The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian [Blu-ray] [2008] | ![The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian [Blu-ray] [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61R47HRzuyL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Andrew Adamson
Actors: Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell
Studio: Disney
Category: DVD
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 2261
Format: PAL
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 144 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: BUY0090201
EAN: 8717418181888
ASIN: B001EWE7UM
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: November 17, 2008
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Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell Director: Andrew Adamson
Amazon.co.uk Review
More exciting than iThe Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe/i, iThe Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian/i continues the movie franchise based on C.S. Lewis' classic fantasy books. The movie picks up where the first left off... sort of. It's been a year since the Pevensie children--Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes), and Lucy (Georgie Henley)--returned to England from Narnia, and they've just about resigned themselves to living their ordinary lives. But just like that, they're once again transported to a fantastical land, but one with a long-abandoned castle. It turns out that they are in Narnia again--and they themselves lived in that castle, but hundreds of years ago in Narnia time. They've been summoned back to help Prince Caspian (iStardust/i's Ben Barnes, res! embling a young, cultured Keanu Reeves), the rightful heir to the throne who's become the target of his power-hungry uncle, King Miraz (Sergio Castellitto). And he's not the only one threatened: Miraz's people, the Telmarines, have pushed all the Narnians--the talking animals, the centaurs and other beasts, the walking trees--to the brink of extinction. Despite some alpha-male bickering, Peter and Caspian agree to fight Miraz alongside the remaining Narnians, including the dwarf Trumpkin (Peter Dinklage) and the swashbuckling mouse Reepicheep (voiced by Eddie Izzard). (Also appearing is Warwick Davis, who was in iWillow/i and the 1989 BBC version of iPrince Caspian/i.) But of course they most of all miss the noble lion, Aslan, who would have never let this happen to Narnia if he hadn't disappeared. piPrince Caspian/i is epic, evoking memories of Peter Jackson's iLord of the Rings/i films. (Some of the battle elements may seem too familiar, but they were in Lewis's book.) And it's appropriate for kids (Reepicheep could have come out of a iShrek/i movie), though the tone is dark and there is a lot of death, albeit bloodless. After two successful films, Disney and Walden Media's franchise has proved successful enough that many of the characters are scheduled to return in iThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader/i. --iDavid Horiuchi/i, Amazon.com
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 Great film - despite differences from the book December 17, 2008
Martin Turner (Marlcliff, Warwickshire, England)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Prince Caspian is a superb film, and great to own on Blu-Ray, which gives full rein to the breathtaking and detailed cinematography. It's a great film even though it differs from the book in many crucial respects though -- in case you are thinking about not watching it for this reason -- it remains fundamentally true to what the book is about. Want to know how? Read on.
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br /Prince Caspian (the book) was the second of the Narnia books to be written, and was the 'return to Narnia' after the unprecedented (and unexpected) success of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Of the seven, it's probably the most adventurous and exciting, but it also has to work very hard to explain itself. What this boils down to is that the book begins with a fairly lengthy 'mystery' sequence, where the children arrive in Narnia, but spend a long time before they understand that they are in Narnia, followed by a very long 'flashback', while Trumpkin the dwarf explains the entire history of Prince Caspian (the character) and the entire course of the war with his uncle Miraz. The children then travel with the dwarf through a changed Narnia, in a section dominated by Lucy's passion to see Aslan again, and the disbelief of the others. The book really takes off when the boys join up with Caspian, and the girls with Aslan, leading to one of the most exciting and well-described sword-fights in all of literature. After victory, the book culminates in joyous and eminently readable victory celebrations.
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br /Prince Caspian is a great book, but, quite obviously, most of the plot presented in that way would be almost impossible to make into a film which was anywhere near as exciting as it deserves to be.
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br /So, what was the film-maker's solution? To keep most of the plot, but to play it in a different sequence. Sometimes this is overcoming the difficulty of doing flashbacks well (by presenting things in their 'natural' order), but, more often, it's playing the crucial scenes actually in a different order.
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br /I have to say, I was worried that this would happen, which is why I didn't see the film in the cinema (my loss). My niece still refuses to see it.
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br /Although casually cutting up the best bits of the book and gluing them back together differently sounds like a kind of desecration, it actually works very well indeed. A couple of major scenes are added, including a daring (but doomed) attack on the castle of Miraz, and there's a lot more footage of Miraz and his family. What the screenwriters seem to be trying to do is to keep the spirit and ethos of the book, and draw out the characters, and moving the plot around in order to make sense of it.
