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Movie: Prince Caspian

It’s kind of too bad that there isn’t a ready-built audience for this movie, because it really does something interesting. This is a fantasy/epic story involving children that is played absolutely straight.

I loved the Narnia books as a kid. The first Narnia movie, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, caught me a little off guard with its realism, but there are enough magical elements in it to keep it mostly a fairytale (biblical allegory notwithstanding).

Prince Caspian, however, is essentially a war movie… with children. The blood, violence, and death are unchecked and uncensored. I can’t imagine an adult watching this would not cringe at seeing how efficient these kids are at taking lives. And feel sick that it is the children who have to be the ones doing the killing.

But because of this, this movie moves the story out of children’s fare. I don’t think it’s for grade schoolers any longer.

For me, it was fascinating to watch because I can actually see how all those childhood fantasies of mine would have really played out. I always imagined what I would do if I ended up in Narnia… or in any number of other adventurous lands.

I guess I would have found out that war is war, regardless of where it takes place.

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