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

[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. :)