Last night we went to see Caspian at the Movie Tavern.
The Movie Tavern is very cool - dinner and a movie, with a table at every seat in the theater. Well worth checking out if you have one in your area.
The movie was excellent, and also a disappointment. It is very loosely based on - one might say only inspired by - the book Prince Caspian by C.S.Lewis. There are small elements of the story here and there in the movie, but most of it is a work of original fiction. It seems that the movie makers felt that the story itself wasn't good enough, and so they had to fundamentally change not only the story line, but also the characters of Peter and Caspian, by making them do or say things that Lewis' characters would have never stooped to.
If you haven't read the book, I expect that you can greatly enjoy the movie. It's a great show, with fabulous plot twists and great action. If you've read the book - particularly if you enjoyed the book - you'll spend the entire time saying, "that never happened! Why did they do that?", pretty much from the first minute of the film.
We should double date there sometime - we like going there.
Hm. I've been meaning to ask you if you've seen it. I'm afraid this will not be well-received by the main Narnia fan in our family. (We're all Narnia fans but there's an uber-fan.) She doesn't like the idea of changing the book. Not one bit.
Sigh. I was looking forward to seeing it, but I was a little concerned by the previews I had seen, where I couldn't figure out what part of the book they were referring to...
Very sad. And I was really looking forward to it too. Hubris, eh, to think you can do it better than Lewis?
I just saw today the film on the first of the Narnia series and I felt something similar to what's being described. Although I perceived it in this case more of cutting and slashing than brute changing.
Still, a bit disappointing.
So, will I be further dissappointed by the second? :)