Voyage of the Dawn Treader

[wilco64256]

Anybody else seen this one yet?  I went last night at midnight and have been enjoying the physical effects of only sleeping 2 hours last night after still having to get up for work on time today.

The movie itself I absolutely loved, though the 3D work was not done well at all.  I'll probably go see it again on a standard screen just so I don't have to hate the poor 3D the whole time.

But aside from that glaring problem, I was really happy with the movie.  It's not the best at following the book's plot by a longshot, but there were some outstanding acting performances - my two favorites were definitely Reepicheep and Eustace (that kid was INCREDIBLE).  And I'm a sucker for C S Lewis's work in the first place, so it was nice to see this movie hold true to what he was going for when he wrote the book.

[Enchantermon]

I haven't seen it yet, but I will when I can. How much did it depart from the book? I prefer staying true to the original work as much as possible, which is why I'm curious. I hope this one does well; Prince Caspian didn't even make budget and if this one doesn't do well they might not finish out the series.

[kindofdoon]

Prince Caspian didn't even make budget...

Wikipedia disagrees.

[Enchantermon]

I see. I got my info from IMDB, but missed that what I saw was only the USA gross.

[dark-daventry]

I saw the movie today, and it was good. I'll be the first to admit I haven't actually read C.S. Lewis' books, but I do plan to change that someday.

Also, the following must be stated: The first two modern Narnia films were done by disney. However, after the performance of Prince Caspian, Disney dropped the franchise. Fox picked it up. Whether or not Fox will continue with the franchise unknown, but I hope they do.

And yes, Eustace WAS amazing, I must admit.

[kindofdoon]

I think that the Narnia stories are much better as books (speaking from my experience of having read and watched TLtWatW). The books have a nice sort of childish charm to them, whereas the movies feel...hm, how to put this right...small and un-engrossing. I'm not a huge fan of Harry Potter, but the film series felt significant and engrossing (LoTR as well).

Maybe it's the lack of scale in the Narnia series; I'm not sure. They just feel like a high school production relative to other similar fantasy movies, imo.

[dark-daventry]

I think that the Narnia stories are much better as books (speaking from my experience of having read and watched TLt***W). The books have a nice sort of childish charm to them, whereas the movies feel...hm, how to put this right...small and un-engrossing. I'm not a huge fan of Harry Potter, but the film series felt significant and engrossing (LoTR as well).

Maybe it's the lack of scale in the Narnia series; I'm not sure. They just feel like a high school production relative to other similar fantasy movies, imo.

First of all, I must put this out there: The harry potter movies as of late, with the exception of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, have made me want to puke. The books were far better, and the movies focused too much on special effects and completely butchered the plot. As for Narnia, I've never read the books, so I can't attest to how well they do or don't compare to the movies. But I think that Disney's version of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is the best of the narnia movies so far. Granted, the first exposure to Wardrobe was an animated version from YEARS ago that I rented from my once local library's kids section. Said kid's section has since been flooded, with most of the books and videos contained within destroyed. If I could find that animated version again, I'd be so happy. That was a staple of my childhood. But after Dawn Treader, I am really compelled to read the whole series of books... I just gotta buy em... I wonder if iBooks has them... *wanders off to check*

[waltzdancing]

I liked Prince Caspian. I didn't mind about the darker feeling and thought that it actually helped to enhance the feeling of despair to the situation. Plus, Ben Barnes is nice to look at  Aside from all of that. I hope to see Voyage of the Dawn Treader this break.

[dark-daventry]

I liked Prince Caspian. I didn't mind about the darker feeling and thought that it actually helped to enhance the feeling of despair to the situation. Plus, Ben Barnes is nice to look at  Aside from all of that. I hope to see Voyage of the Dawn Treader this break.

