King Edmund...*cough* I mean, Prince Caspian

[innerslytherin]

Went to see Prince Caspian today finally. What's funny is this has never been my favourite of the Narnia books, but man, did I love this movie! The acting was brilliant, the scenery was beautiful... They did some inventing, but I was pleased with it, because it was true to the spirit of the book, the underlying theme of which is how when we do things our way, we screw up bigtime, but when we do things God's way, they go right.

I was, however, distracted from the heavenly themes of the movie by Little Mr No-Longer-Jailbait, Skandar Keynes. Okay, I've always been an Edmund fangirl, but dude.







Dude. Disshevelled schoolboy is the Best Look Evah. Rowr. (Well, Disshevelled Businessman is more age-appropriate, but still.)










*cough* Okay, enough. But seriously, someone find me a 30-year-old equivalent to King Edmund the Just, mmkay?

For those of you who are William Moseley fans, at least he's in one of these pictures. *G*

Comments

[lordhellebore]

Nyagh! <---- Inarticulate sound of adoration. I shouldn't drool over a boy ten years younger than me ;)

[innerslytherin]

LOL He is literally HALF MY AGE and yet... ROWR.

[kayselkiemoon.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the film! much more than I was expecting to - Prince Caspian isn't my favorite of the books, and of the four BBC movies I grew up on it's also my least favorite. I don't dislike it, just less exciting. but wow! it is such a pleasure to come out of a big-screen beloved-book adaptation and be happy and pleased and looking forward to seeing it again. *g*

[innerslytherin]

I only ever saw the BBC version once or twice, while I practically wore OUT my tape of Dawn Treader. I'm just so pleased by the way they continue to do a great job with Narnia. (Makes me even MORE perplexed about how Walden Media gangraped Dark Is Rising, but oh well...)

I'm debating whether to try to resist seeing Indiana Jones and giving my money to Narnia again a week from now. *G*

[kayselkiemoon.livejournal.com]

I loved the Dawn Treader. it had a kid who turned into a dragon! (albeit not as a happy thing) it's a sea & island adventure story! there's enchanted princess types and gold in caves and legends... ^_^

I guess the one of the key components lies with the writers and directors. the Narnia people seem to have hit a lucky balance of ingredients.

tangent: also, though I won't see the DIR travesty, I fear part of the issue was the idiots wanting to make it an epic action-adventure story of the kind the industry has been serving up over the last 10 years, and it ISN'T. did you read the Horn Book's review of the film (http://www.hbook.com/resources/films/darkisrising.asp)? my friend Claire wrote it, and Susan Cooper was so pleased she wrote her a letter! and a freaking Christmas card! I was green with envy *g*

I'm debating whether to try to resist seeing Indiana Jones and giving my money to Narnia again a week from now.

oh, Narnia all the way. :D

[innerslytherin]

I am a HUGE fan of Edmund, he is by far my favourite, but Eustace is a close second. Yes, the prickly, annoying, flawed characters make me love them the most. *grin* And yes, sea adventure FTW!

Of course, it doesn't hurt that they have Doug Gresham on as a producer. ;)

I refuse to watch the movie, of course, even to satisfy morbid curiosity. That said, that review is by far the best one I've seen! It's highly gratifying how badly the movie was received, and how many fans of the books it brought out of the woodwork.

[kayselkiemoon.livejournal.com]

Eustace is awesome. I love him in the Silver Chair. ^_^

and oh yes, I will never watch the DiR movie. *shudder* I like reading reviews like that, and enjoyed reading a lot of the blog posts surrounding the films release, for that very reason - seeing so many people declare their love and appreciation of the books. :)

[dragon-smoke.livejournal.com]

Yep, I am definitely more of a William Mosely girl, so you can have little Mr. Keynes all to yourself. ;-)

[innerslytherin]

*G* Will is very very pretty, there is no denying. And has the advantage of being, y'know, 21. LOL As if 11 years younger than me is somehow less skeevy than half my age.

[kellanine.livejournal.com]

Seriously, right??? I had to keep reminding myself that he's a kid.

I was a little annoyed by some of the "inventing", but God did I love the bit where he smashed the White Witch to icy smithereens. Redemption, thy name is Edmund.

And also, "It's King Edmund, actually"?? *LOVED*

[innerslytherin]

LOL YES!!!

I loved that bit, too! I knew when it happened that it just HAD to be Edmund who'd done it. Mmmm.

I usually do get annoyed by invention in historical or literary interpretations, but I could see the reasoning for the ones I noticed in this movie, and none of them reeked of character assassination a-la Peter Jackson's treatment of Faramir. *grin*

[kellanine.livejournal.com]

True! Although I did think Caspian could have been portrayed as a little less of a jerky pansy-boy. He was okay by the end, but I was bothered by him in the movie in ways that didn't even cross my mind in the book.

And what about those accents? What was the purpose of that?

[innerslytherin]

Hmm, I'll have to rewatch the movie now! Oh darn. ^_~

I seem to recall the implication in the books that the Telmarines were like Pacific Islanders or something. That bit about them being from the World of Man and all was in the book, though I don't recall it too clearly...

[kellanine.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I do think you're right about that. I guess it just bothered me because these men were supposedly living in Narnia for generations, right? So the accents just distracted me.

But overall, I loved the movie too. :D Can't wait for a second viewing!

[innerslytherin]

I agree, I did find the accents distracting. I suppose they helped make a sense of "other", as in, Not True Narnians, but I wasn't a huge fan of it. *G*

[spin1978.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to say how thankful I am that Anna Popplewell is legal in all relevant jurisdictions. :)

*laughs*

[innerslytherin]

Oh, how smug are the Heirs of Elendil. *sigh* ;)

[larinzia.livejournal.com]

I myself had thoughts of "Oh, baby! Skander is cute these days" while watching the film today. I went and saw it with a 8 and 5 year old so couldn't express that out loud. *g* The 5 year old calls it "Prince Casapean" which is what I've now dubbed it.

And I loved The Call! Am downloading it right now!

[innerslytherin]

*G* I am SO glad it isn't just me! :D

Isn't that a great song? It really got under my skin.

[chaoticprose.livejournal.com]

Can't wait to see it!!! :)

[innerslytherin]

It's FANTASTIC. After years of being disappointed by book-to-movie adaptations, I've been VERY pleased by BOTH Narnia movies.