Prince Caspian hits all the right notes.  The battles are Hollywood epic.  The film wastes no time getting to Narnia.  It even takes it’s time to tell the whole story.  So why am I so unhappy with the film?

One problem is that the characters aren’t developed that much.  I didn’t really care about Caspian and his role in the world of Narnia.  Peter was far too bull-headed and proud this time around.  It just feels…I don’t know, rushed?  You’d think a three hour film would find enough time to flesh out the characters, even the ones we met last time around.  Yet Caspian suffers from too much focus on the battle scenes and not enough on making the heroes interesting, the villains menacing, or the world as a whole something to care about.  Perhaps the problem is the lack of a truly evil villain on the level of the White Witch.  Consequently, the scene where she appears is really the only one that had me on the edge of my seat.  I suppose it’s just a shame that Lewis’ universe isn’t emerging as beautifully as Tolkien’s.

Man, these Depth Perception reviews are getting short.  Maybe I should bury myself in a dictionary for a while…