Series Review 2.3
'Series Review' is Movie Freak 77's new type of Post where a Review of a series's films will be done. Each couple of months films of a certain series will reviewed .
The third installment to be reviewed will be 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader' series. Movie Freak 77 already reviewed 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' and 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'. Here is the Third Review of this Series, enjoy!
Review: The Chronicles of Narnia:The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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"Michael Apted"('The World in
Not Enough') stepped into the
directing seat instead of "Andrew Adamson"(who remained as a
producer), which surely affected the continuation. Still "Michael"
did perform a decent job bringing his style to add to the movie experience. The
effects of this movie seemed at times a bit underwhelming, and the 3D
post-conversion didn't add that much to the experience. 'Narnia' writers’ duo
"Christopher Markus" and "Stephen McFeely" collaborated
with "Michael Petroni"('Queen of Damned') to perform a solid
story full of 'Narnia' mythology. However, at many times the story trajectory
took other roads in order to deal with many characters development, which
wasn't smoothly infused with the main story as the previous installments.
Composer "David Arnold"('Casino Royale' and 'Quantum of
Solace') gave a solid score that backed up the movie and re-used many
beautiful symphonies and scores that helped fans of the series reminisce on
what made this series one of the best.
The beginning of the movie successfully
allowed refreshing the audiences where each of the main characters is at that
point and introduce us the new character 'Eustace'. The taking of 'Edmund',
'Lucy' and 'Eustace' to Narnia was truly one of the best scenes of this movie,
where it truly resonated with the watery theme of the movie and felt very much
natural. Thereafter, the movie took the natural course of progression, still
many elements of the movie and subplots were incorporated in a mediocre manner
especially that of the little girl 'Gael'. As for the character development of
main ones was acceptable, while that 'Eustace' being the more visible one and
the most effective. Other highlight scenes were 'Eustace' and 'Reepicheep'
interaction scenes, cameo appearance of 'Peter', 'Susan', and 'Jadis', 'Lucy' using the book in the library and
final climax battle scene. However the best scene of the whole movie was
towards the end when 'Caspian', 'Edmund', 'Lucy', 'Eustace' and 'Reepicheep'
meet 'Aslan' at the border of his country. The themes and goodbyes were really
touching and the effects were the best of the entire movie.
"Skandar Keynes" and "Georgie
Henley" proved their ability to lead the series, though the absence of
"William Moseley" and "Anna Popplewell" did affect the
whole dynamic that fans and people were used to. "Skandar Keynes"
performed his best in this installment. "Georgie Henley", while this
wasn't her best, did deliver and as usual was the star of the movie. While
"Will Poulter" delivers a breakthrough performance with a character
that audience love to hate and where his story arc took an enjoyable ride and
twists. "Ben Barnes" again suited very much the character and
performed when needed. Again many would have loved that 'Aslan' would have had
a bigger role in the story but his appearance was effective and touching,
especially with the performance of "Liam Neeson" voicing it.
"Simon Pegg" replaced "Eddie Izzard" voicing 'Reepicheep',
but still gave us what we loved about this character in the previous
installment. "Laura Bent" portrayal of Lilliandil' was short, the
late "Billie Brown" gave a good performance, and "Gary
Sweet" was convincing as the captain of the 'Dawn Treader'. "Tilda
Swinton" as usual dazzles us as 'Jadis', even if her portrayal was
short.
-'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' Info:
-Release Date: December 10, 2010.
-Starring: Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Will Poulter, Simon Pegg, Gary Sweet, Billie Brown, William Moseley, Anna Popllewell, Liam Neeson and Tilda Swinton.
-Based on: 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' by C.S. Lewis.
-Studio(s): Walden Media, Dune Entertainment and 20th Century Fox.
-Directed by: Michael Apted.
-Screenplay by: Christopher Markus, Stephen MecFeely and Michael Petroni.
-Music by: David Arnold.
-Running Time: 115 minutes.
-Budget: $ 155,000,000.
-Box Office: -Domestic(US): $ 104,386,950.
-Foreign: $ 311,299,267.
-Ratings: -IMdb: 6.4/10.
-Rotten Tomatoes: 49%.
-Metacritic: 53%.
-PERSONAL RATING: 7.9/10.
-'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' Trailer:
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| Official 'Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' Poster. |
The third installment of the series may not
be the most groundbreaking or best one of the whole series, but 'The Voyage of
the Dawn Treader' manages to hold its ground and entertain.
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| "Skandar Keynes". |
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| "Georgie Henley". |
Three years after the events of 'Prince
Caspian', 'Edmund Pevensie'(Skandar Keynes) and 'Lucy Pevensie'(Georgie
Henley) are staying with their annoying cousin 'Eustace Scrubb'(Will Poulter);
while there older brother 'Peter'(William Moseley) and 'Susan'(Anna Popplewell)
are now living in America. While hanging out in one of their rooms, a magical
painting of a ship in the ocean transport the three kids to the ocean of
'Narnia', where they once again meet 'Prince Caspian'(Ben Barnes) now King of
'Narnia' and the valiant 'Reepicheep'(Simon Pegg). 'Caspian' informs them that
they are on a mission aboard the 'Dawn Treader' to rescue the seven Lords of
'Narnia', who were banished previously by his uncle 'Miraz'. But a voyage that
seems easy at the surface will be a difficult one, especially since darkness is
descending upon the land and it’s up to 'Edmund' and 'Lucy' to take the place
of their older brother and sister and rescue 'Narnia'. Will they succeed and
triumph over this evil lurking while getting over their personal problems and
'Eustace' annoyance of being in 'Narnia'? Other characters include "Liam
Neeson" voicing the infamous 'Aslan', captain of the 'Dawn Treader' 'Lord
Drinian'(Gary Sweet), 'Lilliandil'(Laura Bent) the Blue star shining upon
'Ramandu''s island, wizard 'Coriakin'(Billie Brown), lone islander
'Gael'(Arabelle Morton), her father 'Rhince'(Arthur Angel), and a cameo
appearance by "Tilda Swinton" as the evil white witch 'Jadis'.
