw the rest of the movie.

heckyeah. then again, the movie desperately needs at least one Hollywood scene...

This was one of the few disappointments in the film for me. I knew they had changed it to more of an action scene before I saw it but I still held out hope that--maybe--they had left a bit of the old version in. And even if they hadn't, the trailer & all subsequent marketing held assurances that it was going to be one heck of an action scene. Wrong on both counts! Not only did they replace a wonderful, unique takeover with a TOTAL action scene, the action wasn't even good! It was horribly scripted and played out very Hollywood-sterotypically-ish. I mean, Drinian and Reep hiding in the crowd and then pulling off their masks? How many times have we seen that in another movie? And they shouldn't've glossed over the point that Caspian made a foolish mistake in telling them he was their king. Grr.

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and as kings/queens they should've known better than asking someone like Eustace to "guard something"