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Film Title: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

 Best for ages: 8 and up.

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Year Released: 2008

Rated: PG (US)

SYNOPSIS

Click Here Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter are a year older than they were in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.  But ever since they first walked into that Wardrobe they have been waiting for a chance to return to the world where they were put in charge of the lands and the people and creatures who live among them.  This time however; (Time being the key word). They expect to go back to the world as they left it, instead they are transported 1,300 years into the future.  This however is not done by them simply entering the wardrobe this time, but they are summoned back while waiting for a train to take them back to school.  They are summoned when Prince Caspian blows Susan's magical horn of need.  While there they are stunned that 1,300 years have past.  They find that Prince Caspian a prince who is not a Narnian but a Telmarine, a human race that took over Narnia and made the Narnians disappear into the forest.  He and his people believe that all the stories of the past about the White Witch, and the lion Aslan are all made up stories of the past. Even the kids were thought to be of legend.  But the kids tell them of their encounter with them and that the stories are true and that they are the ones he called when he blew the horn. Prince Caspian will soon find out the truth.  His Uncle Miraz is about to take over the land and run Caspian out of the thrown. Now with the help of the kids and the creatures of Narnia's past they will wage war on the evil Miraz and fight for Narnia's freedom once again.

VIOLENCE/GRAPHIC CONTENT/language

   Violence/ Graphic Content

  I coupled the violence and graphic content together on this one as they seem to go hand in hand with this film.  This is a movie about war, an epic battle of good vs. evil.  While the film is limited on the amount of blood and guts, some blood is shown in the less violent scenes, such as a busted lip and a few bloody knuckles. Its  the war scenes that are the most intense, where everything from spearing, stabbing (With swords and knifes) and arrows are used to kill everyone from human to creatures. A soldier's head is cut off by Peter and the camera cuts to a helmeted head rock back in forth on the ground of the ruins.  Minotaurs are killed in many different ways, with arrows thrown off the top of a castle and so on.  A dwarf named Trumpkin is tied up and thrown into the water to drown but is rescued by the kids.  There are a ton of one on one fights where people are killed, and then there is even a fight with Peter and a bully back in the real world which begins and ends with blows and punches. Then you have all your little basic acts of nature that defeat the armies in the film, everything from holes in the ground to title waters. You also have your hero saves the girl moments as well. So there are plenty of things that might be a concern to parents, but Disney does things in such a way that there is little to no blood or gore in many of the action and war scenes. So I think that the violence and content in the film can easily be handled by a child age eight and older.

   Language

    You have some bickering here and there, but for the most part in terms of bad language, the film is curse and swear free.

OVERALL VIEWS

   The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian I found to be a lot better than the first film, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. There is a lot more action and the story is far superior to the first film. Everything from the script to the acting and the great special effects really made this adventure film come together.  I think that it's a shame that many people, myself included missed this one in theaters due to the tough competition it faced during its release over the summer. Where the first film grossed almost three hundred million dollars domestically in theaters, Prince Caspian didn't even make it budget back here in the states. Still, it did do well overseas and Disney expects its to do well on DVD and Blu-ray.  There is a third film set up to be released in 2010 currently titled The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.  So the franchise will continue, but don't expect Disney to be releasing it side by side with the next Iron Man movie.

    The 3-Disc Collectors Edition DVD is packed with special features. The first Disc contains the movie with audio commentary with director Andrew Adamson and some of the films actors. The Second disc is where all the bonus features are such as a Bloopers Reel and Deleted Scenes.  Then there are eight featurettes  such as Inside Narnia: The Adventure Returns, Sets of Narnia, Big Movie comes to a Small Town,  Previsualizing Narnia, Talking Animals and Walking Trees: The Magical World of Narnia, Secrets Of the Duel, Becoming Trumpkin and Warwick Davis: The Man Behind Nikabrik.  The third disc has your digital copy for use on your PC or other devices. Its a disc that packed to the gills with many features that covers everything you need to know about this film.  The DVD is also available in a single disc format as well, and the blu-ray disc has pretty much all of the features the Collectors Edition does plus more.

   Overall, I really enjoyed the world of Narnia the second time around, the first film I felt was nothing special as it lacked in the action department.  This film brings more action than you can expect, but on the other hand is not as much better for some younger kids to view. There are a lot of action packed wars scenes that do involve a lot of deaths in many different ways. So parents are strongly cautioned with this one. I think kids over the age of eight will handle it well, but younger than that really depends on how sensitive your child is to battle scene like violence. For the rest of us, if your into these fantasy films based on the books then you'll agree that Prince Caspian is a superior film that rivals the first one.

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