History YMMV / TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Liliandil was warmly received, and the name she got in the film is taken as canon.

* HilariousInHindsight: Considering Disney and Fox are set to merge at the time of this writing, that would essentially mean all three ''Narnia'' films would be under one roof.

** Goldwater Island. [[spoiler: It's quickly renamed Deathwater Island,[[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace Deathwater Island]] [[TakenForGranite for good reason]]]].

** Goldwater Island. [[spoiler: [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace Deathwater Island]] [[TakenForGranite is right]]]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: The last couple chapters are rather ... surreal.
** Perhaps because they're moving closer and closer to Aslan's country, Narnia's equivalent of Heaven.
** Or, to use a non-Christian parallel, they're on a vision quest.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: As the end result is entirely beneficial (and there's certainly no incompetence involved) it's a far cry from HarmfulHealing. However, the way to cure a self-inflicted curse seems to be treating it like a RealLife severe burn - making deep incisions into the afflicted area and scraping off the cursed/burnt part, then dipping it in a swimming pool. Fortunately this doesn't apply to all curses, just self inflicted ones - restoring those cursed ''by others'' is far less of an ordeal in other books. Meaning: Eustace is the fantasy story counterpart to the kid who had a bad accident playing with the matches, resulting in severe injuries. You [[UnintentionallySympathetic can't really help but]] feel sorry for him. Fortunately for Eustace (as he's managed a ''transfiguration''), even ''with'' self inflicted curses the analogy to burns only goes so far: once he's been rid of the dragon skin representing the burnt bit, restoring him can ''then'' be helped along supernaturally. This also resolves an issue with Eustace becoming a dragon in the first place: if that were like an accident with fire (just with magic), then there needn't be more of a reason behind it than Eustace picking up the IdiotBall (even if it helps his CharacterDevelopment) - neatly avoiding any moral quagmires about whether or not Aslan turned him into a dragon in the first place, and not just turned him back from something he'd done to himself.
* HolyBurnsEvil: Related to the above, the waters of the [[HealingSpring well]] in the hidden orchard coud be deduced to do this. Luckily for someone being healed ''of'' something evil (like a curse), this incineration is instantaneous, though.
--> Then he caught hold of me — I didn’t like that much for I was very tender [...] and threw me into the water. It smarted like anything but only for a moment. After that it became perfectly delicious and as soon as I started swimming [...] I found that all the pain had gone from my arm.

** The cgi dragon Eustace turns into looks extraordinarily bad for something in a film that came out four years after ''Film/{{Eragon}}''. The good animation at least helps make up for it.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: As the end result is entirely beneficial (and there's certainly no incompetence involved) it's a far cry from HarmfulHealing. However, the way to cure a self-inflicted curse seems to be treating it like a RealLife severe burn - making deep incisions into the afflicted area and scraping off the cursed/burnt part, then dipping it in a swimming pool. Fortunately this doesn't apply to all curses, just self inflicted ones - restoring those cursed ''by others'' is far less of an ordeal in other books. Meaning: Eustace is the fantasy story counterpart to the kid who had a bad accident playing with the matches, resulting in severe injuries. You [[UnintentionallySympathetic can't really help but]] feel sorry for him. Fortunately for Eustace (as he's managed a ''transfiguration''), even ''with'' self inflicted curses the analogy to burns only goes so far: once he's been rid of the dragon skin representing the burnt bit, restoring him can ''then'' be helped along supernaturally. This also resolves an issue with Eustace becoming a dragon in the first place: if that were like an accident with fire (just with magic), then there needn't be more of a reason behind it than Eustace picking up the IdiotBall (even if it helps his CharacterDevelopment ).

* StrangledByTheRedString: Caspian, who is one of the few fully-developed characters outside of the Pevensie children, ends up marrying Ramandu's unnamed daughter, with whom he shares all of two paragraphs' worth of interactions before Lucy is teasing him about how happy he'll be to see her again. Not that one walks into a Narnia novel expecting grand romance, Aravis and Shasta prove that he can write convincing chemistry, and it's disappointing to see an iconic character like Caspian end up with someone the audience barely knows.

