Murdering a Beautiful Novel
how to murder a beautiful novel:
1. Get Employed by Disney
2. Decide to make a series of movies based on books
3. Change everything in the book except for the first five and last ten minutes of the movie
4. Make one of the leading characters a Jerk when he is noble and has no problems in the book
5. Create a love interest between two characters that is not present in the Novel
6. Make the main character 5-8 years older than he is supposed to be in the book
7. Make an essential character go away completely except for the last five minutes of the novel
8. Create an elabortate and dramatic battle scene that is not present in the novel
All of these steps will lead you to the same tragic sucess that Prince Caspian is currently having in Theatres. This movie is so incredibly different from the Novel by C.S Lewis that if you read the book AFTER seeing the movie you would not recognize a bit of it. HORRIBLE. Poor C.S. Lewis is probably rolling over in his grave.
Leave it to Disney to ruin a perfectly good book!
May 20, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Oh, dear. This review does not bode well for my high hopes. And I still think it’s a shame that it’s released later in the UK than in the US! Oh, well.
June 28, 2008 at 12:25 am
AHH!! I liked the movie. I have never read the books, but I’ve heard they were different. I still think the movie itself was good. They had to add stuff I think to make it appeal to a larger audience.