Movie: Prince Caspian
Cast: Ben Barnes, William Moseley, and Georgie Henley
Movie Rating: PG
Running Time: 1hr 50min
Sparkling Stars Rating: A+

One minute, the Pevensie children are standing at a subway, and the next, they are rocketed through space to land in a deserted country, with only the ruins of an old castle to give them clues to its former inhabitants. Within three swift seconds, they had returned from England to Narnia, the land where Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy once were kings and queens.

Expectations for this movie were even higher than those of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and the award-winning cast fulfilled them well. While slightly darker than the previous film, Prince Caspian managed to bring C.S. Lewis’s Narnia to life.

In spite of their nobility, the Pevensies now find themselves on the wrong side of the law, fighting against the Telmarines for control over Narnia. Joining forces with the escaping Prince Caspian, the former kings and queens rally an army to storm the Telmarine castle. Though they are elated to be back in Narnia once again, the children find their beloved land quite different from when they left.

“You may find Narnia a more savage place than you remember…” Trumpkin the Dwarf explained after Susan shot down a bear that was about to attack her sister. Though the Pevensies are wary of their new allies, Minotaurs and other creatures that had fought fiercely against them in previous battles, they have united against a common enemy: the conniving, silver-tongued king of the Telmarines, who stole Prince Caspian’s right to the throne. The Pevensie’s only comfort is that they don’t have to be afriad of their former opponent, the White Witch, since she was destroyed in a long-ago battle ……Or was she?

Telling this epic story the way author C.S. Lewis would have wanted it, Prince Caspian ignites an adventurous spirit in even the most timid of viewers. Featuring both humorous and stoic characters, this film masterfully depicts another world in a crystal-clear way. Watching Prince Caspian will leave viewers on the edge of their seats, eagerly awaiting the next Narnian story.