Narnia movie a two-hour swordfight

By Joe McAdory

Published: May 28, 2008

Saw Narnia Prince Caspian the other night. I suppose it was pretty good, but wasn’t quite the flick the first Narnia movie was. To me, it seemed like a two-hour swordfight, a toughman competition with armour and perhaps a few minotaurs. That’s the last thing my 8-year-old needed, because he spent the rest of the weekend swordfighting an imaginary foe all over the house.

Bad things can happen to a house when children pretend to swordfight. Walls get scraped. Things get knocked over. Stuff like that. Thanks Hollywood. I’ll send you the bill.

Maybe I’ve been living in the dark ages, but I was stunned to see popcorn selling for $7. Seven bucks! And, of course, you can’t have the stuff without a drink, which will cost you another $4 or more. I suppose that’s the going rate at all movie theaters these days. I would smuggle in a big bucket of buttery popcorn, but I’d have a hard time sticking it beneath my shirt.