* ReplacementScrappy: Subverted. Though Eddie Izzard's performance as the voice of Reepicheep in the previous film was highly praised by fans, Simon Pegg's turn in the role in this film has been embraced with equal enthusiasm.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The end result is entirely beneficial, and there is certainly no incompetence involved - so all in all this is a far cry from HarmfulHealing . However, the only way to cure a self-inflicted curse seems to be to treat it the way a severe burn is in real life - that is: making deep incisions into the afflicted area and/or scraping off the cursed (=burnt) part, then dipping it in a swimming pool. Fortunately this doesn't apply to all curses, just self inflicted ones - when people are turned into statues or animals in other books, restoring them to their true forms is shown as far less of an ordeal. Meaning: Eustace is essentially the kid who had a bad accident playing with the matches, resulting in severe injuries - or rather: he's the fantasy story counterpart. You [[UnintentionallySympathetic can't really help but]] feel sorry for him. Fortunately for Eustace (as the curse in question is a ''transfiguration''), even with self inflicted curses the analogy to severe burns only goes so far; and once he's been rid of the dragon skin metaphorically standing in for the burnt bit, restoring him to normal can ''then'' be helped along magically/supernaturally. This would also resolve an issue with Eustace's becoming a dragon in the first place: if that were like an accident with fire (just with magic), then there needn't be more of a reason behind it than Eustace picking up the IdiotBall (even if it helps his CharacterDevelopment ).

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The end result is entirely beneficial, and there is certainly no incompetence involved - so all in all this is a far cry from HarmfulHealing . However, the only way to cure a self-inflicted curse seems to be to treat it the way a severe burn is in real life - that is: making deep incisions into the afflicted area and/or scraping off the cursed (=burnt) part, then dipping it in a swimming pool. Fortunately this doesn't apply to all curses, just self inficted ones - when people are turned into statues or animals in other books, restoring them to their true forms is shown as far less of an ordeal. Meaning: Eustace is essentially the kid who had a bad accident playing with the matches, resulting in severe injuries - or rather: he's the fantasy story counterpart. You [[UnintentionallySympathetic can't really help but]] feel sorry for him. Fortunately for Eustace (as the curse in question is a ''transfiguration''), even with self inflicted curses the analogy to severe burns only goes so far; and once he's been rid of the dragon skin metaphorically standing in for the burnt bit, restoring him to normal can ''then'' be helped along magically/supernaturally. This would also resolve an issue with Eustace's becoming a dragon in the first place: if that were like an accident with fire (just with magic), then there needn't be more of a reason behind it than Eustace picking up the IdiotBall (even if it helps his CharacterDevelopment ).

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The end result is entirely beneficial, and there is certainly no incompetence involved - so all in all this is a far cry from HarmfulHealing . However, the only way to cure a self-inflicted curse seems to be to treat it the way a severe burn is in real life - that is: making deep incisions into the afflicted area and/or scraping off the cursed (=burnt) part, then dipping it in a swimming pool. Fortunately this doesn't apply to all curses, just self inficted ones - when people are turned into statues or animals in other books, restoring them to their true forms is shown as far less of an ordeal. Meaning: Eustace is essentially the kid who had a bad accident playing with the matches, resulting in severe injuries - or rather: he's the fantasy story counterpart. You [[UnintentionallySympathetic can't really help but]] feel sorry for him. Fortunately for Eustace (as the curse in question is a ''transfiguration''), even with self inflicted curses the analogy to severe burns only goes so far; and once he's been rid of the dragon skin metaphorically standing in for the burnt bit, restoring him to normal can ''then'' be helped along magically/supernaturally. This would also resolve an issue with Eustace's becoming a dragon in the first place: if that were like an accident with fire (just with magic), then there needn't be more of a reason behind it than Eustace picking up the IdiotBall (even if it helps his CharacterDevelopement ).

