Prince Caspian

[melw]

Bit of a spoiler

It has been a while since i read the book, but it was surprised when i saw some things in the movie.

I know that there wasn't romance in the book, but they had put it in the movie. (not that i minded, i love my romances)

I enjoyed it, but it might be good to read the book a bit before seeing it. I need ot re-read it so i know where they went in the movie.

has anyone seen it and did you enjoy it?

MEL

[kshsj777]

I love Prince Caspian both the movie and the book. But it's been a while since I read the book.

[Phy]

has anyone seen it and did you enjoy it?

MEL

Oh, yeah. I loved it (http://christianwriters.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17664)!

[Ransom v. Unman]

It was fantastic in my opinion, and much of what they added, they added to make the book stronger on screen.

Books rarely translate best literally. Ask Dr. Rita about it...

[Tay]

Fantastic movie, i have never read the books but thought it was well done and created.

[tlm]

I loved the movie.

I was a bit worried that they were going to do Prince Caspian 2nd (the way it was written) because this was one with the least amount of action--with the exception of a lot of walking and talking. They did a good job, though.

[Thebigguy]

I really liked the book so it takes me a couple times to warm up to the movies, but it was well done. Warwick Davis did a good job as Nikabrik.

[DrRita]

Yeah, the book as it was written would have made a terrible movie. I'm so glad they added what they did. I don't think it took away from the spirit of the book at all, just made a way better movie.

[tlm]

I really liked the book

As an adult I like the book too, but as a kid I thought it was the most boring of the books. It was okay, but compared to the other books, it wasn't filled with as much action or adventure. At least that was how I felt.

I'm so glad they added what they did.

Me too, I just felt that the conversation between Lucy and Aslan was a bit rushed.

[jacks girl]

Is this a Christian film? When you guys talk about movies if you would please always
mention if it's a CM = Christian Movie I would personally appreciate it. thanks

jacks

[tlm]

It is part of C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia. According to C. s. Lewis it is a "what if" story. That being said, If you watch the first movie, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe you will be able to pick out who the Lion represents in that movie as well as Prince Caspian.

[Laina]

Is this a Christian film? When you guys talk about movies if you would please always
mention if it's a CM = Christian Movie I would personally appreciate it. thanks

jacks

Hi Jacks

No this is not a Christian movie. CS Lewis wrote the book and Disney made a movie of it. CS Lewis said that he did not use a Christian theme at all when he wrote the Chronicles of Narnia.

Quote by Douglas Gresham, CS Lewis's step-son.

"If you start out with that ambition, with that mind-set, obviously you're going to find all kinds of interesting symbolisms, but they're actually originating from your own mind rather than from Jack's, and he wrote the books."

Gresham is insistent that the Chronicles are "certainly not a Christian allegory. Jack himself denied that.

[tlm]

Laina, that is true--in a way. Disney is downplaying the Christian imagery, however, I have read quotes from Lewis that make it clear that he had a What if concept when creating Narnia. What if God created other worlds. What if they needed to be redeemed. How would God reach that world with salvation. The redemption is repeated by Aslan in The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe. The Lion of Judah and a Never, Never Land is a good book on the subject.

C. S. Lewis was very diligent about answering the fan mail he received over the years (and that is how he met his wife, Joy) and I have a bound edition of the Chronicles of Narnia--very old. It has a copy of a letter Lewis received from a girl in the U.S.A. She asks Lewis if Aslan has ever come to our world.

Lewis replies that Aslan has come to this world, but he had another name. He told her that she is smart enough to figure out what name he had in this world. He tells her, these are the clues:

Who arrived to our world at Christmastime, lived a perfect life, died to save a traitor, then rose to life again?

Whenever I read LWW to my public school kids, I always ended the story by reading those letters. There was always a 2nd grader bright enough to make the connection--which kept me from getting into trouble.