More than any of the other “Narnia” books on which Disney’s movies have been or will be based, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a war movie.
Making what is essentially Narnia’s Saving Private Ryan work in the context of a PG rated family movie had to have been challenging, but director Andrew Adamson pulls it off by riding that PG rating right to the edge.
In the process, Narnia loses some of the innocence and wonder that buoyed along the first film, but replaces it with carefully thought out meditation on what it really means to grow up.
For me, the biggest improvement over the last film comes in the form of special effects. They’ve fixed the problems of Wardrobe and delivered seamless CGI for this one, there’s none of the jarring awkwardness and clipping of the previous movie.
It works particularly well in the big action sequences. On the other hand, some of the action may seem overly familiar. It’s no one’s fault really, but many of the big moments in the book bear a striking resemblance to some of the things we’ve already seen in Lord of the Rings.
Anyone who’s a fan of Peter Jackson’s movies will find it impossible not to compare the massive battle sequences in this one to Helm’s Deep in Two Towers, or to compare the movie’s big river finale to Arwen’s battle with the Nazgul in Fellowship. It can’t be helped, and Adamson does as much as he can to differentiate these similar action beats from those we’ve already seen in Rings. – Via Cinema Blend
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