Based off of the third written, fifth chorological book in the Narnia series, the Voyage of the Dawn Treader is an evidently lesser achievement then what it could have been, but it’s still a fun family fantasy adventure flick.
Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, two of the heroes from the previous movies, have returned once again to the world of Narnia, along with their annoying little cousin Eustace Scrubb. They team up again with Prince, oh wait, now King Caspian of Narnia and the little, feisty mouse Reepicheep, on the Dawn Treader ship. They have a lot of adventures on their voyage, but must also do combat mentally with a mysterious, evil, green mist before it overwhelms Narnia with evil.
Unlike the book that was a series of events, the movie makes several changes to make it feel more like a story. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is not very faithful to its material by C.S Lewis, unlike the other two films that paid real homage to Lewis.
Michael Apted, the director who has taken over from Andrew Adamson, explained that the various changes were made to make the movie have more of a plot line rather than a random series of events.
Even so, the Voyage of the Dawn Treader has the same Christian, moral, ethical undertone that both of the previous films has, and I was happy to see that Voyage of the Dawn Treader also had more of the ‘Narnian magic’ then it’s predecessor Prince Caspian contained, though still not as much as the original Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
When I left the theater, I was entertained, but felt just too underwhelmed, especially since I felt both of the previous installments, especially the first one, to be superior movies.
If Voyage of the Dawn Treader does well, another film adaptation of the next Narnia story, most likely the Silver Chair will be rushed into production and subsequently released to audiences.
***/5
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