Fox Walden has released the first one-sheet poster for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third film in the Chronicles of Narnia series, coming to theaters this December.
The image here pretty much speaks for itself – Aslan's face, the mouse Reepicheep standing atop the title, the Dawn Treader reflected in Aslan's eye. And the text: "Return to Magic. Return to Hope. Return to Narnia." All well and good, except for one thing, IMHO: The heavy emphasis on 3-D. The type size for those letter is almost as big as the word "Narnia" itself.
Sigh. I knew this film was going to be in 3-D, and have just kind of ignored that point for months. But now that I see the term so prominent on the poster, it's right there, in your face, and there's no getting around it. I agree wholeheartedly with Roger Ebert's essay – about why he hates 3-D – which we posted earlier today.
Narnia doesn't need a gimmick. Just tell the story and show us the characters – who are already quite three-dimensional – and by Aslan's ...
1
You have reached the end of this Article Preview
Support our work
Subscribe to CT and get one year free
