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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

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Surgoshan:

--- Quote from: volatile on 21 May 2008, 21:33 ---But, I have to say, I'd love to see some kind of novelization of the Eddas and Ragnarok itself.  A well-done, non Uwe Boll movie would be ace, as well.

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Try David Drake's Northworld trilogy (now bound into a single paperback titled, of all things, Northworld).  It's a sci-fi epic built around the Eddur.  He doesn't romanticize it at all; he wrote them after visiting their native Iceland.

Boro_Bandito:
Saw Narnia today, and I pretty much agree with Jon. Someone who never have read the books or seen the first movie will have no fucking clue what was going on in this one. Overall it wasn't bad, but it wasn't nearly as gooda s the first one.

Lines:
No offense, but anyone who sees a sequel and expects to understand it completely is a bit silly. I've seen some sequels without seeing the first movie and sometimes they make sense and sometimes they don't, but I expect not to understand all of them. Indiana Jones (and maybe even Harry Potter) sequels can totally stand on their own. Star Wars or Lord of the Rings or even Underworld just do not make as much sense unless you see the first one first and/or read the book. It's part of a series for a reason. These books weren't really meant to stand on their own with the exception of maybe A Horse and His Boy, because the Pevensie's are only minor characters and it takes place in a neighboring country. The Magician's Nephew could also possibly do this, but the other 4 books definitely can not be understood completely unless they are read in order.

I still haven't seen the movie, but as I've read the books many times and own the first movie, I don't think I'll have a problem understanding it. (And honestly, I don't expect it to be as good as LWW, as I think LWW is a better story in general than PC and PC is actually one of my least favorite books in the series.)

axerton:
It's not out here yet, but I plan on seeing it when it does come out. The only thing that I'm disappointed with is that they skipped The Horse and His Boy, which was always my favorite. I know that the story isn't really necessary for the course of the series, and any time wasted making it would mean that they actors grow up even more, but I don't see why they couldn't have made it at the same time as Caspian, as they have basically separate casts except for a few scene with Lucy, Susan, Peter, Edmund and Tumnus. This would satisfy fans such as myself, get them an extra movies' worth of revenue and introduce the enemy state and the followers of Tash, which will become very important in The Last Battle.

0bsessions:
Linds, give me some credit.

Common sense would dictate that they would intertwine, but the mark of poor quality is a product that absolutely cannot be enjoyed without having to invest your time in another product. Once you see the movie, you'll probably understand, but it's not a matter of continuity references, fan service or other such trivialities; it's a matter of the movie being practically impenetrable to someone new to the series. I've been over this in other threads. It suffered from the same problem as the last two Matrix movies: it didn't contain enough information and enjoyment on its own to qualify as a good movie. The Matrix flicks, however, at least conveyed some common sense in that they were released within a few months of each other. It's been like two and a half years since Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. in order for me to actually understand and enjoy the movie, I have to either read the book or have very recently seen the other movie. I should be able to watch the movie and enjoy it, regardless of how recently I've seen the first one.

Most of the time, I didn't know what the fuck was going on, nor why anything was going on and the screenwriters didn't seem to feel it necessary to enlighten me. I went in knowing that there are four children in England and they previously stumbled into an alternate world of swords, sorcery and anthropomorphic animals. I also remember a lion dying and coming back and something about a snow queen (And I THINK I recall the black haired boy joining her, but don't remember him turning out to apparently not be an ass). Sure, the movie was pretty and the quips were occasionally fun, but the complete lack of any context for the uninitiated killed it.

See, the Lord of the Rings movies, while not what I'd call stand alone, had the courtesy of a brief summary covering the important shit you needed to know what was going on. Something like that would have seriously helped this movie.

As I said, once it's out on DVD, I'll rent both and watch them together. As it stands, though, it is not a complete movie.

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