Prince Caspian
Tonight I saw Prince Caspian, and I figured I would post my comments (though this is, by no means, a review of the movie). They will be a little discombobulated and I will cut anything I think is a spoiler. I am sure there are more, but that is what I can think of right now and what I remember. Soon I will reread the book and have more problems, but at the moment I am a bit hazy on it and that book is already packed.
-My first thought upon starting the movie: Oh my God! Narnia has been conquered by the Spanish.
- They stole Julius Caesar's bridge making technique, and even though he was making a far larger bridge, his was faster. The Talmarian bridge was eventually torn apart by a river thing that very much resembled the river god depicted on the columns of Trajan and Hadrian.
-Talmarians have repeating EVERYTHING. Repeating crossbows are cool, but what I really want is a repeating trebuchet. That counts as a war machine.
- Peter needs to learn how to stand up straight. Also, all the main characters were pouty beyond belief, and they really just needed to get over it. Peter's posture was just a problem.
-Susan really needed feather fletchings. Instead her arrows were fletched with rubber. The bow itself was dumb, too, but that is another issue.
-The scene where they try and storm the castle was atrocious. With repeating crossbows, the courtyard was a killing field that should have slaughtered the Narnians as soon as they entered the gate.
- Susan and Caspian had a really stupid romantic side plot that was just annoying. They were both annoying, they should just go be angsty or something.
-I had a huge problem with the one on one fight scene. Lewis provides a reason for the victory, but instead Peter just went ape-shit and won. On top of this Peter fought at one point with a dislocated shoulder popped back in. The people I know who did that could hardly lift the arm afterwards.
-Mice are Scottish
All in all, I was glad I saw it and did have fun, though how much of that was making snarky remarks and how much was that I enjoyed the film is debatable. I probably made too many sexist remarks thoughout, but sometimes that just cannot be helped and I did get hit two or three times for making them.
The ending was also sort of a problem for me, but that will be something I will only talk about with those who have seen it or specifically tell me to spoil it. And the real problem was that there was no scene after the credits.
PS: I decided that what I want now is a girlfriend who shoots lasers.
-My first thought upon starting the movie: Oh my God! Narnia has been conquered by the Spanish.
- They stole Julius Caesar's bridge making technique, and even though he was making a far larger bridge, his was faster. The Talmarian bridge was eventually torn apart by a river thing that very much resembled the river god depicted on the columns of Trajan and Hadrian.
-Talmarians have repeating EVERYTHING. Repeating crossbows are cool, but what I really want is a repeating trebuchet. That counts as a war machine.
- Peter needs to learn how to stand up straight. Also, all the main characters were pouty beyond belief, and they really just needed to get over it. Peter's posture was just a problem.
-Susan really needed feather fletchings. Instead her arrows were fletched with rubber. The bow itself was dumb, too, but that is another issue.
-The scene where they try and storm the castle was atrocious. With repeating crossbows, the courtyard was a killing field that should have slaughtered the Narnians as soon as they entered the gate.
- Susan and Caspian had a really stupid romantic side plot that was just annoying. They were both annoying, they should just go be angsty or something.
-I had a huge problem with the one on one fight scene. Lewis provides a reason for the victory, but instead Peter just went ape-shit and won. On top of this Peter fought at one point with a dislocated shoulder popped back in. The people I know who did that could hardly lift the arm afterwards.
-Mice are Scottish
All in all, I was glad I saw it and did have fun, though how much of that was making snarky remarks and how much was that I enjoyed the film is debatable. I probably made too many sexist remarks thoughout, but sometimes that just cannot be helped and I did get hit two or three times for making them.
The ending was also sort of a problem for me, but that will be something I will only talk about with those who have seen it or specifically tell me to spoil it. And the real problem was that there was no scene after the credits.
PS: I decided that what I want now is a girlfriend who shoots lasers.