I enjoyed it a lot more than Prince Caspian, in which it felt to me at least as though they tried to turn a smallish story into something worthy of a feature film by adding so many battle sequences that they soon became tedious. With Dawn Treader, the filmmakers had a much more interesting book with which to work, and it helped immensely.
You could do Puddleglum as an actor in practical makeup. Something along the lines of Abe Sapien in Hellboy.
That's nice to know. Perhaps word-of-mouth is helping a little.
This morning, while writing a review of the film for my blog, I came across an interesting mention of the film's producers and how they now want to adapt all seven books. (It's a single line, in this Reuters article.) If the worldwide grosses reach Caspian levels, with a modest budget The Silver Chair should be feasible, but I don't know if doing four more films would be viable.
Christmas is typically a strong day for movie-going. Dawn Treader will still have some drop-off next weekend, but with more patrons going to the theaters, it can only benefit with a less-than-expected drop-off. "A rising tide raises all boats," after all.And i still think you are nuts.
They were perfectly happy to emphasize the crucifixion and resurrection aspects of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and had a concerted outreach effort to market the film to Christians. I don't think they'd be scared off by that element in regard to The Magician's Nephew. It's The Last Battle that I can't see them making (even if the box office allowed the series to continue).
