Back when the original Narnia movie released I saw it opening day while vacationing in London and I loved the film. So one can only imagine my excitement for the sequel which opened yesterday and I had to see it as my birthday movie (which is tomorrow by the way...)
It's one year later and the kids are having trouble dealing with being back in the real world and 30 years younger than what they were in Narnia. Back in Narnia Prince Caspian's uncle has a new son and wants Caspian dead. Caspian is whisked away and blows a horn that brings back our young heroes.
Narnia is no longer the beautiful world we saw once before and now it lays in ruins. Despite a PG rating this is much more violent than the original film. Mice cut the throats of men and I think the lack of blood is the only reason the film gets away with it's rating.
The cast does a great job of keeping the film moving which is hard to do when you film runs for 2 hours and 2 minutes but time flies by.
The battles are awesome and epic, there is a totally badass stealth segment that rocks and the special effects are great. It does seem to follow the general outline of the book but the end is rather vague with a weird explanation that has no explanation for the third film.
Either way you owe it to yourself to view this film on the big screen. Hopefully we'll have the third movie before the kids get too old.
Entertainment Value - 5/5
Movie - **** 1/2 / 5
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