I am Prince Caspian...and I'm hot!

[hils]

I appreciate that most people out there think I have crap taste in films. I get told so on a semi-frequent basis.

I really should stop myself reading what other people think of films though, otherwide I'm going to wind up just liking what everyone else does


I should point out that I have both read the book and seen the BBC adaptation but they were both a long time ago.

I don't expect a lot when I go to the cinema. Mostly I just look to be entertained, and this film entertained me, therefore I'm happy. There was nothing especially offensive about the acting (the kids are better than the ones in Harry Potter) and it had big fights and nifty CGI.

Yes, I will admit it was a tad too long and some of the filler scenes could have been cut or condensed. And, yes, they ripped some of the end battle from Lord of the Rings but that made me kind of happy

Overall I liked it. So there!

And I liked The Happening even though everyone else hated it. So there!

Comments

[ryo-girl.livejournal.com]

She does kind of get, like, written off doesn't she?

[hils.livejournal.com]

In the last book they all go back to Narnia forever, except Susan. Apparently wearing lipstick makes you unsuitable :-S

[ryo-girl.livejournal.com]

I remember reading something about that - boys and lipstick, or something. It doesn't surprise me - the book has strong ties to Christianity and we all know how that religion thinks about sex. (Not knocking, because I am one. Or would be, if I went to church.)

[hils.livejournal.com]

I don't think they even mention sex. It's lipstick and nylons

[ryo-girl.livejournal.com]

There you go! I knew it was something.

I enjoyed the movie, actually.

[hils.livejournal.com]

YAY! Me too!

[caersidi.livejournal.com]

I think it was more about her denial of her experiences which manifested in putting her attention on worldly things like lipstick and nylons. Narnia didn't fit into her new mind-set. She lost her sense of wonder.

However, the Susan situation is what drove Philip Pullman into a rage. I think he wrote a famous diatribe about it.

[pepperjackcandy.livejournal.com]

She lost her sense of wonder.

And, in their universe, her belief in Jesus. Because the Jesus of the Pevensie-verse is also the Aslan of Narnia.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Good for him!

I think Neil Gaiman wrote a story about Susan too

[nessaancalime.livejournal.com]

Actually one doesn't know what happened in the end with Susan, as she is still alive and have the chance to regain her belief in what happened with Narnia. I actually read a fic where she did.
Glad you liked the movie, I plan to go see it soon. I actually didn't think the kids in the first movie was so great, but it was a great re-creation of a book I loved very much.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think that was CS Lewis's defence. Susan could go to Narnia later