I can't... Wow. PC was everything you guys said it would be... And more! SQUEE!!!! I loved it!

I'm going to write a better reveiw later... I don't really have time now. But, ohmygosh, it was fantastic!

I soooo cannot wait to see it!! I'm probably going to have to wait until at least next weekend though... I have a friend that wants to see it with me

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Yep Haldir, it's that good.
Having seen it twice, I still love the movie. And Reepicheep and Edmund still OWNED this movie. I thought they were awesome. And, as promised, my review. I am attempting to do every bit but the part labled "purist" as objective as possible.



*ahem* Having allowed myself to get off of the movie theater high (you all know what that's right, like?) these opinions have changed somewhat. But instead of editing it all, if you care to know my opinions, just ask.


Characters
Caspian/Telmarines
I was overall pleased with his performance. The Spanish accent for all the Telmarines was a good decision, I think. Ben Barnes showed the tension of becoming king and having to take upon himself the responsiblity of others rather well. He managed to keep the accent throughout the movie, which was one thing I was a little worried about. I am looking forward to see how he handles Dawn Treader.
The Telmarines, especially (yayness, they were there!) Sopespian and Glozelle, did a good job of showing their mistrust of the old Narnians and that they weren't especially for Miraz. I thought they portrayed different personalities and such very well for such short screen time. Glozelle was probably my favorite. You could see his shifting loyalties. Very nice.

Peter
Will Moseley did a nice job of showing Peter's internal struggle of going from High King to adolescent schoolboy again. You could really feel for Peter. Though I must say, at times I felt he was a bit of a jerk. After the raid, when he had to leave the Narnias behind, I felt so bad for him. Then I stopped thinking he was a jerk. For a little while. But I get the impression we were supposed to think that. You had to see Peter acting stupid and "grown up" in order to appreciate what he was going through. It was a very good performance - you could see he was upset that these people had taken over his country and made it bad for his people, and that he felt awful for abandoning them.

Susan
Ah..I'm not much of a Susan fan. I really never have been, after the way she acted in the books PC and Last Battle. She's just too "grown up," if you know what I mean. Always trying to be older than she is. BUT, Anna did a nice job in the part. I can appreciate her roles in both LWW and PC. I think she did a great job showing how Susan will turn away from Narnia, what with the attraction of boys to her and her to Caspian. Also, her comments on "finally being used to being in England." She did well fighting and such without coming across to much as a Mary Sue as well.

Edmund
Yes. Amazing job by Skandar. I cannot get enough of watching his performance. You can really tell how he has grown as an actor. The way he added touches of humor to his lines, and yet was able to be serious during the other parts, was very well done. Of course, Ed has been a favorite character of mine for a while now, so I may be biased. He is such a person of quality in the books. All in all, I loved pretty much every moment he was on screen. As stated, he owned this movie. With Reep. They stole the show, in my opinion.

Lucy
Georgie is endearingly sweet, as she was before. She most definitely looks older, and you can see how she will grow throughout the other movies. I can't say that her acting has changed a whole lot, but I guess then again her character didn't change much. Lucy is still young and innocent, believing in the best and hoping always for Aslan's coming. Though she does show her resentment at being treated like a child by the others, which came across very well.


A Purist's View - okay, it is a bit long. But it isn't all complaints!
Well...what all to say? Some parts were so good that I clapped. (Yes, I literally clapped in the theater. Of course, there were only about 7 people in there, but whatever. I clapped. ) Other parts I sat and went "No! Wait, hang on, what was that about? Um....no. No. And where was that?? So, here we go.

