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

I agree- and as my brother said, Caspian being king would have known better than to go wandering around a deserted place with only a handful on non-soldiers, even if he did have Edmund (and Lucy) with him.

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 think you have a very good point, and one that could easily describe other sections of the film as well: they changed parts of the story that were really unique and good (and would have worked well on screen) and didn't even give us up to par or better alternatives. It's almost as if the filmmakers, or scriptwriters, I suppose, didn't have faith in the uniqueness of those parts- such as Narrowhaven and how it was in the book- and thought that the audience would only accept a typical Hollywood scene. Maybe they thought we love the action scenes only, and would find scenes such as the book's Narrowhaven to be boring or dry.

Narrowhaven is the only part of the film I didn't really like.. I was to rushed..

Also, when the remaining part of crew rescue them.. How did the minotaurus get there?? I thought that was very funny... The others were all covered up.. You're not gonna tell me people didn't notice a Minotaurus walking among them..

This was the choppiest part of the movie and so unexplained.

They went from the belltower to the jail (without unexplaining why they weren't selling Edmund and Caspain) to the slavemarket (how did they get out of the jail?) to the victory parade.

I really think they must of cut several of these scenes.

ok - it was slightly short, but I liked what I saw!
they might have over edited it.....
but it was cool and I must admit, I like The Green Mist

I'm not sure this was the most disappointing scene in the film, but it's definitely the point at which things first started to go majorly wrong. (*cough cough* THE GREEN MIST APPEARED! *cough cough*) Yes, it was sad not to see the peaceful overthrow of the government as it is described in the book -- one of the most exciting parts of the story, despite the lack of action.

I agree that Narrowhaven was a disappointment. Too rushed and not enough time to get to know (or even mention the names of) the book's characters in this sequence.

Was looking forward to this scene and think the tension generated by the book's scenario of not fighting but bluffing would have worked better.

The fight was well staged and fast paced but the oposite of what the author intended as to what actually happened. So longer and more faithful would have been better. Not knowing the book here would be a plus.

I was ok with most everything. The only things that didn't make any sense at all to me were

*Why on earth did they take the girl and the whiney brat to sell and throw the two stronger guys in the dungeon??? Seems like a waste if you're a slave trader. Doesn't the book say they were most interested in selling Caspian or something like that??? Why would they lock him up instead?

*After they lock Caspian and Edmund they come back for them??? Looked like they were taking them in the direction of the slave market. Where they going to sell them after all??? If they were just going to sell them why did they throw them in the dungeon??? That was just very confusing. I hope they have deleted scenes on the dvd.

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.

Yes, you are correct. And I think that if the originally filmed scenes had been kept in the Lone Islands, it wouldnt have felt a bit rushed. Unfortunately, the loss of these scenes (presumably to control the budget) affected this part of the movie.

That's it! I knew I was missing some "island" in the movie. Really they just downplayed it so much, I didn't even recognize it!

I was not happy with what they did. It was one of those changes that just doesn't make sense in the broad scheme of things. Like Prince Caspian being made and 18-20 year old who obviously didn't need help getting the throne and just happen to blast an ancient horn.

When Narrowhaven was so changed, the whole reason for the rest of the journey is senseless.

Oh, well, at least I can just enjoy this movie as a movie and not an adaptation.

Tiffany

I think that that was one of the most disappointing parts in the movie. I don't want to sound prejudiced against the movie or anything, but that was not a very good adaption. If you think of it as a movie that is not Narnia, then it would be okay, but I was so looking forward to that part. And I really liked that part in the book, it was all so awesome that they outsmarted the whole town. And the part when Caspian comes to Gumpas's (I think that's his name) house was a really nice part for me. The movie was very good, but at this part (and at others) the book was better.

I feel very much like the rest of you. As an adaptation of this scene, I almost like the BBC version better... (did I really just say that????)...

I really felt like they glanced over much of this scene, and it was so twisted and thwarted that it really didn't feel like Narrowhaven at all. The only highlights of this scene at all were Eustace, who really gave the audience some laughs, and getting to see Lucy fight. And that's about it. A lot of the storyline was so confusing and made no sense whatsoever. In fact, I don't even want to think about it...

The movie was going so well up until this point! Why did they have to ruin it??

When I think back to the film, the Narrowhaven scene is actually the one I am most forward to seeing in my second viewing. I love Eustace's pretending to want to help, and screaming like a girl in this scene, and I have always adored the CGI animals in the Narnia films, so seeing Reepicheep scurrying off of the boat onto the Narrowhaven dock and such was just an incredible sight for me!

*Why on earth did they take the girl and the whiney brat to sell and throw the two stronger guys in the dungeon??? Seems like a waste if you're a slave trader. Doesn't the book say they were most interested in selling Caspian or something like that??? Why would they lock him up instead?

This is what I was wondering too. Surely they would rather get good money for Edmund and Caspian, and save Eustace for the green mist? Or maybe they were afraid it would spit him back? Ha!

As an adaptation of this scene, I almost like the BBC version better... (did I really just say that????)...

Yes, you did, and there's no shame in it! I feel like Narrowhaven is definitely one of the strongest sequences of the BBC version; the scene when Caspian confronts Gumpas is just fantastic.

i was dissapointed how Governor Gumpas' role was made so much smaller, at first i thought he was Pug! Also the lone islands went to fast as did the battles in them. i was caught wondering why Lord Bern had just been kept in prison and not sacrificed or sold?

I was disappointed with the Narrowhaven scene cause it only was for a short while. Lots of things happened during that scene in the book and I expected that but oh well.