The Voyage of The Dawn Treader

It's out in theatres!!!  And I have seen it!!!!  And I'm gonna manage to talk about it without offering spoilers!!!

Let me start by saying that I do not have a favourite book in the Chronicles of Narnia series.  When people ask me, I tend to lean towards the one I have read most recently, or they mention their favourite and I remember how good it is, and become inclined to agree with them.  But in my moments of sober reflection, I have come to understand that The Chronicles of Narnia stand together, and that I cannot love one more that the other, or less than the other.  C.S.Lewis was a genius, and his stories are masterpieces.  The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is no exception.  And since I am a big fan of the previous movies, I was pumped.  Extremely pumped.

Well, without offering any spoilers, let me say this.  I watched it in the theatres, (but not in 3D), and enjoyed it.  It wasn't perfect, and perhaps it felt a bit disjointed: there was room for more character development than was offered, and the music was very different.  And the ACCENTS - no one has a spanish accent in this film.  Now, that would actually make a lot of sense in the case of the Telmarines, who may very well have picked up "Narnian" (aka British) accents because of the nature of their relations, BUT in that case, the 7 Lords should still have had Spanish accents, since they left during the Telmarine reign.  However, despite these criticisms, I would be lying if I avoided saying how many AMAZING parts there were, beautiful scenery, amazing ship, AWSOME Reepicheep, Eustace surprised me, and the end - the end made me cry.  In the theatre, with my friends, teared up.  Yup.  Embarrassing.  But worth the embarassement.

So my advice: Watch It.  Don't expect it to be like the others, but don't expect dissappointment either.  Just hold on for the ride.  The book, of course, is much better.  But the film is an amazing window into the third story in the Narnian adventures - the chronicles of everybody's favourite land, and a another meeting with everybody's favourite Lion.

And if we're lucky - if you guys ALL go to watch it, and go more than once to the theatre, maybe, just maybe, Fox will agree to let them do one final installment, and we will see the mystery of The Silver Chair.  Cross your fingers.  Cuz that'd be fantastic.