On Friday I went to see The CHronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
None of the costumes particularly caught my eye until a scene at the end where Caspian is dressed in some sort of brocade top and a nicely pleated skirt. The look was stunning.They did have him wearing loose short trousers under the skirt that looked rather redundant.
Prince Caspian
Prince Caspian
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Diana,
We saw it over the weekend to. I enjoyed his outfits as well, but was equally disappointed by the trousers underneath. I very much like the pattern that traced down the side of each leg, would like to find/make something like that.
I thought the outfits they had for the two young girls were stunning too.
We saw it over the weekend to. I enjoyed his outfits as well, but was equally disappointed by the trousers underneath. I very much like the pattern that traced down the side of each leg, would like to find/make something like that.
I thought the outfits they had for the two young girls were stunning too.
-John
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I was so put off by the trousers that I didn't notice any decoration. I think my mind was trying to erase them.
I agree that the girls' costumes were beautiful.
Oh yeah, and I loved the talking badger and Eddie Izzard voiced the mouse.
I agree that the girls' costumes were beautiful.
Oh yeah, and I loved the talking badger and Eddie Izzard voiced the mouse.
Moderation is for monks. To enjoy life, take big bites.
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Re: Prince Caspian
I believe it was a Disney-fied version of an Elizabethan-/Conquistador-style nobleman's costume. I believe the skirt would have been actually part of the coat, and the "trousers" would have been tights (which were not the knit variety we know now, but woven cloth, cut and sewn on the bias to be stretchier, thus more like stretch pants than pantyhose.)sapphire wrote:... a scene at the end where Caspian is dressed in some sort of brocade top and a nicely pleated skirt. ....They did have him wearing loose short trousers under the skirt that looked rather redundant.
Any historical costumers out there?
I was reading a pocket edition of MacBeth, and they had some woodcuts of soldiers from the 16-th/17-th century, and they looked a lot like that.
As for the content, I wasn't all that wild about it. It was a good way to spend a Saturday evening with my kids, but I've never been wild about C.S. Lewis's religious world-view ("prissy Christianity", IMHO), and Disney drowned out most of whatever moral, religious, or even narrative meat Lewis's story had by their overindulgence in action for the sake of action. The scene at the end, where the bridge gets destroyed by the river, was merely the most over-the-top example.