The Dawn Treader

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I grew up with the BBC versions of the Narnia books, having read the books first. Tonight Im watching the Voyage of the Dawn Treader film with some of the youth group Im co-running. I can but hope the positive comments shine through! Kirsty

First, my take on Reepicheeps comment on belief was that he was referring to Aslan and that is a most powerful statement. for without Aslan (Christ) we do indeed have nothing. Second, and this might be stretching the point, but I thought Aslans comment to Reepicheep about deserving was not due to Reepicheeps actions but due to his faith and that faith is what allows him to go into Aslans country. I was extrememly moved by the expresions on Reepicheeps face as he entered the country..the pure joy that was there.

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Thanks for the great comment, Grampa D. Have you read the Voyage Of The Dawn Treader?

I liked it so much, I saw it twice...IN THE THEATRE! I cant remember doing that for any movie in a LONG time. Movies never come out like the book, except maybe Star Wars, but that was because the books came out AFTER the movie. Of the 3 so far, I like Treader best...for story, for presentation, and for the GRAPHICS. My wife asked during the movie, How do they DO that? Is that a TRAINED rat they use? Aslan in the first was more a cartoon...better in Caspian, but MUCH better in Treader. A lot of comments about how little Aslan shows up. Yet, he is always with Lucy...in the unseen mansion, in the ship. Her faith was based on what he was doing and teaching in her life. God doesnt lead armies all the time but works within each of us to guide and encourage us in our walks of faith. The bit about Eustaces redemption coming late in the story didnt bother me. The point to me was that Eustace realized no matter what GOOD he did as a dragon, it wasnt what he was meant to be, but he was unable to change back himself. How easy to slide into temptation, but how difficult to get out of it...even after you realize it brings mo satisfaction at all. Only Aslan could rid him of his dragoness. What a wonderful, but perhaps, too suble touch for a world trying to redeem themselves their own way. Brilliant!

I read both of your entries on the Voyage movie. I must admit liked it better the first time I seen the movie. Recognizing the movie would need to be twice as long to cover the entire book, I was not surprised to see changes. It seems to come with the territory. I, personally, did not think that shifting from finding the seven lords to the seven swords was that big of a deal, but maybe Im missing something there. What did bother me however, was when Reep was said to deserve entrance into Aslans country. After reading this it has also come to my mind that this believe thing was another source of irritation that I had forgotten by the end.

You both have expressed some positive aspects of the movie that I agree with. There is hope. There is the abiding presence of Christ. There is the courage of Reepicheep. There was a tad too much of just believe-ism. Reepicheep says in the movie (not in the book), we have nothing if not belief. That is the very distorted contemporary view that the important thing is to believe in something ... to have faith. I call this a faith in faith, or a belief in belief. In other words, it doesnt matter what you believe, as long as you truly believe it ... Santa Claus, tooth fairy, the magic of seven swords, peace on earth, the goodness of man ... whatever... C.S. Lewis would cringe to hear lines like that. What matters is not belief for belief sake ... it is the object of our belief that matters. I wish they would have called this The Search For The Seven Swords instead of The Voyage of Dawn Treader. I would have liked the movie better.

It was clean, visually fun, and easy to follow. That said, I enjoy the audio dramas put out by radiotheatre.org better. I agree the true story of redemption wasnt really told, though it did hit on some other values: overcoming temptation, courage, having faith (though not specifically spelled out as meaning faith in God). And where was Aslan for most of the time? Maybe some day we will see the Chronicles made into a series of movies that tell the story as Lewis wrote them.