tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post6750604757594635432..comments2024-02-07T03:12:59.031-05:00Comments on Blogenspiel: Prince Caspian (2008)Another Damned Medievalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-19172330850596890442009-01-12T09:51:00.000-05:002009-01-12T09:51:00.000-05:00She's probably older than she was acting, but all ...She's probably older than she was acting, but all the same...<BR/><BR/>I agree with you about a lot of the points here but I did enjoy the film. (And what's going on? Was it released in Europe <B>first</B>? I also agree that the fight scene between Peter and Miraz was the most believable thing in it, and that the whole Aslan's Howe scene was way way over the top, witch included. (Though I loved the 'Malfosse' anyway.) But although I also never figured the Telmarines for 'foreigners' when I read the books (I think I dimly thought of them as Normans, but knew even then that the armour was wrong) I thought that that really brought out why the animals and magical races were against them, and that in some sense they didn't really `belong'. I don't think that, at least, hurt the book's story or the film's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-81140229925213049822009-01-05T16:18:00.000-05:002009-01-05T16:18:00.000-05:00sadly, I can!sadly, I can!Another Damned Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-29322710386551126032009-01-05T15:54:00.000-05:002009-01-05T15:54:00.000-05:00Ooops, I guess I missed it. You can only imagine w...Ooops, I guess I missed it. You can only imagine what the separated preposition created in my mind's eye.Dr. Richard Scott Nokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348275071082514870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-42665996966851124982009-01-05T12:34:00.000-05:002009-01-05T12:34:00.000-05:00I haven't seen the film yet (I will, though, even ...I haven't seen the film yet (I will, though, even though I'm expecting to be disappointed), but I do have one comment -- I never read the Telmarines as English, for what it's worth. Though they aren't obviously "Arabs" like the Calormines in the later books, I always assumed they were Mediterranean types, mostly because of the negative portrayal and (perhaps?) some of the costuming suggestions, as well as the final island/pirate scene. But that probably just means I bought in too wholeheartedly to the worldview and prejudices of Lewis and his generation; what can I say, I was 7. And I've had a hard time moving past my initial loving reaction to a more critical, grown-up perspective.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks for the review!AvenSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11556589178527382426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-1623617487275719832009-01-05T10:55:00.000-05:002009-01-05T10:55:00.000-05:00Scott, I put the 'off' in there! where Susan blow...Scott, I put the 'off' in there! <I>where Susan blows a geeky student from another school off </I><BR/><BR/><BR/>But it's a good point... perhaps I should re-think the placement of the preposition, since I'm not in the habit of writing Narnia fanfic, slash or no!Another Damned Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-36988781814297571512009-01-05T09:39:00.000-05:002009-01-05T09:39:00.000-05:00Ehm, I assume you meant to write, "Susan blows OFF...Ehm, I assume you meant to write, "Susan blows OFF a geeky student," unless there was a really, really interesting scene I somehow missed.Dr. Richard Scott Nokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348275071082514870noreply@blogger.com