Originally Posted By leemac Reviews are starting to come in for the second Narnia movie and they are surprisingly positive. Both Variety and Hollywood Reporter found a lot to like in them: <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/reviews/article_display.jsp?&rid=11075" target="_blank">http://www.hollywoodreporter.c...id=11075</a> <a href="http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937080.html?categoryid=31&cs=1" target="_blank">http://www.variety.com/review/...=31&cs=1</a> Will be interesting to see how it plays domestically. I don't think there is any doubt that it will play very well abroad (you only have to look at the incredible international gross of The Golden Compass for that - it has done over 80% of its business outside North America to bring the cume to over $370m).
Originally Posted By greenbean From Variety: "this new entry is a bit darker, more conventional and more crisply made than its 2005 predecessor" The trailer did make Prince Caspian seem a bit darker and more exciting. I'm glad to see that this works well for the film. I will definitely be seeing it this week.
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 "more conventional"? I didn't think tLtWatW was really all that unconventional.
Originally Posted By Ursula Saw it last night. It was surprisingly good. I wasn't prepared to like it as much as I did. I enjoyed the use of visual effects to tell a story, and to not just be there as visual effects. It sounded great, too! Kudos to the mixers and sound designers. I found it darker, but then again, the story is darker. For those with children, please do take into account your child's maturity level. One lady I sat with refused to allow her 9 year-old niece to see it because she knows it is too much for her. Another lady said the same for her 8 year-old child. But, a father there with a 10 year-old boy just knew he'd love it. It is violent in bits, and scary in bits. And it does have a... Wait. I won't do a spoiler alert here. But I will start another spoiler thread.
Originally Posted By Kira I loved it. I may have liked it even better than the first! I felt emotionally attatched to this film in certain scenes and I could feel my eyes getting watery a couple of times. Recommending that everyone go see it in theatres!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Oh, yes! PRINCE CASPIAN is a winner of a movie and reminds us Cauldron girls of what our lives are like here in the Land of Prydain! All that sword and sorcery stuff, you know. ORDDU: So many gorgeous hunks in this film, too! I found it necessary to bring an entire box of tissues in order to mop up all the drool from Peter, Caspian and a whole army of delicious looking warriors. ORGOCH: Yeah, well, yer the only tramp I know who can take a nice movie like this an' turn it inta some kind a personal smut fest!!
Originally Posted By jasmine7 I saw it yesterday, and I loved it! Reepicheep was already my favorite character from Voyage of the Dawn Treader, but adding Eddie Izzard as his voice was just icing on the cake for me. Just a great movie all around.
