Lilygloves, what did you think of LWW?

Ah, my bad, Wagga! Thanks for clearing that up. I knew it was one of the later ones, but my sister is better with those details than I am...
Which leads me to conclude that since The Last Battle is the last, it just seems special to have that one start in our world, than the rest of them.

I found enough to like in Prince Caspian. There was lots of anguish before the release about "what if Reepicheep isn't done well?" Turns out he was handled just fine, IMO.

Another thing my wife pointed out to me is that Miraz was handled well as an evil king. He reminded me of the Biblical king Saul. The worst thing wasn't any of the things he had done (though he had done some very evil things), but the way that he was completely unrepentant.

I read through this whole thread once. Unless I missed something, I don't think anyone else touched on the things that bothered me the most.

One was that, unlike in the book, Dr. Cornelius didn't have the good sense to flee the castle immediately after helping Caspian escape. I know this was done to give a good motivation for the raid on the castle, but it ends up making Cornelius too much of a fool to realize his best chance of continuing to help the Narnians would have been to simply leave the castle. Really, wouldn't it have been more in character for Miraz to have him executed immediately, rather than throwing him in a dungeon?

The other is that it seems to be suggested that Aslan was unable to come to the rescue until Susan and Lucy went to "fetch" him. Why that change in the plot? I guess the one way that might be explained would be Charles Wesley's insight which I'll attempt to paraphrase: Almighty God has "bound" Himself to only act on behalf of his people when they first pray to Him. But I'm not convinced that's what the script writers had in mind.

Again I say that PC would have been best appreciated viewed after a HHB release, after which we get to see Susan's full Narnian story. Alas I don't think that frabjous day will ever occur.

I think the Peter character arc would be more grasped also since in H&HB i think there is a bit about the head chief saying about what an fearsome foe High King Peter is or something to that effect, & we get glimpses in them as King N Queen's of Narnia in their magical & exciting time there. All this would help in understanding his problems in PC more for people.

Recently for the first time in ages i saw some copies of PC in one of the shops, and then they all dis-appeared (they got bought) in a small amount of time, then after that the VODT copies disappeared also with only LW&W remaining. I knew once there was a trilogy PC would become more popular & understood.

Andrew Adamson directing H&HB would be the touch for that film for lots of reasons, but i'm bias in that one of those being it would make a great close cousin of a Prince Caspian type adaption with no extended army battle slightly out of sync with rest of film this time round. BUt i must admit, that & my other wishful thinking of a complete Last Airbender trilogy by N Shyamalan does appear to be somewhat of a fantasy at this point though for this film genre

BUt i must admit, that & my other wishful thinking of a complete Last Airbender trilogy by N Shyamalan does appear to be somewhat of a fantasy at this point though for this film genre

Wait... you want M Night Shyamalan to finish The Last Airbender trilogy?

Didn't care for it much originally. In retrospect, I dislike it more.

*snicker-snorts* Yeah, that was my reaction too, Savber. Oh dear. I'm now going to have nightmares about him making the next Narnia movie, aren't I?

I first saw it in the theaters when I was 12. I was rather annoyed at the big smooch/kiss of doom, but overall I loved it. My cousin, dad, and I were sword fighting with our empty cups as we walked out of the theater.

This year I've seen it 3 or 4 times, and I still love it. Maybe even more that the first time. I realize it does have its flaws, but it's still a highly enjoyable movie. Prince Caspian is my second favorite movie ever, after LWW.

I have recently watched the film again because Disney XD aurs it where I live. I have to say I like it. Watching PC it just reminds me the hige potential I though the series has as movie adaptations and although PC was fram for perfect it was still heading on a good direction. The acting was good, the characters were likeable, and the overall feeling of the film felt like Narnia. PC does not hold up much to me as Wardrobe. At the beggining I was very excited but after watching it more and more I felt that it has far to many action scenes and that some elements were not well placed. To much combat, less characterization. But it was overall good and had many good moments to me. It is a shame to see the series did not live up this level of quality. To be fair, few adaptations this days are good or even decent. Narnia was good, or even very good, it was still unique in tis own way and although PC was not as good as LWW in my opinion I still think it holds up. I just wished the end of the franchise hadn´t been so soon.

