Books; also, film
Jul. 1st, 2008 11:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hawkwing_lbPrince Caspian is not made of fail. Well, I don't really remember the book. And I don't watch films for the thinky, and this one wasn't especially clever, what with the somewhat predictable narrative, the irritatingly obvious - and repetitive! - Christian allegory, and the completely deus ex machina ending. Also, forced tension.
The battle scenes went on a bit long, too.
However. It had pretty boys, horses, swordfights, archery, and talking animals, and there were one or two - possibly even three - moments I couldn't help loving. (The badger and the soup, for example, and the moment where Susan says to Lucy, "It looks like you'll be going on alone after all." Even if Lucy is the most irritatingly pious little girl I've ever seen acted, Susan the archer is made of a win that speaks to my heart.)
And I more than slightly liked the soundtrack.
Books 2008: 80
80. Kelley Armstrong, The Summoning.
Young adult. Diverting enough, if tedious at points. Ends in medias res.
The battle scenes went on a bit long, too.
However. It had pretty boys, horses, swordfights, archery, and talking animals, and there were one or two - possibly even three - moments I couldn't help loving. (The badger and the soup, for example, and the moment where Susan says to Lucy, "It looks like you'll be going on alone after all." Even if Lucy is the most irritatingly pious little girl I've ever seen acted, Susan the archer is made of a win that speaks to my heart.)
And I more than slightly liked the soundtrack.
Books 2008: 80
80. Kelley Armstrong, The Summoning.
Young adult. Diverting enough, if tedious at points. Ends in medias res.
