The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

This part is not bad & we have a couple of reasons to watch it; those of you who have seen other 2 parts, then you must see this one; if you happen to be a fan of C. S. Lewis, then you can’t actually suppose to miss it. And last but not least, Ben Barnes is the most beautiful reason.

Dawn Treader stars Georgie Henley, Skandar Heynes, Will Poulter and Ben Barnes along with the voices of Liam Neeson and Simon Pegg.

This installment is the story about Lucy, Edmund & their horrible cousin Eustace (who towards the end becomes very sweet & helpful) & how they break the final enhancement. Reepicheep as usual looks so cute in the entire movie & it’s hilarious when he says period & exclamation mark after finishing a sentence when he was pissed off. They are on a quest to rescue 7 noble lords who are missing (they were lost while fighting evil on another island) & they have swords that would protect Narnia.

This is the last adventure. We don’t get to see so much of Susan in this part but Lucy was quite obsessed with her beauty or (lack there of).

Reepicheep says to Eustace when he transforms into a dragon & was quite upset about it that extraordinary things only happen to extraordinary people.I really like this dialogue.

Ben Barnes

You all know that Ben Barnes has been one of my favourites. Although I didn’t like him as such as Prince Caspian in The chronicles of Narnia, but this guy is a good actor & he has proved that in Dorian Gray. By the way, he was born in 1981 & he has studied Drama & Literature at Kingston University. Yeah I remember I did put his pics on the blog after watching the trailer. But this is what I like to do.

Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray has been one of my favourite books. It’s sure fun to read Oscar Wilde. When I was 12, I discovered he was gay & man I was literally mutilated as at that time, I loved almost every quote by this guy. Now it’s a different story…although I love him but at times I do find him a smartmouth. He’s a charming writer. One never gets bored of his writings.

Anyway when my sister told me that they have made a movie on this book, I have been all excited about it ever since. And I’m sure Ben Barnes & Colin Firth would do justice to the movie. Ben Barnes seems to be one cool Dorian Gray.

I even liked the idea of Faustus. However in this book the protagonist in exchange for eternal youth gives his soul to be corrupted by his mentor Lord Henry Wotton. He has been so very spellbound before the sight of his own portrait. Yeah it’s too vain but one can even worship himself! Anyhow Dorian only brings misery & death to those who love him. And the portrait is watching him all the while. The homosexual hints are deeply buried beneath Dorian’s conventional heterosexual villainies (the seduction of Sibyl Vane, the debauching of society wives, the ruining of young girls, the inhaling of opium).

Oscar Wilde very rightly says:

“It has been said that the great events of the world take place in the brain. It is in the brain, & the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also.”

Dorian Gray comes across this work of literature that changes his life. And I really liked when he said, ‘I didn’t say I liked it, Harry. I said it fascinated me. There is a great difference.’

And I would like to share another passage & you’d notice his anguish & helplessness in it.

‘I wish I could love, ‘cried Dorian Gray, with a deep note of pathos in his voice. ‘But I seem to have lost the passion, & forgotten the desire. I am too much concentrated on myself. My own personality has become a burden on me. I want to escape, to go away, to forget.’