The characters of C.S. Lewis's timeless fantasy (
/gp/product/0006716792 ) come to life once again in this newest
installment of the Chronicles of Narnia series, in which the
Pevensie siblings are magically transported back from England to
the world of Narnia, where a thrilling, perilous new adventure
and an even greater test of their faith and courage awaits them.
Its one year since the childrens adventures in The Lion, The
Witch and the Wardrobe ( /gp/product/B000EPE7AU ), but when the
Kings and Queens of Narnia journey back to the magical realm (via
a London Underground station this time, rather than a wardrobe)
1300 years have passed, the Golden Age of Narnia is over and the
kingdom lies in ruins. Narnia has been conquered by the
Telmarines and is now under the control of the evil King Miraz,
who rules the land without mercy. The four children meet an
intriguing new character: Narnia's rightful heir to the throne,
the young Prince Caspian, who has been forced into hiding as
Miraz, his uncle, plots to kill him and place his own newborn son
on the throne. With the help of the kindly dwarf, a courageous
talking mouse named Reepicheep, a badger named Trufflehunter and
a Black Dwarf called Nikabrik, the Narnians, led by the mighty
knights Peter and Caspian, embark on a remarkable journey to find
Aslan, rescue Narnia from Miraz's tyrannical hold, and restore
magic and glory to the land.
Directed once again by veteran director Andrew Adamson, the film
reunites the original cast and creative team behind the
blockbuster first film in the series.
From .co.uk
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More exciting than The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (
/gp/product/B000EPE7AU ), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince
Caspian continues the movie franchise based on C.S. Lewis'
classic fantasy books (
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). 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 (
/gp/product/B000Z2GQZG )'s Ben Barnes, res! embling a young,
cultured Keanu Reeves), the rightful heir to the throne who's
become the target of his power-hungry uncle, King Miraz (Sergio
Castellitto). And he's not the only one threatened: Miraz'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 Miraz 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 (
/gp/product/B0000695JP ) and the 1989 BBC version of 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 (
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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 (
/gp/search?search-alias=dvd&field-keywords=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, .com