Personally I really liked Skandar as Edmund in this film. I hated that my favourite character was downplayed seriously in the last film, and I went into Dawn Treader expecting his role to be as large as in the book.

My expectations were fulfilled by a long shot.

The infamous "I'm a king" line comes across, not as a selfish, prideful want like it appears in the trailer and like Peter in PC - even though I liked that - but as a sort of longing and wish to be taken seriously. I credit that to how he was directed and his skill as an actor that he was able to make that line seem better than we thought and not how it would read on a page.

I was especially impressed in the Goldwater/Dragon Island - or as I have come to call it, Dragonwater - scenes. The Goldwater aspect of that scene made me shrink in my seat with fear. His eyes are just so creepy; you can just see the greed and the, almost, longing in them. The dragon scenes are also awesome.

However, I believe Skandar's - acting wise - best scene, is the Dark Island. I was pleased to see him step up to the plate with the action and get almost an entire battle to himself. You couldn't help but root for his character the entire time and, when I was in the theatre, during that scene, everyone was tense, and gasped and screamed, and then cheered when the sea serpent landed at the bottom of the ocean.

His character is probably one of the most difficult characters in this book, and possibly the entire series, to portray successfully - execpting probably Eustace and perhaps Caspian.

Overall, I believe that Skandar, once again, has done a fantastic job. I wish him all the best in his future endeavours.

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I was sort of trying to avoid spoiling myself, but I couldn't help coming in here and seeing that there is no Ed and Eustace moment!? Just reading that makes me slightly bummed out... Wonder if that was one of the things that Doug Gresham fought for?....it doesn't make sense not to have that in the film because it has continuity (i.e. Edmund character development) carried over from LWW. In addition, it would have been a nice touch to see the cousins bonding after Eustace's ordeal. Missed emotional payoff opportunity!

1. Deathwater scene:

I was irritated by what they did to Edmund's attitude in this film and ESPECIALLY in the deathwater scene. [...] Even though he got in conflicts with Caspian in the scene in the book, it was Caspian who was tempted and Ed who was on the defensive side.

I disagree - Ed wasn't being defensive in the book. When Caspian claimed the pool for himself, Ed refused to go along with it, claiming authority over Caspian. They are equally tempted, and it's only Aslan's intervention that hinders a sword-fight.

'2. Eustace:
My favorite moment in VDT the book was the heart-to-heart moment between Eustace and Edmund after he got undragoned. While the undragoning did felt a bit rushed, I was fine with them pushing it back but I would love for them to at least give us a Eustace-Ed moment. The part in the book really resonated with LWW and shown how much Ed had learned and matured. Long story short, I am bummed about the omission of that part. '
I agree, it was my favourite moment too, and I was very sad that they missed it out. can't quite understand the decision either, it would've made sense in terms of plot arcs

in terms of skander/Edmund generally, I am still a big skander fan, but I agree that Edmund was under used in this film, and for the very first time across all 3 movies I felt some of skanders acting didn't quite resonate, it was almost a little...manic(?) at times. hard to describe, but it didn't quite work as well as the rest of the movies.

Not much that hasn't been said. Skandar did very well. He's upped his fighting and acting skills and grown into a young man. He seems like a young king. I loved how King Caspian returned his torch to him. Great easter egg moment!

I loved his acting in this. I thought it was very natural and believable as always. As for the temptation scene, isn't that the point. He and Caspian are over come by the lust for riches and power and act unlike themselves? (or rather the darker side of themselves-bad side of human nature?). I thought it was greatly done.

I found Edmund funny and protective of Lucy. He wanted to take care of her, protect her and even his lust for riches involved her. I am not saying lust for riches is good, I'm just saying I love how much Edmund is protective of Lucy and cares about her. I love that he instantly forgave Eustace and told Eustace it was okay, when he apologized. The only thing I did not like about him was his hair was a little too short. I love that he cried when bowing to Aslan. He probably still did not feel worthy enough to hug him.

Edmund realy bored me I was like okay here we go again with the White Witch!!! I thought the part were Caspian tells Edmund he sees him as a brother was touching. Overall he did not leave me really satisfied at the end with the fact that this was going to be his last time we see Edmund. With that said I really liked his stunts He had some pretty AWSOME actoin sceens!!!

I will say this it took VDT for Skandar to actually get some acting competition. In LWW and PC he was by far the best actor on set. Here he is only matched by Will Poulter. Both were incredibly good. As a fighter, Skandar has had the least action time on film, but anyone who has studies swordplay can tell Skandar is the best swordsman in all three movies as well. I'd love to have a good sparing match with him, like he does with Ben on the Dawn Treader.

The WW wasn't in it much, but she anoyed me and did slightly detract from Edmund's character. Skander did well, but he could have done better. Also, Skander mumbled at certain points, which bothered me. It never bothered me in the previous films, but it did in this one for some reason.

There were definitely problems with Edmund in this film, but they weren't due to Skandar. He just was handed some AWFUL material to work with. I hated that they made him power-hungry and indignant; it wasn't as bad as Peter in PC, but it reminded me of that, certainly. I just give the fella kudos for turning in the performance he did, under the circumstances.

Skandar has always been one of the most talented of the actors in the series, but he really stepped it up a notch in this one, rivaling Eustace as far as acting skill goes. I think the Deathwater scene was incredible; Skandar's eyes were haunting and he delivered a spot-on performance. I particularly loved the way Ed acted during the battle with the sea serpent, he was great. I have no problem with him not being quite as "Just" as in PC; he never came across that way in the VDT book either. The best thing was that Ed has much more of a role in this film. They brought across a point that I thought was very important: Ed always takes second fiddle! Reading the books, I always wondered how Ed felt about being in the "junior" role. Kudos to Skandar and it's such a shame he's always overlooked!

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I thought Skandar did an AMAZING job with Edmund again. I loved how they developed his friendship with Caspian, and his protectiveness of Lucy was quite appropriate (Edmund does mean "protector"!), and I loved how he grew to protect Eustace as well.

Before I watched the movie, I was concerned that they were turning him into a Peter from PC, but as the movie progressed, all of my fears were allayed. When he told Drinian to lower the boats, and was gently reminded that Caspian was the leader of this expedition, he very responsive (UNLIKE PETER DID: They did have a VERY similar scene in PC and Peter stares Caspian down) and followed what Caspian decided. The only other point when Edmund started to "take over" was in Deathwater, and that is completely appropriate to the book, and btw, Caspian is also power hungry at that point. Both of them are not acting like their normal selves. Both of them are enchanted by greed and gold, and when the way the portrayed this was VERY accurate and amazing. After Deathwater, they immediately are friends again and counseling and consoling each other ("Danger, Edmund"). Throughout the entire movie however, while Edmund obviously was the king, Caspian was the leader, and Edmund appropriately supported him. I may have said this already, but just that fact that Edmund and Caspian "make up" to one another immediately is COMPLETELY different than a PC Peter. I don't think someone can really compare PC Peter and VDT Edmund. They are so different! While Edmund falls once at Deathwater, Peter is power hungry almost the entire movie.

I loved how Edmund is always making sure Lucy's okay ("We need to find Lucy before it's too late" and at the Dufflepuds: Caspian notices the footprints; Edmund notices that Lucy was gone. And then, when he has the Dufflepud at swordpoint, his first words are, "Where's my sister?") His concern for Eustace was very touching as well.

So, throughout the entire movie, I was VERY pleased with Edmund's character and Skandar's performance. He has nailed Edmund like no one else can!

I love how haunted he sounded when the Witch siad she was always in his mind, he screamed "NO!"