Comments | lil_shepherd: Where Angels Fear to Tread

lil_shepherd

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Jan 13, 2011 18:17

Ina and I went to see The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (in 2D, of course) yesterday. The number of people queuing to see The King's Speech bodes well for that movie in this country at least, though most of the crowd were old enough to actual remember George! (I was born in his reign but am not old enough to remember anything else about him.)

( Spoilers for the book, the film, and at least one ancient text behind the cut. )

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chilperic January 13 2011, 18:57:31 UTC

Agreed; definitely better than Prince Caspian. And Eustace was seriously good. But in terms of cinematic enjoyment, and sheer emotional power, it doesn't beat The King's Speech!

lil_shepherd January 13 2011, 19:41:21 UTC

We will see The King's Speech just as soon as the rush dies down.

chilperic January 13 2011, 19:00:05 UTC

PS. And we would have preferred to have seen it in 2D. But in our part of London there was only one 2D showing (in the morning) to five or six of the 3D. The 3D added absolutely nothing, in my view.

inamac January 13 2011, 19:23:24 UTC

While we were waiting to get our tickets the cinema announced that, as it was overbooked for The King's Speech, they were adding another showing - we suspect that they bumped the 3D VotDT to make the space (which says a lot about the value of story over gimic).

steamshovelmama January 13 2011, 21:40:00 UTC

I did enjoy this one and Eustace was spot on. Entirely agree with the inferior sea serpent battle - I still think the level of tension in the book with the whole crew straining to push the loops along the ship, and hacking off the tail of the ship (or whatever the appropriate nautical jargon is) had a nail biting quality that yet another overlong CGI battle couldn't match ( ... )