Out of the Wardrobe, Into a War ZoneHere in the world of unenchanted regular moviegoing, has been around two and a half years since "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," the first installment of Walt Disney and Walden Media's powerful "Chronicles of Narnia" franchise. In wartime England, where the Pevensie children live when they are not talking about lions and consorting with the fight against witches, a year or so has passed. However, in Narnia itself, so that the four Pevensies dared return to "Prince Caspian", the second film in the series, have spent centuries, and everything has changed. The great hall where Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy became monarchs of the kingdom has fallen into ruin, and the creatures of the forest of friendship with their British accents and home computer animations skins seem to have disappeared from the scene.
When the child exiled kings and queens are thrown back to Narnia (thanks to a sudden outbreak of special effects in a subway station in London), no longer seem to be in a children's fantasy story, but rather some sort of Jacobean tragedy , A reminder that CS Lewis was, along with everything else, a scholar of Renaissance English literature. In a dark castle in a dark forest, men with beards and heavy armor shade fight and faces conspiracy. Instead of Wild Fauna and Turkish delight, there is murder and treason, and a serious martial atmosphere persists over history, even when the dwarves and communicative spunky rodent return. (Aslan the lion also appears ultimately, speaking in the soft voice of Liam Neeson).
Therefore, "Prince Caspian" is a bit darker than "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", both in appearance and in mood. It is also somehow more satisfying. His violent (though Gore-free) and scenes of combat high Body Count May rattle very young viewers, but children are more likely to be drawn into the thick of political intrigue. The relative scarcity of digital effects in the first part of the film allows the director, Andrew Adamson, the director of photography, Karl Walter Lindenlaub, to explore the beauty of the landscape of Narnian film more traditional means. Its lush forests and rocky escarpments provide a reminder that the supernaturalism of fairy tales originated in the magic of the natural world.
And tales of heroic adventure, fantasy, however, are based on human problems of power, cruelty and conflict. "Prince Caspian" is the name of his square-jawed, rather bland hero (played by Ben Barnes), but its main energy source dramatic is the villain, Caspian's uncle Miraz, who is played with greatness by the malignant great Italian actor Sergio Castellitto. Miraz is a classic real usurper who took the throne of his father Caspian, King legitimate, and it intends to pass along her own newborn child once Caspian is off the road. His court is a nest of viper double displacement and loyalty.
Cue gruñón dwarves, swashbuckling mice and apple-cheeked Pevensies. Hail and the people's struggle for the Narnian metro! Since the Telmarines took over and abolished the old magic, a vestige of resistant Narnians has been hidden amid the trees pacified, with the maintenance of the legends of King Edmund (Skandar Keynes), Queen Lucy (Georgie Henley), Susan Queen (Anna Popplewell) Great King and Peter (William Moseley). When these rulers are returned, rescue Trumpkin (Peter Dinklage), a small and angry Narnian soldiers taken prisoner by Miraz, and finally join Prince Caspian, which some exchanges long, medium steaming looks with Susan.
Despite this touch of romance, what is produced is basically a war movie, including development of the battle sequences in the courtyard of a castle and a grassy plain, accompanied by hoofbeats atronador, whizzing arrows, swords clanking and Harry Gregson-Williams's rousing Equals. These sections are apparently what the public wants to see and, of course, which producers pay heavily to bring to life. There is a risk of equality and tedium, Mr Adamson that can not be overcome, although he and his fellow screenwriters, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, sprinkle quite ingenious in dialogue to maintain the long mid-movie feel like a slog too.
The main characters, sometimes fractious whose brother dynamics always the first "Narnia" movie with a touch of psychological complexity, seem a little flatter, as if they've become accustomed to her work as action heroes. And "Prince Caspian" is not really about them anyway, except in cases where children in the audience identify with her courage and good sense.
The cloak of allegory in which Lewis swath of Narnia books is slightly on the screen, and part of his charm and novelty has been chipped away - not so much by any lapse on the part of filmmakers as a sense of familiarity. Tales of good and evil as a whole enchanted land populated by mythical beasts are everywhere these days, which may decrease the potency of each new spell. The Pevensie children can withdraw to London between episodes, but is unlikely moviegoers, and also perhaps unwilling, to escape from Narnia and the other increasingly numerous, and hence, increasingly worldly, which places him appears.
"Prince Caspian" is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested). This qualification can be a little misleading, since some of the violence is very intense, and some of the deaths May inconvenienced younger children.
Prince Caspian
Opens on Friday at the national level.
Directed by Andrew Adamson, written by Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely and Mr. Adamson, based on the books of CS Lewis, director of photography, Karl Walter Lindenlaub; edited by Sim Evan-Jones; music by Harry Gregson-Williams, production designer Roger Ford; visual effects supervisors, Dean Wright and Wendy Rogers; produced by Mark Johnson and Philip Steuer Mr Adamson; released by Walt Disney Studios and Walden Media. Running time: 2 hours 12 minutes.
WITH: Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian), William Moseley (Peter), Anna Popplewell (Susan), Skandar Keynes (Edmund), Georgie Henley (Lucy), Peter Dinklage (Trumpkin the Dwarf Red), Warwick Davis (Nikabrik, the Black Dwarfs), Sergio Castellitto (King Miraz), Pierfrancesco Favino (General Glozelle), Damian Alcazar (Lord Sopespian), Vincent Grass (Doctor Cornelius), David Bowles (Lord Gregoire) and Liam Neeson (voice of Aslan).
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