The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Dir: Michael Apted
2010
***
Once again, this is a pretty good adaptation of a very tricky book to make into a film. I remember this being one of my favourites of the 7 books and I'm glad they did a lot of the The Dawn Treader scenes properly. The special effects are by far the best reason to watch, the not too much but not to little approach really pays off. My only grievance is Will Poulter. I remember when he first turned up on British TV and I thought he was funny and impressive for a young lad his age. I now just find him annoying beyond belief. Anyway, the ending was handled really well and I'm actually a little sad that it looks like this is the end. The other books where never a favourite as a child but it would be nice to see someone have a go at them. A financial risk too far no doubt.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Dir: Andrew Adamson
2008
***
An improvement to the last film but then The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe has been done to death and it's nice to see the next chapter brought to life. It's better than I expected but it still lacks the excitement I experienced when reading the book in my youth. I did like the effects though, the Ice Queen scene in particular and my absolute favorite Reepicheep. How many scenes can you see that seem to have influenced the Harry Potter books?

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Dir: Andrew Adamson
2005
**
I loved the books as a child and I have seen many versions of TLTWATW. The BBC version in the late 80's was particularly memorable and unfortunately, seems to have been the source materiel for this version, rather than the book itself (although it doesn't wander too far). I personally would have preferred them to have kept it Chronological and started with my favourite, The Magician's Nephew. I'm guessing that would have been a financial risk though but that seems to be the problem. No risk has been taken and so it feels like something we've seen before. It's not bad but it certainly isn't the version to end all versions, not that that is such a bad thing though. Santa giving young children knives is my favourite part, brilliant.