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Actors: Simon Andreu, John Bach, David Bowles, Warwick Davis, Liam Neeson
Studio: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 198
Format: Color, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Running Time: 149 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 05815400
UPC: 786936772470
EAN: 0786936772470
ASIN: B001EDOC60
Release Date: December 2, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Product Description
The magical world of C.S. Lewis beloved fantasy comes to life once again in Prince Caspian, the second installment of The Chronicles Of Narnia series. Join Peter, Susan, Edmund, Lucy, the mighty and majestic Aslan, friendly new Narnian creatures and Prince Caspian as they lead the Narnians on a remarkable journey to restore peace and glory to their enchanted land. Continuing the adventure of The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe with more magic and a brand-new hero, Prince Caspian is a triumph of imagination, courage, love, joy and humor your whole family will want to watch again and again.
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More exciting than The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian continues the movie franchise based on C.S. Lewis' classic fantasy books. The movie picks up where the first left off... sort of. It's been a year since the Pevensie children--Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes), and Lucy (Georgie Henley)--returned to England from Narnia, and they've just about resigned themselves to living their ordinary lives. But just like that, they're once again transported to a fantastical land, but one with a long-abandoned castle. It turns out that they are in Narnia again--and they themselves lived in that castle, but hundreds of years ago in Narnia time. They've been summoned back to help Prince Caspian (Stardust's Ben Barnes, resembling a young, cultured Keanu Reeves), the rightful heir to the throne who's become the target of his power-hungry uncle, King Mraz (Sergio Castellitto). And he's not the only one threatened: Mraz's people, the Telmarines, have pushed all the Narnians--the talking animals, the centaurs and other beasts, the walking trees--to the brink of extinction. Despite some alpha-male bickering, Peter and Caspian agree to fight Mraz alongside the remaining Narnians, including the dwarf Trumpkin (Peter Dinklage) and the swashbuckling mouse Reepicheep (voiced by Eddie Izzard). (Also appearing is Warwick Davis, who was in Willow and the 1989 BBC Prince Caspian.) But of course they most of all miss the noble lion, Aslan, who would have never let this happen to Narnia if he hadn't disappeared. Prince Caspian is epic, evoking memories of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films. (Some of the battle elements may seem too familiar, but they were in Lewis's book.) And it's appropriate for kids (Reepicheep could have come out of a Shrek movie), though the tone is dark and there is a lot of death, albeit bloodless. After two successful films, Disney and Walden Media's franchise has proved successful enough that many of the characters are scheduled to return in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. --David Horiuchi
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 Outstanding... Wonderful life lessons January 9, 2009
My family & I recieved this movie as a Christmas gift from my parents. This movie has some wonderful life lessons in it... For example, what can happen if you are too proud to ask for help. Most movies that are made today don't have anything for kids or adults to learn - you just walk away saying "oh - that was a good movie" or "What a waste of time"
With this movie, not only did I walk away saying that this was an exceptional movie but also with a bit more to ponder, that is if you pay attention.
The graphics are very well done and the blu-ray is outstanding. The extras on the DVD are even very good to watch (they really give you a good feel for the movie and all that went into making it).
Now, I haven't read the book yet but I think this is a great movie for all kids and adults to see.
I really enjoyed the first movie and I thought this one was just as well done. I know some other reviews beg to differ but then again, when has any part 2 movie ever received as good of reviews as the 1st? Well, I think this one should have. Oh - just as a side note, if anyone can fall a sleep during this movie then they could probably sleep through a real battle as well :-)
This is an excellent movie to watch & would recommend it to all. I just really wish that Disney hadn't backed out of making the 3rd Narnia movie. I would have really liked to see that one.
Great movie; take the kids! December 29, 2008
This is a very nice action/adventure movie which is another volume in the C.S. Lewis Narnia series.
There's nothing not to like; nice scenery, nice props, nice characters, nice lion, nice voices, good dialog.
The plot is fairly simple; bad guy wants the throne, and tries to kill the rightful heir.
Rightful heir blows on the magic horn, and the kids from the first movie show up to help (they are, after all, the Kings and Queens of Narnia).
There are a series of adventures, character development, and a rousing hopeless battle of good against evil.
And good triumphs, and it's a good day!
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Blu-Ray) December 27, 2008
We liked the movie.
2.5 hours
Overall good entertainment and linkage to first movie was good.
Movie scheme is darker, not as close to the book as we'd like but action in HD was good. Depth and color stood out, but when much is night based it takes away a bit. Blu-Ray is suppose to be able to enhance even the night time movie filming, but this one didn't seem too. Two different HD TVs.
Definitely teenager and up movie. Not one for the younger kids.
Recommend:
 Trust me... You can do much better.... December 8, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
When the first film came out I saw it right away. I have read all the books numerous times and thoroughly enjoyed each one. While I thought they could have done better with the first film I also recognized that one can only do so much in film adaptions of stories like these. I eagerly anticipated the second film, hoping that it would pick up the slack where the first movie failed and build upon it to make the series great.
Boy, was I disappointed.
Prince Caspian is (unfortunately) a shining example with what is wrong with the fantasy film genre today. Let me take you through just a few of the arguments I have with this film:
1. Actors/Acting - The formula Disney seems to be taking with these films is one we have seen way too many times before: Hire a cast of cute/adorable budding young "actors", maybe throw in a teen heartthrob character (in this case Prince Caspian) and if he can speak in an accent even better! Then cross your fingers and hope that the fact that almost none of them can act will be covered up by their charming good looks. This is terrible and inexcusable. There are plenty of cute AND talented actors out there. This just makes me think they went with the cutest kids they could find and said "Hey do you want to be in a BIG MOVIE?" Now I know this is not the case, but still they could have done so much better.
2. Music - Blah... more of the same. Which in itself might not be too bad if it was given new life. but it really did feel like a rehash of the same stuff we heard in the first film.
3. Cinematography - Ahh! This has really been bothering me and it is something that has bothered me since the first film. This film suffers... yes SUFFERS... from "Lord of the Rings" syndrome. Ever since Peter Jackson made The Lord of the Rings trilogy (which was brilliant) and Hollywood found out that big epic films with sprawling landscapes and enormous battle scenes will make bank at the box office they have been obsessed with recreating the success of LOTR. The problem of this is while this concept works well with LOTR, it doesn't necessarily work well on EVERY fantasy film. Maybe if more time was put into story development in this film, and less time into crazy special effects and overwhelming battle sequences we might have a film worth seeing. Seriously, how many times are we going to see a battle of millions of little computer generated sprites with catapults before it gets old. Its already old for me.
These things are just a taste of the flaws of this film, the list could go on. I only give this movie a 2 star rating because, although it is terrible, it is watchable (Although I would not advise you to do so).
If you are looking for a well thought out and enjoyable fantasy film that you can keep coming back to... trust me... look elsewhere.
Excellent Family Movie December 7, 2008
Excellent family movie for children 10+. Good talking points around biblical analogies - an understanding of C.S. Lewis books is a tremendous benefit in understanding the biblical relationship.
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