NARNIA: THE VOGAYE OF THE DAWN TREADER

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Directed by Michael Apted; written by Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely and Michael Petroni, based on the book by C. S. Lewis; director of photography, Dante Spinotti; edited by Rick Shaine; music by David Arnold; production design by Barry Robison; costumes by Isis Mussenden; produced by Mark Johnson, Andrew Adamson and Philip Steuer; released by Fox 2000 Pictures and Walden Media. Running time: 1 hour 55 minutes.

WITH: Georgie Henley (Lucy Pevensie), Skandar Keynes (Edmund Pevensie), Ben Barnes (Caspian), Will Poulter (Eustace Scrubb), Liam Neeson (Voice of Aslan), Simon Pegg (Voice of Reepicheep) and Tilda Swinton (The White Witch).

Here are some comments I've read in the internet...


True to the Book

The book was likewise meandering and largely listless, lacking in any urgency, pace, or direction and with very little in the way of personality or insight. So, in other words, the perfect Hollywood corporate-designed film straight from the book.
– Anonymoose, NYC

The Chronicles of Narnia - Awesome!

My husband and I went to see the third movie of Narnia and it was wonderful, amazing and heart moving! We throughly loved it! There was things that lined up with Jesus and the Bible that it was awesome....It really moved both of us. It is a most see movie and I rate it as the best movie that I have seen this year! Great Job!
– Cathy, Cannon Falls, MN

Lovely tender and unabashedly old fashioned... (what's wrong with that folks? Nothing.)

Saw this with an audience of mixed ages.... And it certainly seemed everyone was moved.... responding to the timeless, gentle, sweet adventure in what is a lovely throwback to family fare films of years gone by.... sweeping, emotional, funny and message oriented as the young characters learn as they go and grow. Honestly, I was surprised to see the many teens in attendance (in LA no less where they are certainly inclined to be snarky) laugh at the expected jokes, grin at the silly childlike adventures and tear up ( or almost!) during the emotionall moments where the young teen characters face their fears and are forced to grow up a bit.....This is a lovely film where in a darkened theatre you can embrace a movie that takes you back to your own childhood family film experiences! Nothing embarrassing about that! It is Christmas time ( or some holiday for most of us)How great to let go and enjoy someting like Narnia! And this definitely was not a typical CS Lewis / Christian faith based crowd . Loosen up and go see this folks! BTW I hit 4 stars not 3!!
– Nicolas921, Los Angeles

Eustace IS a creep.

It appears that the reviewer is not familiar with the book. Eustace IS an annoying and obstructionist character. It is a gentle tale of a voyage and the subtle transformations of growing up and learning to cope with people and the trials of the journey toward adulthood. I have found the movies to be a satisfying rendition of the books, which, yes, are fairly simple stories that thinly veil an allegorical rambling. It seems this critic would prefer to see the stories updated for a media saturated generation. I'm happy to see them remain faithful to the worldview they reflect.
– ks dem, kansas

A rambling plot and indifferent acting

After the disaster that was Prince Caspian, I had hopes the new team would rescue the franchise. Sadly, that has not happened. Rather we have a rambling plot with the crew of the Dawn Treader vaguely in pursuit of the evilly thing. This is not Russell Crowe driving on a ship in pursuit as in Master and Commander. There's no urgency, no sense of menace — particularly after Aslan so urgently stops Lucy from blotting her copybook. It might all have been saved by the acting, but that was merely adequate. The young Poulter is mildly amusing. Some of the CGI is quite pretty and, mercifully, it is shorter than the first two outings in the franchise, but not short enough for me. So this is not recommended unless you are into heavy-handed Christian homilies delivered in a less than inspiring way.

My comment

My boyfriend and I went to the mall yesterday to watch this movie.

FYI: It was our first month together ♥

I was so excited to watch the movie. Coco introduced me this movie 2 years ago. I was caught by the movie because it was Biblically inspired. I first watched Narnia:Prince Caspian in the cinema. We first saw the poster of Narnia 3 in Greenbelt cinema.

So, what about the movie?

First, I got annoyed by Eustace. The way he speak, his gesture, his attitude.  But at the back of my mind, his character has a very important role in the movie.

Second, about the 7 swords. It has something to do with the seven sins.

So what are these processes? The key to understanding this film lies in one set of symbols. To defeat “evil”, the quest for those on the Dawn Treader is to acquire seven swords, one to slay each of the seven Cardinal Sins which, for these purposes, we can take as envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride, sloth and wrath. At an individual level, we must defeat the evil that lies within us before we can defeat the evil in the world. This means each of the primary characters must be tempted and find the power to resist. For those who succumb to temptation, the road to redemption will be harder but, because this is a film about the resilience of the human spirit, those who find a greater truth about who they are as

 (http://opionator.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/chronicles-of-narnia-the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader/)

Third, the settings. Job well done :)

OH HOW I MISSED ASLAN!!!!!!