I was left with very mixed feelings the first time I watched it.
Overall I liked it butI was annoyed by the changes, and the “Kiss” was fresh on my mind .
But 15 re-watchs later it has really grown on me. I still despise Peter’s spoiled brat attitude and Suspian. And I’m still annoyed by Puss in Boots (AKA Reepicheep) but not as much so.
Certain things like the Castle attack and “The Call” which I didn’t like at first I have come to see how much they actually help.
I still love Miraz, an incredible villain Glozelle and Sopespian are pretty good too.

So overall I would give it 7 out of ten stars as a really enjoyable movie even with it’s flaws

In about 11 days now, it will be four years since the Walden/Disney adaptation of Prince Caspian was released in the United States.

I plan to give my thoughts on the movie within a few more days, because they have really changed since the first time I saw the film, and also to coincide with the anniversary of the release.

Anyways, for the first time, PC has been shown on Disney Channel. However, it did not have any of the added scenes that the film had reportedly had on ABC Family a few weeks ago. Anyone happen to catch the full movie and have thoughts?

It has now officially been four years since PC released. It feels like much longer than that. I just watched a few scenes on Blu-ray to mark the occasion...

I don't like it as much as I did four years ago. But I still feel that it is overall a better movie and better adaptation than LWW. There is something about the way PC is directed that just clicks for me. Some unfortunate characterization and plot choices were made (especially in the third act), but I can't help but kinda like the overall feel of it.

I would describe both LWW and PC as pretty good, but far from great. VDT is a total disaster.

As said, it has now been 4 years since the release of Walden/Disney's Prince Caspian. While I wasn't a Narnia fan when it was first released, my opinion has greatly changed since I first saw it on DVD.

I watched PC before I read the book. I did not like the film initially. I was bored with the film, unlike with LWW. However, after bringing myself to watch it on DVD a year or so later after reading the books, I can say I liked it much better.

Some may argue that "it was changed a lot from the book". Hmm, I can agree with that if you talk about the sequence of events, but certainly not in the sense of theme. Besides, if it were adapted just like the book, the film would have been extremely boring.

I really don't know why people say PC is darker than LWW, thus making it a bad film. No matter how many times it has been explained, I'll just never understand it. LWW got rather dark towards the middle, and people weren't complaining then.

So while not the best movie ever, PC has grown on me and I like it a lot better now that I have matured enough to understand it and have read the books. Prince Caspian is now my favorite Narnia movie of the Walden/Disney/Fox trilogy.

I re-watched Prince Caspian with my family and it just gets better and better I can't get enough of it I like it the same way I did 4 years ago - it's amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so well acted, produced, written...I just can't bring myself to not like it

Prince Caspian is currently the most watched of the three for me right now. (I also watch it more than any in the BBC series). Though I think I like LWW better story and adaptation wise... PC is just beautiful artistically. And it's my favorite of the soundtracks... it's amazing what the music does to/for a movie.

When I saw Prince Caspian for the first time, I thought it was a little to dark, but I liked it. Now, that I see it again its one of my favorites (this is mostly cause I love action movies and I look at the positive sides of the film). Anyway, I have loved all of the books and, yes, all of the movies. Sometimes, I think that movies need to stray from the book so that it can make it more cinematic. Anyway, here's my review:

The makers of the Narnia film series obviously found that the battle sequence at the end of the previous film was the best part, so they multiplied it in this film. From the very beginning, we get a less whimsical wonderland than what we have seen before: We find a once beautiful castle in ruins and all of the old creatures of Narnia in hiding. Viewers will watch loads of action when they see an intense chase sequence at the beginning; a devious King who killed his own brother; a tragic, and dark castle raiding sequence; scary hags and werwolves; an extremely violent duel between our hero and villain; and a final battle that will determine the fate of Narnia itself. While the film is not with out its magical moments, it seems like a slightly less bloody version of Lord of the Rings than a Disney “family” film. Still, it is one of the best as the action sequences are very well done, and it has a very complex story line.