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| "Will Poulter". |
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| "Ben Barnes", "Skandar Keynes" and "Georgie Henley". |
After the lackluster and surprising box
office performance of 'The
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian' many problems in production
arose. Filming and production were delayed many times and Walt Disney' stepped
back from production due to budgetary problems that were too high in its
opinion. After negotiations, '20th Century Fox' took the distribution rights of
this movie. Overall the movie is a step down from the previous two movies,
where it lacked this magical flair and feel that the first two movies had.
Still it had many moments where this feeling that fans loved in the series were
found, which will be later discussed. The direction the story took was
obvious in trying to continue the series losing two characters that were very
much defining in the series and trying to move on smoothly while introducing
new characters and expanding the world of 'Narnia', which was done successfully
when looking at things in the bigger picture and disregarding the few problems
that it had.
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| "Liam Neeson", "Ben Barnes", "Georgie Henley", "Skandar Keynes" , "Simon Pegg" and "Will Poulter". |
"Michael Apted"('The World in
Not Enough') stepped into the
directing seat instead of "Andrew Adamson"(who remained as a
producer), which surely affected the continuation. Still "Michael"
did perform a decent job bringing his style to add to the movie experience. The
effects of this movie seemed at times a bit underwhelming, and the 3D
post-conversion didn't add that much to the experience. 'Narnia' writers’ duo
"Christopher Markus" and "Stephen McFeely" collaborated
with "Michael Petroni"('Queen of Damned') to perform a solid
story full of 'Narnia' mythology. However, at many times the story trajectory
took other roads in order to deal with many characters development, which
wasn't smoothly infused with the main story as the previous installments.
Composer "David Arnold"('Casino Royale' and 'Quantum of
Solace') gave a solid score that backed up the movie and re-used many
beautiful symphonies and scores that helped fans of the series reminisce on
what made this series one of the best. |
| "Tilda Swinton". |
The beginning of the movie successfully
allowed refreshing the audiences where each of the main characters is at that
point and introduce us the new character 'Eustace'. The taking of 'Edmund',
'Lucy' and 'Eustace' to Narnia was truly one of the best scenes of this movie,
where it truly resonated with the watery theme of the movie and felt very much
natural. Thereafter, the movie took the natural course of progression, still
many elements of the movie and subplots were incorporated in a mediocre manner
especially that of the little girl 'Gael'. As for the character development of
main ones was acceptable, while that 'Eustace' being the more visible one and
the most effective. Other highlight scenes were 'Eustace' and 'Reepicheep'
interaction scenes, cameo appearance of 'Peter', 'Susan', and 'Jadis', 'Lucy' using the book in the library and
final climax battle scene. However the best scene of the whole movie was
towards the end when 'Caspian', 'Edmund', 'Lucy', 'Eustace' and 'Reepicheep'
meet 'Aslan' at the border of his country. The themes and goodbyes were really
touching and the effects were the best of the entire movie.  |
| "Liam Neeson", "Georgie Henley", "Skandar Keynes" and "Ben Barnes". |
"Skandar Keynes" and "Georgie
Henley" proved their ability to lead the series, though the absence of
"William Moseley" and "Anna Popplewell" did affect the
whole dynamic that fans and people were used to. "Skandar Keynes"
performed his best in this installment. "Georgie Henley", while this
wasn't her best, did deliver and as usual was the star of the movie. While
"Will Poulter" delivers a breakthrough performance with a character
that audience love to hate and where his story arc took an enjoyable ride and
twists. "Ben Barnes" again suited very much the character and
performed when needed. Again many would have loved that 'Aslan' would have had
a bigger role in the story but his appearance was effective and touching,
especially with the performance of "Liam Neeson" voicing it.
"Simon Pegg" replaced "Eddie Izzard" voicing 'Reepicheep',
but still gave us what we loved about this character in the previous
installment. "Laura Bent" portrayal of Lilliandil' was short, the
late "Billie Brown" gave a good performance, and "Gary
Sweet" was convincing as the captain of the 'Dawn Treader'. "Tilda
Swinton" as usual dazzles us as 'Jadis', even if her portrayal was
short.
Whether or not we will ever see a
continuation of the series or if it will be rebooted, fans of the series must
wait and see what the producers might decide; however, it was recently
announced 'The Silver Chair' will be the fourth movie to be made.
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| 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'. |
-Release Date: December 10, 2010.
-Starring: Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Will Poulter, Simon Pegg, Gary Sweet, Billie Brown, William Moseley, Anna Popllewell, Liam Neeson and Tilda Swinton.
-Based on: 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' by C.S. Lewis.
-Studio(s): Walden Media, Dune Entertainment and 20th Century Fox.
-Directed by: Michael Apted.
-Screenplay by: Christopher Markus, Stephen MecFeely and Michael Petroni.
-Music by: David Arnold.
-Running Time: 115 minutes.
-Budget: $ 155,000,000.
-Box Office: -Domestic(US): $ 104,386,950.
-Foreign: $ 311,299,267.
-Ratings: -IMdb: 6.4/10.
-Rotten Tomatoes: 49%.
-Metacritic: 53%.
-PERSONAL RATING: 7.9/10.
-'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' Trailer:
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