I labeled Andrew Adamson's film adaption of the book 'The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe' a failure. Not a hint of the enchantment the book provided was evident in the movie. However, Adamson more or less won me over with the second film installment of the Narnia series, 'Prince Caspian'.
Vast improvement was obvious in 'Prince Caspian'. No more 'kiddy violence' (not exactly my 'gore standards', but it'll do for now), impressive battle/fighting scenes, and Susan looks, ahem, better. (not the hottest chick on the block, but who's complaining?) *grin*
It would have made it up there with 'The Lord of the Rings' on my action movies list, had it not been for some small 'mistakes' Adamson and his team made, like straying away from the actual storyline- adding unneeded romance, adding a few scenes I don't remember reading about in the book (I should read it again), and missing out on a few of my favorite 'scenes' from the book.
A movie well done altogether. The future for Narnia's film adaptions looks bright.
P/S- Y'might wanna stay back for the credits. It features a certain band from San Diego, and no, it's not blink-182.
Random fact: Switchfoot is from San Diego.
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