The Beginning. Spanish Telmarines. Well, it makes a bit of sense, so I can go with it.Miraz is not king yet, but still Lord Protector. Not quite sure why they did that, but whatever. It doesn't interfere too much with the storyline, as Miraz becomes king later. Thankfully. I was a bit worried. Lord Sopespian is there, and Glozelle is a general. They do plot against him - hurrah! Doctor Cornelius shows up, though I don't think his name was ever mentioned. He was always "professor." They DID show the conjunction of Tarva and Alambil, just not with any midnight meetings. It was a close up of the sky, but I was happy anyway. Now, Caspian leaves home. He's pursued, but all right. Here's where I get a little upset. He smacks his head on the tree but is conscious, sees Nikabrik and Trumpkin. Trumpkin goes to fight his pursuers while Nikabrik goes after Caspian. Caspian, scared, blows the horn. Timing. Off. I recognize the need to bring in the Pevensies, but I do like the "afterwards" feel of them realizing it was the horn that brought them. I just always liked that. We go to the Pevensies in England. I pretty much have no complaints with that, it was well done. HOWEVER. When they get to Narnia and examine the ruins of Cair Paravel, Edmund says it was attacked. That is all we hear of it, nothing is explained with it, and that's just it. My question - what was the point? It wasn't in the book, it wasn't used in any way, it was just there. Why bother?

Now, in the book, Caspian wishes that the old days of Narnia were true. He even tells Nikabrik and Trufflehunter that "I've been looking for people like you all my life." This Caspian needs to get used to the idea. He doesn't want to be around them, he just wants to keep running. It is only after all the Old Narnians get together that he finally decides to help them out. The meeting of the Narnians is probably one of my least favorite parts. In the actual story, he goes all around meeting "the old Narnians who lived in hiding." Some of them have to get warmed up to the idea, others such as the centaurs join him quickly. Trumpkin has one of my favorite lines (it could've even easily been delegated to one of the others, since we know he's with the Pevensies). "Why stop at trees? Wouldn't it be great if we could get the stones to pick themselves up and throw themselves at old Miraz?" Great line. Given to Nikabrik, it would easily show his disapproval of Aslan and the "fairy stories" of Trufflehunter. I DO approve of how they introduced Reepicheep, as it shows his valor and honor, but I wish they had introduced the others better.

The Pevensies journey to meet Caspian is well done. I like all in all how it worked. And yes, they did have D.L.F.! But honestly. How hard would it have been to be a little truer to the book? When Trumpkin first met them, before his fight with Edmund, he could have easily said something about dear little friends. Then it would have seemed 'less rude' (as a person in the theater commented during the movie) and would've made more sense. Not too hard to put that in there. A couple lines, that's all that was needed. The Peter/Caspian tension wasn't in the story, but it is the thing I most approve of them changing. It's extremely well done and makes a TON of sense. Peter was High King just a year ago, his land was flourishing, and now he comes back to see his land devestated, his people hunted down. All by the Telmarines, of which this fellow who wants his throne. I can see Peter being uptight. And Caspian is trying to figure out how to run a kingdom and is probably more than a little nervous with having the kings and queens of old around watching his every move. He's bound to feel stressful and resentful with Peter taking over everything. And since they eventually resolve it, I like it.

What's funny, is I mind how Caspian met the Narnians more than the whole added raid on the castle. The raid is something that could have taken place, though probably not on the castle. I could see Caspian and his group attacking a small army camp or something. And it did work well to show Peter's concern over the Narnians. When they are left to die, his is so sad that I nearly cry. Yes, so it's good. Peter/Aslan? I'm not quite sure where that came from. Peter doubting Aslan is somewhat natural, but I don't know. It irritated me.

Suspian. I admit, I was angry and scared that they would mess it all up. Yet I will say it was well done. It was mainly just little glances and the like. Though one of the best lines had to have been "You might need to call me again?" "Shut up!" Hilarious. So it's okay. The kiss at the end was more along the lines of farewell than I love you, so it was alright, if not approvable. So Suspian fearers, it is alright. And coming from me, that means it really is okay.

Bringing the White Witch back. I've heared many people say they didn't like that part very much. I, though, thought it was really cool. The werewolf was AWESOME. He had nearly the entire quote in the movie. The whole "I am hunger" bit. I LOVED it. And applauded. And Caspian decides, "Hey, this isn't such a good idea after all," thankfully, or else I might have thrown something. He shouldn't be approving it. While the White Witch showed up and talked to Caspian and Peter, even though it never got that far in the book, I thought it was well done. It didn't seem off or out of place, like some other things were. (Attack on Cair? Psh.) And Ed was awesome with getting rid of her.

So, most of my complaints were for the beginning. I thought the battle and challenge with Peter and Miraz was REALLY well done. And they had the bulgy bear! He was never really pointed out or anything, but he did suck his paws. Hurrah!

