But the more I think about VoDT, the more I like it. Unlike the book, the movie had characters that were well developed throughout. The book, annoyingly, had barely anything going on with any of the characters except Repicheep and Eustace.

I don't know how to begin to respond to this, honestly. Except that I would strongly encourage you to take another close look at the book. Lewis is wonderfully subtle and nuanced in his character development. Apted was clumsy and heavy-handed about it.

I agree with you glumPuddle. After watching VDT I actually thought Prince Caspian the better of the two films story/scriptwise (though there were lapses). I was so let down by the drop in the narrative/script quality in VDT precisely because all the subtleties of Lewis' great writing weren't captured in my favourite scenes from the book. LWW did this the best of the three films. Scenes that came off pretty heavy-handed...eg. the Dragon Eustace revelation scene are actually a lot better (at least to me) if they are played in the smaller, more intimate sense (from the book). One thing the movie did right was that scene of encouragement between Dragon Eustace and Reepicheep....that was not heavy-handed, but naturally intimate/relationship building..... If there were more scenes like that throughout this movie it would have surpassed LWW. I feel really strongly about this! But I should also add that I'm glad a lot of those who don't know the books love it as their first exposure to the VDT story.

I just had the chance to watch Narnia in 3D!!!!! All I can say is that it was awesome! Love the story, even it has some changes but not too far from the book. Ben really improved, so did the other main cast. I was a bit thrilled with the

I came home last night from seeing the film, and I am sorry to say that I was totally and completely disappointed in it. The storyline was so radically different from the book, so "Hollywood-ized" and forced into the action-adventure mode, that I literally cried before it was over and couldn't stop.

Yes, the beginning was like the book, and the last scene in the movie was similar to the last scene in Narnia was very similar to the book, although they left out Aslan appearing first as a lamb.

Here are the specifics that I didn't like that they added in:
* The MacGuffin of the seven swords, which erased the human quest to discover the fate of the seven lords of Narnia.
* The Green Mist, which supposedly represented some great threat to Narnia, but I never caught on to why.
* The sword battle between Eustace and Reepicheep, which in the book is funnier because Eustace has no idea how to swordfight and thus refused to give Reep "satisfaction." In this movie it felt contrived.

Besides which, the battle with the sea serpent was unnecessarily intense and minus the ingenuity of the book's solution. And the Eustace-as-dragon situation was terribly mishandled.

I could understand the creators condensing the book, definitely, because it's filled with much exposition. Nevertheless, most of what I liked about Dawn Treader was not in the movie or was changed way too much.

I never want to see this movie again, and I will not buy it. I'll stick with LWW, thanks. That was the best of the lot by far, so far.

I have still only seen the movie once and will see it next on DVD, so the following are my impressions on the movie from my first viewing.

The Sea Serpent was most definitely too intense. I'm going to describe my feelings for it more strongly than I did in my post on the last page. I understand the idea of having it for a climax, but I found myself disappointed and rolling my eyes at how it was handled. It felt like it was supposed to be a mindless thrilling sequence and did not feel at all like Narnia. It ruined it enough for me that I didn't feel any emotion at all when watching the scene at the end of the world. The scene with Eustace struggling to get the seventh sword to Aslan's Table and the swords rattling on the table disturbed me too.

The rest of the movie had had a very Narnia-like feel to me until the sea serpent. I was delighted. It went on so long, and I felt like it didn't have to take up nearly that length of time! (Especially when the rest of the movie was so rushed!)

Other parts of the movie, straying from the book though they were, I was still able to get into and actually feel (like watching the first appearance of the green mist). I felt badly for Gael at that moment (I mean, it would be terrible to be screaming and running after your mother only to see her get taken into a boat and fed to the mist). Usually I am paying attention to the fact that I am watching acting, but I nearly forgot it was acting at that point of the story. So I am still not sure how I feel about the green mist. One part I do not like is the way it is never fully developed (like a lot of the movie isn't). What is this danger? Where did it come from?

I do think that the movie may have been heavy-handed at some points (like making it ever-so-obvious that they will each face their separate temptation), but after seeing the film only once I can't really remember it all to form a conclusive opinion on that! (Does that make sense? )

The beginning of the movie was practically a dream come true (a good dream, you understand). I felt like a lot of the movie captured the book pretty accurately. I was delighted at the scene where Caspian detailed that he was searching for the seven lords, as well as the scene in his cabin during the storm when they have the decision to either go on or turn back. And most of all, I loved Eustace's and Reepicheep's interactions! The scene where Eustace is revealed as a dragon is great too.

Overall, I rate this movie higher than Caspian, but it doesn't surpass Lion. I really do hope we see Silver Chair.