Prince Caspian

Prince Caspian... First, I have not seen it. I'm sure I will, but for me there is no major rush. The film company seemed to scale back promotion of this film in Christian media in the hope of riding the wave of the 2005 film The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.

So far, I've heard mixed reviews. Many don't like the changes from the book.

"The underlying messages are so important, and so vital to the story," says Douglas Gresham, Lewis' stepson and co-producer of the new film. "Which are the return to faith, truth, justice, honesty, honor, glory, personal commitment, personal responsibility. Also the message (that) no matter how far away we stray, there's only one way back."

The movie format necessitated some changes to the book's storyline."Essentially, the book is a long walk followed by a short battle," says Andrew Adamson, the film's director and producer. He rearranged the time line to put more action at the beginning and expanded the battle scene.
He also had to leave out some beloved scenes and characters. Goodbye to Greek God Bacchus and his wild girls who in the book accompany Aslan on a joyful romp; writer Stephen McFeely said the Greek gods are no longer an easily recognizable cultural reference. Other characters were squeezed out by time constraints; Lewis' deftly drawn characters of talking bears, squirrels and dogs fade to the background.

Adamson made his case for the changes to Gresham by arguing that Lewis' female characters become stronger as the book series progresses — something he attributes to Lewis' real-life romance with Gresham's mother, Joy Davidman. Gresham agreed.

Will this be as big as the first film? That remains to be seen.