Screenings have been completed in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Houston, Louisville, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York, Orange County, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Tampa, and Washington, D.C. Walden Media co-founder Michael Flaherty introduced the film and answered questions about the film at the Dallas, Texas screening. In the Denver, Colorado screening Philip Yancey introduced the film.
The majority of the screenings took place Thursday night. Early reactions to the film could be found on twitter by searching for #DawnTreader or by following @SuperTreader who has been organizing screenings and re-tweeting some responses.
NarniaFans.com writers Paul Martin, Copperfox, Michael Thom, and myself (read my comments about the film here) were able to attend screenings of the film last night. Stay tuned to NarniaFans.com for when they will post more about their thoughts about the film here.
Paul Martin wrote over twitter:
@narniafans: “Just saw #DawnTreader, I’m overwhelmed.. that was spectacular and emotional with great character depth and power.”
Michael Thom wrote on Facebook:
“Michael Thom is back from the “Narnia: Dawn Treader” screening. Overall, very impressed. The film is well-paced, the CGI is fantastic, the colors pop – and the ending was left unaltered from the book.”
I posted on Twitter:
@NarniaExpert: “Just saw Voyage of the Dawn Treader again. I enjoyed it, I look forward to seeing it in 3D on December 10, 2010 #dawntreader #narnia“
@AzLisa: “I loved voyage of the dawn treader! i loved seeing ben, skandar and georgie together again! and even a brief minute of william! OUT 12/10!”
@LadyoftheBass: “My brief #DawnTreader review: amaaaazing film!!!!… But purists will die appalled at the re-ordering, lack of Gumpus, Ramandu & history #fb“
Don Spivey is a pastor of The Church At South Lake in Clermont, Fl. He attended the Orlando, Florida screening of the film last night. After watching the film he wrote:
@dspivey: “Went to pre-screening of Narnia: voyage of the dawn treader last night. It’s a must see movie this Dec.#dawntreader”
@dspivey added about one of the spiritual themes in the movie: “Voyage of the dawn treader, ‘No matter how hard I tried 2 change myself, I just couldn’t.’ Eustace says after Aslan changes him frm a dragon”
Tony J. Gapastione is the pastor of Peninsula Covenant Church and attended a screening of the film in California Thursday night. He tweeted:
@tonygapastione: “Just saw a preview of Narnia voyage of the #dawntreader . Amazing. Moving. Symbolic. Crazy/intense action!laughter & crying outta me #fb”
Aaron Harington commented about the film on Facebook:
Aaron Harrington: “Most of the more memorable islands from the book are in the movie, though they’re visited in a different order and two of the most important islands have been combined. It would seem that the writers thought the story needed a unified representation of evil, so they gave it one (you’ll know it when you see it). This felt very out of place for me, but overall I was satisfied with the film because of how much I enjoyed the parts they ‘got right.'”
Jill A. Smith from Stow, Ohio wrote on twitter:
@jillasmith: “Go see Voyage of the Dawn Treader – full of action, suspense and a great message – opens Dec. 10 #dawntreader“
Matt Ferguson from Fort Worth, Texas responded to the film:
@fergieferg30 “Just saw the new Narnia movie #dawntreader, best 1 yet. Excellent adaptation. Perfect family movie. Great job @waldenmedia #fb“
Jacob Gerry from San Diego, California wrote:
@thesubverse: “Just got done seeing #dawntreader too short, otherwise it was good”
Ryan Black tweeted:
@rblack20: “Just saw the new Narnia movie. One of the best movies I’ve ever seen. Go see #dawntreader !!”