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We get a montage of life onboard the Dawn Treader as it sails eastward set to audio of one of Eustace’s diary entries. Those entries are a great source of humor in the book with the delusional way Eustace presents himself as a perpetual victim and everyone else as a villain. The movie actually makes them even funnier. “Dear diary,” Eustace writes, “there’s been an extraordinary turn of events. I’ve been abducted by my cousins and set adrift in uncharted waters in some ridiculous l...| The Adaptation Station.com
“We’ll use longboats,” says Caspian, “Drinian pick some men and come ashore.” Two longboats enter the harbor, leaving the Dawn Treader behind. Among the sailors in them are Caspian, Edmund, Lucy, Eustace and Reepicheep. “Onward!” cries the last one. “The thrill of the unknown lies ahead!” That’s kind of an odd thing to say at this point since the Lone Islands are technically part of Narnia though not one that any of the characters have visited recently, making them somewha...| The Adaptation Station.com
When we last left Lucy, Edmund and Eustace, they had resurfaced to find that they were no longer at Cambridge but in the open sea with the sailing vessel from the painting looming over them. I’m pleased to report the ship, the Dawn Treader, looks much as the book describes.| The Adaptation Station.com
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Remember that vast stretch of whiteness at the end of the last scene? It turns out to be a sea with lilies[1]Or lily-like flowers as Eustace the stickler for scientific accuracy insists. growing in it like a giant garden pool. In the book, C. S. Lewis describes the wonders of the Last Sea before the End of the World at some length. How the sun is so bright the sailors can’t bear it until they drink the sweet water. How the water is so clear they can see the shadow of the Dawn Treader at the...| The Adaptation Station.com
It’s a gray, chilly morning and the Dawn Treader is sailing towards Dark Island.| The Adaptation Station.com
As the sun rises over the shore, MLG stirs from her sleep and sees something. She eagerly awakens Lucy and points out to her the elusive Blue Star hanging just above the horizon.| The Adaptation Station.com
Drinian orders all hands on deck and tells the archers to ready themselves against the threat that’s soaring across the water, from the island to the ship. It’s a dragon. | The Adaptation Station.com
The sun rises and the Dawn Treader arrives at another island. “I doubt the lords stopped here, my liege,” says Reepicheep as he and other crewmembers head towards the shore in one of two longboats. “There’s no sign of anything living.” Indeed, this island has a very dry, rocky climate. It’s actually a combination of two islands from the book, neither of which were described that way. I sympathize with the change though. The last island we saw was quite lush and it’s nice to have...| The Adaptation Station.com
We transition from the magical map to the actual sea. There’s a storm brewing and within the Dawn Treader, Eustace is writing in his diary again. “For reasons beyond my comprehension,” he gripes, “we’ve taken the advice of a senile old coot who doesn’t possess a razor and dawdles around in a dressing gown.” I love that there’s a character in the movie who feels the same way about that last scene that I do. “So we’re back in this tub and lost in a tempest. Brilliant.” We ...| The Adaptation Station.com
As the sun rises over the beach, Caspian and Edmund awake to find giant footprints in the sand and no Lucy. Drinian notices this too and rouses the rest of the crew so they can follow the prints. Well, not all the rest of the crew. Eustace is left snoring on the shore. For some reason, Reepicheep isn’t among them. I guess he remained on the ship which is odd. Didn’t he say there was honor in turning away from adventure recently?| The Adaptation Station.com