I voted Dark Island. I'm glad the Albatross at least had a cameo but really it wouldn't have been that hard to at least have him say the line. Deathwater bothered me too. I also missed that Reep and Eustace weren't there. I love how the BBC handled that scene by having Eustace draw attention to Aslan. It is good development for him because he isn't tempted by the gold. Ooops I'm getting a little off topic.

I'm glad the Albatross at least had a cameo but really it wouldn't have been that hard to at least have him say the line.

I voted for the Dark Island for that very same reason. This one really doesn't require a whole lot of money to do. All they had to do was have Liam Neeson say the "Courage, Dearheart," line and then add it in as a voiceover. You don't even need to add in a CGI Aslan, as the other two would, so it wouldn't have been a major blow to the budget or anything.

The other two don't bother me too much since, at least for number one, they made up for it by Lucy's nightmare scene, which was one added scene that I rather liked overall.

Magician's Book. It was the biggest jolt for me since his appearance here brings a higher level of understanding of the book. The book itself is not evil but it can be used for either evil or good purposes. In the movie, it stays sort of cheesily sinister.

I chose Dark Island, because in the book it was (in my opinion) the most touching scene they had with Aslan (Not counting the end). In the movie, it was the most humanistic.

~Riella

The Dark Island was the scene that bothered me the most. Although, I was bothered by all three of those scenes because He was cut from those scenes. But the Dark Island was so wrong. The Albatross showed up but the Dark Island wasn't destroyed and in the end Lucy doesn't give glory of the Dark Island being destroyed to Aslan.

In LWW, Peter yells "For Narnia, and for Aslan!" before the Battle of Beruna, and in PC, he shouts it during the Second Battle of Beruna. This was important, because during the disastrous Castle Raid he only shouted "For Narnia" and everyone realized that his lack of reliance on Aslan was a big contributor to their defeat.

So in VDT, before entering the Dark Island, everyone shouts "For Narnia", but no one mentions Aslan. Lucy should have shouted his name, and the crew could have repeated it. That would have been great! Now I why this wasn't done?

^ Good catch, Adeona, I hadn't thought of that. It's just another example of how minor Aslan was in this movie.

Well if I could vote I'd say the Magician's book sequence, it bothered me so much that they cut that, it was one of my favorite scenes in the book. I think it's made worse by the fact that spoilers actually indicated that he appeared...

I think that Aslan works the same way as he does in PC: he allows children to do the most and he himself does it only when they really need him. And when something is wrong. They asked him about it, so he appeared as an albatross, undragoned Eustace and later transported to the entrance to his country. It worked as well. And I think that sound of the albatross should interest the viewers. I already hadn't got popcorn when it happened.

I definitely think the Dark Island. During the magician's book scene and the Deathwater Island scene, their lives weren't at risk as they were during the Dark Island scene. Aslan saved their lives, instead of guiding them on the right path. It also really bothered me that they didn't even give Aslan credit for helping them (especially because the albatross was only in there for a few seconds). It was the end of the movie and they didn't give Aslan credit for anything, let alone helping them escape an island of nightmares.

I am talking about that he helped them from behind the scene, that he has his own ways to help them. If he was a tame lion, he could do it exactly in that moment. Do you know who is Aslan compared to? He knew what is good for them, them, who were called his children by him. Really. None of them doubted who was the albatross and that he'll help them. Not himself, but he will do it.

The other two are annoying, but the third is utter blasphemy against the book. This is, in my opinion the lowest moment in Narnia film history (lower than the Susaspian kiss, lower than the Beaver's costumes in BBC etc). I've always been curious if C.S. Lewis would've liked the first two movies, but I know he wouldn't have liked this one. It's really sad.

My thoughts are the same. I didn't mind too much about Aslan's absense in the Magician's house, and I was kind of ticked of that he didn't show up on "Dragonwater" but him not even talking or roaring or anything at Dark Island was aweful!

It's taking away the exact message that Lewis was trying to tell: the fact that they couldn't do it by themselves! It's a very important theme in the book. Well, apperently the film makers didn't care about the book. Because the whole movie is about how the Pevensie's can do everything without Aslan if they only "be themselves".

Reepicheep775, I think Lewis would be crying over his lost story if he saw VDT.