The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2 Disc Special Edition) [2008] | ![The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2 Disc Special Edition) [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61yhKh3D5SL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Andrew Adamson
Actors: Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell
Studio: Disney
Category: DVD
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Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 4
Format: Pal
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 2
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 144 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
EAN: 8717418181192
ASIN: B001BMVP2S
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: November 17, 2008 (New: This Week)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
More exciting than The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian continues the movie franchise based on C.S. Lewis' classic fantasy books. 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's Ben Barnes, resembling 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 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 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 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, Amazon.com
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 Prince Caspian November 18, 2008
Gloria Mundi (Cornwall, UK)
This has to be one of the most disappointing films I've ever seen. The books enthralled me as a child and, as an adult I have read them to children in my family who were equally delighted by them, so the liberties taken with the story were a total disaster for us.
It starts off well enough, but then the film-makers apparently think they have to add plot twists with a very silly a subtext where Caspian & Peter are so jealous of eachother that they almost bring about the downfall of Narnia by it.
Yet again Hollywood has tinkered with the original and wonderful story, and lost the magic on the way, and because the special effects are fantastic it's a real let down. This is not a film I'll be buying or would want to own under any circumstances. Don't waste your money.
 what happened to... November 16, 2008
Mr C Goble
I did enjoy the film - and thought it stood up well against The Lion et al, but what happened to 'a Horse and his boy'? (The 3 chronicle) also will we go back to the Magician's Nephew at a later stage?
Excellent family entertainment November 13, 2008
H (London)
I'll keep it short and sweet - great performances, great effects, true to th ebook while still fleshing out the story and characters a little more. Fantastically fun action adventure that's suitable for all the family without patronising kids or sanitising the darker elements of the story. Parents should not object to being forced to sit through it with the kids!
 Bereft of anything magical... November 10, 2008
Mr. Martin Coyle (Glasgow, Scotland)
After a very promising start with the magical first installment, which made Disney and Walden Media a fortune, this film comes as a huge disappointment. it falls into that classic category of the rushed sequel which, despite a much bigger budget and higher production values, is quite consistently dull and staid. In fact, the only scene of any merit is the creepy attempted resurrection of the White Witch, plaid yet again with relish by the great Tilda Swinton. When the only memorable segment of a movie lasts for a few minutes, you know you're in trouble! The less said about the remainder of the performances the better. The films seems to have been completed sapped of any energy or drive. It comes as no great surprise that the box office for this missed opportunity was around half of that achieved by 'The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe' which remains a great children's fantasy adventure. How any reviewer of taste can compare this favorably to the first film is beyond me. Even the Harry Gregson-Williams score, superbly thematic and evocative in the first film, is a re-hash here. Disney must do much better if this series of classic tales is to continue to be translated for the screen.
 Barnes a perfect prince November 10, 2008
M. Bryson (Cullowhee, NC USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought this was a great movie. I grew up in the 80's so I'm a sucker for fantasies. Ben Barnes did an excellent job as Prince Caspian, he definitely has the looks, and he did a good job immatating Mandy Patinkin's accent as the great Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride. That was a good choice. I'm also glad that Barnes is going to play Dorian Gray in the new Dorian Gray movie, and I got more excited when I found out that Colin Firth was going to play Lord Henry, which is one of the best literary characters of all time. With Colin Firth and Ben Barnes there will be double eye candy in this one, especially in period costume. Anyhoo, back to Narnia. I didn't know that the dvd release in the UK is sooner than when it comes out in the US. It don't come out in the states until Dec. 2 (three days before my birthday). I would really like to see Barnes in more films (especially period films).
If I was to play hide and seek with anyone, I would hope there was a wardrobe involved so I could escape to Narnia and Prince Caspian.
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