Originally Posted By basil fan Finally got to see it (sometimes it's tough to fit it into the schedule) and I thought it was great. I'd like to see it again.
Originally Posted By DlandDug As of today, Prince Caspian has managed $127 million domestic and $101 million foreign. This is on a (reported) production budget of $200 million. It has been steadily dropping at the box office (with the exception of May 26), but it is still on over 3,000 screens. It will turn a modest profit before it goes to video, where it will doubtless make a killing.
Originally Posted By rivka Its very simple, really, why PC did poorly at the box office compared to the first Narnia movie Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. All of the loyal narnia fans, called by Andrew "fanatics" were extremely disappointed with the film. We "fanatics" either watched it only once (got very upset, and did NOT spend hundreds of dollars to take all our friends&family to see it as we did for LWW.) or we boycotted it entirely after seeing some clips and hearing the plot from our friends. They mangled Peter. They mangled Susan. They mangled Caspian. They mangled the Telmarines. And they mangled Aslan. For starters...if they wanted action...there was the whole Miraz-usurping-the-throne deal when Caspian was a small child. There was also the mysterious reason for why Susan is losing her faith throughout the book. There is Peter's character, which exemplifies sanctification and faith, especially when he fights the duel. It would NOT have made a poor movie. There was ALOT there. But Adamson scrapped all those themes for a teeny-bopper action flick. Whoever wrote the script had no idea what true faith was. Romance was portrayed as a temporary/irresponsible/hormonal thing (no sense of restraint, self-control, or faithfulness). And of course, Hollywood can't stand a real male hero leader, so Peter had to be mangled into "just one of us". Well, it didn't do as well as LWW, which actually stayed true to the themes of the book. Because there really was so much depth/meaning/symbolism/inner struggle going on in the book. But the scriptwriters were blockheads.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Having never read the original stories, my sisters and I have no reference points to go by, as do you, rivka, duckling. Therefore we were able to enjoy Prince Caspian immensely. At the same time, we can appreciate the points you just made. The first movie definately had a deeper spiritual meaning to it and it was obvious that the second film didn't bother to go quite so far in that direction. This came across as being rather odd to us, although we still enjoyed the movie. Perhaps we'll have to get out the original books and give them a read. Thank you for your insights, dear.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Well PC only opened this weekend here in the UK and France, they should add to the bottom line quite nicely. The premiere in London had 10,000 people at the O2! as for not being true to the books, I have seen very few films (except maybe the godfather) that have.
Originally Posted By -em I have only read the books once (I read LWW after I saw the movie and Caspian before) so I cant relate them much to each other (movies to books) I really liked the movies and wish I could justify seeing caspian in theaters again (stupid hours being cut- my life is budgeted down to the penny right now) and I hope they do a 4 disc (or alteast a good 2) for Caspian... I saw the "experiance" at the Hollywood Studios yesterday and thought it was pretty kewl- Basically just a long promo for the movie but the set was fantastic- -em
Originally Posted By basil fan I read the books such a long time ago that I don't remember all the details. I may be picking them up again before too long, though. I feel your pain, -em. Since my car gave up the ghost and I had to get a new one, I've tightened the old belt, too. I'll only be seeing Prince Caspian and Wall-E once each this summer (Indiana Jones will have to wait for DVD release), and I've severely curtailed my DVD-purchasing. Everybody Wants to Be a Goof <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/goof.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...oof.html</a>
Originally Posted By u k fan I saw PC a couple of nights ago. I have read the book, but it was a while ago so I'm not too bothered about the changes. Incidentally, my mother saw it a couple of weeks ago and has since re-read the book, she found less was different than she originally thought. I enjoyed it very much. Not as much as TLTWATW, but enough to be happy to see it again. It's biggest problem was having it be a summer movie. It would have played much better at Easter or during another school holiday, IMHO!!!