Now, my only other major complaint. No going of Aslan throughout Narnia and liberating the people. No Baccus and Silenus. They get chapters in the book, but nothing in the movie. It could have been done. Instead of having Susan return with Caspian and having Lucy go on, have no fight and Susan and Lucy find Aslan together. When with him, after he wakes the trees, Baccus will show up. Line, "Come children, let us go and help those not in the battle and let the trees do their work." Ta da! They go off, intercut shots of them in villages and stuff with the battle. Hoorah, they all meet up at the bridge and it's wonderful. It could have been done.

And, come on, why change the lines? In the book, when Caspian is proclaimed king, he says something along the lines of "I don't think I am ready for it." Aslan replies, "If you had felt yourself sufficient, it would have proven you were not." Why bother changing that? They kept the idea of the words the same, and it isn't like the actors couldn't have handled two more words. Also, I loved Reep's speech about the tail being the honor and glory of a mouse. He's told he thinks too much about his honor. He doesn't reply with inane prattle about balance, no, he says how some people measure valor by height. It's a good speech, why change it? The ending is good, though there is no door. It's a tree, but that's okay. It makes for cool special effects.


As an Objective Viewer - if you want more in depth, read above. It isn't too bad, I promise.
AWESOME. The movie starts off with a lot of excitement. There's an attempted killing, a chase scene, and a great transition to the Pevensies in England. The acting is all great, and them showing up in Narnia and playing around is good. Trumpkin has some rather hilarious lines. The tension of not knowing weather Caspian will join the Narnians, or if the Narnians will kill or not kill Caspian, is exciting. Tension between Caspian and Peter just gets better, and the romance is well done. If I wasn't such a purist, I would enjoy it immensely. The battle scenes are spectacular; the raid on the castle was sooo sad at the very end. The hag and werewolf calling up Jadis was fascinatingly creepy. Everything was so well done, all they way down to the CGI squirrel and large river-god. The costumees were amazing. And I cannot say enough about the music. I could write pages of it. It draws you in at the beginning and just adds so much. I LOVE IT. I will be getting the soundtrack soon, I assure you. The only thing with the music is that the ending song didn't quite fit. You have these huge orchestral pieces, and then this random song that doesn't work. I'm still not quite sure why, it just didn't fit. But all in all, the movie was well worth seeing and I loved every minute (as a completely objective viewer).

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Okay... I'm still squeeing over it... Here are TT's thoughts:

::Major Spoiler Warning::

Let me just say, the movie, over all, way amazing! It was everything I had hoped it would be, and I wasn't upset over anything important. I'm not sure If I was upset about anything at all, frankly.
PC had a very different feel from LWW. It was more... full of battles, and less magical and fantasy-ish. But, it still retained a good deal of Narnia's magic, though, not as much. And I don't think it was as sweet a movie as LWW. The movie grew up with the actors/charries. Which was kind of depressing, but also nice.
Peter - He's so knightly. I think William played the part excellently. Pete's a lot different from LWW. Older... He was different then hiw he was portrayed in the book. Less... kind of, ideal king... and more human. Which was fine by me. I loved every scene he was in. Perfect!
Susan - Aw, I love Susan. She was also more grown up in the movie. And they were definatly building up to her fall from Narnia. Which is sad... But she was still a really good character. And I do not love her any less. Oh, and her costumes (especially at the end) were goregous!
Edmund - He shone in the movie! He was completly heroic, funny... and I began to really, really love him. His message scene to Miraz was classic! And he was great in the battle and night-raid. And him believeing Lucy! Aw! It was too sweet. And, in Englan,d, when he fought with Peter... He's wonderful! And then when he was the one who destroyed the White Witch too! And Skandar! He's so old! And he's perfected his acting skills too. I do believe I'm becoming an Edmund fan.
Lucy - When did Georgie grow up! She's still adorable... And she still posseses that innocent, but not as much. Just her looks, I guess. And there's nothing they could have done about that. She acted well. Otherwise, she was the same. I only wish they had shown more of her.
Caspian - He owned the part! Ben Barnes was fantastic! His accent is so cute! And, well, the charrie of Caspian is just... really nice. When Aslan said "Arise, Kings and Queens of Narnia", and he didn't... Aw! He was too sweet. (I know, I'm such a girly girl... ) I loved him!
Battles - Yes, thre were more, and they were bigger. Didn't bother me at all! They were tastfully done. And, Susan fighting didn't bother me one bit. I actually enjoyed seeing her.
Suspian - Call me a traitor to the book, I don't care! I LIKED it. Their flirting wasn't a main part of the movie, but it was obvivous, and sweet. And then the kiss... I loved it! Really, I did. I was smiling then. So, I was not unhappy about that at all.
Peter/Caspian tension - Er, the main idea was brilliant, and made sense. But, I don't know! I guess I just felt sorry for Caspian. And Peter, well, they made him more human, and that was good. Though, I would've liked him to say that "I have not come to take your throne but to put you on it". *shrugs* I was okay with it... But... Anyhow, it was fine!
The end - I cried. I did. It was too sad. It's over for Susan and Peter. I felt horrible. It was a great way to end, but oh too sad! And then it ended! I was like Peter and Susan; I didn't want it to ever end. I just wanted it to go on and on... Forever and ever. The ending was perfect, but it was sad.

