Movie Reviews of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- Kids flicks invariably have a few basic essentials. Lots of CGI, a nice evil vs good storyline, and preferably a book series to fall back on and make it into a franchisee. The Chronicles of Narnia has a bit of everything, and yet a lot is missing.
The third edition in the series, The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader, is perhaps the most simplistic and boring film in the franchisee. Half of the original four kids get back to Narnia, where Caspian ( the last editions star) is out to find the seven swords that would rid Narnia of an evil force, at the same time help the kids defeat the evil within.
The film is shoddily edited, and directed. The scences abruptly transition, the stories seem incoherent. The swords, the focus of the film in totality, get found too easily. CGI is good, with dragons and sea serpents making things wonderful, but the graphics ring hollow in the absence of a solid storyline.
The biggest fault with the film, is the total lack of an identifiable villain. For kids, telling them a story of morals requires a larger than life villain, something like the evil Ice Witch from the films first edition. But this part has none at all. And that takes away a lot from the narrative.
Without Aslan or the whole range of creatures that populated the first two parts, the responsibility of acting rests on the kids, who now are teens. Lucy is impressive, but the rest of the cast sleepwalks through their roles, making the film less of an adventure in comparison to the others in the series.
Given that the film comes close on the heels of Harry Potters release this year, the timing couldnt have been worse, for the film just cant live up to the dark and edgy feel the HP series has. It is nave to imagine kids today would want only a simple all is well with the world story, nor is it actually good for them. Narnia Franchisee borders on delusional utopia, and sans the fun of men with feet of goat and magical wardrobes and talking lions, the film just isnt worth a watch.
The only good things in the voyage, were the delightfull talking rat, and the sulking cousin who excels in his role. Sadly, the rat is given a farewell at the end, reducing an already scanty number of creatures in the story.
This one is strictly for fans of the books. The next one, might just be given a miss by them
- "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" Movie Review:
the movie was remarkable!It was as good as the first Narnia movie, and better than the second. It actually would be a good ending to the Chronicles in movie form. if you understand C.S. Lewis's story you would more appreciate it! They took part of book four and put it into the movie because book three alone didn't stand well as a movie.
- NARNIA REVIEW
To sum things up: I loved this movie.
I had been waiting for it ever since it was announced, so of course I couldn't pass up the chance to see a press preview this morning. And, while there were some definite weaknesses (mostly in the quality of the animations), overall I was completely convinced. Naturally it did not coincide 100% with my own vision of Narnia visually, but emotionally it rang absolutely true, choking me up several times and really touching me. I walked out of the theatre with a warm, contented feeling - just like I feel every time I read C.S. Lewis' book!
The stand-out performance was definitely Tilda Swinton's as the White Witch, but I liked all actors/voices, from cute little Lucy (newcomer Georgie Henley) to majestic Aslan (Liam Neeson). I thought the children did a great job, considering their relative inexperience and the amount of blue screen work involved.
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
I caught this while on last Christmas holidays but I was very disappointed watching this movie.I think Lord of the Rings is going to always be the best and hoped Narnia would at least come close but Prince Caspian has really dropped the Chronicles of Narnia. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was great but not groundbreaking. To be fair this movie was based on what I think was one of the worst books in the series. It was good but not as good as any of the others. Books can be expanded but not in a way which makes it completely boring. The action is dull and not interesting even though there's more of it but the visuals have improved. I liked the kids in the first movie but now they are already on my nerves especially the actor portraying Peter who came off as a snobby, insufferable bully. I hope that when Harry Potter ends the Chronicles of Narnia will be there to pick up all the fans but they need to radically improve. At least Michael Apted is doing the next one. Need IMPROVEMENT!
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