Last night, I went with a group of friends to see Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It was amazing, definitely the best Narnia film yet. I love that we've seen Skandar Keynes (Edmund) and Georgie Henley (Lucy) grow up on screen (Anna Popplewell and William Moseley, too, I suppose, but they don't play particularly prominent parts in this installment, and they were already close to grown in the first one). They're so grown-up and experienced in this one, it was nice to watch. I especially liked the little subplot of Lucy's ambition to become as beautiful as she believes her sister to be (does anyone else think it's creepy that Georgie already looks quite a bit like Anna? I mean, not exactly like her, sure, but the facial structure and some of the features are there; they didn't have to do much morphing to make them look the same).
I also enjoyed the design of the dragon and absolutely loved the characters aboard the ship. Gotta love that minotaur ("He's talking to birds!"). And don't even get me started on Eustace. From the previews, the small glimpses I got of him were enough to make me think, "That's him? That's the little stick with apparently not much screen time who's going to reprise David Thwaites' role?" But my goodness, I loved that boy. Perfect casting. He's completely annoying throughout most of the movie, of course, but in the most hilarious way possible. My family communicates 50% of the time in movie lines and, let me tell you, we'll be using his for years to come. Classic. By the end of the movie, you've grown to love him like you should, and I can't wait to see him in the next film.
As is inevitable, some things got lost or weirdly found in the adaptation process from book to movie (what's up with the green mist?), but it was a fantastic movie by itself overall. I will definitely be buying this the minute it comes out. Two thumbs up, Michael Apted!
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