I could say more... But I won't. I highly reccomend this movie to anyone!

"For Narnia!" "Far Aslan!"

I agree, so much, about Susan and Peter. I wouldn't have cried (well, not as much) if I hadn't already been remembering, through the whole movie, that Susan will never see Narnia again. I mean, Peter will in The Last Battle, but Susan never comes back, and that hit me. It also hit me that Aslan knew. Aslan knew that Susan would never be back in Narnia. It was just...sad. That was one reason. The other one was that I enjoyed the movie so much that I didn't want it to end, really.

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^ Aw, you know I completly agree with you there. It was really well done. So sad... And, yeah, I mean, if I didn't know that Susan wouldn't be coming back I wonuldn't have felt so sad... But I did.

I still have the music ringing in my ears...

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I think I forgot to mention that the Caspian-Peter alpha-male tension made me laugh. And after I got out of the theater, I realized I should have said at the end, "I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are an evil." Now my guy friend wants to go back and see it with me just so he can hear me say that...he's such a dork. XD

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PHYLLIS, THE ANTI-SUSPIAN!

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Pd, aw, thank you! Mine was nothing compared to yours.
I know! I was so happy to finally see it too! The theater was practiacally empty, which was surprising, as it was a rainy day. But it worked out perfectly.
What? I am so insanely jealous of you! You get to see it again???

Anie, I'd go see it with you just to hear you say that.

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^ I know, I want the DVD of PC also! And it's going to be a long time before it comes out.

I haven't read the books, and I told my mom she could get me the books for my birthday (which is next month). She said she already had them. So either she finds them or I get new books. haha

I've also been trying to get my mom to ditch work to see PC with me during the day when the theatre isn't busy. Maybe Friday, because she doesn't have to work that day.

I may have to see it again before then, though.

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PD, meci.

Mostly. There were, like, 4 other groups there. One was very loud. They were all laughing over the Chihuahua trailer... And then one little girl (little) kept excalimng "Caspian is so HOT!!!". Which I find disturbing... but anyhow.

Did you record you quotes? You must share some with me. I was thinking of bringing a notebook, but, well, my family was looking at me strange enough as it was! I was rather hyped!
Aw, don't worry. Honestly. Technically, I could go. But, I have to buget my summer movies rather carefully. It was 15 dollars for me... plus popcorn.


Oh, I can't wait for PC to come out on DVD either!

You know what? In my review I failed to mention Reepicheep. So, I must say, he is amazing!!!! He was so cute, and funny. And I think his voice fit him perfectly! *huggles him*

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XD haha

Yep, I need to read the books. I'm still working through the LotR books (for the first time... I've sadly been neglecting the great fantasy stories...)

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I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire
That once burned out of control
You took my body and soul
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GASP! No Narnia! No Lord of the Rings?!?! What is this... You BETTER get reading missy. I always get anyoed at people griping on about how boring the LotR books are. They are a brilliant masterpiece, and I (for one) do not find them tedious at all...

Anyways I STILL havent seen it :smack: Its just been too crazy busy. Hopefully I will get to a theater soon...

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