A Movie Review by Magdalen Aithne Arkwright
I've put off reviewing this one. Because it was based on a well-known and popular novel - not to mention theological - it can be hard to review to everyone's satisfaction - including my own.
It's been a long time since I've read the book, and strangely, I don't know it as well as I know many of the others. I was warned the movie did not follow the book very well and I didn't expect it to, and so I was quite pleased with the movie. However, the more the plot is analyzed, the more it falls apart.
Even so, the characters reigned true and Will Poulter performed Eustace phenomenally. The idea of being tempted and overcoming the temptation is a theme throughout the movie. King Caspian is looking for the nine lost lords and their fates are much the same as they were in book, with some alterations.
Really however, the main conflict is not with themselves and temptation, as you might expect, but rather with "the mist" which takes people... somewhere. This introduces a man and his daughter, who's wife/mother respectively was taken by the mist. The man is allowed to join Caspian's crew to find her and his daughter stows away. The father's remark, "What are you doing here?" when she is discovered is the dumbest line in the movie. The part the daughter plays in the rest of the movie is unnecessary and small - the father's is practically not existent. Perhaps the director wanted the audience to feel the victory over the mist more personal by making it a family reunion, but if so, this goal was not accomplished, and the part the father and daughter play is arguably the weakest link in the chain of the movie.
With holes in the plot and change in the main goal of the story, the movie is weak when analyzed but enjoyable otherwise. Girls will like how mature Edmund has become and will still swoon over Caspian. Lucy has grown up quite a bit too and, as a side note, it is remarkable how much she actually looks like Susan. Reepicheep is perhaps the most endearing character in the movie, right from the start.
I give the movie 8/10 with points off for plot and overall satisfaction. Rating: D (see sidebar)
~Meggy
I've put off reviewing this one. Because it was based on a well-known and popular novel - not to mention theological - it can be hard to review to everyone's satisfaction - including my own.
It's been a long time since I've read the book, and strangely, I don't know it as well as I know many of the others. I was warned the movie did not follow the book very well and I didn't expect it to, and so I was quite pleased with the movie. However, the more the plot is analyzed, the more it falls apart.
Even so, the characters reigned true and Will Poulter performed Eustace phenomenally. The idea of being tempted and overcoming the temptation is a theme throughout the movie. King Caspian is looking for the nine lost lords and their fates are much the same as they were in book, with some alterations.
Really however, the main conflict is not with themselves and temptation, as you might expect, but rather with "the mist" which takes people... somewhere. This introduces a man and his daughter, who's wife/mother respectively was taken by the mist. The man is allowed to join Caspian's crew to find her and his daughter stows away. The father's remark, "What are you doing here?" when she is discovered is the dumbest line in the movie. The part the daughter plays in the rest of the movie is unnecessary and small - the father's is practically not existent. Perhaps the director wanted the audience to feel the victory over the mist more personal by making it a family reunion, but if so, this goal was not accomplished, and the part the father and daughter play is arguably the weakest link in the chain of the movie.
With holes in the plot and change in the main goal of the story, the movie is weak when analyzed but enjoyable otherwise. Girls will like how mature Edmund has become and will still swoon over Caspian. Lucy has grown up quite a bit too and, as a side note, it is remarkable how much she actually looks like Susan. Reepicheep is perhaps the most endearing character in the movie, right from the start.
I give the movie 8/10 with points off for plot and overall satisfaction. Rating: D (see sidebar)
~Meggy
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