Well they most likely left Ramandu out because in the book he gives them specific instructions on what must be done to break the enchantment of the sleeping lords, what to do when they get to Aslan's Country, etc. which is not supportive of the green mist/seven swords plot. They seemed to already know what to do anyway without him. It would have been funnier to hear Eustace shouting out for Harold and Alberta I agree.
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Also if Dark Island brought into existence only Ed's fear why didn't it bring up the fears of everyone else on board? Or is there a limit to the number of fears that can be introduced per visit in the Dark Island waters....
I suspect that Edmund was trying to block out his real deepest fear - the WW - by thinking about the sea serpent.
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In the book Lucy was afraid to think what would happen to Caspian and Ed and stopped herself because she was afraid it would come true.
BTW I thought of something else I was annoyed with. Dragon-Eustace being able to develop (very quickly too) proper Dragon motor skills to swoop up Edmund and fly him over the island without dropping him! AND being able to coherently
write "I AM EUSTACE' with his fiery breath. In the book it took awhile for
him to become coordinated and he could barely write a proper sentence.
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How appropriate that this movie has the first Narnia p**p joke.
As he is walking towards the dragon treasure, Eustace calls Ramandu "Ramandoo-doo." More proof that the movie is primarily aimed at 7-year-olds.
*facepalm*
Yeah, I forgot about that. That was pretty bad.
Oh, yes. That's a cringe-worthy line.
How about that in both LWW and PC, Peter shouts "For Narnia, and for Aslan!" before going into battle. But in VDT, before confronting the G.M., the crew cries "For Narnia!" but fail to mention Aslan! Even Lucy only echoes their cry and leaves the Lion out. Considering that the only time Peter left Aslan out he was making a big mistake, that doesn't reflect well on VDT.
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How appropriate that this movie has the first Narnia p**p joke.
As he is walking towards the dragon treasure, Eustace calls Ramandu "Ramandoo-doo." More proof that the movie is primarily aimed at 7-year-olds.
I saw that as a bit of a laugh at the Australians - plenty of local placenames have repeated syllables of that sort. It didn't cross my mind that he was making a toilet joke. But then I was brought up English -like Eustace.
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
Isn't toilet humor pretty much an American thing? Really disgusting though that they thought it was an appropriate joke to make. 7 books in the CoN and not one fart joke and three movies into the franchise and we already have one.
I was completely shocked when I heard him say that. It seems to be pretty American, I've never been around any UK children to be able to tell if they say it....I thought he was making an inside joke about the plot to be honest.
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Ah, I thought the doo-doo joke was pretty funny; it really showed how Eustace was making fun of something that was otherwise so sacred to Narnians.
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It also bothered me that they didn't say that only a girl could break the spell. They point out that both Lucy and Gael are female, but they don't say why they need a female.
Yeah...Its one of those Harry Potter things where if you haven't read the books then you won't have any clue about what is going on! They took Lucy because she had a book by her bed (so that might make sense to non Narnia book readers) but why did they have to mention the Girls thing if they were going to make a tiny subtle change like that?!
I guess i wasn't really bothered at the time...But now when the DVD comes out now I'm going to be having a continuity/plot hole rant throughout
Narnia is childhood...
Seriously, just give the kid the orange. He needs his vitamin C!