On November 2nd in Colorado Springs, Colorado the Voyage of the Dawn Treader was shown for the very first time in a private pre-screening. David Sutton from NarniaFans.com was able to attend this showing of the film. The screening showed an uncompleted version of the film in 2D that was shown as a research screening. The content of the film will not change, but some special effects may be modified. The film was previewed at the Hollywood Theaters in Colorado Springs. After the film Michael Flaherty answered audience questions about the film.
Read the rest of the article if you wish to know my thoughts about the film.
I had the honor of being able to attend this screening. I have chosen not to post a review of the film until I see the officially completed version. I will not review the film, but I will briefly post a few thoughts about the movie. The film was able to to include the key elements of the book in a shorter amount of time with a very good pace. The strength of this film was that it was an extremely entertaining character centered movie. Eustace, Reepicheep, and Gael had absolutely fantastic characters. There were several changes to the story, but as a whole it was a very enjoyable film.
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Wow! I’m super excited to see the movie, David, did the official theme song played at the end of the movie?
Whats the name of the theme song?
just wondering.
Thanks for letting us know how you feel. 🙂
Just curious, did you feel the theme of Reepicheep longing for Aslan’s Country came through strongly in the film?
Yes. The new voice of Reepicheep is fantastic. There is a line of dialogue where he tells of his longing to reach Aslan’s Country.
Oh that’s great to hear! So did it take you anytime to adjust to the new voice?
Only in a few lines. He sounds very similar to the old voice so it was a smooth transition.
Do you think it was worth the change?
Like I said in my original post. Reepicheep was a fantastic character. I loved Eddie Izzard, but I think the new voice was able to take the character to new heights.
ya I really liked the new voice in the trailers
thank god, eddie izzard was wrong wrong wrong for the role. not that he doesnt do a cute , funny mouse for another movie, but reepicheep was portrayed as the opposite of the true character. his interview for the dvd had me saying, are you kidding, did you have any idea what the character was supposed to be about? reep was NOT a crazy, lunatic attack maniac! i doubt izzard even read the book (same with trumpkin, bet the actor never read the book- he played it the exact opposite of the book-trumpin was not sour, the black dwarf was. )
Actually, most people don’t think that Peter Dinklage (Trumpkin) was any different than the book Trumpkin. Neither was Reepicheep. Trumpkin was a skeptic, something that came across very well in the movie. He wasn’t portrayed as bitter; only very, very skeptical of the children and of Aslan. Give me hard core examples from the movie where Reep and Trumpkin were portrayed as opposites (i.e. lines and dialogue, along with scene descriptions), otherwise your argument has holes all over it.
Okay, one more question and then I’ll stop bothering you. 🙂
Do you agree with Tirian that the ending was emotional? Did you think it was as good as the ending for the first two films?
Thanks!
I take back all the really bad things I have said about Apted.
Uh, Mr. Sutton, is Edmund called “The High King” in the movie? Was the soundtrack better than the first two? Besides keeping the main Narnia theme, did Mr. Arnold keeping other themes? (Such as Caspian’s theme, The wardrobe theme, and so on.)Thanks! I’m sure the film was really exciting!!
yay! awesome! can’t wait!
i found a new trailer it just came on on my tv!
where can i see it?
What new shots were there? Are you sure it wasn’t just one of the four so far?
it shows more of dragon eustace and the sea monster and eustace grabing reeps tail
PLEASE post the link I would LOVE to see it. THough I haven’t heard anything about it.
well i dont know if i can do that u c that trailer came on my tv
and ive only seen it once it hasnt come on since but ill try
the trailer also shows aslan roaring and tth big wave spliting at the end of the world