The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

I don't feel like waxing verbose for this review, so I'll make it short. Just go see it; it's better than the first one. And the first one was really good.

Need more than that? Okay, the premise is that a year has passed since the Pevensie children—Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy—returned to their "real" world, England. They get sucked back to Narnia, where they're young again (the same age they are in the real world, not as old as they were when they left Narnia). In one "real" year, 1300 years have passed in Narnia. Narnians need their help, and the kids are ready to lead them into battle.

In terms of production quality, I thought it was just as well done as the original, if not more so. The kids seemed to have aged about the right amount, except for Lucy, who seems at least four years older than in the previous film. The plot was engaging and unpredictable (if you haven't read the book, I assume). It kept me interested, despite its length. But I never complain about the length of movies, unless they suck. In the words of Jerry Seinfeld: "There is no such thing as an attention span. People have infinite attention if you are entertaining them."

External links

• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian at IMDb
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian at Kids in Mind
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian at Wikipedia
• Uncle Orson Reviews Everything: Prince Caspian, SPQR, blog entry/review from author Orson Scott Card