My reveiw for Prince Caspian

Positive elements:
Edmund is willing to defend his brother by jumping headfirst into a conflict. Edmund is also chivalrous and practical. Later in the movie, Peter is willing to admit his failures and let Caspian take over. Both Peter and Caspian refuse to kill Miraz, even though Caspian has a harder time restraining himself. Lucy, as always, is humble and points to Aslan as the reason behind Peter's kingship. Among other things, Reepicheep's followers are willing to sacrifice their 'dignity' out of respect for their chief. Trumpkin saves both Susan and Lucy and eventually comes to believe in Aslan again. Trufflehunter never lost hope in Aslan and the Pevensies. There are many more, but I can't remember them all!
Negative Elements:
Peter an Caspian have a major power struggle. Peter has a hard time adjusting to not being a king in England, and becomes very arrogant. He also refuses to admit that Caspian is just as capable of leading the Narnians as he is. Peter later plans a battle that turns into a tragic fiasco. Caspian tries to take the law into his own hands and seek revenge.
Controversial Elements:
Susan [i]does[/i] fight with the narnians...in fact, she almost reminds one of Legolas. Despite what Lewis says in LWW (battles are ugly when women fight) it makes sense that she would have fought considering that the Narnians were rather low on soldiers. Besides that, Lewis also had Lucy fighting with the archers in 'The horse and his boy' and Jill fighting in 'The last battle'. And now comes the big controversy... the Susan/Caspian relationship. Personally, I think it's logical. It's probably what would have happened in real life anyway. What I appreciated about it is that there was almost no flirting and the 'kissing scene' was very appropriate...despite the fact that Susan started it. Some people think that Caspian should have known better and that he should have been more reverent towards her as an ancient queen...I disagree. After all, Susan was not a myth. She was a very real person with her own set of problems...and if she had been anything like me, she wouldn't have tolerated that kind of 'reverent' treatment for long.
Conclusion:
Warning: the movie was almost completely different from the book. But also, 'Prince Caspian' is the hardest book of the seven to actually make into a movie. It's basically all walking and talking. I did appreciate that several lines in the movie were direct quotes from the book. I thought that Reepicheep was done perfectly, was well as the Bulgy Bear, Trufflehunter and Miraz. Somehow I always pictured Trumpkin as having a scotch accent, but that's just me. I found myself rooting for Edmund. I did wish that Aslan played a bigger part in this movie, and that Bacchus and Silenus were in it. But other than that, I really loved the movie. There were some things that they could have done differently, but the movie really was eccellent and I highly recommend it to all but the youngest children...it is very very violent. I've seen it once and I'm going to see it again on saturday...can't wait!!