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Reverend's Reviews: Return to Narnia - and the Crusades
Movie Dearest —
... Following this basic and fairly brief set-up, Prince Caspian's coveted audience of children and families are then assaulted for two-plus hours by an unrelenting series of swordfights, castle-stormings, battles and other violent skirmishes. Watching the film with a preview audience mostly comprised of children, I was initially surprised, increasingly uncomfortable with and finally horrified by the inappropriately PG-rated goings-on. The fact that some of the bloodletting in the film is done by its juvenile lead characters is downright disturbing. ...
So How DID Prince Caspian Get a PG Rating?!
FirstShowing.net —
... By the time I went in to see The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, I had already heard that it pushed the limits of the PG rating. Articles like this one on Cinematical had made me aware of the idea going in, but I really didn't know what to think of the situation until I had seen the movie. Now that I have, I need to chime in, too, and they're right - how DID this movie get a PG rating?! I understand that it's Disney and they probably have some extra emphasis within the MPAA, but this is still a bit baffling. Interestingly, I'm not ...
