Caspian was a mediocre movie. It was decent, but far from mind blowing. The books are far better. Acting was good for the most part, I know some instances I was thinking that they could have done better. They introduced completely irrelevant plot threads to the movie that just couldn't happen as well. The CG was pretty well done though, that was one good point. Cinematography was also good. Though I fear that was the downfall, too much time spent on making it look sweet, and too little time on making it a good movie. The Narnia tales have much potential, C. S. Lewis was a great story teller. I was disappointed to see how it turned out. Definitely did not live up to the expectations given by the trailers (especially the philosophy behind it). I am wondering how you all thought it was such a great movie? On a slightly related note: how many of you saw The Golden Compass? I was excited to hear that it was made into a movie, but after I heard that it was made into one, I heard absolutely nothing else. Was it good? Bad? Ugly? Purdy? A "sin against God"?
Iron Man, now that didn't live up quite to its expectations, but it's expectations were so high it doesn't even matter. That one was a good movie. Some issues with some acting, but mostly minor roles and hard to catch. CG, well, that's done really well here. Same with cinematography. I definitely look forward to more Marvel adaptations, and hopefully the Hulk will not disappoint either. I don't expect it to be as good as Iron Man, but hopefully it redeems itself for its other movie, and for the fact that I don't like the Hulk as much as other superheroes. Maybe this one will make me like him. He just seemed...superman-y in the other movie. Anyways, back to glory. The storyline wasn't too original (I mean, it's a superhero movie), but it was done in a way to remove many possible cliches. This will be one of the top movies of this year. The only question now: Dark Knight or Iron Man. Which one takes the gold. Then again, someone might surprise us.
