The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)

First of all, I know, I know. What was I thinking? To be honest I've always assumed the Narnia franchise was a British production. And, because it's important to keep abreast of all our film industry's efforts, I'd therefore give this one a looksee. This is made all the more important (unfortunately) with the onslaught of 3D. After all, behemoths like Harry Potter can't have all the fun, can they?

Alas, it's not a British movie, it's an American production (I'm still not convinced though). Why am I confused? Well, quite simply, because it's got lower production values than The Bill. I'm not joking! It looks really really cheap. However, even if it had been a British production, I still should've known better, this film isn't for me. It's not even marketed towards me. And more importantly nobody who reads this blog would see it anyway. A thoroughly depressing evening has been had.

This, the third in the series is once again produced by Walden Media (how many in the heptology will they make?). Twentieth Century Fox has since picked up the batten of distributor after being dumped by Disney. The first in the series made a killing. It's in the top 40 grossing movies of all time exceeding $700m worldwide. Not to sniffed at, despite a budget of $180m. The second cost $225m and took nearly $420m. Still not bad but not good enough apparently for Disney. I don't know how this one is going to perform, but I fear the end is nigh. What's going on Apted? Remember P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang (1982)? It's never been the same since. His attempt at Bond (The World is Not Enough 1999) wasn't great but he made the best of what he had. This, this is just woeful.