- It was long, like the title. 147 minutes. It didn't take me that long to read the book.
- I definitely felt like I had seen the movie before. Trees coming alive to fight the bad guys. Evil horsemen drowned by a river that comes to life. Long movie with dwarves and men with long hair. Fantasy deja vu? Cinematic reincarnation?
Despite those impressions, I did enjoy the movie. The script did take some liberties with the book, but that's to be expected. I believe that a film that is adapted from a novel should be able to stand on it's own, like a newborn gazelle. You shouldn't have to have read the novel to get the film. I loathe fanboys who always praise an inferior picture(The Fantastic Four/Eragon) and defend it by saying "Well, if you read the comic" or "If you read the novel, you would understand."
To them I say "fuck you!" I shouldn't have to read something in order to enjoy a film. Unless it's a foreign flick and subtitled. That exception aside, fuck you fanboy! You deserve to be eaten by hyenas!
Wow! Where did that come from? No more blog posting before I have coffee.
See the film. See it in a theater with a big screen and awesome sound. It's magical! Especially, Prince Caspian's hair.
1 comment:
the makers of Prince Caspian kept to the original story better than i would have expected... i had heard they were going to make it into a silly pure-action flick, but thankfully this was not the case
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