I Saw....

The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader!!!! I saw it in 3D.

Point by point:

--LOVE the way that they go into Narnia; very creative!

--The Dawn Treader itself? Absolutely GORGEOUS!!!! Can I sail on it? Pretty please?

--I was kind of bummed out that Lucy only got the blouse and bloomers the entire time (save the dream scene where Aslan appears). The costume designer did a wonderful job of making her look good in it, though.

--The music; while it was nice, I missed Harry Gregson-Williams. The new composer (David Arnold) did a wonderful job, but some parts of it sounded rather Charlotte's Web-ish, if you know what I mean. I like the way he recycled the old theme, though. (Duum dum-dum dum, dum dum dum dum duum dum)

--I liked the way that they portrayed temptation; green mist. Very nice.

--I didn't like the cameo role of the White Witch.

--I LOVED the Eustace/dragon scenes; very creative.

--Love the new actors; Will Poulter (Eustace Clarence Scrubb) and Drinian's actor (can't remember his name right now).

--Narnian die hard fans will be glad to know that, no, Susan and Peter do not return to Narnia.

--They did an excellent job with the CGI. I loved the Dufflepuds (though they shortened the scene) and Coriakin's garden. They edited Aslan and Reepicheep, and I was surprised at that choice, but overall, they did a great job with the CGI, especially...

--The Sea Serpent. They did an amazing job animating that, and, while I might be more prepared living with lizards (I'm used to all things reptilian; real life or no), it wasn't as scary as I thought that it would be. It was in 3D, so that made it more exciting, but I expected something scarier.

--Ramandu doesn't appear! Bummer! His daughter, Lilliandil, makes an appearance, but I wanted to see the scene with Ramandu and the birds put on screen.

--I liked Caspian's new look/act. He lost the Spanish accent and he has a beard, but I thought that he looked more Caspian-ish, the way I imagined him from the book.

--SPOILERS: BEWARE. I wanted to see three things in the movie: the albatross after Dark Island, Aslan's speech to the children, and Reepicheep's hug from Lucy. I was very pleased when I saw all three! The albatross did not say, "Courage, dear heart," to Lucy as it flew by, but he was in there, so I won't complain. Aslan's speech...exact words from the book! Reepicheep's hug...oh my. I am not a movie crier, but that part was so sweet!

--Bummed out that they didn't have the scene where Eustace swung Reepicheep around by the tail (sorry if that sounds cruel). That would have been interesting to see.

--Be careful who you sit by; I cried through most of the ending. Even my mother cried. It was kind of a bittersweet ending. I won't say much about it, but it does end well.

--Arabella Morton, who plays Rhince's daughter, Gael, did a wonderful job acting!

--Georgie Henley, aka Lucy Pevensie, did a wonderful job as usual!

--They changed Reepicheep's voice; he sounds more the way I imagined him to.

P.S. Don't you love this photo???