Hey moon, please forget to fall down

"That's the thing with girls, they don't have a map in their heads"
"That's because we have something in them"

Hehe, I loved that line. One of my favorites from the book.

So I'm currently obsessing over the Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian movie. I saw it on opening night and I saw it again this past Friday, and I'm just loving it. I'm listening to the album, I'm gonna go see it again soon, maybe even 2 more times, and I'm always asking my friends if they've seen it, and if they haven't, that they need to see it, haha.
It just kinda... I dunno, I just think it was made very well, and it's more family friendly than LOTR. Ooo, time for a review! This is gonna be a biased review, 'cause, well, There were a little extra things in the movie I liked that uped the rating for me, so... yes, you are getting the "Maria" review, not "a critic" review.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Overall rating: worth $8 (8 out of 10)

Before saw this movie, I didn't have any solid expectations except for the movie to be mostly true to the book, because it's predecessor The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe stuck very close to the book, in my opinion. I was very amazed because after I left the theater, I thought completely opposite about the movie. I thought it was made very well, yet it could have been much closer to the book.

The acting from the "children" improved greatly, the locations that were selected for the scenes were very much how I would have imagined Narnia to be, I admired the cinematography and the choreography for the battle scenes were pretty surprising. The costumes were appropriate for the theme and they seemed authentic and real. The actors thuroughly convinced me they were the real Peter, Susan, Edmund, Lucy, and of course, Prince Caspian, which made the film much more believeable. It's always very interesting to see someone else's take on Narnia, and I was very enchanted by this particular approach.

Yet, this film wasn't perfect, the majority of the events were originally in the book, but a lot of them were heavily elaborated and were not in the original chronological order as in the book. There were a few moments in the movie where I was like, "what?" but they were compensated for in the rest of the movie.

Simply put, from the book perspective: It wasn't that great. It was ok.
From the movie prespective: Wow, that was actually a decent film. Maybe even very decent.

There is my first movie review! Yay! I'm gonna read this a while from now and be like, "Maria, what the heck were you thinking?" Oh well, hehe.
And, of course, I'm kinda crushing on Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) 'cause I wish Narnia were real, and he's awesome, and it's Narnia, and I would be like... omgoshneverleavinghereever.
-drifts off into a moment of bliss-