In the book, he changes even more considerably, going from being a nuissance to mild-mannered.
Narnia books without the Pevensie kids. Too risky to film?
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In the book, he changes even more considerably, going from being a nuissance to mild-mannered.
My brother was used to the BBC version of Eustace who I found to be much more annoying than Will Poulter was in this. He was simply an annoying pest in this version at the start of the movie who grows and evolves thanks to his Narnian experience.
To answer the original question...i think the movies can survive with out the original kids...it isn't like Harry Potter, where you couldn't have a movie without HIM.
However, i think they hurt the chances with a couple of things:
1) Release date: i don't think it was so much being close to Harry Potter (at least 3 weeks after), as much as it was the WEEK BEFORE Tron. It reminded me of Star Trek Nemesis coming out right before Lord of the Rings. If i have alimited movie budget, then i am going to prioritize. That year, it was NOT Trek. This year, i think for many, they were saving up for Tron, especially if they were going to do 3-D.
2) Making in 3-D -- Again, Tron, which would be one of the must-see in 3-D mvoies, was just the next week. So it would have been too muchfor people. And withit beingin 3-D, peple might not automatically think it's available in 2-D (i know that sounds dumb...but with all the ads emphasizing 3-D, one might forget)
3) Not marketing to Christians. Liam Neeson's opinion didn't bother me, as Christians have tried to interpret The Matrix (and i think successfully) as a Christian allegory, though clearly not created that way. And the movie, like the 1st one, has mainstream appeal. But not getting the Christian Community excited about this movie really killed the buzz (which helped raise the excitement of Narnia)
i hope we'll see more, but with some better marketing
However, i think they hurt the chances with a couple of things:
1) Release date: i don't think it was so much being close to Harry Potter (at least 3 weeks after), as much as it was the WEEK BEFORE Tron. It reminded me of Star Trek Nemesis coming out right before Lord of the Rings. If i have alimited movie budget, then i am going to prioritize. That year, it was NOT Trek. This year, i think for many, they were saving up for Tron, especially if they were going to do 3-D.
2) Making in 3-D -- Again, Tron, which would be one of the must-see in 3-D mvoies, was just the next week. So it would have been too muchfor people. And withit beingin 3-D, peple might not automatically think it's available in 2-D (i know that sounds dumb...but with all the ads emphasizing 3-D, one might forget)
3) Not marketing to Christians. Liam Neeson's opinion didn't bother me, as Christians have tried to interpret The Matrix (and i think successfully) as a Christian allegory, though clearly not created that way. And the movie, like the 1st one, has mainstream appeal. But not getting the Christian Community excited about this movie really killed the buzz (which helped raise the excitement of Narnia)
i hope we'll see more, but with some better marketing
I really don't think "Tron:Legacy" affected the box office hit on "Dawn Treader" that much. Tron's opening weekend was considered a disappointment by the studio, and even I was shocked by how little it took in (granted 43 million is a nice chunk of change but not when the projections were 100 million). No I think the release date was right smack where it should have been. "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" came out on Dec 9th. "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" was a summer film debuting on May 16th. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe came out a week before Peter Jackson's King Kong (which was highly anticipated), and had direct competition against "Brokeback Mountain" and a week after "Aeon Flux".
I actually predicted a 90 million dollar opening weekend based on all the pre-hype and expectations the film was getting. I saw sites estimating 100 and in some cases over a 100 million. It'll be interesting to see how it does this weekend.
$90M? When Avatar didn't even crack $80M? The box office is certainly under where I thought it might be (which was closer to Clash of the Titans) but north of $70M would have been exceedingly optimistic.
Again I based my prediction based on pre-release hype which was pretty high for "Tron:Legacy" and expectations from other sites as I indictated. Comingsoon's ceiling on their poll was I think 110 million or something like that. I don't think that I overestimated too badly given the hype. It's a moot point anyway. I'm normally bang on with my predictions but I was waaaay off on this one lol.
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