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So, I got to see "Prince Caspian" for my birthday. It was as good as I had hoped, and I think that I might (heresy of heresies!) have liked it better than the book. One way or another, it was a thoroughly solid adaptation. The clincher is that the movie feels like Narnia all the way through. Though I greatly appreciate Peter Jackson's adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings," I can't say it did as much. I'm going to put that firmly on Gresham's heavy involvement with the film. If you get a chance, I'd recommend seeing the film and then reading Gresham's biography of Lewis "Jack's Life" just so that you can see the points where Lewis "enters" the film via Gresham.

As a final note, "The Voyage of the Dawntreader" is in pre-pro, and this second strong showing gives me great hope for the series.
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Linds said…
Oh, Jim, Jim, my dear friend! How can we have been writing partners and yet have such completely different opinions on a film remarkably similar to our collaborative effort? :)
11:22 PM
James said…
'cause I'm really easy to please when it comes to adaptations and you have refined taste combined with strong technical knowledge and experience in the world of film?
4:36 PM
James said…
Just to qualify, I think it turned out to be a good loose (versus strict) adaptation of the book into the genre of the summer blockbuster. I would have made different choices if I were trying to adapt it into a play. I guess the questions are "what do we want out of an adaptation in general?" and "what was the goal/goals of this adaptation in particular?"
2:46 PM
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