* ValuesDissonance: Many people today may not find too much wrong with Eustace's family, as was described in the beginning -- though others may argue that the issue was with "faddism" as the likely motivation behind their lifestyle, rather than with their lifestyle per se.

* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Creator/WillPoulter's portrayal of Eustace went down very well with fans.
** Likewise Liliandil was warmly received, and the name she got in the film is taken as canon.

** And Dark Island.
** The Green Mist.

* GrowingTheBeard: It's agreed that the series took an upswing in production values when adapting this book. The child actors had become more comfortable in their roles, with more veterans like Samuel West and Warwick Davis to help carry the story. ''Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' is also a very episodic book, making it a good fit for a TV adaptation.

* AuthorTract: Subverted. Many readers are likely to interpret Eustace's background and initial characterization as a TakeThat towards liberals. C.S. Lewis, however, despite his Christian views, was not at all what what modern definitions would call a conservative. He was a humanist and progressive. Lewis, in retrospect appears to only have issues with the arrogant proselytizing of ones sociopolitical views/lifestyles, regardless of their nature.

* SpecialEffectFailure: The movie is probably the best looking of thr Narnia movies, but it still has a few off areas.

* BrokenBase: This evokes this even more than the other two adaptations. Detractors don't like it because it adds an antagonist that didn't exist in the book, a GottaCatchEmAll plot involving swords and also a shorter running time. There's another subset that don't like it because it has a different director and therefore a different style from the first two. On the flip side, its fans argue that it needed some kind of narrative to help it flow better as a film (the book being a RandomEventsPlot) and they also enjoy the increased screen time for Edmund and Lucy. Fans also find that putting in a proper climax also helped give the story a more natural closure.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Needless to say, a lot of fans did not like the added plot about gathering Aslan's swords or the green mist.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: You don't have to like the adaptation to admit that it's very pretty. In particular Reepicheep, Coriarkin‘s magic, the sea serpent, and Aslan’s realm still look stunningly good.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: You don't have to like the adaptation to admit that it's very pretty. In particular Reepicheep, Coriarkin‘a magic, the sea serpent, and Aslan’s realm still look stunningly good.

* BrokenBase: This evokes this even more than the other two adaptations. Detractors don't like it because it adds an antagonist that didn't exist in the book, a GottaCatchEmAll plot involving swords and also a shorter running time. There's another subset that don't like it because it has a different director and therefore a different style from the first two. On the flip side, its fans argue that it needed some kind of narrative to help it flow better as a film (the book being a RandomEventsPlot) and they also enjoy the increased screen time for Edmund and Lucy.

* SpecialEffectFailure: The first appearance of the green mist.
** The cgi dragon looks extraordinarily bad for something in a film that came out four years after ''Film/{{Eragon}}'' and ''fourteen'' years after ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}''.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: You don't have to like the adaptation to admit that it's pretty.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the fog of nightmares, Eustace mentions hearing "[[NoodleImplements a huge pair of scissors opening and shutting]]." After about 1998 or so, this is likely to remind readers of a certain ''[[Film/TheBigLebowski other]]'' story with a NightmareSequence featuring giant scissors. After about 2001 or so, it's likely to remind readers of yet ''[[Film/{{Monkeybone}} another]]'' story with a NightmareSequence featuring big scissors[[note]]or ordinary-sized gardening shears, as the case may be[[/note]] -- this time caused by a nightmare-inducing mist to boot!

* AuthorTract: Many readers are likely to interpret Eustace's background and initial characterization as a TakeThat towards liberals. C.S. Lewis, however, despite his Christian views, was not at all what what modern definitions would call a conservative. He was a humanist and progressive. Lewis, in retrospect appears to only have issues with the arrogant proselytizing of ones sociopolitical views/lifestyles, regardless of their nature.