[SeekAndFind]

CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER

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[napscoordinator]

It would be interesting to see how Harry Potter, Naria and Pirate of the Caribbean would do if they debut the same weekend. If I was a rival company I would want to do that (if i was in the stronger position....lol. Of course).

[Blood of Tyrants]

I took my 9 y.o. daughter to see it yesterday and the scene towards the end with the sea monster was quite scary. Overall it was a good movie but the scene with the magician could have been a bit more developed.

[arderkrag]

Can’t wait to see this - Dawn Treader is my fave of the books.

[EyeGuy]

Gee.

Yet ANOTHER G-rated smash hit.

Yo venture capitalists:

Vacuum. Fill.

Supply/Demand.

Unmet need.

Monopoly competition obsessed with pervsion and negativity.

Ready. GO!

[discostu]

Well yeah it’s number 1, on a really weak weekend. It made #1 in a week when nobody is happy with their revenue, but somebody had to be #1.

[ArrogantBustard]

Absolutely classic opening line:

"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."

[Dead Corpse]

I like the first movie. I didn't like Prince Caspian.

This one was good. Very well acted and the special effects were almost flawless.

[agere_contra]

Caspian had a simply terrific sword fight scene. As kinetic as anything from 'Gladiator' or the Spartacus TV series (but of course with less blood and swearing).

[pgyanke]

The producers made an effort to make the film more accessible to families by steering clear of the warlike tone of "Prince Caspian."

Idiots. The movie didn't suffer from its "warlike tone." It suffered because the root of the story is faith... and they gutted any semblance of faith from the movie.

The Narnia books are my favorite. I have read them all through at least 5 times in my life... getting different things each time. I can stomach the first movie, although there are obvious areas where they could have done better. I absolutely hate the second one. There was no life in it... no part of the book remained besides the names of the characters.

I'm looking forward to Dawn Treader and hoping to be positively surprised. If the franchise fails it will be entirely due to Hollywood's blatant attempts to capitalize on the names of the stories while systematically trying to undermine them.

[Tanniker Smith]

Narnia might suffer a little from the time lag between movies and the less than spectacular 2nd film. Opening weekend might have suffered from Rapunzel and parents taking their kids to see Santa and being busy shopping.

The latter will be alleviated in a couple weeks. The former could be addressed through word of mouth. Granted, later movies of this kind are harder if only because the "awe" factor of the first movie is gone. You now expect more.

(Part of the reason why I liked Fellowship of the Ring more than Return of the King)

[FightforFreedomCA]

Interesting conversations here. I loved the first movie and really enjoyed the second one as well. I’m no film aficionado, but I’m not sure why so many people hated the second movie. Oh well. Dawn Treader is my favorite in the book series as well and I am looking forward to seeing it in the theater.

[big truck]

Just a warning - if you take your kids to see the film at a Regal cinema, you may wish to step out during the previews. I took my 14 and 12 year old daughters and was shocked at what passes for “this preview has been approved for audiences of all ages.” I can assure Regal cinemas that it for d@mn3d sure wasn't approved by this dad!

[longtermmemmory]

This was a well done and fantastic movie. It kept to the book. I don’t see where they trimmed anything about battles.

I think that is just PC PR nonsense.

I want to see how faithful they will be to the next book.

[Grizzled Bear]

Despite nabbing the number one box office rank, "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" fared way below what its predecessors of the same series took in opening weekend.

It's Obama's fault. Movies would do much better if not for his lousy economy.