The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D

Movie: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D

Cast: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes. Ben Barnes, Will Poulter

Genre: Fantasy, adventure

I saw it on: December 14 & 30, 2010

Synopsis: This is the third book of the C.S. Lewis series. Peter and Susan - the older two of the four Pevensie siblings are out of the picture completely.  They have gone with their mother and father to the United States during the war.  The younger two – Lucy and Edmund have been left behind to stay with their aunt and uncle – and their annoying cousin Eustace.

During a typical altercation between Lucy and Edmund and their cousin, they are sucked back into Narnia, along with their Eustace.  Once there, they join up with Prince Caspian on a ship (The Dawn Treader) on a trip east across the sea.  Along the way they encounter invisible one-legged men, an island that sends boat-loads of people into the ocean to be sacrificed to a green mist, slave traders, sea monsters . . . and of course Aslan..

My two cents: I liked this movie much more than I did the first two.  It would be useful to see the other two movies first, but not really necessary.  I think with multi-movie series like this, they should take five minutes in the beginning to do a quick recap . . . but again, this movie can stand on its own. 

I think my favorite character was the battling swashbuckling mouse – Reepicheep.  Not only was this mouse the most fun character to watch, he was most compassionate critter in the movie and had the most depth of character.

The new major character is the cousin – Eustace.  Although he is not quite as bad as Harry Potter’s cousin, he gives Dudley Dursley a run for his money.  For much of the movie, I just wanted someone to shoot him and put me out of my misery –  so I guess the character was well written and well-acted.

Bottom line – a pretty decent movie.  I don’t think I would bother with the 3D version unless you really like wearing the glasses.