Before I delve too far into this post, it’s important that you know a few things:
First, the Narnia Chronicles are very serious business in my family. My wife and I are admirers of C. S. Lewis and his writings in general, but the Narnia stories have a special place in our hearts. These are wonderful and important to us.
Second, it’s important to note that the story as it was meant to be is in the book. When a movie deviates from the book, the movie is wrong … there had better be a good reason for it.
Third, we have a rule in my family — before watching a movie derived from a book, we read the book first. This is a bit tricky with the fact that my sons are 11 and 9 (turning 10 tomorrow), but we work on it.
Fourth, despite the numbers you might see on the side of the books, Prince Caspian is the second, not the fourth, book in the Chronicles. A US publisher decided to renumber the series according to Narnian chronology (thus putting The Magician’s Nephew first and The Horse and His Boy third). This really has little to do with the review, but it is one of those things I feel compelled to note.
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