Comments for “The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian” at http://pres-outlook.net , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://pres-outlook.net Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:29:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://pres-outlook.net/reviews/movie-reviews/7439-the-chronicles-of-narnia-prince-caspian.html#comment-4298 It was terrible. I first read Narnia over 40 years ago and Disney has ruined Prince Caspian. Narnia is not Tolkien, these are children’s books but it seems the folks at Disney have forgotten that. Most of the religious symbolism is gone, and the level of violence makes it unfit for the children the books were written for. Stick to the BBC version, it is far superior even with the cheesy 70s special effects. - Joe McNair Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:29:31 +0100 http://pres-outlook.net/reviews/movie-reviews/7439-the-chronicles-of-narnia-prince-caspian.html#comment-3976 I have loved THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA for over thirty years, since college days. And I was absolutely delighted with the movie version of THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE when it came out in 2005. So it made me very sad to be so severely disappointed in Disney's PRINCE CASPIAN. In my opinion they simply ruined Lewis's story with far too much gratuitous warfare... far beyond what is in the book. And in the course of it the movie neglected what I see as the core of Lewis's tale, Aslan's awakening of the spirits and creatures of Old Narnia (and thus creation itself). In doing this the Disney screenwriters and production team abdicated the wonderful opportunity to communicate a profound eco-spiritual message, and gave us just another bit of excessive violence in an all-too-standard fantasy war. In the book Aslan comes into action much sooner than he does in the movie, and while the boys go off to join Caspian the girls remain with Aslan and witness the real wonder and miracle of the book. Aslan roars. And the roar echos across all of Narnia. The trees awaken and dance. The animals and other Old Narnians emerge. The usurping Telemarines grow apprehensive, but what they really fear is their own fears. And, then, the old earth deities themselves arise and respond to Aslan's summons... Bacchus and old Silenus on his donkey. What follows is not a battle, but a romp... a nearly bloodless coup facilitated by verdant vines running rampant over the houses, schools, and towns of the occupiers of the land. Liberation and plenty and healing are offered not just for Old Narnia, but for any Telemarine who will embrace it. The very tiny bit of this part of this half of the story that the Disney team did put in the movie was so bowdlerized, simply turning the awakened trees and river into additional combatants, that it felt like a profanation of Lewis's tale. In Lewis's story I see a playing out of the groaning and travailing of the creation, subjected to futility, that the Apostle Paul speaks of in Romans. And Lewis then gives a portrayal of the liberation of that subjected creation along with the revealing of the sons and daughters of God. It is a profoundly radical tale, especially when read in the light of contemporary environmental concerns and with a consciousness of creation spirituality. It leaves me deeply frustrated that many people are going to this movie hoping to experience something with an underlying Christian significance and being robbed of seeing what should be there. There are a few crumbs, but the real feast has been omitted. I feel cheated. - Kenneth Cuthbertson Mon, 26 May 2008 03:54:48 +0100