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Prince Caspian
Jun. 9th, 2008 05:09 pmI see I'm not the only one who think that Prince Caspian and Peter are going to make out every time they talk to/fight with each other. I hope I'm not the only one who thinks that the Caspian/Susan bits are shoehorned in, too.
There're so many things wrong with this film (or doing this film adaptation in this day and age) that I don't know where to begin. First of all, although there were sprinkles of meaningful/witty dialogues that hint at the emotional/philosophical depth an epic story like this has the potential to show, there were instead long stretches of inaction in terms of plot and character development. No amount of cinematography porn could compensate the boredom that brings. I swear there were dozens of times I was fighting back my yawn and wishing that I was watching Doctor Who instead.
And there were so many moments, esp. when the innocent little girl was being deified, that I was cringing at the horrible mental image of an aged male writer perving over the (unrealistic) innocence of little girls. If the deification of Rose had squicked so many DW fans, I'm even more squicked by this, if only because RTD is at least gay.
Other things that were keeping me from getting into the film at all:
I could go on but my head just hurt from all these mind-boggling questions that the film had unintentionally raised (and the long boring periods that actually forced me to think). So, maybe, just maybe it is a blessing in disguise?
There're so many things wrong with this film (or doing this film adaptation in this day and age) that I don't know where to begin. First of all, although there were sprinkles of meaningful/witty dialogues that hint at the emotional/philosophical depth an epic story like this has the potential to show, there were instead long stretches of inaction in terms of plot and character development. No amount of cinematography porn could compensate the boredom that brings. I swear there were dozens of times I was fighting back my yawn and wishing that I was watching Doctor Who instead.
And there were so many moments, esp. when the innocent little girl was being deified, that I was cringing at the horrible mental image of an aged male writer perving over the (unrealistic) innocence of little girls. If the deification of Rose had squicked so many DW fans, I'm even more squicked by this, if only because RTD is at least gay.
Other things that were keeping me from getting into the film at all:
- The Italian(?) accent - seriously, why?
- The cheesy music that was totally over-the-top and the ending song - again, why?
- Treating child soliders, violence and PTSD as non-issue although the backdrop is WWII?
- Waiting for a god that may not come is the only correct answer? Seriously, this is a message one would want their multi-million-dollar film to carry now?
I could go on but my head just hurt from all these mind-boggling questions that the film had unintentionally raised (and the long boring periods that actually forced me to think). So, maybe, just maybe it is a blessing in disguise?