Depraved

Yesterday I watched Voyage of the Dawn Treader and it did not impress me very much. This may be due to the fact that the story was changed from the book which makes me wish I had not read the book before I watched the film. Several things were changed and I felt like the movie just lacked in something. It felt too fast paced and I wasn’t too happy with some of the sets such as the sets used in the Lone Islands and also Magician’s Island. The filming technique was another thing I didn’t like, some scenes felt like I was watching a tv show and not a movie. Music was another aspect it lacked the tune used in the other two Narnia films (probably due to copyright). I don’t know the technical terms so I must be doing a bad job at describing how it looked. Caspian’s accent was British in this film while in Prince Caspian he had a sort of Spanish accent, I don’t understand why they decided to change it. I believe it all felt different to me due to a change in production from Disney to 20^th Century Fox. I really do wish that I wouldn’t think about all these things when I watch a movie but I can’t help it.

It wasn’t bad though, I think if I hadn’t read the book I would have enjoyed the movie more. Some things were perfect, like Eustace and Reepicheep, and there were several good scenes. Although the ending was changed, the ending used in the film was good in my opinion and it did make me a little teary (oh I know I get teary at anything but still). I say just give me some time and the movie will grow on me, I wasn’t in love with Prince Caspian when I first watched it but then it grew on me.

I read reviews about it and it has some pretty good ones, on imdb it’s rated the highest out of the three Narnia films and everyone seems to agree. I must just be odd but I do wish they kept to the original storyline.

Ben Barnes can totally pull off a beard

Is it weird that I was shipping Caspian and Edmund? (Yes I think so)

On an entirely different topic I finished reading Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie and oh boy it’s wonderful! She really was amazing I can’t wait to read more of her books. Do check it out if you like mystery novels. I just found out there are Agatha Christie computer games and it looks like they’re made by the same people that make the Nancy Drew games. How exciting!

-Scissorhands