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br /This is quite different from the way that The Lord of the Rings was altered for the film, with a very different (and disappointing) slant placed on the character of Elrond.
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br /If you've read the books, and can see that this is the same story told different, then you will be able enjoy to the full this rivetting, gorgeous, touching and perfectly timed film, which (because of the way the plot changes) keeps you guessing right to the end, the way the book did the first time you read it. If you haven't read the book, then this is a great movie and will help the book to resonate afterwards. If you've read the books, though, and can't bear for any of them to be altered, then take heart: with its criss-crossing plot and time lines, Prince Caspian will have been by far the hardest of the books to bring to film. Expect a Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Silver Chair, Horse and his Boy and Magician's Nephew which play very straight, in much the same way that The Chronicles Of Narnia - The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe was filmed. The Last Battle, though, may prove more problematic...
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br /What I loved most about this film was the way it brings out the legendary status of the children as Kings and Queens of Narnia, while constantly contrasting it with them as children. The sense of the inter-mingling of time is heady and potent. The camera work is dazzling, and the music, especially when it calls to mind Mr Tumnus's theme from the first film, perfectly offsets it.
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br /Provided that you can overcome the radical surgery to the plot, this is virtually a film without flaw, and its special effects easily overtake its predecessor.
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br /Very warmly recommended, despite my initial misgivings.
Fantastic!!!!! November 18, 2008
Paulthurlby
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is bluray heaven, picture is breathe taking the visual effects stunning.This movie was made for bluray,could not follow storyline my eyes were mesmerized by the sheer beauty of this movie on screen.The sound quailty was awesome. Thankyou Disney movies for this excellent movie.I love it.
Magical!!!!! April 13, 2009
Mrs. D. Lee (Newtownards Co Down)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've just watched this wonderful film, glad to be transported back to Narnia. Unlike the Lion.... I was not familiar with the story beforehand so cannot comment on how closely it follows C. S. Lewis's book.
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br /Although a long movie, at just over two and a half hours, no time is wasted in getting the story underway, and it continually moves forward at a comfortable pace. The special effects are magnificent, and are made for blu-ray. The quality and definition are simply breathtaking. Well worth paying the extra for the added enjoyment, and it especially enhances the battle scenes.
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br /Do not hesitate, and enjoy this film again and again.
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br /At least until 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' is released in cinemas next year!!!!!
Even better then the first Narnia film which was great!!! May 27, 2009
Dragonlord (Cornwall)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read all the Narnia books when I was a child and loved them all very much indeed. At the moment I must say the films so far are doing the books great justice and I can't wait for the next one. Prince Caspian is faster paced then the first film and has these cute sword fighting assassin mice which made me smile alot. One thing I have noticed with all my Disney Blu-ray films is that they seem to have the best hd transfers going at the moment. If you liked reading the Narnia books or enjoy fantasy films then this really is a must buy you won't regret it.
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Superb. October 24, 2009
Pyewacket (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
First of all I have to say that this is the first Blu-Ray film I have ever watched and this technology does not disappoint. Everything was crystal clear and the sound so perfect that at one point when someone trod on a twig, I nearly jumped out of my skin.
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br /The Telmarines have taken over Narnia and Prince Caspian who should rightly be the next King finds his life in danger when the Usurper, Miraz's wife gives birth to a son. His ambition is for his child to become King ergo, Caspian must die. His tutor gets wind of the plot and he escapes with Susans magical horn which when he falls off his horse and is threatened by dwarves, he blows. Back in England the Pevensey children are standing on a tube platform when they suddenly feel magic and before they know it, are back in Narnia. However, hundreds of years have passed since they were last there and things have changed for the worse.
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br /Eventually they meet Prince Caspian and form an alliance to fight against the Telmarines. Elsewhere, Lucy keeps on seeing Aslan although none of the others believe her. She is however correct.
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br /We meet a huge new range of characters in this film, Reepicheep the brave mouse, voiced by Eddie Izzard, Trufflehunter voiced brilliantly by Ken Stott and of course the DLF who ends up being Lucy's firm friend.
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br /The special effects are very good indeed especially during the battle scenes.
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br /If you wonder where Aslan is during the film, then you will have to watch it to find out. It spoils things otherwise.
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br /In some ways, I preferred this film to the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe as its message isn't overtly Christian.
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br /I would like to have seen the Chronicles of Narnia in their correct order though which is as follows:- The Magicians Nephew (which explains how Jadis got into our world), The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair and finally, The Last Battle. Maybe these will be made into films........hopefully they will.
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