TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

YourFamilyExpert While I enjoyed the first film's story more (it was so clearly an allegory for The Atonement, The Resurrection, the Battle of Armageddon, and the Millennium), this one is better made, better written, and better acted. Plus, it has a healthy share of Christian symbolism itself, some rocking battle sequences (how this is only PG baffles me; the intensity of the action has PG-13 written all over it), and some of the best effects I've ever seen (the badger, in particular, is photo-real).The idea that the kids actually grew up in Narnia, then returned to their world while retaining all their knowledge and maturity intrigued me (and it makes their battle skills more believable). All that said, I still didn't find myself nearly as emotionally invested or involved in this as I was with The Lord of the Rings, the standard with which it will always, perhaps unfairly, be compared. Why Narnian humans now have Italian accents is beyond me, and some of the jokes fall flat, but all in all it was very good; better than the first in terms of storytelling, character, and filmmaking. ***1/2 (out of five).

orourkec-292-269155 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a spectacular (and more spectacular than its predecessor) and entertaining family adventure, worthy of the standard set by its predecessor, as well as darker. It has a great beginning, good continuation and a great and emotional ending which left me shattered and in tears. The movie is overall nicely done. However, one thing which I think could have made this second Narnia chapter better would have been to make it into a film which has a bit or some of the Lord of the Rings elements combined with the Narnia elements in order to have a slick and more delicious genre result for the Narnian universe. Also, this second Narnia chapter, while fun to watch, is still (in connection to the first chapter) not good enough in quality to out-rival other similar fantasy movies that have a chance to beat it in genre quality. Nevertheless, it is another well but better done Narnia movie. My rating: 7.2/10

SnoopyStyle The four Pevensie brothers and sisters are drawn back to Narnia one day in the subway. They find nothing left of Cair Paravel but only ruins. It has been a long time since they had last been there. The Telmarines has since taken over. Aslan is gone but Lucy (Georgie Henley) sees him every once in awhile. Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) is the rightful heir to the Telmarines. His evil uncle Lord Miraz (Sergio Castellito) wants to kill Caspian to claim the throne. In desperation, he escapes and calls the Pevensies to lead the Narnians to take on his evil uncle.There are a lot of expositions and explanations. It's too long at two and a half hours running time with overly long battles. The one on one fight is especially too long. It lacks the poetry or the magic of the first movie. It just never gets the same feel. The White Witch makes a small cameo. Aslan is desperately missed for most of the movie.

Emily-Rose Heffernan 1,300 years in Narnia has passed when the Pevensie siblings were living in the real world for only 1 year. Contrary to their expectations, Narnia has changed a lot from what they last knew it to be. The Telmarines are a non-magical, human race that have put the Narnians on the verge of extinction with most of them assuming that they are already extinct. A Telmarine Lord, Lord Miraz (Castellitto) is the brother of the King of Telmar whom he killed along with all his sons, save Prince Caspian (Barnes). Now that Lord Miraz has a newborn heir, he intends to get rid of Caspian and hence pronounce himself the King of Telmar. Caspian escapes Telmar and in an act of desperation, summons the Queens and Kings of Old, the Pevensie siblings. Aslan (Neeson) has not returned and the Telmarines intend to attack the Narnians and Prince Caspian and wipe them out once and for all. The movie is a large improvement from the previous movie on multiple fronts. There is far more action, adventure and anticipation than before and the useless and immature dialogues have been thrown for something more mature and needful. It's a wholesome, entertaining fantasy- war movie that young and old can enjoy and relate to alike.