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aragorn2 wrote:90% of the lines in VDT

DamselJillPole wrote:
"I can change forms."

Liliandil No! At first I just thought she had a sense of humor but watching the delivery of the line again, oh wow. I wish she could've just blushed at Caspian's comment and he would've brought up the Sleeping Beauty story up with her.

Eustace wrote:I know this not an exact quote but(the conversation between Eustace and the rest after he is turned back from being a dragon) I found it very annoying:

Eustace: I am sorry I must have been a horrible pig to you guys.

(Or something like that, it's been a while.)

Edmund: It's okay, you were a pretty good dragon.

(What? This was my favorite conversation in the VDT book and they totally ruined it. Edmund is suppose to telling Eustace that he was worse the first time he went to Narnia.)

glumPuddle wrote:

Oh, I so heartily ditto this. The dialogue is bad enough on its own, without even considering the kind of butchering they did to Coriakin's character....

Andriel wrote:One of my most disliked quotes is from Prince Caspian:

"Whether this horn is magical or not........." ~Prince Caspian

I don't no why, it just strikes me as annoying.

Personally, that quote bothered me because it seemed to have the same idea as a lot of the rest of the film--that the point was "We can do anything if we come together!" Just like they didn't really "need" Aslan until the end (according to the movie), it didn't really matter whether or not the magic of the Horn would bring help, it only mattered that we're all united against the Telmarines, blah blah blah! Also, once again, we're denied a chance to see a glimmer of Caspian having any faith in the old stories--he doesn't care if Susan the Gentle's Horn actually worked, he's got his army already!

No, I'm not bitter!

There are a lot of really good ones in here (especially "BRACE YOURSEEEEEEELVES")--and, admittedly, I haven't seen Voyage of the Dawn Treader since it was in theaters (we own the DVD, which hasn't even left its shrink wrapping ), so I may be forgetting a few "gems". But, as for lines that haven't already been said, here's one that has always gotten on my nerves:

Aslan, LWW wrote:There is a Deep Magic more powerful than us that rules over all of Narnia. It defines right and wrong and governs all our destinies, yours... and mine."

No. Nuh-uh. You're not playing a Jedi anymore; the Deep Magic is NOT the Force. It's not fate, either. And when in the books did they EVER describe it as "defining right and wrong"!? Even if you don't want to look into the symbolism of the Deep Magic and the Emperor Over The Sea, pleas at least do us the favor of not cheapening the Deep Magic and, instead of being elusive and mysterious, reduce it to a couple of sentences of "this is a fantasy world, therefore there is fate".

Bothered me when I watched in the theater, has bothered me ever since. Yes, I know this is kind of a mild one compared to some of the cringe-worthy dialogue we've gotten in these movies, but still....

Ryadian wrote:But, as for lines that haven't already been said, here's one that has always gotten on my nerves:

Aslan, LWW wrote:There is a Deep Magic more powerful than us that rules over all of Narnia. It defines right and wrong and governs all our destinies, yours... and mine."

Skilletdude wrote:

Ryadian wrote:But, as for lines that haven't already been said, here's one that has always gotten on my nerves:

Aslan, LWW wrote:There is a Deep Magic more powerful than us that rules over all of Narnia. It defines right and wrong and governs all our destinies, yours... and mine."

I can understand the frustration with that line, I also think the wording of it is sloppy. But at the same time, isn't the sacrifice Aslan chooses to take on himself required by the Deep Magic? As the Witch says, "Aslan knows that unless I have blood as the law demands, all of Narnia will be overturned and perish in fire and water."

Yeah, but this quote decides to take the "this is all a matter of mystical destiny" route, instead of the way the book goes--that Aslan chose to appease the Deep Magic by sacrificing himself. I suppose you could argue that it was Aslan's "destiny" in the sense that he/the Emperor-beyond-the-Sea knew how this was going to play out (Aslan refers to it in The Magician's Nephew), but... I feel like this line so utterly missed the point. I know that, in terms of bad writing and departures from the book, there are lines which are far, far worse... but that's the one that has bothered me the longest, so yeah.

Golg wrote:From LLW (only a few):