Spring Break
C.S. Lewis' imaginative 'Chronicle' continues
Brianne Tedders
Issue date: 5/23/08 Section: Diversions
It has been one year since Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy have left Narnia. One day, they are suddenly called back to the land they once ruled and find that everything has changed. One year for the children in the real world is 1,300 years in Narnia.
Their palace is in ruins, everyone they know is long gone and it seems like all the magic of Narnia has been drained. The country is now occupied by a race of humans called the Telmarines ruled by the evil Lord Miraz and the magical creatures and talking animals are now merely legend. Prince Caspian, Miraz's nephew and true heir to the throne of Narnia, must now join with the Pevensie children to fight to return peace to Narnia.
There are some familiar faces from the first movie that return to Prince Caspian. The actors who played the Pevensie children are all the same, just a little older. There are some new faces and voices as well. Prince Caspian is played by British stage actor Ben Barnes - who is gorgeous. A dwarf named Trumpkin is played by Peter Dinklage (Elf, Death at a Funeral) and Eddie Izzard (Ocean's 13, Across the Universe) lends his voice to Reepicheep, the noble and witty talking mouse. Andrew Adamson (Shrek) returns as the director. The crew included award winning makeup and costume designers, an Academy Award nominated visual effects team, and a musical score written by Harry Gregson-Williams (who also did the score for the first movie). Together, they were able to re-create C.S. Lewis' magical world and translate it onto the big screen.
The transition from book to film was easy for the imaginations of the filmmakers. Georgie Henley, the actress who played Lucy Pevensie, said of Lewis' books, "They're just brilliant because of the way C.S. Lewis wrote them. He didn't put too much description in, so Narnia is almost our complete imagination. We can interpret it however we like. I think that most people have their own interpretation of these books and these characters."
Adamson, his crew and the actors were able to put as much of their own creativity into the movie as Lewis did in his books. Adamson decided to make Prince Caspian a little older than his character in the book and added an interesting encounter with the White Witch from the first movie. He also added a dramatic night raid of Miraz's castle.
Their palace is in ruins, everyone they know is long gone and it seems like all the magic of Narnia has been drained. The country is now occupied by a race of humans called the Telmarines ruled by the evil Lord Miraz and the magical creatures and talking animals are now merely legend. Prince Caspian, Miraz's nephew and true heir to the throne of Narnia, must now join with the Pevensie children to fight to return peace to Narnia.
There are some familiar faces from the first movie that return to Prince Caspian. The actors who played the Pevensie children are all the same, just a little older. There are some new faces and voices as well. Prince Caspian is played by British stage actor Ben Barnes - who is gorgeous. A dwarf named Trumpkin is played by Peter Dinklage (Elf, Death at a Funeral) and Eddie Izzard (Ocean's 13, Across the Universe) lends his voice to Reepicheep, the noble and witty talking mouse. Andrew Adamson (Shrek) returns as the director. The crew included award winning makeup and costume designers, an Academy Award nominated visual effects team, and a musical score written by Harry Gregson-Williams (who also did the score for the first movie). Together, they were able to re-create C.S. Lewis' magical world and translate it onto the big screen.
The transition from book to film was easy for the imaginations of the filmmakers. Georgie Henley, the actress who played Lucy Pevensie, said of Lewis' books, "They're just brilliant because of the way C.S. Lewis wrote them. He didn't put too much description in, so Narnia is almost our complete imagination. We can interpret it however we like. I think that most people have their own interpretation of these books and these characters."
Adamson, his crew and the actors were able to put as much of their own creativity into the movie as Lewis did in his books. Adamson decided to make Prince Caspian a little older than his character in the book and added an interesting encounter with the White Witch from the first movie. He also added a dramatic night raid of Miraz's castle.
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