At times I felt like it was saying, “This is MAJESTIC, dammit! Gaze in awe!” And in the end it was really going for “Now be HAPPY, audience!” in a way that felt a bit inappropriate. You could see the weight and the power in them, and they acted and growled and fought and just simply kicked a very impressive amount of ass. And the world itself was beautiful with everything running on anbaric power and the balloons and zeppelins everywhere.
I found myself noticing the shots where you couldn’t see a daemon, and there didn’t seem to be that many. They definitely succeeded in creating a world in which everyone has a daemon. I was expecting someone younger, but she did just fine. Lyra (Dakota Blue Richards, badass in training) grew on me. Coulter (Nicole Kidman, badass…no, really) for that matter. They could not have found better casting for these two. They were marvelous! Seriously, when the camera was on them it was like a different movie, one I really wanted to be in. I kept trying to tear my mind away from the glaring wrongness.īut all my doubts and pains vanished whenever Lee Scoresby (Sam Elliott, badass) or Iorek Byrnison (Ian McKellan, badass) were on the screen. This is a VERY dumbed down, VERY compressed movie. They must’ve removed about half the plot points from the book. Okay, not every bit, but probably a great deal of it. So I was aware of every changed scene, every bit of altered dialogue.
The problem, of course, is that I read the books first, and recently. I wanted so very much to love this movie. I couldn’t say if I could recommend it or not.
#Is there going to be a golden compass 2 movie#
I didn’t know whether I could say it’s a good movie or a bad one. When the closing credits rolled on The Golden Compass this evening, I was feeling very ambivalent. I saw a preview of it Tuesday night and wrote a review in my journal here. I can’t wait to see the movie, it looks awesome! And to think, I probably wouldn’t have given it a second thought had it not been for these graceful Catholics to bring it to my attention. Although frankly, I really enjoyed the portrayal of the spiritual realm brought forth in the books. How shaky their faith must be to be afraid of a different interpretation. But even then, the idea portrayed about what heaven and gods actually are is so drastically different than what these Christards actually believe, that you’d think they would find the whole thing laughable.
#Is there going to be a golden compass 2 series#
The second and third books of the series make it clear the intention of the main characters, ***SPOILER*** which is to kill the Authority, or the god of the bible. I’d agree with the Catholic reviewer, in that the people taking offense probably have not read the book or seen the movie. It portrays evil sects of the Magesterium (sp?), but without much antireligious discussion. The first book, The Golden Compass, barely scratches the atheistic surface. I had to see what the big fuss was about. I recently had some surgery recovery time where I listened to the whole trilogy on audiobooks.
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