Ben Barnes is very nice to look at...  (Yay for inside conversations that no one will know about! For a time anyway ) speaking of inside conversations, I should get started writing that forum post... but my school work is yelling at me. *yells at finals to shut up and let him watch his TV*

But yes, definitely see Dawn Treader. It was good, though I thought the CG for the dragon wasn't too great... For me, it kind of broke the live action aspect of the movie for those particular scenes, but that's probably just me...

[waltzdancing]

I go to a movie for the story, not the effects. That's why I fell asleep during Avatar. That's why adventure games are so much better than first person shooters or things. Adventure games have a story.

[dark-daventry]

I go to a movie for the story, not the effects. That's why I fell asleep during Avatar. That's why adventure games are so much better than first person shooters or things. Adventure games have a story.

I try to tell my friends this, and they just laugh at me. Apparently, head shots are all the rage. But I still prefer adventure games to Call of Duty. Dare I even say it, but I'll take a good adventure game over Assassin's Creed. And I LOVE assassin's creed.

As for movies, I feel that effects have a place in a film, but I feel that there must be a perfect balance between effects and story. I have yet to see a film that accomplishes such a feat. Though the original Highlander was good... (Yes, I am a bit of a Highlander nut...)

[waltzdancing]

The original three Star Wars feel more real to me than the more recent ones because I can tell the effects are fake. I guess I am a sucker for cheap movies.

[kindofdoon]

I think that the Narnia stories are much better as books (speaking from my experience of having read and watched TLt***W). The books have a nice sort of childish charm to them, whereas the movies feel...hm, how to put this right...small and un-engrossing. I'm not a huge fan of Harry Potter, but the film series felt significant and engrossing (LoTR as well).

Maybe it's the lack of scale in the Narnia series; I'm not sure. They just feel like a high school production relative to other similar fantasy movies, imo.

First of all, I must put this out there: The harry potter movies as of late, with the exception of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, have made me want to puke.

To clarify, I am not a fan of the series. They are fun to watch, but I do not consider them good movies.

[Enchantermon]

Also, the following must be stated: The first two modern Narnia films were done by disney. However, after the performance of Prince Caspian, Disney dropped the franchise. Fox picked it up. Whether or not Fox will continue with the franchise unknown, but I hope they do.

I didn't know that. I hope they do as well, provided they don't butcher them.

[dark-daventry]

Also, the following must be stated: The first two modern Narnia films were done by disney. However, after the performance of Prince Caspian, Disney dropped the franchise. Fox picked it up. Whether or not Fox will continue with the franchise unknown, but I hope they do.

I didn't know that. I hope they do as well, provided they don't butcher them.

Don't get your hopes up for that. We're talking about hollywood. They've already butchered my childhood. That Smurf's trailer STILL gives me nightmares. Why hollywood, why? Why are you doing a live action/cg smurfs movie? Do you take pleasure in killing my childhood? And please, leave Buffy the Vampire Slayer alone. Allow her to die with dignity. If you won't involve Joss Whedon, you know, only the guy who INVENTED the whole idea, then, please don't bother... I could go on for hours about how my childhood has been ruined because of hollywood, but I'll spare everyone that burden, especially considering this topic is about the chronicles of narnia, not hollywood as a whole...

[Enchantermon]

I do have hope, though, as long as Douglas Gresham stays involved. He's been adamant about sticking to C. S. Lewis' themes and vision, so as long as he's there keeping an eye on things, I have hope.

[dark-daventry]

Was he involved in Dawn Treader at all? What role did he play in Wardrobe and Caspian? (by role, I mean production role. By the sounds of it, he's involved with the production and development of the movie, not the acting side of it...)

[Enchantermon]

He was co-producer of Wardrobe and Caspian and Executive Producer of Dawn Treader.

[dark-daventry]

Ok, good to know. What's better, co-producer or executive producer? I'm not that enlightened to the process of how a movie is made...

[Enchantermon]

I have no idea, to be honest. An executive producer sounds like he's higher up on the approval chain, but I don't know how the movie hierarchy really works.