Chronicles of Narnia - The Voayge of the Dawn Treader

Narnia series is a great Children's Literature, one of the treasures we have grown up with from the Pen of C.W. Lewis. But as a Motion Picture it fails to pull us. Why?

Comparisons with the two ultimate commercial and critical success stories of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings is obvious. I will not go into those comparisons. You already know how different Narnia is from both the above mentioned series.

Some of my observations:

• C.W. Lewis's series and its order is disputed amongst, google it or go to wikipedia and you will know that the actual order of the reading of the books are in question.
  
• The books were not written in any particular order and so the story is not really a continuation, yes, time moves as characters grow old, die etc, but we are not following their lives, we seem to be always thrown in the middle of an adventure with introduction or end.
• Even though we may love the books, the movie does not make us wait with excitement for its next installment.
• There are 7 books of this series and I wonder if another of this will be made into a Motion Picture. It simply isn't worth.
  
• Yes the visuals are breathtaking but where is the pull, for any of the characters, do we want to know what happens to Susan & Peter, or Aslan?

Now to why the third installment which just does not work despite 3D.

• You miss Susan & Peter.
• There is no Aslan.
• How long can you wait for the resolution knowing fully that it will eventually come.
• The actors have set expressions, raised eyebrows, cwering eyes, gaping mouth, the CG created characters of Reepicheep and Aslan are more entertaining, even Eustace as Dragon is better.
  
• The magic of Narnia on the Dawn Treader is limited and does nothing to excite us albeit it is very much reminiscent of The Odyssey.
  
• But unlike the Epic the solutions are too easy, the temptations not to great, the Magic to feeble everything just doesn't add up.

In fact, to be honest the motion picture just leaves you feeling sleepy because there is absolutely no emotional attachment with anyone, the crisis seem to be extraordinarily flimsy, and the characters seem hardly moved by any of it. The first installment of NARNIA was beautiful, the second had its many battles and wars which made for good viewing, but the 3rd is unexpectedly Dull.

And like Caspian we wonder why Lucy and Edmond have been called back in Narnia.

Any more of Narnia is definitely not worth my money!