Wonderful character development!

hyped garbage

A Masterpiece!

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Watching this as only a movie, it's fine. It's never boring, there are always happening something. But if you watch it the series with the other two movies, the quality of it would fade instantly. I cannot count this movie as one of the same series as the other Narnia movies, it hasn't got the same feeling. So in comparison with them, it looses. Some of the acting is good, but I feel as if the actors doesn't get the opportunity to use their abilities to the fullest. The material they've been given to work with doesn't use their full potential, and because of that they all seem to be a little shallow. Positives: Two gorgeous looking kings (Skandar Keynes as Edmund Pevensie and Ben Barnes as Caspian) are a great plus, and probably one of the main reasons I can still watch this movie.Beautiful environments.Speed; it doesn't bore you. Those small elements which they bring back from previous films. They bring back a small glimpse of the magic which the first ones held.Negatives: Far away from the book's plot.The creatures of Narnia aren't as well made as in previous films.Will Poulter as Eustace. New composer, I miss Harry Gregson-Williams.

Boring. Just, boring. From one of the most promising franchises of the 21st century, comes the underwhelming 3rd installment, that lacks the fun and imaginativeness of the first one, and the tension and epic battles of the second. It's dull, confusing, boring and disappointing, and while the CGI and the acting is quite good, you can't stop feeling disappointed. Because it's Narnia, doesn't mean it's good. Some scenes are really cheesy, such as when Lucy is carried by invisible people with only one leg, and when a sea serpent appears, just because that was the first thing that came to his mind. I mean, seriously. You can see it's not Andrew Adamson, and that change of director sort of ruined it. And also, it's sad to see that while Edward and the rest of them are fighting with a sea serpent, Lucy just lounges on the bottom deck. Definitely not worth watching. You'll probably fall asleep by the middle chapter. Terrible. Thanks a lot, Michael Apted. (Sarcasm)

I decided to watch Voyage Of The Dawn Treader because I've seen the BBC adaptation of The Silver Chair and I honest to god wanted to fill in the blanks. In all honesty though, this is the second best in the series, I say this because this didn't have a relationship that felt tacked on (which I've heard it was!) but there are still a few things that I didn't like.So Edmund and Lucy are now the protagonists and Edmund tries signing up to World War 2? Why? Well, it's because he sees himself as a King and actually fighting wars means he should do the same for England as well as Narnia, Lucy now envy's Susan's beauty because of a story arc that you can see coming a mile away and happens just the same way. They also have a cousin, he starts out extremely annoying and through one thing leading to another, they end up in Narnia and like always, it's usually in the strangest way possible. What happens then is they meet Caspian after a couple of Narnian years since the last movie and they end up on a Voyage through which they find Green mist swallowing up people at sea like The Fog and they have to save Narnia again.Okay, I'll go down what I didn't like - I knew from the start that Narnia was going to parallel Christianity. I mean if you think about it, Aslan represents Jesus and magic users seem to be for the most part villains. But it's subtle in these movies. The problem is that there's a single monologue that says that Aslan has another name and the entire reason for them arriving three times is to know him a little in Narnia and know him better by his other name. This is about as unsubtle as you can get. It literally said it was a parallel to Jesus like the entire series was a way to convert others to Christianity. I think even when I was a Christian I would have hated this monologue and this is the second time I've seen it uttered (the first being in The Silver Chair adaptation), It just seems like if they wanted to parallel Christianity can they please not beat me over the head with the message in the hopes that somehow I buy it? Oh and by the way, I would say this even if it was a parallel to being an atheist or any other religion, I am not just signalling out Christians.That and the CGI work for the most part looked awful at times. The best effect is the ones with magic but when it's meant to look real like when they said that their worst fear is and then a Sea Serpent materializes, it looked awful. I also didn't really like the effect of Dragon-Eustace either but Reepercheep looked okay.So I've played the bad guy on this movie, now onto what I liked. Well, the actors for the most part do pretty good jobs, there are certain scenes like Reepercheep visiting Aslan's country were well executed and for that matter I really liked Eustace's relationship with him. I mean yes, it could be expanded upon more but it does play out naturally as well as Eustace's story arc, probably the only one in the entire movie that does actually work for me.Like always though the cinematography is excellent. I thought the Dawn Treader ship is actually pretty well designed and I do like the animatronics in this movie like the Minotaur oh and while I did bash the CG work in this movie I do really like the effect of the painting coming to life and flooding them into Narnia. So while this is better then Prince Caspian, I still feel that there are a few things that need improvement.

Exit Susan and Peter, enter Eustace. Two of the main protagonists of the previous two movies are replaced by a new one. Just like in the books. But at what price? Will Poulter may have a very characteristic face (which is a good thing), but is one of the worst child actors I've ever seen. On top of that Ben Barnes again plays Prince Caspian (who is almost unrecognizable compared to the previous film) but with no Spanish accent whatsoever. The story feels more like a Pirates of the Caribbean quest this time. With no success, even if the green and blue screens aren't as ugly as in Prince Caspian. These kind of kiddie movies are too predictable, moralistic (the Christian symbolism in this one isn't even remotely subtle anymore) and boring to entertain almost anyone. Or that's what I should hope. Reality proves me wrong. Unfortunately. Maybe that's why hideous films like Eragon, In the Name of the King and The Sorcerer's Apprentice find an audience. I can't speak for The Water Horse, The Seeker, The Spiderwick Chronicles and Inkeart (I haven't seen them), but something tells me it'll be more of the same (just like Seventh Son, which will be released next year). Maybe I should really reconsider watching the Percy Jackson movies, which I was planning to do next year...